Subscription-based music service Rhapsody has dropped its price from $15 per month to $10 per month. That means you can listen to any of the 9 million songs available in the Rhapsody library on any supported device for $10 per month, which is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying and downloading each song … Read more
The Vue Personal Video Network bundle has been shipping for a number of months now. And in the time I’ve dilly dallied with my review hardware, Vue has seen some notable improvements since the possibly reserved launch coverage. The $300 Vue bundle consist of a wireless base station, which you hardwire to your router, and … Read more
I’m still reveling in last night’s glorious NCAA tourney championship game, but for those with an interest in The Masters and Tiger’s upcoming return to golf, there are now multiple ways to get the experience in 3D. Comcast, Cox, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, and Shaw in Canada (plus two unnamed European operators) have all nabbed … Read more
I’ve read the reviews, played with several devices, fought off temptation, and concluded it’s not the right time for me to make an iPad purchase. My main sticking point is the lack of multitasking, something I hope to see addressed later this year with an iPhone 4.0 OS update. I want to listen to Slacker … Read more
It was a Dark Horse weekend at Golden Apple Comics in Hollywood– first Felicia Day and the cast of The Guild Friday night, celebrating the release of the first Guild comic, then Zack Whedon on Saturday, signing copies of Terminator 2029. Golden Apple is where we’ve been getting our fix since 2004, and owner Ryan … Read more
Perhaps I missed it launch week. Or perhaps it’s an even newer arrival. Regardless, I discovered and unboxed the new TiVo Glo Remote, Premiere Edition, at the Best Buy Friday night… as they conducted some light iPad remodeling. It appears that the jump in physical quality from standard “peanut” to Glo is much less dramatic … Read more
It may not be quite as nice as their upcoming higher resolution, universal app, but it appears the existing iPhone OS Slingbox client ($30, iTunes) is a go on the 9.7″ iPad. I’m currently tabletless, but posed the Sling question to my Twitteverse. And heard back from several reputable sources including ZDNet’s Jason Perlow, Macworld … Read more
Netflix has been getting a lot of attention for its new iPad app that lets users not only manage their queue, but also stream movies and TV shows to Apple’s new tablet. But it looks like you might not need to pick up an iPad to get that feature. Netflix has pretty much said that … Read more