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Think Apple has the only wirelessly streaming game in town? Fear not my Nokia loving friends, Beta Labs has come to the rescue with its latest creation, Nokia Play To beta. The free software, available now, allows wireless streaming of all your media: photos, video and even music.
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What’s better than a Panasonic Viera TV? How about a Smart Viera. Today, the company unveiled its new line of Smart Viera TVs, complete with IPTV, Facebook, apps, games and Skype calls. At launch Panasonic will offer ABC’s iView and Plus 7 for catch-up services, but more are expected to follow. Could a Panasonic Smart Viera be your next TV?
Ready to cut the cord and enter the 21st century with Samsung and DirecTV? Using Samsung’s RVU-compatible televisions, more than 19.1 million DirecTV users will be able to watch live broadcasts and stored content from their DVR on Samsung Smart TVs without the need for additional set-top boxes — and did we mention, a cord?
Windows Phone 7 is getting more weaponry in its fight against the likes of Android and iOS4. We’ve just got word that the upcoming LG Optimus 7 will sport DLNA streaming, allowing you to beam its media content (720p video included) to any compatible gizmo on the same Wi-Fi network.
The Motorola Droid 2, the successor to the Motorola Droid (aka Motorola Milestone), has officially broken cover on Verizon in the US after teasing us for months in shaky-handed rumour pics. With Android 2.2 Froyo onboard, the Motorola Droid 2 packs in a 3.7in touchscreen and sliding qwerty keyboard. But what else can we expect from the next generation Droid? Read more
Toshiba Media Controller for iPhone just broke cover, and even if you don’t own any Toshiba kit, it’s an awesome app giving iPhone owners an ultra-simple way to bounce music, videos and photos from one device to another without ever touching a PC.
It’ll even turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a DLNA server, ready to fling photos from its image library to other devices around the house.
Sony has just pulled the wrappers off the Bravia Z5500, a new range of HDTVs with a minimalist look and a truckload of tech inside. Top of the feature list is Motionflow 200Hz, which quadruples the screen’s frame rate from 50fps to 200fps and comes teamed up with Image Blur Reduction, which Sony claims “cleans” up the newly created extra frames to stamp out motion blur.