...Lightning Mail late this fall. Children can use Lightning Mail to send e-mail messages by plugging the device into a telephone jack. The units, expected to cost about $80, also will enable users to wirelessly send messages to other Lightning...

...130 a year). The 2-pound, 9-by-11-inch gadget is a cinch to set up and get going: All you need is a telephone jack and a electrical outlet (the Mivo can also operate on four AA batteries, but Cidco recommends against that, since...

...a Web site at www.storybox.com that interactively communicates with your picture frame when you plug it into a telephone jack. A caveat here: while the Web-based service is useful, it costs $10 a month, which might put some people off...