After a short hiatus, 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.
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Internet TV news
Vudu boasts more HD content than the rest (but is the biz model the right one?)
Set-top box movie service Vudu is claiming to offer more High Definition content than any of its competitors — Apple TV, Netflix, XBox 360, and even Blu-Ray itself — reports CNet. And while content is mostly King, I’m still unsure about the company’s business model.
New Xbox 360 games carry Netflix streaming promotion
In a joint marketing effort with partner Microsoft, a 48 hour ‘Gold’ pass to XBox Live that includes the Netflix promotion, can be found in the box of US retail copies of the newly released James Bond game, although access to Netflix on XBox 360 won’t be available until later this month when the previously announced Dashboard update is rolled out.
See also (from last week):
- Not exclusive to XBox, Netflix HD streaming coming to Roku too
- After on-off relationship, Netflix streaming comes to TiVo
- BBC iPlayer on Wii gets a UI overhaul
Mobile news
iPhone app climbs Apple’s ‘walled garden’ to display photos on TiVo
DVRPics is a new application for iPhone and iPod touch that enables you to stream photos to a networked TiVo so that they can be viewed on the TV. Currently only one photo can be selected at a time — a limitation the app’s developer blames on Apple, since third-party developers aren’t given direct access to the iPhone’s photo library.
3’s “Facebook phone” officially unveiled
At a launch event here in London, the mobile carrier “3″ and sister company INQ Mobile unveiled the much anticipated “Facebook phone”. That’s not its official name, nor is it an official offering from Facebook — although the social networking site did have a hand in the phone’s deep Facebook integration.
Hands On with Nokia’s new touchscreen phone – the 5800 XpressMusic (aka the Tube)
Ever since Nokia officially announced its new consumer touchscreen smartphone, the 5800 XpressMusic (aka the “Tube”), I’ve been dying to get my hands on the device. Not because I was expecting an iPhone killer — it isn’t and probably wasn’t really intended to be — but because I was curious to see how well Nokia could adapt its S60 user interface for a touchscreen phone.
See also (from last week):
That’s a wrap for the week! Thanks for your support.
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