Apple announced a major overhaul of the iPod and slashed the price of the iPhone. Upgrades to the iPod include more storage, bigger screens, and a new ‘iPod Touch’ model featuring the iPhone’s multitouch interface, built-in Wi-Fi and the Safari Internet browser, and ability to play YouTube videos.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )NBC’s DotComedy.com site announced an agreement with technology provider HIRO Media to distribute free, ad-supported downloads of its comedy programming. In a deal brokered by William Morris Digital, HIRO’s service will let DotComedy.com monetize free-to-download programs by including protected ads that play in-show.
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Sony’s next-generation PSP is expected to include a digital video camera and allow users to stream live video to the PlayStation 3. The feature, will utilize the PSP’s Wi-Fi support and be promoted as the new way to chat with friends while on the go.
The “PSP 2″ may also include 4MB of flash storage. [...]
Sony PSP manufacturing partner Samsung said that Sony expects to ship 20 million units of the Playstation Portable in 2006. Sony reported shipment of 10 million units during 2005 - with 3 million units shipped to the UK. Nintendo’s DS handheld sold 13 million units in 2005.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nintendo announced web browser and TV tuner support for its DS handheld gaming device. The Opera web browser will be sold on a DS cartridge in Japan this June for approximately $32, allowing users to surf the Internet via Wi-Fi. Nintendo’s DS Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Receiver Card will allow DS users to watch [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )TiVo will begin testing an enhanced TiVoToGo feature to let subscribers transfer recorded television programming to Apple iPods or Sony’s PSP’s. TiVo software will translates the programming into files that can be read on either the iPod or Sony’s PSP, with anti-piracy watermarks on the video files traceable to originating computers. The new [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sony has expanded its LocationFree wireless multimedia network to support PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld gaming devices. The upgrade allows PSP owners to stream TV programs or movies via any WiFi hotspot from their broadband-connected LocationFree base station (retails for $350) set up in their home. Previously, consumers could use LocationFree only through certain [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nintendo announced it will offer free wireless broadband access in Europe and Asia for users of its DS handheld game consoles. Gamers in the UK will have access to free Wi-Fi hot spots at 7,500 locations, including McDonald’s restaurants and select coffeehouses, hotels, gas stations, railway stations, airports, football stadiums, and in major video [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sony announced it has shipped 10 million PlayStation Portables in the 10 months since December, and plans to ship 13 million by the end of the year. Sony shipped 3 million PSPs in Japan since its launch last December; 4.5 million units since March in North America; and 2.5 million units in Europe since [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sony announced it will offer a new ‘PSP Giga Pack’ for the holiday season, priced at $299 and including an upgrade from the 32MB memory stick to a 1GB ‘PSP-stick’ (will also be sold separately) — ample storage for music or a movie.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )IMPULSE Digital Media is published by James Brennan, President of digital media consulting firm Mandalan Media, which operates web video wiki Strmz.com.
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