Seriously, what is up with Apple TV? It’s been such a spectacular commercial failure (in my opinion), that I now have to wonder (in paranoid fashion) if there’s a master plan we the public are simply not aware of. Since the Apple TV launched earlier this year, it’s been heavily eclipsed by other online video … Read more
A new set-top maker has entered the fray to the tune of $17.5 million in capital investments. The company, Building-B, says it will have a product in retail this fall that will combine broadcast TV with VOD and Web video. Sounds great. But haven’t we heard that somewhere before? There’s a reason no one else … Read more
Speaking of movie downloads, along with Sony’s $100 PS3 price cut announcement they unveiled an upcoming model with larger 80GB hard drive… and reported to at least one media outlet: the size is designed to support HD movie downloads. Gizmodo has more. Considering Microsoft offers Xbox movie and television downloads, plus Sony is a movie … Read more
Om Malek reports that Akimbo will be killing their hardware line and that current customers will given three months of free service before it’s turned off. Guess what I won’t bother reviewing this month (see above). In lieu of set-top box services, Akimbo will focus on their software and web products going forward. Akimbo has … Read more