Tablet / PMP (Portable Media Player) News

Tablets Replace Notebooks for Multi-screen TV Users
Oct 24, 2011 – TV viewers who use a gadget to surf the web or chat on Facebook while watching TV are migrating away from the laptop and toward the tablet as the preferred personal device, according to new research published by the Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Market Research, Smart TV, Smartphone, Tablet

Netflix Expands Support for Android-Powered Smartphones and Tablets
Oct 19, 2011 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has adds support for tablets running Android 3.x and, for the first time, lets Netflix members in Canada and Latin America instantly watch TV episodes and movies streaming from Netflix on their Android-powered smartphones and tablets.
News categories: Netflix, Apps, Canada, Latin America, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Sky Deutschland Selects AuthenTec DRM to Deliver Premium Content to iPads
Oct 18, 2011 – AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH) has announced that Sky Deutschland has chosen AuthenTec's DRM Fusion™ Downloadable client to deliver premium content services to Apple tablets via its new Sky Go application.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, AuthenTec, Austria, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Germany, Satellite, Tablet

Latens and Discretix Partner to Extend Content Protection Beyond Pay TV Distribution Networks
Oct 18, 2011 – Discretix and Latens (LSE: PIC) has announced a partnership to extend content protection beyond traditional Pay TV networks to include smartphones, tablets and other connected devices.
News categories: Discretix, Latens, Content Protection, Smartphone, Tablet

Siano Launches Family of Android Applications for CMMB DTV
Oct 18, 2011 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the launch of Kàn, an advanced DTV player application for the reception of CMMB live TV broadcasts on Android devices. Kàn is the first member in Siano's Android player family.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet

U-verse TV Goes Social With New Apps To Interact With What You're Watching
Oct 17, 2011 – AT&T (NYSE:T) U-verse® TV customers now have new and better ways to bring together their favorite social apps on their smartphone or tablet with what they're watching on TV.
News categories: AT&T, Apps, IPTV, Smartphone, Tablet, USA

MOVL Connect Platform™ Launches, Connecting Smart TVs with Mobile Devices
Oct 12, 2011 – MOVL has announced the official public release of their patented MOVL Connect Platform™. The MOVL Connect Platform™ gives developers the tools necessary to create apps that can link SmartTVs and mobile devices.
News categories: MOVL, Apps, Mobile, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Proliferation of Connected Devices will create a $1.2tr Revenue Opportunity
Oct 10, 2011 – The GSMA, with the support of AT&T, Deutsche Bank, KT, Telenor Connexion and Vodafone, and in partnership with Machina Research, has released research that outlines the market opportunity and revenue potential for connected devices.
News categories: GSMA, Market Research, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet

Media Tablets Cannibalizing Netbook Spend
Oct 6, 2011 – Led by media tablets and more specifically Apple's iPad 2, an estimated 37 million ultra-mobile devices (UMDs) will ship into the U.S. during 2011. Revenue value from U.S. vendor shipments is forecast to top $24 billion during 2015, says ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, USA