As I’m still wrapping up coverage of the products and demos from CES, here’s a quick look at Motorola’s VDSL2+ gateway. Per my earlier conversation with Alan Lefkof, it looks like this will be a big year for upgrades from ADSL to VDSL. The gateway shown here (Motorola Netopia 7000 series) can [...]
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There was a fair bit of noise at CES about wireless tech for networking HDTV around the home. On the retail side it looks like devices will come out this year, but expense and set-up complexity seem likely to keep the technology out of most households in the short term. So what about [...]
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It’s been difficult to sort through the debate over mobile WiMAX in my own mind. On the one hand, people who experience it walk away impressed. On the other hand, there has been significant skepticism since the break-up of Sprint and Clearwire and Verizon’s decision to move forward with LTE as a 4G [...]
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I have to admit that my mature adult side is warring with my inner adolescent. If you haven’t heard about Gizmodo’s prank at CES, the folks there used a TV-B-Gone clicker to turn off television displays throughout the show. Then Gizmodo edited a video montage of the group’s mischief and posted it for [...]
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I made it back from CES and am recovering well. However, I have a backlog of content, so expect to see more CES-related posts for a while. Here are some photos of the Mobile TV DH01 announced last week. From top to bottom they are the main menu, a side view (the [...]
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There are some new video clips up over on Motorola proper (the main website) showing interviews and product demos at the CES booth. Worth a look.
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Matt Doyle from Motorola ran through a great demo for me in the booth yesterday showing Caller ID on the TV. Unfortunately the noise in the video I shot is a bit overwhelming, so here’s the info in text form.
First, Motorola is showing both an OCAP/Tru2way Caller ID application and a non-OCAP [...]
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A quick note about the Motorola KreaTV software I referenced yesterday. I spoke recently to Motorola’s Doug Means, general manager for the IP Video Solutions business, and discovered that the KreaTV software has actually been deployed now in North America. Previously it had only been seen abroad, but Motorola announced availability here back [...]
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Comcast announced several new initiatives today including Project Infinity, a plan to increase HD and on-demand content significantly in 2008. How significantly? By the end of 2008 Comcast says it will offer more than 6,000 movies on-demand per month, and more than 3,000 of them will be in high-def. The move comes [...]
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There’s more video and commentary to come, but to wrap up today I thought I’d plug in a few photos from the Motorola booth for anyone who’s not at this gargantuan show we call CES.
This is a photo of the cordless IP phone that goes with the SBV5422 announced last week. See screenshots further [...]
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