Posted by Simon Perry on 20 January 2004 | Tagged as: Cellular, Platforms, Web
Wherify have announced a dedicated locator device that fits in the palm of the hand. It uses GPS for the location and enables two-way conversation with the owner via a cellular connection.
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 January 2004 | Tagged as: Audio Hardware, Music, Platforms, Wireless
SoniqCast are first to market with a digital music player that wirelessly loads and plays music. They call it the Element Aireo.
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 January 2004 | Tagged as: Content, Content Indexing & Navigation, Music, Reviews
Following our coverage of the opening of Bleep, the DRM-free music store from Warp Records, we report in-depth our experiences using it and find it impressive.
Posted by Simon Perry on 15 January 2004 | Tagged as: Content, Music
Pushing against the major record companies, a UK record company, Warp, launches online music track sales, employing no DRM. Once tracks are selected and paid for, a high quality MP3 is collected.
Posted by Simon Perry on 14 January 2004 | Tagged as: Awards, Business, Legal, Push to Talk, Uncategorized
Since concerns of Oscar voters leaking their recordings of the films to file sharing networks last year, there has been some changes in their release. This year they think they have identified a leak this year.
Posted by Simon Perry on 13 January 2004 | Tagged as: Gadgets, Platforms
The surprise recent deal between HP and Apple for the iPod and iTunes has raised a reaction from Microsoft; concerned that consumer’s choice might become restricted.
Posted by Simon Perry on 12 January 2004 | Tagged as: Control Devices, Digital Media Adaptors, Industry Trends, IPTV, Platforms, PVR/DVR, Video Hardware, Wireless
Out of the many products shown at CES, we think is one of the most significant – Sony were showing LocationFree, a highly-portable A4 pad-sized touch screen TV, running IP to its basestation, giving access to any TV, video, audio and digitised content attached to it. And it works out of the home.
Posted by Simon Perry on 9 January 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution
The number of text messages sent in the UK via mobile phone continues to grow unabated. New Years day, just past, reached a new record of 111 million.
Posted by Simon Perry on 8 January 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution
Heavy hitters from the world of networking, consumer electronics and the US cable companies have formed the Multimedia over Coax Alliance which plans to use the coax networks currently installed in around 70% of US home to carry data at up to 270mps.
Posted by Simon Perry on 7 January 2004 | Tagged as: Platforms, Reviews
Extreme Tech have reviewed the Gateway computers latest media PC that runs Windows Media edition, the FMC-901X.
