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I recently checked in with my former Sling peeps, regarding mobile clients. Specifically, codecs and resolution. As we know, a Slingbox Android client is on tap this summer. And I wondered if they’re sticking with WMV video streaming or moving to H.264 for this platform. While I wasn’t able to get a definitive answer on Android from Mobile Product Marketing Manager, Dave Eyler, I have learned they’re “actively moving towards H.264″ – which requires the newer, more capable placeshifters (think SOLO or PRO-HD). Also, it’s really no surprise that they’ll be going the Silverlight route for Windows Phone 7.
An incremental update to Apple’s iTunes desktop media application is rumored to coincide with Saturday’s iPad launch, bringing support for e-books as well as improved "Genius" mixes and automatic bitrate conversion for audio files.
Citing an anonymous source, MacRumors on Monday reported that iTunes 9.1 will replace the existing "Audiobooks" section in the iTunes Source list with the more broad "Books" category. Users will be able to sort and sync books they purchase through the iBookstore on the iPad when connected to the iTunes desktop client via a USB cable.
Developers often carry around notebooks, which they use to sketch out their brilliant ideas for the next million-dollar iPhone or iPad app. The folks over at Endloop, a Canadian iPad development company with a few projects under its figurative belt, have been "coding like madmen" recently for their latest product, iMockups for iPad.
The idea behind iMockups is to give devs a way to quickly create wireframes and layouts for iPad, iPhone, and web apps. Any project can have multiple sketchbook pages associated with it, and developers can quickly add elements from a pad at the side of the screen.
Apple today posted a series of guided tours for the iPad, gearing up for the device’s launch in the U.S. later this week. The 11 guided tours cover basic features such as Safari, Mail, Photos, and iPod that should be familiar in at least basic concept to iPhone and iPod touch users. The iPad’s larger screen, however, has allowed Apple to enhance those applications for a richer user experience. Also included are tours of Videos, YouTube, and iTunes.
As we get closer to the iPad launch on April 3, speculation is growing over what iPad applications will be available on day one. Several blogs over the weekend obtained alleged screenshots of a variety of "upcoming" iPad applications including a Yahoo Entertainment app, FileMaker’s Bento, and the Omni Group’s Mac OS X sketching application Omigraffle. These reports follow last week’s revelation by Amazon it is developing Kindle e-book software for the iPad. The blog PadGadget also reported last week it had uncovered the titles of some iPad games that may be available by Saturday.
I recently checked in with my former Sling peeps, regarding mobile clients. Specifically, codecs and resolution. As we know, a Slingbox Android client is on tap this summer. And I wondered if they’re sticking with WMV video streaming or moving to H.264 for this platform. While I wasn’t able to get a definitive answer on Android from Mobile Product Marketing Manager, Dave Eyler, I have learned they’re “actively moving towards H.264″ – which requires the newer, more capable placeshifters (think SOLO or PRO-HD). Also, it’s really no surprise that they’ll be going the Silverlight route for Windows Phone 7.
An incremental update to Apple’s iTunes desktop media application is rumored to coincide with Saturday’s iPad launch, bringing support for e-books as well as improved "Genius" mixes and automatic bitrate conversion for audio files.
Developers often carry around 
Apple today posted a series of 
As we get closer to the iPad launch on April 3, speculation is growing over what iPad applications will be available on day one. Several blogs over the weekend obtained alleged screenshots of a variety of "upcoming" iPad applications including a Yahoo Entertainment app, FileMaker’s Bento, and the Omni Group’s Mac OS X sketching application Omigraffle. These reports follow last week’s revelation by Amazon it is developing Kindle e-book software for the iPad. The blog PadGadget also reported last week it had uncovered the titles of some iPad games that may be available by Saturday.
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