technology advances, but not as fast as some would want. it used to be called web time, but since humans still build it, it still takes two years of software or hardware development to get something out the door for a fair price. take the introduction of the zigbee protocol. i first heard of zigbee in 2003, but only one company has commercialized the technology well, control 4. take LED LCD backlights. imagine driving a color display beyond the limited NTSC color gamut, but still only once company has product, sony qualia 005, but they too announced today that the qualia line is disappearing.
this Christmas season, i expect to see samsung, sharp, NEC, and other LCD display manufactures to latch on to high color gamut LED backlights, instead of a florescent light, or in a hybrid grid. zigbee any day now will be in the eaton electrical home heartbeat.
in a final note, tripp lite has finally released a product that works natively in mac OS X. ever since mac OS X jaguar, apple has provided system level USB uninterruptible power supply (UPS) support. only APC had products, but now tripp lite announced the SMART1000LCD for a great price and 1000VA.