, it seems like a $35 no-brainer for adding TV shows to your mobile lifestyle. Like the woman pictured. Or maybe no.
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It’s amazing that she has her back to a widescreen television in favor of a Pocket PC/Palm. :p That aside, $35 (with all necessary components) doesn’t seem like much but if you’re already in the room *with* the PC/TV, s’just a little redunant.
But hey, she’s hot. :D
Isaiah, who said that what she is looking at on her phone is the same thing happening on the screen… maybe her boyfriend is busy playing around getting this device to work with his remote while she is chatting with her friends as to why her boyfriend refuses to read the instruction manual ;-)
Either way, transferring files from a TV to a mobile device would be the last thing on my mind in the above scenario.
Jon
I just found this last night.. http://www.orb.com I posted it on the other crunchgear post talking about slingshot.
I haven’t tried it yet, since I use a laptop and it’s not always plugged in. I do have a desktop downstairs I might tackle this project with. Either way, the idea of watching your stuff on your mobile devices I at first thought was lame. But now that I’ve watched some cingular video clips on my blackjack. I want more!
I was one of the only people who picked up one of those PMC devices Microsoft was touting a year or two ago and I have to say that despite its bulkiness and hard drive size, it _does_ get syncing right on the money. Just plug it into the Media Center and it works.
If this acts like an extension for that service, but for other devices, $35 is very good value for money. Oh, and the small screen actually isn’t really a big issue – in fact, you’ll learn to love it when you’re on a plane or bus.
I tried orb a few years ago when they first came out and it just wouldn’t work for me – I’m sure it’s gotten much better since then, but it still sounds just as ambitious.