Friday, May 2, 2008

Sezmi looks to provide alternative for cable / satellite

 
 
Put simply (or, as simply as possible), the box will fetch content from a number of places: the built-in OTA receiver will grab locals, and it will use the owner's broadband internet connection to snag IPTV material and web-based content (YouTube, Hulu, etc.
 
In case you're not content with just keeping your current cable / satellite / fiber TV service and using the recently launched ZvBox to pull in content from the web, a new startup is aiming to satisfy your bizarre desires.
 
Sezmi plans to launch the product with "3G and DSL" telcos that don't currently have a way to offer a triple-play package, and while some sources say that monthly fees will be as low as "half" of a typical cable / satellite bill, we've also seen Phil Wiser, co-founder, chairman and president, quoted as saying that it will be "roughly comparable" to its rivals.
 
In what's potentially the most befuddling launch of the year, said firm is looking to introduce its 1TB set-top-box to consumers on a city-by-city basis.
 
Hit up the links below for loads more info, and join us as we sit back and wait for this entirely-too-complex endeavor to implode.
 
 

Qmotions bringing skate controllers to the 360

 
 
Qmotions has been hawking various specialty sports controllers for a while now, but it looks like the company is about to take the next-gen plunge with an upcoming skateboard controller called the Qmotions Big Air for the Xbox 360 -- and best of all, Microsoft is going to let the company build official wireless peripherals.
 
Amazing 1992-style animated GIF of Qmotions' PS2 XBoard controller, pictured above, after the break.
 
) No word on price or game compatibility other than "skateboard games currently on the market," but look for this one to ollie into your heart sometime later this year.
 
That's an honor Microsoft is pretty hesitant to dole out, but it seems like the ability to wirelessly rip up some Tony Hawk swayed J Allard and co.
 
(We hear Ballmer is a monster in the pipe.
 
 

Xbox 360 Blu-ray console

 
 
The Chinese language Economic Daily News is reporting that Pegatron, an OEM subsidiary of ASUS, has won the order from Microsoft to assemble the Xbox 360 with Blu-ray Disc ROM drive -- shipments are expected to being in Q3 of this year.
 
For all of Microsoft's denial, the Xbox 360 Blu-ray console rumors just will not die.
 
Now come on Microsoft, just come clean on the matter, we won't tell anyone.
 
In fact, they are getting more and more specific.