Archive for the 'multimedia' Category

Galaxy Tab 10.1 screenshot tour

July 23, 2011

[Updated Aug 25, 2012] — This comprehensive screenshot tour is part of DeviceGuru’s in-depth Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review, which pits the 10-inch Samsung tablet against Apple’s iconic iPads. The tour includes more than 200 screenshots showcasing the Galaxy Tab 10.1’s user interface, homescreens, settings, apps, and more, and has been updated to showcase various aspects of the tablet’s mid-2012 firmware upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
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New Roku players add gaming, subtract power

July 20, 2011

Roku has just refreshed its popular family of streaming media players, adding a model with an enhanced remote control for playing “casual games,” and slashing the devices’ typical power consumption to less than 2 watts.
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Boxee iPad app due soon

July 13, 2011

The much anticipated Boxee iPad app is “almost ready” and may show up in the Apple App Store by the end of this month, say Boxee sources.
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Boxee Box remote now available for desktop Boxee

July 8, 2011

D-Link has begun selling the Boxee Box’s two-sided remote control as an unbundled product for users of Boxee on PCs and Macs. It’s the exact same remote that ships with the Boxee Box.
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Free app turns PCs and Macs into Pogoplugs

July 7, 2011

Cloud Engines, maker of the nifty Pogoplug device, has just introduced a software-only version of its cloud-based filesharing and multimedia streaming service. The free app builds Pogoplug functionality into Windows PCs and Macs, letting users share their desktop systems’ multimedia libraries and other files over the Internet, and with a modestly-priced upgrade adds A/V-streaming and transcoding capabilities.
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