Amped Wireless Launches a Touch Screen Wireless-AC Router

[[Coi] Mr.CLuBBeR]

Yes, even routers now have touchscreens

Amped Wireless is beginning to integrate touch functionality into its home networking devices. We saw it first with the TAP-EX, a high-power Wi-Fi range extender with a built-in touchscreen, and now there's the TAP-R2, an AC750 Wi-Fi router with touch display. This isn't the first router with a touchscreen we've seen, though Amped Wireless is billing it as the industry's first high power touch screen Wi-Fi router.
Even with the "high power" qualifier, Securifi might have something to say about that claim. Securifi's Almond is an 802.11n Wi-Fi router with touchscreen display, which can be found for around $90 street, and the Almond+ kicks things up into Wireless-AC territory (AC1750), though it's not yet available to purchase. So, make of that what you will.
In any event, Amped Wireless' TAP-R2 is supposedly designed to deliver three times the Wi-Fi coverage of other routers. To do that, Amped Wireless armed the RAP-R2 with half a dozen high power amplifiers and two high gain antennas (external and internal) to deliver up to 800mW of Wi-Fi output power. Combined with a touchscreen for easy setup, Amped Wireless believes it has a winner on its hands.
"Many consumers are settling for a poor performing and outdated Wi-Fi network simply because they don’t want to hassle with the process of updating it," stated Lacey Limbrick, Brand/Marketing Manager at Amped Wireless. "We hope to change the Wi-Fi experience with our TAP-R2. Consumers can now bring next gen AC Wi-Fi speeds into their home, with less dead spots than ever before, all from a nice little device that’s easy on the eyes, and they’ll be able to get all of this accomplished and up and running in minutes. The touch screen setup is really that simple."
The TAP-R2 is available to pre-order now for $160 and is expected to ship on February 11, 2015.
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