Listen to iPhone Video Podcasts with Display Off

While listening to audio-only podcasts, iPhone owners can press the ‘Sleep/Wake’ button to turn off the display, yet still continue listening to the podcast. iPhone users can also click the iPhone’s ‘Start’ button when listening to audio podcasts, use other iPhone apps, and continue listening to the podcast uninterrupted. Not so with podcasts. Pressing the … Read more

Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: The Gadget Show Live: mobile phone watches This is a product category that has me far from convinced but it’s intriguing nonetheless. I’m talking about mobile phone watches, which are about as Star Trek or Knight Rider as they come. I got to see … Read more

Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Netflix prepping PlayStation 3 and Wii support suggests job ad Proof that Netflix is serious about widening support beyond the XBox 360 emerged after a recent job advertisement on Monster.com was spotted seeking a lead engineer responsible for the company’s “gaming platforms” – plural. … Read more

Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Fandango and Pandora apps show off Palm Pre’s Mojo Palm demoed a number of third-party apps from developers who’ve been given extra early access. The Fandango and Pandora apps are particularly impressive, and are a good example of how Palm hopes to compete with … Read more

AT&T Wireless Bans Slingboxes

AT&T Downs Slingbox

AT&T Wireless has pretty explicitly dropped the hammer on Slingbox owners, amongst others, via their revised terms of service:

customer initiated redirection of television […] to a mobile device […] is prohibited

Some speculate this language is in response to oversized and unintentional roaming fees. Others believe AT&T has “oversold” or is approaching their network capacity and this is a way free up bandwidth. I have a more pessimistic, Net non-Neutrality theory in that AT&T would prefer we subscribe to their limited selection of MobiTV television content in lieu of streaming home video (which I’ve already paid for). Regardless of the reason(s), I’m not a happy AT&T customer today.

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Cable and Wireless

Even though most of the wireless action is out at CTIA this week, there is a presence at The Cable Show as well. From the live WiMAX network (I scored a loaner USB dongle in the Motorola booth) to the Clearwire van driving through Broadband Nation, cable wants to make it clear that it’s not … Read more

Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Yahoo’s Widget Channel debuts on new Samsung Internet-connected TVs Compatible Samsung TVs start at $3,000 for a 46-inch screen and the feature enables users to install mini-apps referred to as “widgets” that offer access to a range of Yahoo services — news, stock quotes, … Read more

Digital Media Bytes: Last100 Edition

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Hands-on review: INQ1 a.k.a. the ‘Facebook phone’ I’ve been playing with the INQ1, the so-called ‘Facebook phone’. Designed by the same team behind mobile carrier 3’s original “Skype Phone”, like its predecessor, this fairly nondescript 3G candy bar slider masks plenty of innovation on … Read more