Is this a first? I think it may be. NBC is launching a new TV magazine (think 60 Minutes) called Rock Center tonight. As a part of the hype NBC is also rolling out a new iPad App to accompany the launch. The App won’t allow you to watch full episodes but it does promise [...]
If your device doesn’t fall under Hulu’s agreements with studios, there is generally no soup for you. Translation: Hulu’s website is blocked on most tablets, and when you head to its website, you are greeted by a black screen that informs you that your platform is not supported. You get an apology for the inconvenience [...]
In the board rooms and staff offices of many a publishing concern there is an ongoing debate here in the Age of the Tablet. Should we create an App, or can we just rely on the web to disseminate, and hopefully monetize content? It is a worthwhile debate to have because, as we all know, [...]
Though Apple had historically balked at the idea of a music subscription service in favor of a la carte pricing by the album or track, its latest venture into the cloud-based streaming service to compete with tech titans like Amazon and Google may move Apple just one step closer to subscriptions. Unlike some of its [...]
Apple recently posted a job listing for a Cloud Systems Software Engineer, which may be indicative of the company’s speculated plans to expand and create cloud-based services beyond what is found in today’s Mobile Me offering. According to the listing, the engineer would join a small team in creating ‘the future of cloud services’ at Apple’s [...]
Apple has just placed an order for 12 petabytes of storage from Isilon Systems. Speculation is that the vast amount of storage will be for Apple’s North Carolina data center, which will be the home to new cloud-based storage options for iTunes as well as for social networking integration for iPhone and Mobile Me accounts. [...]
Paywall discussions and big media trying to figure out how to turn their aging business models into a Tablet revenue stream are big and hot topics these days. Viewing and analyzing these efforts often focus on the fact that the folks doing all the agonizing over this don’t get the new ways of the Internet [...]
Say what you want about paywalls in general. I’ve said an awful lot about them in the past. Say what you want about the ridiculous pricing structure that the NY Times has put on for its new paywall. I think it is priced, well, to be kind, beyond ridiculous. But don’t tell me that to [...]
In addition to sharing digital media content via Air Share, which will allow Mac OS X and iOS users to share what’s on their devices with Apple TV to stream it to a larger HDTV wirelessly over WiFi, Apple will also be introducing a new feature called Home Sharing to iOS 4.3, which was briefly [...]
President Obama took a big crap on the iPad at some school in Virginia yesterday. Or at least that’s the impression I got skimming headlines today. Something about media being a distraction or something like that. I don’t know. All I read was “iPad” and was hooked.
If you’re a fan of Internet Radio or streaming music, or just a fan of Pandora (I’m a fan of all three) then you might want to heed a call from Pandora for some help. Pandora (and other companies that fall into this category) find themselves caught in a real squeeze play and, of course, [...]
I’m saying yes. Steve ““Chippy†Paine has been looking over investor presentations and points out that Portable Media Player (PMP) manufacturer, Archos, sees PMPs morphing into MIDs over the next two years. That only makes sense to me, simply because I continue to see much of the small mobile device push focusing on consuming media. [...]
I use the open source VLC Media Player on just about all my machines from the iMac to a Tablet. It will run just about any video source you can throw at it, without having to download any codecs or jump through hoops. I find it a suitable alternative to any other player. VideoLAN just [...]
We’ve talked about the coming of pocket sized mobile video projectors before and it looks like 3M will be the first to get the small wonders onto store shelves and into customers hands. Word is it will begin shipping on September 30. The MPro110 has both VGA and composite input but no speaker. Cost is [...]
Mobile music players are the talk of the town right now!! Microsoft and Apple hitting new news at the same time… planned by MS???? Details have been flying around about some new Zune players, and now they are official. 120GB and 16GB players are being released – 120 with a HD and the 16 is [...]
This will make my wife happy, and I imagine quite a few other wives as well. The NFL is going to experiment this season with streaming games over the web on Sunday nights. The announcement is due to come on Monday and Michael Learmouth of Silicon Alley Insider is linking to a Wall Street Journal [...]
Awhile back, good friend Ian Dixon invited me to do a guest spot on his podcast, The Media Center Show, to talk about all things mobile and where we see things going. We covered a range of topics and had a blast, so it might be worth a listen. Ian does a great job with [...]
Do you primarily read paper books, or do you find yourself living between the digital and paper world? If you read eBooks, what do you use to read them with? an eBook reader, a UMPC, a laptop, a PDA, a Tablet PC, etc? Do you like to mark-up your books with physical or digital highlighters, [...]
Steve Ballmer had some interesting things to say in this Washington Post interview, echoing outgoing Bill Gates thoughts on print vs digital media: within 10 years, there will be no print based newspapers or magazines. It will be delivered in electronic form. Is Mr. Ballmer right? Well, I can tell you that I have not [...]
We’ve been talking about the HP HDX Dragon for quite a while on GottaBeMobile.com, so we thought it was time to give a little review of this mobile entertainment powerhouse. Now, we know that a notebook computer this size is normally out of our coverage area and it pushes the envelope with the whole "mobile" [...]
(Thanks to GBM Reader Aaron for the tip!) Astak has announced a new line of Mentor e-book readers at the IDPF trade show today. The line will include 5-inch, 6-inch, and 9.7-inch screen models with a variety of configurations. They all include E-Ink displays, 128MB of RAM, SD card slots, and MP3 playback capabilities. The [...]
