I’ve felt for a long time that wireless tablets would be where it’s at for home users, as they’re so adaptable – use when sitting at a table or lounging on the sofa. Sometime back there was some promising announcement of products but no delivery, well finally it appears to be happening. A couple of wireless tablets, one from Sony (Air Board) and the other from Viewsonic (AirPanel 150).
Author: Simon Perry
Moxi excites interest
Back from my Winter break, hence the lack of comments recently.
What SonicBlue stared with their ReplayTV 4000 product, Moxi now take to another level with the key, multi-room (four) facility – a very exciting media convergence product.
More possible consolidation in Korea telco’s
Possible further consolidation of the telco market in Korea.
Sony make a power play to control the OS for BB connected Home Appliances
Sony have made many different alliances with many different parties to ensure they don’t miss the boat and now appear to have learnt all they need to create their own OS. link
Oftel finally see the need for broadband competition
At last Oftel announce that the UK needs stong competition to create a thriving BB market. The new thought is to route traffic though the BT network, rather than the competitiors having to buy BT wholesale products or install their own kit in exchanges. Oftel are saying this may happen by the summer.
VOD over DSL
Alcatel and Thomson multimedia demonstrated TV and VOD over DSL. Interestingly the article also mentions encoding units by Nextream, claiming video over less than 1Mb/s.
A positive piece on BB satellie looking forward to 20002.
More DSL in Beijing
Continued development of DSL access in the Hebei province around Beijing.
BBC reject STB idea
News that the BBC has ruled out having their own set top box wasn’t particularly surprising. Discussions with other UK broadcaster are still ongoing.
EU money for Cornish broadband
Funded by the European Regional Development Fund and South West Regional Development Agency, Cornwall will benefit from 33,000 ADSL connections