Forrester’s review of the Playbook is not glowing to say the least. “A racecar missing a wheel” and “has sacrificed consumer-friendliness for CIO peace-of-mind”. OUCH! Read the whole review (including why they think RIM will launch it anyway).
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RIM Blackberry Playbook Pad Device is DOA
Posted in Devices, tagged Blackberry, iPad on April 15, 2011 |
Reports of new device partners for YouView in the press this morning. Including Pace, Chinese technology giant Huawei, Turkish electronics firm Vestel and the Manhattan Technology consortium, including the Pixsan Digital Software and Skardin companies.
Virgin Media in Quad Play media deal
Posted in Content Discovery, Devices, OTT, tagged Virgin Media on April 8, 2011 |
Virgin Media and Motricity have hooked up allowing Virgin customers to watch content on their phones via the Virgin Player. Currently, only 12% of Virgin’s customer base have quadplay services from the platform.
OTT Connected TV Ecosystem
Posted in Devices, OTT, tagged Internet TV on April 3, 2011 |
An interesting chart from IDATE about the connected TV ecosystem. It is complex (as expected) and incumbent content owners will have advantages. This is part of IDATE’s MipCom event pitch.
Qype Contest – Win and iPad2
Posted in Devices, Internet, Mobile, tagged Qype on April 1, 2011 |
If you haven’t used Qype, download the app! It is great on the mobile phone. Google Maps gets you where you want to go, if you know where you are going. Qype you put on location services, it knows where you are and it will tell you cool places in the area. I love it [...]
Fetch TV and Betfair; ITV Only Way is Essex and Microsoft XBox, Mediaroom mash up
Posted in Broadband, Broadcast, Devices, Gaming, OTT, tagged Apps, Internet TV, ITV, Motivation, XBox on March 11, 2011 |
ITVT “news round up” has three great stories. FetchTV and Betfair joining forces for an app that lets consumers bet from their armchair ITV’s the Only Way is Essex gets dedicated interactive content Microsoft rumoured to be mashing up XBox, Mediaroom and Kinect for some new offering in market before Christmas 2011 – very cloak [...]
Week of News You’ve Probably Already Read
Posted in Broadband, Broadcast, Devices, Internet, Investments and M&A, Opinion, OTT, tagged Apple, BBC, iPad, iPlayer, Sky on March 3, 2011 |
This week has tossed up some gems that you have probably already come across due to the extraordinary amount of coverage they are getting in both trade and consumer press. For completeness and future reference, here are some of the week’s gems. After months of speculation (and no surprise to anyone – has Murdoch ever [...]
Didn’t Make it to Mobile Content World and Need a Summary?
Posted in Devices, Events, Mobile, tagged Android, Apple, Apps, Google, iPad, iPhone on February 22, 2011 |
Here is a great summary fromMobile Content World on a blog called Convergence Conversation.
Ad Skipping PVRs becoming obsolete…
Posted in Advertising, Broadcast, Devices, tagged ads on February 12, 2011 |
Japan have one thing right here – the consumer electronics industry is dependent on a strong broadcasting industry and they are now making PVRs that no longer have ad skipping functionality as part of digital switchover. Read the details here.
Nokia and Microsoft tie up
Posted in Devices, Mobile, tagged Microsoft, Nokia, SmartPhones on February 12, 2011 |
Nokia and Microsoft have agreed to join forces against Android and Apple in the smartphone market. Nokia CEO is claiming that this will now make the smartphone market a “three horse race” but he also gave employees a warning about the company’s financial future this week.
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