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It made a lovely bedfellow, we must say. As you’ll see from our video, you’re able to download the latest movie releases, well before iTunes movie rentals launches in the UK. One-nil Archos.
You can surf the web wirelessly on your widescreen telly, thanks to the nifty palm-sized remote control, which boasts a mouse and a full qwerty keyboard.
There’s also a full electronic programme guide (EPG), enabling you to record directly from your set-top-box, and in turn transfer to your television to your media player. Nice.
The TV+ has a neat interface to play all of your music, watch your favourite shows and host all of your pics on a choice of 80GB or 250GB boxes.
Of course there’s the basic old streamer making those somewhat dubious torrent files you’ve downloaded viewable on the telly.
Sadly, the TV+ does not support HD content. Could this prove a fatal oversight akin to Steve McLaren leaving Beckham out of his first England squad? With Apple TV supporting beautiful Hi-Def that certainly levels things up at 1-1 for now. Apple still have the advantage, but Archos look ready for a spot of giantkilling
Filed under: Laptops
While Everex continues to bungle the launch of the CloudBook, Paul C. Kim is already spilling details on the next iteration, providing an already troubled launch with problems of Osborne proportions. Due to be released later this year, the upcoming CloudBooks should feature an SSD option, “female colors,” and possibly even a 22-inch option. Also under consideration is mobile broadband. Already announced were the touchscreen and 9-inch versions which we should be seeing in a couple months — leaving you absolutely zero reason to buy a CloudBook now unless you’ve already been suckered into pre-ordering one; which it seems everyone has already done, so we suppose the point is moot.
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Filed under: Cellphones
It’s difficult to tell if this is just a little fear-mongering, or cause for real concern, but it looks like there’s another iPhone / touch exploit out there lurking on the unseen horizons of those device’s browsers. According to reports, a memory exploit — similar to the previously-patched TIFF exploit — has been discovered which affects units with firmware 1.0.2 all the way up to 1.1.3, thus carrying over to new 16GB iPhones and 32GB touches. Apparently, all you have to do is browse over to a site containing the malicious code, and it triggers a memory-exhausting script which causes the phone or iPod to crash. At this point, it doesn’t appear to be anything more than a nuisance which can be easily circumvented by disabling JavaScript for Safari, though that hardly qualifies as a fix. To date, Apple hasn’t issued a patch for the problem, but keep in mind it’s only been a known issue since January 24th.
[Via iPhone World]
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Filed under: Cellphones
We’ve never really understood the luxury cellphone market, but color us flat-out confused (and nauseated) by Givori’s latest ultra-high-end handset, the Serendipity. We’re not certain what upgrades you get over a standard Nokia N76 for the $3,077 asking price, but let us just suggest that you save the money and hand your existing phone off to a kid with a Bedazzler. No one will know the difference.
[Via Luxurylaunches]
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