Tablet / PMP (Portable Media Player) News

Highly anticipated Nokia N96 begins shipping
Sep 3, 2008 – Nokia (NYSE:NOK; Helsinki:NOK1V) has announced the availability of the Nokia N96 multimedia computer. It boasts live TV (DVB-H), 5 megapixel camera, voice navigation, 16GB of memory, superior sound and music, gaming and a 2.8" display.
News categories: Nokia, Media Player, Mobile, Tablet

Customs Agents Raid IFA Trade Fair
Aug 29, 2008 – German customs agents raided the IFA show shortly after it opened on Friday looking for companies who have avoided royalty payments for TV sets, DVB-T receivers and MP3 players.
News categories: Digital TV, IFABerlin, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

WirelessHD™ Announces Publication of Wireless DTCP Content Protection Specification for High Definition Content
Aug 27, 2008 – WirelessHD™ has announced that the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator (DTLA) has approved and published a new supplement to the Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) Specification for the Use of WirelessHD.
News categories: WirelessHD, DTLA, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet

ARCHOS Redefines Mobile Internet and Media With Its Internet Media Tablets
Aug 20, 2008 – ARCHOS has introduced its new line of breakthrough portable devices, Internet Media Tablets (IMTs), that give people an entirely new way to enjoy the Web, digital media and TV on ultra-thin, extremely fast handheld tablets.
News categories: ARCHOS, Broadband, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Smart Home, Streaming, Tablet, USA

CinemaNow Selects Widevine® to Enable Multiplatform Content Distribution to Consumer Electronics Devices and PCs
Aug 18, 2008 – Widevine Technologies has announced that it has been selected by CinemaNow to secure multiplatform distribution of CinemaNow content to major consumer electronics (CE) devices and PCs.
News categories: Widevine, CinemaNow, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Gaming, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Tablet, USA

Korea - DMB receiver sales reach 13.69 million
Aug 3, 2008 – The number of DMB-enabled receivers sold in Korea reached 13.69 million in June - there were six million T-DMB mobile-phones and 1.31 million S-DMB receivers. The rest are split between in-car navigation systems, PMPs, USB devices, and laptops.
News categories: Automotive, Digital TV, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Tablet

i-Vision China - First To Release CMMB Mobile Multimedia Player on MIDs
Jul 23, 2008 – At the China SARFT CMMB Administrative Bureau press event with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and mobile device manufacturers, i-Vision demonstrated its latest CMMB device software and the various TV applications that it supports on MIDs, Netbooks and UMPCs.
News categories: i-Vision, China, Digital TV, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Tablet

Solomon Systech introduces MagusCore™ High Performance Dual-Core Multimedia Processor for Portable Multimedia Devices
Jul 23, 2008 – Solomon Systech has announced the MagusCore™ SSD1933 multimedia processor packing an ARM926EJ-S™ core and an AV-DSP core on a single chip. The SSD1933 is suitable for applications such as mobile digital TV (MDTV) and portable media players (PMP).
News categories: Solomon Systech, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet

PLAYSTATION®Network's Video Delivery Service to Offer Movies and TV Shows for Purchase and TV Shows for Purchase and Rental Through PLAYSTATION®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
Jul 15, 2008 – Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has launched the company's new video delivery service on PLAYSTATION®Store for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems in the United States.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, Digital TV, Gaming, Portable, Streaming, Tablet, USA