Tag - iPad
mardi 2 août 2011
Tablet sales mean far more mobile broadband devices
Par Bruno le mardi 2 août 2011, 17:25
A report has determined that sales of tablets will give a massive boost to the
the number of mobile broadband devices around. Impressive sales of slates
following in the wake of Apple’s iPad products are set to push a 57.8 …
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mardi 6 avril 2010
Live TV on the iPad coming soon | Tech Gear News - Betanews
Par Silverlight le mardi 6 avril 2010, 08:06
Qualcomm's mobile broadcast television service called FLO TV existed for about five years under different wireless carrier brand names: Sprint TV, Verizon V Cast TV, and AT&T MediaFLO TV. But the carriers didn't push it very hard, so it did not break through into the public's consciousness.
But then Qualcomm began advertising FLO TV on its own, with its own smartphone-sized pocket TVs made by HTC, and it looks like it is finally beginning to stick.
At CES 2010, Qualcomm announced it had partnered with Mophie on an external battery pack that contains a FLO TV chip so iPhone users could tune into FLO TV without the need for a cumbersome dock, external antenna or anything other than what they have shown an interest in already.
The juicepack TV receiver slips onto the iPhone like any other mophie battery pack, and works in conjunction with a FLO TV app to let users tune into their FLO TV subscriptions. It has not yet been released, but is expected to hit the market soon (first half of 2010.)
I got a hands-on experience with the juicepack TV at CTIA 2010, and while the experience is great, there is one aspect to the system that is absolutely brilliant. The 30-pin connector inside of the JPTV unit does not have to be connected to the iPhone for signals to come through.
All of FLO TV's signals are streamed to the iPhone via a Wi-Fi connection, and the 30-pin connector is used to supply the additional battery power.
Since a physical connection between the JPTV and the handheld device is not necessary, this means users could conceivably connect an iPod Touch or an iPad to the juicepack if they have an active FLO TV account and the iPhone OS-based app. A source close to both companies confirmed that iPod and iPad compatibility does exist, but did not say whether the functionality will be restricted when juicepack TV is released later this year.
vendredi 5 février 2010
iPad not a priority for Netflix
Par Silverlight le vendredi 5 février 2010, 08:46
Netflix is not immediately interested in Apple's iPad as a device to stream its service, according to company CEO Reed Hastings. "It's not a huge priority for us because we're so focused on the larger screens," he says. "[When] we get our TV ubiquity and our Blu-ray ubiquity ... we would next turn to the small screen. It's something we will get around to, but it's not in the near term."