• GigaOm, Friday, October 9, 2009 2:40 PM

Comcast plans to release a device called HomePoint that will integrate "a wireless home router and the company's VoIP service, integrating all of their digital voice functionality via up to five handsets. The device is also integrated with Comcast email service, and will allow users to check email, manage Comcast contacts and access visual voicemail. Users will have to part with $60-a-year for the device.

Says Om Malik, "Ha! I'd charge Comcast just to display it in my house; HomePoint is about as attractive as a Soviet-era office block." He says he remembers hearing about similar gadgets when VoIP was the new new thing. "If my memory serves me correctly, it was SunRocket that led the charge and wanted to sell a converged device."

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