May 20

Google adding over-the-air app installation and iTunes streaming to Android

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Sure sure, Froyo is great and all, but Google just blew our minds with two previews of upcoming Android features at I/O: OTA application installation and remote music streaming. OTA installation is just as simple as you’d expect — after browsing to an app on your desktop, you can push it to your phone and install it with just a single click, all done over the air. Interestingly, Google also showed music being purchased and transferred from Android Marketplace in the same way, which could indicate a deeper push towards music integration, or just be a nice demo. Either way, it’s pretty slick stuff — the fewer wires we have to carry, the better.

The remote music streaming is a little crazier: Google bought a company called Simplify Media, which makes a bit of desktop software that can stream all your music directly from iTunes to your phone. The demo was quite slick — you just open the app and push “all,” and all your music is instantly available. Whether or not this’ll work over 3G or be limited to the local network is still up in the air, but we’re dying to try it out.

Google adding over-the-air app installation and iTunes streaming to Android originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 12:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Clicker.tv brings streaming internet video to your TV’s browser; it has a web browser right?

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When Clicker launched last fall it seemed like just another me-too streaming video aggregator, but we’ll have to give it another look after it’s followed up its Boxee integration by showing off the HTML5-built Clicker.tv site at Google I/O today. Designed as a “ten-foot” experience for TV screens it can be perused via mouse and keyboard or just a remote, bringing Clicker’s index of video including network TV, webisodes and web-only content, plus premium sources like Amazon VOD and iTunes. It’s currently in beta, but if leaning back and browsing from the couch is your thing — or on the off chance someone launches a Google TV with Intel processor, support for all those streaming codecs we love and a QWERTY remote from Logitech tomorrow — it could be worth bookmarking.

Clicker.tv brings streaming internet video to your TV’s browser; it has a web browser right? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 22:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Netflix iPad app updated to support video out to TVs and monitors

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We’re still not exactly sure why so many people have complained about the Netflix iPad app‘s lack of video-out support, but rest easy folks — your cries of despair have been heard. Version 1.0.2, now live in the App Store, supports video out using the component, composite, and VGA dongles, as well as addressing some lingering bugs. To be perfectly honest, we’d much rather stream Netflix in HD using one of the many set-top options out there while hanging on to the iPad for some casual surfing on the side, but we won’t tell you how to rock it… just so long as you rock it raw.

[Thanks, Dave]

Netflix iPad app updated to support video out to TVs and monitors originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 21:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Cerevo Cam live! packs on-board USTREAM support

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Japan’s Cerevo already has a fairly unique product on its hands with the 3G-enabled Cerevo Cam, but it looks like it’s now managed to pull one more trick out of its hat: built-in support for USTREAM live streaming. That comes in the form of the Cerevo Cam live!, which is otherwise identical to the company’s previous Cerevo Cam (it’ll get USTREAM support in a firmware update), and is available with an optional USTREAM kit that includes a wide-angle conversion lens, a mini tripod, and a 4GB microSD card. As for the camera itself, while livestreaming is limited to 352 x 288, you’ll of course still be able to capture video up to 720p resolution and snap 9-megapixel still images, and you’ll be able to upload video directly from the camera over WiFi in addition to 3G. Still no indication of a release over here, but it looks like this one’s already available in Japan for a downright reasonable ¥19,999 (or about $216).

Cerevo Cam live! packs on-board USTREAM support originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 13:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 14

Hauppage WinTV gets WiFi streaming for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

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If we’ve learned anything from the long gestation of the SlingPlayer iPhone app, it’s that folks want to stream video to their iPhone, iPad, and / or iPod touch. At least the folks at Hauppauge think so — and the new version (v7.2) of WinTV for the WinTV -HVR tuner board for the PC now includes that functionality. Indeed, the software will even stream 16 and Pregnant (or whatever it is you’re into these days) to your Mac computer. Sadly, all of this streaming is going down via WiFi, but who knows? Maybe you really want to record TV on one machine and then watch it five feet away. It will be available directly from Hauppauge for $9.95, although the company is making a free upgrade available to current owners of WinTV-HVRs. PR after the break.

