Apple released a new iPad 2 commercial on its website and YouTube channel, dubbed now highlights that life is different with an iPad 2, showcasing apps such as Wall Street Journal that allows you to watch the newspaper, Spin Magazine, which allows you to listen to the magazine, see a phone call with FaceTime and more………
Ben Dodson who is a freelance developer based in London has been playing around with the AirPlay wireless features of the iOS 5 beta and through the help of an iPad 2, he could essentially turn his Apple TV into a game console. This is achieved through AirPlay Mirroring mode which is one of the new features of iOS 5 that displays whatever you’re doing on your iPad 2 on to the Apple TV and any app that uses Apple’s TV-out functionality can now wirelessly send a secondary display image to your AppleTV……….
Panasonic has just updates their VT30 plasma TV firmware. Panasonic has made available a firmware update that’s designed to address a couple of issues regarding color calibration in its highest-end plasma TV, the TC-PVT30 series.
Sky Go consolidates live TV streaming on UK PCs and iOS devices next month and brings together online and mobile TV in a single, simple service, free to Sky TV customers. It combines and replaces the existing online Sky Player and Sky Mobile TV services into one offering that’s free for subscribers nd in August will open up to those who don’t have Sky TV service for between £15-£40 per month………
Panasonic’s 1.4 GHz dual-core Smart TV chip is industry’s fastest, should load Netflix quicker and Panasonic chose ARM because it allows extensive networking with consumers in addition to the high performance and low power cost of the technology. The UniPhier MN2WS0220 is claimed to enable the display of two broadcast channels simultaneously with a third Internet stream and reducing power consumption compared to previous UniPhier offerings……..
Microsoft will expand the non-game entertainment offerings on its Xbox 360 console with new video offerings and YouTube will be integrated into the console in a future update, bringing the Google-owned video service to the console via a dedicated application. You’ll be able to use Bing to find more content to watch, by searching the Web, YouTube, Live TV, and all the services on Xbox Live, including existing ones like Netflix and Hulu Plus, voice control will let you speak your search item, such as the name of a movie, TV show, or game………..
The word ‘Twitter’ will be banned from French radio and television news stations – unless the story is specifically about the microblogging site and similarly Facebook will be forbidden on French broadcasts. CSA also considers that viewers and listeners can be oriented towards the homepage of a show on social networks…………
Mitsubishi recently jettisoned its LCD HDTV business in order to focus on its rear-projection sets and it has just disclosed the pricing for its new 2011 DLP units, which includes an incredibly massive 92-inch TV. There are three Mitsubishi series released this year that are based on DLP rear-projection, which allows for bigger screen sizes for less money than equivalently sized flat panels and all have 3D capabilities built-in…………