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NetBlender drops iPhone exclusivity on BD Touch 2.0, connects Blu-ray to Blackberry, Android & Pre

by Richard Lawler Apr 20th 2009 @ 9:21AM


It's a new year and NetBlender has a new change of gear, pairing with BluFocus to bring last year's BD Touch software -- and its BD-Live enabled Blu-ray player to iPhone / iPod Touch connections -- up to version 2.0, featuring crossplatform capability with other WiFi enabled handhelds like Blackberry, Android and Palm Pre. While going iPhone exclusive hasn't hurt some apps, hopefully we'll see wider adoption of the technology, which can enable things from making the phone a remote control to using it as a keyboard, downloading files from the disc or playing games, now that it supports more than one platform. More info should be available once it hits the floor at NAB 2009 later this week.

DirecTV's free iPhone app manages 100k downloads in its first week

by Richard Lawler Apr 7th 2009 @ 8:11PM


Shockingly enough, people seem to be interested in the possibility of easily browsing TV schedules and programming their DirecTV DVR from the iPhone / iPod Touch, for free. Available for just one week so far, it's already ticked over 100,000 downloads so yeah, it's popular, our only question is what's next? You've probably checked it out by now, let us know what features need to be changed or added, or just tee off on the fact that your TV or cellphone provider hasn't unveiled a similar setup yet, we're listening.

Verizon facing fines for poor phone service, FiOS TV expansion partly to blame

by Darren Murph May 17th 2008 @ 8:09AM


Ruh roh. Seems that perpetual gripes down in Tampa Bay, Florida have finally amounted to something substantial. Just months after hearing a chorus of complaints about Verizon's lackluster customer service, we're now seeing that the carrier could face upwards of $6.5 million in fines for "willful and repeated lapses in Verizon's telephone service." Interestingly, it's reported that Verizon actually has fessed up to some service lapses, and it made a point to explain that it has been "simply overwhelmed with demand for the FiOS service." More specifically, it "acknowledged hiccups in repair service amid strong demand for its FiOS services," but has promised to bring things back up to par hastily. Tap the read link for more on the mess.

Why can't we have something like this here in the states?

by Matt Burns Mar 24th 2006 @ 12:17PM

We love Japanese gadgets. Some are wacky and some are just weird, but some are just plain cool. Check out this new cell phone from Vodafone. I am sure you are thinking "oh, another video phone....who cares?" Well my friend, that is not a video on the screen but rather a over-the-air digital broadcast. Thats right, the phone has a digital tuner (one for the Japanese system though) and a FM tuner.

Akihabara News has a video showing off the reception and functions of the phone. Trust me, you want to watch this and it is of course in high-def.




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