After a few months of delays used to tighten up their software and experience, the Sysbas folks have christened July 23rd as Popbox Launch Day.
Syabas is no stranger to this space, having produced the powerful Popcorn Hour boxes (and as the guy behind the guy prior)… And the Popbox miniaturizes most of those local media playback capabilities into a smaller form, with a modern UI, and the requisite app platform. Unfortunately, it still looks like Netflix won’t be a launch partner. Along with the also MIA Crunchyroll and Facebook. But there’s plenty others to get us started. With or without Netflix, I’m still quite interested in getting ahold of a unit given my positive, lasting CES Popbox exposure.
Amazon is currently the sole Popbox retailer, and they’ve got the hardware ready to roll in the warehouse. The wired-only unit, perhaps comparable to the WDTV Live, runs $130 while the 802.11n wireless revision will cost you $150.
(via EngadgetHD, thanks Chad!)