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Hauppage WinTV gets WiFi streaming for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 15:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 13

Hulu says HTML5 ‘doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs’

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As you may be aware, Hulu rolled out an updated version of its video player today, but what you may not have noticed is that the company also took advantage of the occasion to briefly talk about HTML5. In a post on the Hulu blog (which has curiously since been pulled, though it remains in the RSS feed), Hulu’s VP of Product Eugene Wei took a moment for an “aside on HTML5,” in which he said that while Hulu continues to monitor developments on HTML5, “as of now it doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs.” Wei further goes on to note that Hulu’s player doesn’t just stream video, that it also must do things like secure the content, handle reporting for advertisers, and do “dozens of other things that aren’t necessarily visible to the end user” — all of which are critically important for Hulu and often part of contractual requirements. Of course, Wei also notes that it’s possible that HTML5 will one day meet those needs, but it doesn’t look like a switch is coming anytime soon.

Hulu says HTML5 ‘doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 13:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 12

Time Warner and Verizon bring TBS, TNT content to FiOS TV Online

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Verizon gave some FiOS subscribers access to on-demand content from TBS and TNT in its FiOS TV Online trials way back in August of last year, but the company has just now announced that it’ll finally be launching the service for all FiOS TV customers sometime next month. That will thankfully be a free service, and will give you on-demand access to shows like The Closer, Southland, and Lopez Tonight in “HD video quality” within 24 hours after they air on television. As before, Verizon is also saying that it is working with other networks including CBS, MTV and Fox News to bring additional on-demand content to FiOS TV Online, but it’s not going any further than to say that content is coming “soon.” Full press release is after the break.

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Time Warner and Verizon bring TBS, TNT content to FiOS TV Online originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 18:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 12

Netflix stealth launches HD streaming to PC and Mac

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It appears HD Netflix Watch Instantly streams aren’t just for living room set-top boxes anymore now that Netflix is streaming more than half of its 720p-encoded titles to Macs and PCs (through the Silverlight web player, no word on the Media Center add-on.) According to Hacking Netflix, you can tell which ones are ready to go by checking the mouseover box for the (HD Available) tag as seen above. Our experience matches several other reports that not everyone is seeing the tag on all the same titles, so until it’s rolled out fully, YMMV. It’s not the new release flicks or surround sound add-ons that many are waiting for, but it could slide PQ up another notch for HTPC owners and everyone who just has to watch Killer Klowns from Outer Space at work — but you’d never do that.

[Thanks, @DaveZatz]

Netflix stealth launches HD streaming to PC and Mac originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 10

Showtime getting ready to go online?

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What’s a “premium” movie service these days without access on additional screens? Not much, which is probably why rumors indicate Showtime is about to follow EPIX HD and ESPN 3(no 60) by creating an online service for subscribers to view on their PCs and mobile devices. Don’t expect to watch Weeds, Dexter and The Real L Word on your iPad just yet (except for what’s already available on Netflix) as a spokeswoman had only a standard “nothing to announce to” offer Bloomberg Businessweek, but their sources indicate it will resemble the HBO GO service we tested out recently when it went live for Verizon FiOS TV customers. Heading online seems like a good followup to turning on interactive HDTV features, but we’ll see if that’s enough to keep viewers signing up for its service when there are so many alternatives available.

Showtime getting ready to go online? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 09

Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig sync up for 60GHz WiFi

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We already heard that Hitachi, Panasonic and Toshiba would be delivering 60GHz wireless products in the latter half of this year, but it looks like a whole heap of other companies will be as well after this bombshell drops. The Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig (which just nailed down a final spec in December) have finally got their respective ducks in a row, and thanks to a new partnership announced today, 60GHz WiFi products are now possible. For those unaware, 60GHz airwaves are typically reserved for high-bandwidth applications — think streaming a Blu-ray flick from a player to an HDTV sans any cabling. The two will be working in unison in order to create a next-generation certification program for products operating in the 60GHz band, and best of all, a “significant portion, if not all, of these devices are expected to also support traditional WiFi networking in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.” There’s no mention of when exactly the first 60GHz WiFi wares will begin to ship, but we can certainly say we’re eager to update this here tutorial when tri-band becomes reality.

Update: The rival WirelessHD alliance (updated to 1.1 today with support for 3DTV, HDCP 2.0, data applications and data rates in excess of 10Gbps) says it will support WiGig with dual-mode WirelessHD/WiGig silicon now available from SiBeam for sampling. Hey, what would a standard be if we didn’t have options?

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Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig sync up for 60GHz WiFi originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 May 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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