Multimedia-PCs » mobile http://www.multimedia-pcs.com HTPC, Gadgets, Technology Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:10:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Video: The Evolution of Mobile http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/video-the-evolution-of-mobile/ http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/video-the-evolution-of-mobile/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:53:38 +0000 Jeremy Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=2390 While the video below is an ad it’s still extremely cool. Using 3D projectors and a bunch of phones painted white, they made the phones come to life.

(via MobileCrunch)

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]]> http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/video-the-evolution-of-mobile/feed/ 0 AT&T Launched U-verse iPhone App http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/att-launched-u-verse-iphone-app/ http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/att-launched-u-verse-iphone-app/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:42:21 +0000 Jeremy Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=2225

AT&T launched a U-verse iPhone app that allows you to manage your DVR and download and watch content. There are other DVR management apps, like DirecTV, but none have the ability to watch content on the go. It’s a nice feature if you U-verse service and doesn’t cost extra. The app is free and you can get it in the iTunes store.

Press release below:

AT&T* today announced its AT&T U-verse® Mobile App is now available on the App Store.

The U-verse Mobile app gives U-verse subscribers the ability to download and watch popular TV content on their iPhone so they can take their U-verse TV experience with them, wherever they go. AT&T is the first TV provider to offer an integrated mobile app that allows you to both manage your DVR and download and watch select shows. The app is another example of how AT&T delivers more value to U-verse TV customers with continued service enhancements and innovative apps.

U-verse Mobile replaces the popular Mobile Remote Access for iPhone app and incorporates the ability to browse the U-verse TV program guide, view program descriptions, schedule and manage your DVR recordings, while adding the ability to download available episodes over any Wi-Fi connection, and watch them in full-screen mode on your iPhone from anywhere. U-verse TV customers already enjoy the flexibility of remote DVR management. More than 100,000 U-verse TV customers use the Web and Mobile Remote Access apps every month.

“We’re making it possible for you to watch TV shows on your iPhone at no extra charge. It’s just one more valuable and innovative feature available on U-verse TV,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “Our U-verse multi-screen promise is now a reality for millions of U-verse TV customers, with content available on U-verse TV, U-verse Online, and today, U-verse Mobile. No cable provider comes close to matching the cross-platform experience we’re delivering today, and we’ll continue to add unique features that further integrate these screens.”

All U-verse TV customers can download the app to manage their DVR, and the ability to download and watch content is available for customers that subscribe to the U300 package or higher. U-verse customers can upgrade their TV packages at any time at www.att.com/u-verse. New U-verse TV customers and iPhone owners that order AT&T U-verse U300 or U450 will receive a $75 iTunes gift card.

You can browse or search a library of downloadable shows, and select which series or specific episode you want to download. The content is downloaded to iPhone over a Wi-Fi connection. All AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet customers have home Wi-Fi installed as part of their service and get access to AT&T’s U.S. Wi-Fi network at no additional cost.

The U-verse Mobile App includes TV shows from several popular networks and AT&T will continue to add more content on an ongoing basis.

U-verse Mobile is the latest way that AT&T is mobilizing everything that’s important to customers — their favorite content, apps, entertainment and social networks. AT&T today delivers the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network as well as the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network, giving customers the best combination of speed and coverage.

The U-verse Mobile App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

AT&T U-verse offers numerous features and apps that enhance your entertainment experience, including many ways that TV and wireless services work together — a benefit that cable providers don’t offer. In addition to U-verse Mobile, you can check your wireless and U-verse Voice messages from a single voice mailbox; use the YP.COM TV app to search for local business information and send the call to your home or wireless phone with the click of your remote; and more.

AT&T U-verse TV is the only 100 percent Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service offered by a national service provider, making AT&T U-verse one of the most dynamic and feature-rich services available today. AT&T U-verse TV ranked “Highest in Residential Television Service Satisfaction in the South and West Regions Two Years in a Row,” according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 and 2009 Residential Television Service Provider Satisfaction StudiesSM. For additional information on AT&T U-verse — or to find out if it’s available in your area — visit www.att.com/u-verse.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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I’m thinking this could be a really good thing for the Android market. It makes it so anyone can make a simple or complex app. While some might see a problem with this as you aren’t really learning how to program, I see it as a open front door into app development. If you start a app in App Inventor it’s possible that you will want to add more advance feature that requires you to start playing with programming. Then it could turn into that person being a full on programmer. At least I see it that way.

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]]> http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/youtube-updates-mobile-site/feed/ 0 Almost Hands Free is Voice Activated for Android Music http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/almost-hands-free-is-voice-activated-for-android-music/ http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/almost-hands-free-is-voice-activated-for-android-music/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:40:17 +0000 Jeremy Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=2159 With all of Androids built-in voice activated commands the music app never got that treatment. Now there is an app call Almost Hands Free that will allow you to find and play music by voice. The app is 99 cents which is a bargain if you use your Android phone while you are driving.

* Find Contacts and Music by voice
* Quick access to maps
* Play your playlists
* Music pauses when a call comes in you can resume it easily when the call is done
* You can teach the program what results you want for a given word
* Increase or Descrease the size of the font to fit your phone’s screen.

(via Lifehacker)

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]]> http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/almost-hands-free-is-voice-activated-for-android-music/feed/ 0 Video: Droid X HDMI Multimedia Dock and DLNA Controller http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/video-droid-x-hdmi-multimedia-dock-and-dlna-controller/ http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/video-droid-x-hdmi-multimedia-dock-and-dlna-controller/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:45:09 +0000 Jeremy Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=2152 Verizon announced the Droid X which is a pretty sweet phone. To take advantage of the power of the phone there is a new dock and DLNA controller to send out those videos over HDMI. The dock is $49.99 which isn’t bad for what it offers. Since the Droid X is DLNA certified you can select and play content from the network. The video below shows the new dock.

(via ehomeupgrade)

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]]> http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/video-droid-x-hdmi-multimedia-dock-and-dlna-controller/feed/ 0 Swype for Android Now Available http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/swype-for-android-now-available/ http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/swype-for-android-now-available/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:22:48 +0000 Jeremy Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=2142 Swype for Android is now available in beta form. You can get it from the Swype website. It’s a lot easier to get working than the unofficial way on Droid.

(via TechCrunch)

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]]> http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/swype-for-android-now-available/feed/ 1 My Movies for Android http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/my-movies-for-android/ http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/my-movies-for-android/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 01:54:46 +0000 Jeremy Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=2096 My Movies released a version for Android. It can either work as a stand alone product or work with My Movies for Windows by syncing data. Right now it’s free for the first 100 titles. You need 2,500 points to use more than that. If you are already using my movies for Windows Media Center you probably already have 2,500 points.

Features:

- Add titles by barcode or title search.
- Add titles to different groups (Owned, Wished, Rented, …).
- Sort titles by title, year or collection number.
- Filter titles by type, genre or group.
- Search your collection by title.
- View movie details, including synopsis and full cast list.
- View full screen front cover.
- Keep collection synchronized between different clients or phones.

(via TheDigitalLifestyle)

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]]> http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/my-movies-for-android/feed/ 0 Get Access to Hulu on Android 2.2 http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/get-access-to-hulu-on-android-2-2/ http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/get-access-to-hulu-on-android-2-2/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 02:35:15 +0000 Jeremy Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=2091 If you have a Nexus One running Android 2.2 you can access Hulu. It’s nothing fancy and you don’t have to hack your phone to get access to it. AbsolutelyAndroid has the directions on getting it going. I’m still patiently waiting for my Droid to get 2.2.

(via Mashable)

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