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Mobile phone disruption coming soon to a TV near you

6 January 2010 by Steve Blum
app store, apple computer, CES2019, consumer electronics, developers, mobile, mobile broadband, samsung, software

“If you like developing for a 3-inch screen, I have a 55-inch screen for you,” challenged Tim Baxter, president of Samsung Electronics America, as he invited mobile application developers into the world of television. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, he introduced Samsung Apps, a consolidated app store for televisions, mobile phones and Blu-ray players.

You’re welcomeSamsung is a major mobile phone and television manufacturer, with a mobile phone app store already serving subscribers in Europe and Korea.… More

Ho-Hum IPTV is Software Dev Opportunity

8 January 2009 by Steve Blum
CES2019, cisco, consumer electronics, content navigation, hard disk drive, iptv, netgear, software, solid state drive, sony

Internet protocol television is the it’s-good-to-be-boring story of CES 2009. Everyone (or nearly so), from Netgear to Sony, integrates some kind of IPTV functionality in their consumer product lines. It’s going from being a distinct and geeky category to just being a standard feature of mainstream television products.

It’s good news for software developers and component manufacturers. Drive manufacturers, to pick one example, have an opportunity to sell their products into television sets, more set top boxes (not just DVRs), and home media centers.… More