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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Akamai to Make iPhone Video Streaming Smooth
Akamai today said it would provide adaptive bit-rate streaming to deliver video content from web sites to the Apple iPhone 3G and devices running the iPhone OS 3.0 operating system. Basically, using adaptive bit-rate streaming means folks can watch streaming video on their iPhones or iPod Touches with fewer stops and starts. Adaptive streaming adjusts the video content to a lower or higher bit rate, depending on how robust the web connection is. Akamai offers a similar service for Microsoft's Silverlight for video on PCs. Adobe Flash and Move Networks also offer adaptive bit-rate streaming, although Adobe uses aproprietary method that requires special servers.
Apple and Akamai are bringing the service to the mobile world, which will be great for dealing with the many variances in mobile data connections, and will provide for smoother video delivery over dodgy networks. Videos can run in the Safari browser, so they don’t even require a special app that AT&T, the carrier that provides service for the iPhone in the U.S., might try to block. For more details on this, check out the awesome storyLis did about HTTP video on the iphone or her in-depth look atadaptive bit-rate streaming over at our subscription site, GigaOM Pro. For pretty video streaming, check out Apple and Akamai’sshow-and tell site.
Mobile phone sales are going to decline sharply over the next five years, to the tune of 1.04 billion devices, according to Informa Telecoms & Media. In its new report, “The Financial Crisis: Analyzing the impact on global mobile markets,” the research firm has revised its forecast for device sales over the next five years down by 14 percent.
Some 6.39 billion devices are forecast to purchased between now and 2013, Informa said, vs. its previous expectation that 7.43 billion devices would be bought. For 2009, Informa revised its forecast for the number of mobiles phones that will be purchased down to 1.12 billion devices from 1.32 billion. This is a brutal revision for a business that has always been about furious growth and razor-thin margins.
The downshift in overall device sales is one of the reasons why companies are shifting their attention away from low-cost devices to smartphones andan emerging category of devices I like to call superphones. Devices such as Apple’s iPhone sell fewer units but have higher profit margins. A recent surge in demand for RIM’s BlackBerry devices and more recently, HTC’s Android-based smartphones show that the incumbents such as Samsung, Nokia and LG are lagging in this higher end of the market. No wonder they’re redoubling their energies to focus on it, as evidenced by Nokia introducing a brand new line-up of its higher-end (and higher margin) N and E-Series of devices.
Reports say that Sony is considering developing a phone-portable game hybrid to go up against the iPhone.
As more companies develop games for the iPhone, Sony’s handheld PSP games console is feeling the pinch. And that may well be why, according to reports from Nikkei business daily and Reuters, the company is considering developing a phone-portable game console hybrid.
A team could begin working as soon as next month to develop the product which will mash together features from the PSP along with Sony Ericsson’s mobile phones.
Sony hasn’t officially commented on the matter, but if it should happen, then it could provide some serious competition to the iPhone.
All credits and information was found by digitaltrends.
Those with iPods prefer for the iPods to stay in functioning order. However, warm summer months mean a lot of people are going places where music would be nice, but it’s not the safest place to bring your iPod. Well this portable speaker will not only handle a day at the beach, but protects your iPod so that it can as well. A lot of the portable speakers that are waterproof or resistant leave your iPod someplace else and unprotected. This one would probably be a little more convenient for a day at the beach.
Not only is it water and dust resistant, but it has a durable rubber exterior, which makes it shockproof and can handle knocks and bumps. The iPod itself goes behind a clear watertight door. While it’s behind that door, you can control your iPod through the exterior buttons. It has the option to run on either 4 C batteries, an AC adapter or a car adapter. It will fit the iPod Classic, Nano, Mini and Shuffle. You can purchase it for $99.50.
All credits and information was found by coolest-gadgets.
How to Make a Palm Pre Look Like a Palm Full of Ass
We don't mean a palm full of ass in a good way—when were you not happy when you had a palm full of ass—but a palm full of something really disgusting. Yeah, this thing right here. No offense to the guy at preThinking, but there's a reason why Palm didn't make the back of their phone look like a ad or something you'd see at a NASCAR event. Leave Britney alone, as it were.
iPhone 3.0 Remote App Update Now Supports Apple TV
Anybody got an Apple TV? Tired of that crappy little controller? Apple has just released a 3.0 version of its Remote App that now supports controls for Apple TV. It also features gestured moves that allow you to control your Apple TV with greater accuracy. Sources report that the app dramatically improves the flexibility of the Apple TV controls allowing you to move the screen on your phone and search using the keyboard. I also just wanted to mention that the Remote App is really cool to use in a wireless iTunes scenario. My buddy can set his iTunes to Party DJ and I can roll through and make song requests on my iPhone using his library. If more that one person is making requests, you can vote on songs and they will go to the top of the playlist. The updated Remote App is available now for free.
All credits and information was found by gadgetreview.
