Thursday, February 05, 2009

Xbox Live tallies 1 million Netflix Watch Instantly activations, 1.5 billion minutes served

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/05/xbox-live-tallies-1-million-netflix-watch-instantly-activations/


Bad news first: there might be a bit more competition than you expected for that home theater giveaway. Good luck bringing down Netflix's shooting star though, as if last week's good news train wasn't enough comes news that over a million Xbox Live Gold members have already downloaded and activated the Watch Instantly app since its NXE debut last November. That's more than 10% of Netflix's just announced 9.4 million subscribers who've already watched over 1.5 billion minutes of TV and movies through their consoles. They're not the only ones happy, while streaming may be eating into DVD rentals, Xbox Live Marketplace rentals are up 174 percent year over year. The streaming library is up to 12,000 titles, with a "growing percentage" in high definition, for the rest of the celebratory details check the full PR after the break. Nothing left for us to say but congratulations and hey, if you get a minute, could you fix Nilay's HD streaming on the Xbox? Thanks.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:25 AM

HP to publicly release Mi Edition Ubuntu installer

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/05/hp-to-publicly-release-mi-edition-ubuntu-installer/


We're actually pretty high on HP's Mini 1000 Mi Edition, which trades in XP for a custom Ubuntu build with a slick, polished interface, and it looks like early Mini 1000 owners can now get in on the action as well -- a Mi Edition installer will soon available for download. If you're currently running Mi Edition or know someone who is, you can actually build an installer flash drive right now, but we'd wait for the official Windows-based utility to appear in the next few days. No guarantees that HP's Mi Edition installers work with any non-Mini 1000 machines out there, but given the proliferation of drivers and tools for hacking OS X onto various netbooks, we're definitely hoping the community takes to hacking the much more open Mi Edition the same way.

[Via Download Squad]

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Posted by Augustine at 9:24 AM

Fujitsu adds AT&T 3G to slew of LifeBooks, promises EV-DO in Q2

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/05/fujitsu-adds-atandt-3g-to-slew-of-lifebooks-promises-ev-do-in-q2/


Evidently Fujitsu's decision to offer its LifeBook U820 convertible mini laptop with integrated 3G has been a raging success; otherwise, we're a bit uncertain as to why it would share the love with four other siblings. Starting right about now, WWAN lovers can order up a LifeBook T5010, T1010, P1630 and / or T2020 with built-in support for AT&T's BroadbandConnect HSUPA network. For those who like to live on the CDMA side of life, the outfit is planning to add EV-DO support in Q2 of this year, though we're not told which carrier will be selected to carry that torch.

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Posted by Augustine at 9:24 AM

Samsung NC20, 3G NC10 now available for pre-order in the UK

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/05/samsung-nc20-3g-nc10-now-available-for-pre-order-in-the-uk/

The Russians have already declared their love, and soon you'll be able to get your mitts on the Samsung N20 and see for yourself what all the fuss is about. It's now available for pre-order from UK retailer BT Shop, priced at £390.98 ($565) VAT included, with a white model due out in February and a black iteration in March. Both models sport a 12.1-inch WXGA display, Windowx XP Home Edition, 1.3GHz VIA Nano U225 CPU processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Bluetooth, 3-in-1 card reader, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a 6 Cell battery -- no SSD option at the moment. Additionally, the shop is also showing a new NC10 equipped with HSDPA coming next month for £416.63 ($602) with VAT, which is £107 ($154) more than its non-3G equivalent. Not to worry, US readers, we're sure Sammy will be asking for your Benjamins soon enough.

[Thanks, Darpan]

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Posted by Augustine at 9:24 AM

Samsung's Acme i8910 caught on film by Wile E. Coyote

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/05/samsungs-acme-i8910-caught-on-film-by-wile-e-coyote/

Samsung's Acme i8910 caught on film by Wile E. CoyoteAnother day closer to the Mobile World Congress, another leaked phone. Today it's the Samsung i8910, aka the Acme, which looks a bit like the Omnia but seems somewhat slimmer and features a little more heft in the chin area. Specs sound Omnia-like as well, including GPS, HDMI output, WiFi, plenty of media features, and availability in 8 and 16GB flavors. What exactly will set this apart from its predecessor remains to be seen, but perhaps Samsung is hiding a 12 megapixel sensor in there. We won't know until we get some pictures of the other side, probably in about two weeks time.

[Thanks, Patrick]

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