Here’s a summary of the week’s digital lifestyle action on last100. Note that you can subscribe to the weekly wrapups, either via the special weekly wrapup RSS feed or by email.
Internet TV news
Livestation coming to Mac next month
We just got word that a Mac version of the Internet TV service Livestation could be released to the public as early as next month. For those that don’t know, Livestation is a desktop app built on Microsoft’s Silverlight front-end that utilizes peer-to-peer technology to deliverer live TV to a user’s PC (currently Windows-only).
ScreenPlay TV Link is super-small bridge between your media content and television
There is no shortage of media streamers for your living room, with AppleTV, Vudu, and the relatively new Netflix set-top box by Roku being some of the more popular. Iomega, already a player in this space, enters again with a novel product.
YouTube gets dedicated Olympic channel, but it won’t be available in the U.S.
The 2008 Olympic Games will be broadcast online to more than 70 countries on a dedicated YouTube channel, but the United States is not included.
Rocketboom goes mainstream, signs ad, distribution deal with Sony
Rocketboom is going mainstream. The seminal newsy video blog, launched in October 2004, signed a reported seven-figure deal with Sony Pictures Television to distribute Rocketboom on Sony’s Crackle video site and across other Sony platforms such as the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation Portable, and Bravia I-Link televisions.
Mobile news
It’s hard not to look at HTC’s new flagship smartphone, the Touch Diamond, through iPhone-tinted glasses. Featuring a touch screen interface that’s been designed, on the surface at least, to be operated using a finger rather than a stylus, like Cupertino’s own crown jewel, the Touch Diamond is marketed as a device that makes accessing the Web on the go just as easy as making a phone call.
Smartphone parade – one size doesn’t fit all
Steve O’Hear: We at last100 love the iPhone as much as the next person. Yet I remain convinced that for all of Apple’s innovation – especially on the mobile browsing front and major improvements in usability – the iPhone in its current incarnation will have significant but limited appeal. There’s only one iPhone, and in the smartphone market, one size doesn’t fit all.
Jobs admits MobileMe not up to Apple’s standards
It seemed like a lot to take on at the time — the introduction of MobileMe, the opening of the AppStore, the release of the iPhone 2.0 software, and the availability of the second-generation iPhone itself. Apple CEO Steve Jobs admitted as much in an internal email sent to Apple employees Monday evening, according to reports.
Report: HTC’s Android-powered “Google phone” may be delayed after all
Dan Langendorf: I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. Developing a phone — even if it is just an operating system — is not something you do overnight with a bunch of cajoled software developers.
Digital Music news
Report: iTunes still leading music store in the U.S.
Apple’s iTunes remains number one in the U.S. amongst all music retailers according to the latest NPD MusicWatch figures. With Amazon moving from fifth place to fourth.
That’s a wrap. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
