Is RIM Looking to Move Into Your Living Room?
18.07.11
The VAR Guy wants to know: Would you buy an AppleTV-style offering from Research In Motion ? Apparently, the company behind the BlackBerry and BlackBerry PlayBook is pushing its luck by introducing another consumer product into an already burgeoning marketplace. Does The VAR Guy have some perspective for the channel? Wouldn’t be the blogger at large if he didn’t …
The tip of The VAR Guy’s fedora goes to blog Nerdberry.com for following up on the story and allegedly confirming the rumors. It’s been reported that the BlackBerry device, with the codename “Cyclone,” will look similar to the BlackBerry Presenter , a device that lets users push Adobe PDF files and PowerPoint files from their BlackBerry to a TV. According to Nerdberry.com, the Cyclone will take it up a notch, adding access to Netflix, YouTube and associated media activities as do many other media boxes.
Source: The VAR Guy
AT&T Expands Mobile-Video Apps For U-Verse TV Subs
18.07.11
AT&T now offers downloads of about 700 episodes from more than 100 TV series to U-verse TV subscribers -- for no additional charge for those with the U200 programming package or higher -- via apps for more than 20 smartphones.
The telco said Monday the U-verse Mobile app is now available on several Android devices, including the LG Thrive, LG Phoenix and Samsung Infuse 4G, and the Windows Phone HTC HD7S. The app debuted for the iPhone last August.
Source: Multichannel News
iOS, Android catching buyers' eyes while Blackberry suffers
18.07.11
New smartphone buyers have their eyes on iOS and Android devices this summer, with Blackberrys barely registering on their radar. That's according to the latest ChangeWave report with survey data of 4,163 mobile phone consumers—the majority of which are in the US. The trends show that smartphone buyers currently favor iOS devices a bit more than Android, but the two platforms are both holding strong against RIM in the consumer market.
According to ChangeWave, 46 percent of survey respondents who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days said they plan to buy an iOS device—that's up two percentage points from the March 2011 survey. Similarly, 32 percent say they plan to buy an Android device, up one percentage point from March.
Source: Ars Technica