Yesterday Apple surprised no one with their announcement that they would now make new movie releases available on iTunes the same day as the DVD release. That will certainly have an impact on NetFlix and Blockbuster, not to mention the postal service. In the continuing evolution of mobile entertainment we already have witnessed the decline of [...]
Although the Netronix EB-100 E-Book Reader is a similar, if not the exact, design to the Bookeen Cybook V3, I think this is the first E-Ink based book reader we’ve seen with a touch screen. (Someone correct me if I’m wrong.) While I prefer my digital books via audio, I would love to see E-Book [...]
Steve Van der Hoeven, Fortune Fountain‘s Product Manager for DialKeys , has written a GottaBeMobile.com guest tutorial on how to take pictures with your UMPC and have them automatically uploaded to Flickr – all using DialKeys Gen 2. Utilizing GPS, the pictures also get geo tagged. Read the full tutorial here. Up until now the [...]
This has been rumored, hoped for, and forecast for some time now and it looks like it is going to come to pass. The Financial Times is reporting that Apple is going to start “renting” movies on line through its iTunes store. Apparently an announcement is scheduled for MacWorld in a few weeks, so you [...]
Newsweek has more details on Amazon’s Kindle device and service, which begins shipping tomorrow for $399. Looks very similar to a Tablet PC and UMPC, huh? I doubt it supports ink, but it sure would have been nice. Like Scoble, I wish Microsoft would have gotten their Tablet PC team on to this. It screams tablet. Oh [...]
Amazon.com is gearing up to release its Kindle E-Book Reader on Monday. Seiko Epson is readying their E-Book reader and we’ve also heard news recently from CyBook. Of course not a week goes by without hearing about Sony’s reader. There is obviously a market here, but I’m not in it for a couple of reasons. I’d rather [...]
I just got an email notification from the Microsoft Zune team that the updated Zune software will be hitting on November 13th for all of us Zune 1.0 owners. Here are more details Beginning November 13, Zune ® will be providing service and software updates for your device and your PC. The updates will be [...]
Over at the Origami Project forums Kurt has an interesting blog post on how to use an Ultra Mobile PC to listen to Internet radio. The post covers everything from streaming to Codecs, to how to optimize your UMPC for listening. So if you’re looking to turn your UMPC into a portable radio you might [...]
Talk of Mobile media and Mobile entertainment these days on the pages of GottaBeMoible.com (and elsewhere) usually centers around Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, the Zune, and what you can do with media on UMPCs using either the Origami Experience or Windows Media Center. But there are other mobile solutions out there that offer some [...]
I must have missed this a week or so ago, but nonetheless, this is good news for digital photo bugs. The latest beta of Windows Live Photo Gallery now includes Flickr integration, allowing you to send your photos to Flickr with one click. The integration allows you to use the same tagging in Windows Live [...]
I don’t know how long this special will last, but Buy.com has the brown 30GB Zune listed for $99. Order today and they will ship around November 19th.
Place-shifting media is becoming quite popular these days with Orb, SlingMedia, and WebGuide. Well, Microsoft just acquired the rights to WebGuide and is integrating it into Windows Vista Media Center, making it available for free. WebGuide lets Media Center owners watch live TV using a mobile device like a Tablet PC, UMPC, or Windows Mobile [...]
I really enjoy reading about how others weave technology into their work and life. Carnaman has a blog about Indirect Lending. The latest post is titled, Technology is Wonderful, and chronicles the hardware and software that he uses to get through his day and workflow. Notably, he’s using the HPTC1100 Tablet PC with a Cingular [...]
Linda Epstein of Tablet PC2.com is checking out Mirage. No, not some silly mirage off in the distance, but Mirage the automation software by Autonomic Controls. The Beta release of Mirage offers up touchscreen remote management of the digital media stored on your PC or network. And I think Linda is right, this is a [...]
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12 iPhone Photography Accessories – Lenses, Stands, Filters and More To Enhance Your Photos
Apple made a lot of shutterbugs happy with the camera upgrades in the iPhone 4S — more pixels and a bigger sensor means an even better “best camera” to carry everywhere. Want to take the iPhone even further than that? With some additional accessories and apps you can turn this device into a mobile photo and video studio worthy of your enhanced skills.
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iHome iB40 Headphones: Decent Sound at Budget Price
If you’re looking for a budget set of headphones that still produce decent sound and rich bass, then you should give the iHome iB40 Headphones a look. They’re comfortable, have an understated look, and produce good sound for the money. I hate ear buds! When I’m around the house and want to listen to some music [...]
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The Droid 4 is the most recent of Motorola’s Droid line. The original Droid kicked off the Android revolution on Verizon, so it is good to see that the company is still thinking of users who want a physical keyboard. The Droid 4 marks the first time Motorola has included Verizon’s super fast 4G LTE [...]
Samsung Series 7 Slate Review: First Impressions
These days whenever someone mentions the word “Tablet” visions of the iPad or something similar dance in their heads. Not that long ago a tablet was something quite different: a Windows-based slate computer. Since the rise of the new idea of the tablet there have been a few Tablet PCs trying for relevance in an [...]
