A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Verizon Highlights Multi-Room DVR to Sell FiOS TV: Media Experiences 2 Go Experiences with the 16GB 3G iPhone in Canada: The Daleisphere Build Your Own tru2way App: Media Experiences 2 Go Upload Speeds Aren’t Terribly Important Yet: Media Experiences 2 Go
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. Stream High-Def Content Wirelessly at Home: Media Experiences 2 Go Is the HTPC Dead Yet? Not Just Yet: Brent Evans Geek Tonic Motorola Tuning Adapter Clears CableLabs Certification Wave 60: Media Experiences 2 Go Rogers Canadian iPhone Plans, The Fine Print: The Daleisphere So Many … Read more
If your iTunes collection is anything like mine, you’ve been importing music over a period of years and are stuck with missing or inaccurate track data and album art. TuneUp purports to help by analyzing your library on demand and filling the gaps, as you can see from the demo above. The software, which appends … Read more
MobileScrobbler was possibly the most polished jailbreak app. So, it’s comes as no surprise that Last.FM’s ready with a blessed iPhone client shortly after the iTunes App Store launch. Though, like all “official” apps, this one isn’t permitted to run in the background – meaning no music playback while checking email or browsing the web. … Read more
The big distraction news this week is obviously the 3G iPhone launch. And one ZNF reader suggested I owe everyone an explanation as to why I’m not upgrading. It’s simple really – most of the features I’m looking for are found in the 2.0 software update. The main hardware improvements over my model include higher … Read more
Apple products are the gifts that keep on giving. Right before the July 4th holiday, AppleInsider reported on how first-gen iPhone buyers can still operate their handsets as iPod Touch devices – Wi-Fi and all – if they decide to buy the new 3G iPhone. This met with some derision on the AppleInsider forum as … Read more
Rogers has announced its (and its subsidiary Fido’s) long awaited Canadian 3G iPhone data plan pricing. Unlike AT&T and other carriers around the world, Rogers is not offering an unlimited data plan option. Rather it is tying rather stingy tiered data plans to tiered voice plans at considerably higher prices than charged in Europe and … Read more
While the XBMC desktop port continues, a new player (Boxee) is stepping in to create a (free) unified front-end that layers social networking features on top of traditional media extender functionality. For those unfamiliar with XBMC, I’ll go ahead and quote myself: when you’ve completed the upgrade, the classic Xbox is more capable, useful, and … Read more