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 )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 )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 )Starbucks is expanding its digital music service to 15 Starbucks shops in Seattle and 30 in Austin, Texas. The Hear Media music bar service lets customers burn custom music compilations onto a CD, selecting songs from Hear Music’s digital library of 150,000 songs. Consumers can browse the catalog on a touch screen and listen to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Analysts expect 64 million Wi-Fi systems to be sold in 2004 (up from 24 million in 2002), with growth expected to surge among home users. The home wireless market is projected to reach 28 million in 2008 (up from 8.7 million households in 2004). Wi-Fi households represent a demographic segment of young, affluent, tech-savvy, early-adopter [...]
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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