FAVI SmartStick Announced

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A big part of the appeal of the forthcoming Roku Streaming Stick is the idea of having the power of a full Roku box plugged in and hidden away behind the TV itself. Roku has already begun talking up their Roku Ready branding logo which serves to underscore the reality that the MHL-enabled Streaming Stick is going to be reserved […]

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Pivos XIOS DS Media Player Reviewed

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We reviewed the Pivos AIOS HD Media Player earlier this year. At the time, the AIOS HD was the first product from Pivos. One of our big issues with the AIOS HD was the limited selection of apps, particularly for major streaming services. For a follow-up to the AIOS HD, Pivos has come out with the XIOS DS, an Android-based […]

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Diamond Multimedia Releases AMP1000 Android Media Player

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There was a time when anyone interested in video cards or PC TV tuner cards knew of a little company called Diamond Multimedia. Diamond Multimedia is not exactly the same company they once were, but they still dabble in PC multimedia add-ons and related devices, including media streamers. Their newest media streamer is the Android Media Player or AMP100. The […]

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Griffin Beacon for Android Reviewed

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We’ve reviewed a couple of different mobile device-based universal remote control systems. Some are platform specific, such as the VooMote Zapper, which is geared toward iOS devices. Others come in multiple flavors, such as the Griffin Beacon. We reviewed the Griffin Beacon with an iPhone. At the time an Android version was still in the works. Now that it is available, […]

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Roku Releases Android Remote Control App

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When Roku updated their iOS remote control app a couple of weeks ago, the company also promised that they were still working on a version for Android. Sure enough, Roku has released the Android version of their remote control app to the Android Marketplace. The new Android app includes all of the features of the iOS version, including the latest […]

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Patriot Memory PBO Alpine Media Player Reviewed

Patriot PBO Alpine

Patriot Memory’s latest media streamer is the PBO Alpine, a hard drive-less streamer rocking Android 2.2 for the OS. The PBO Alpine fully supports network streaming and for Internet media it comes preloaded with YouTube, iTV, iRadio, and Picasa apps, as well as a web browser. Despite its Android roots, the PBO Alpine cannot access the App Marketplace, but it does […]

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