While most of the hype at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has been about the new tablet products set to capitalize on the iPad's success, The Digital Raindance believes it's the new, breakthrough features in smartphones that continue to enhance the sharing, uploading of original content. Today's smartphone features give users the opportunity to become instant producers, programmers and broadcasters. Dual-core smartphones have been touted for years, but now we finally get a glimpse of that future with LG’s launch of the Optimus 2X. The Optimus 2X is the world’s first smartphone with a dual-core processor featuring a 4-inch WVGA screen, 8 GB of memory (expandable up to 32 GB via microSD memory cards) an 8-megapixel rear camera with 1080p high definition recording capabilities (Apple iPhone has 720p) and a 1.3-megapixel front camera for video calls. Its most impressive spec is that it supports HDMI mirroring, which lets users display the videos, photos they've just taken to an external monitor or flat-screen TV in full HD quality. With an HDMI cable connected from the LG Optimus 2X to an external display, users can, for example, stream their favorite NetFlix movies or Hulu programs from their Internet-based phones onto a hotel TV set, if they're travelling. They can also project favorite online and offline gaming apps in HD quality. Oh and did I mention that their Skype conversations can magically feature their friends and family on the "small screen" too! Running on the Android operating system, the LG Optimus 2X "wonder phones" will be available to US consumers this Spring.
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Lights, Camera, Action - Live from Your SmartPhone!
While most of the hype at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has been about the new tablet products set to capitalize on the iPad's success, The Digital Raindance believes it's the new, breakthrough features in smartphones that continue to enhance the sharing, uploading of original content. Today's smartphone features give users the opportunity to become instant producers, programmers and broadcasters. Dual-core smartphones have been touted for years, but now we finally get a glimpse of that future with LG’s launch of the Optimus 2X. The Optimus 2X is the world’s first smartphone with a dual-core processor featuring a 4-inch WVGA screen, 8 GB of memory (expandable up to 32 GB via microSD memory cards) an 8-megapixel rear camera with 1080p high definition recording capabilities (Apple iPhone has 720p) and a 1.3-megapixel front camera for video calls. Its most impressive spec is that it supports HDMI mirroring, which lets users display the videos, photos they've just taken to an external monitor or flat-screen TV in full HD quality. With an HDMI cable connected from the LG Optimus 2X to an external display, users can, for example, stream their favorite NetFlix movies or Hulu programs from their Internet-based phones onto a hotel TV set, if they're travelling. They can also project favorite online and offline gaming apps in HD quality. Oh and did I mention that their Skype conversations can magically feature their friends and family on the "small screen" too! Running on the Android operating system, the LG Optimus 2X "wonder phones" will be available to US consumers this Spring.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
How Many "Entertainment Boxes" Do You Have In Your Home ?
Monday, September 27, 2010
The Video On Demand Wars -- Coming To A Digital Screen In Your Home
Now that premium entertainment is becoming easier to stream from the web to directly to your television, the race by Digital Rainmakers on how to make money on the growing consumer demand is becoming fierce. The Rainmaker playing field includes -- Google, Apple, Amazon, Hulu, NBC Universal, News Corp., Disney, Sony, Viacom and Time Warner. Unfortunately for these brand giants, one brand has already beaten them to the punch.
Fresh off its knockout of Blockbuster, Netflix, which originally built its business on DVD rentals by mail, diversified to accommodate consumer's desire for immediate and unlimited access to video entertainment over the Internet offering, Watch Instantly. In just two years, Netflix has grown its subscriber base by 78% and the percentage of Netflix subscribers who stream video is growing dramatically. Today, more than 61% of subscribers use Netflix' Watch Instantly for at least 15 minutes, compared to 37% just one year ago.Netflix has been smart about partnering with makers of TVs, set-top boxes, video game consoles, Blu-ray players, tablets and smartphones, including competitor Apple TV. And while Netflix is investing heavily in stocking its movie library, management is being very aggressive in pursuing licensing deals for back seasons of popular TV shows. That means Netflix could soon oust Hulu in the past season TV program content category.
Fresh off its knockout of Blockbuster, Netflix, which originally built its business on DVD rentals by mail, diversified to accommodate consumer's desire for immediate and unlimited access to video entertainment over the Internet offering, Watch Instantly. In just two years, Netflix has grown its subscriber base by 78% and the percentage of Netflix subscribers who stream video is growing dramatically. Today, more than 61% of subscribers use Netflix' Watch Instantly for at least 15 minutes, compared to 37% just one year ago.Netflix has been smart about partnering with makers of TVs, set-top boxes, video game consoles, Blu-ray players, tablets and smartphones, including competitor Apple TV. And while Netflix is investing heavily in stocking its movie library, management is being very aggressive in pursuing licensing deals for back seasons of popular TV shows. That means Netflix could soon oust Hulu in the past season TV program content category.
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