Amazon to take pre-orders for Portable Media Center
Grok Headline matches for Amazon to take pre-orders for Portable Media Center
Amazon to Take Pre-Orders for Portable
Media Center (Reuters)
Amazon to Take Pre-Orders for Portable
Media Center (Reuters)
07/08/2004 11:48 PMReuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) said on
Thursday that online Web shopping site Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O)
will begin taking orders for Portable Media Centers, a new line
of portable devices for listening to music and viewing video
content.
Amazon ready for Portable Media Center
Amazon ready for Portable Media Center
07/09/2004 11:43 AMZDNet Jul 9 2004 3:42PM GMT
Amazon Launches Portable Media Center
Page, Preorders for Samsung Yepp YH-999,
Creative Labs Zen
Amazon Launches Portable Media Center
Page, Preorders for Samsung Yepp YH-999,
Creative Labs Zen
07/10/2004 12:45 PM
They aren't shipping yet,
but it looks like Amazon has set up their Personal Media Center page
to promote both the Samsung Yepp YH-999 [pictured] and the Creative
Labs Zen Portable Media Center. While there's not a whole lot of
information about the devices that you haven't already heard, but if
you're itching to pick either one up you can pre-order can get it
shipped as soon as they hit our shores. If you purchase the Samsung
instead of the Creative, you can save a whole eleven cents!
Links and more inside.
Windows Media Center Extender and
Portable Media Center Fact Sheets (PDF)
Windows Media Center Extender and
Portable Media Center Fact Sheets (PDF)
01/08/2004 07:34 PMCreative's Zen Portable Media Center
with Windows Media Player 10
Creative's Zen Portable Media Center
with Windows Media Player 10
09/01/2004 08:55 PMReview: Microsoft readies its next Windows Media Player as
hardware makers start to ship portable video players. We look at the
Creative Zen Portable Media Center as a prime early example. In wooing
content producers, has Microsoft imposed too many shackles on users?
Amazon's Taking Portable Media Player
Orders Now
Amazon's Taking Portable Media Player
Orders Now
07/10/2004 09:02 AMMicrosoft's Portable Media players are expected to go on sale in time
for this year's holiday season. Amazon.com is taking orders now for
two models.
More on the Portable Media Center
More on the Portable Media Center
09/04/2004 03:13 AMWhat A Portable Media Center Might Look
Like
What A Portable Media Center Might Look
Like
07/01/2004 05:19 PMPortable Media Center - An Overview
Portable Media Center - An Overview
09/23/2004 01:33 PMChannel 9 have
posted a great video of the new Portable Media Center's. The video is
an overview of the devices from Brett Bentsen (Product Unit Manager of
PMCs).
Portable Media Centers allow you to have all of your favorite video,
music, and pictures wherever you are. At WinHEC earlier this year, I
personally demo'd the Creative Zen Portable Media Center and it was
rather impressive. The ability to store all your entertainment on a
device that has a good battery life (8 hours) and one that can output
films/TV recordings onto a TV is the unique selling point of the PMCs.
PMCs are likely to be a huge hit with kids and teens wanting to watch
their favourite TV shows whilst travelling.
If you're still not sure what the PMC is or are interested in the
devices then check out this great overview below!
Video:
A look at the Portable Media Center
View:
More Information on Portable Media CentersRead full story...Microsoft's Portable Media Center
Microsoft's Portable Media Center
10/29/2003 03:28 AMMicrosoft plans to launch software for a new portable media device
next year. The device will allow users to listen to music and watch
movies on the road. Microsoft hopes the software, called "Portable
Media Center," will be an answer to Apple's iPod music device, which
is currently the best selling digital music device on the market. The
Portable Media Center will be manufactured by Creative, Sanyo and
Samsung, and will be on store shelves for the second half of 2004.
PC Mag on iRiver's PMC-120 Portable
Media Center
PC Mag on iRiver's PMC-120 Portable
Media Center
09/03/2004 04:28 PMEngadget Sep 3 2004 7:58PM GMT
Getting ready for Portable Media Center
Getting ready for Portable Media Center
01/06/2004 02:07 AMSeattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter article about Portable Media
Center, Microsoft's new operating system that should start showing up
in personal video and audio players from Samsung,...
LG PM70 Portable Media Center
LG PM70 Portable Media Center
03/19/2005 02:45 AM
Infosync has
details of an as-yet-unreleased Portable Media Center device from LG,
that looks a lot like the DVX-POD 7010, except that it's an actual
Windows-branded unit. The first generation of PMC devices were
crippled, in my experience, by their need to transcode every type of
file into Windows Media versions before copying it to the unit. That
made for needlessly long transfer times and really killed the devices
usefulness for anyone not totally on board with Windows' codecs.
J0rgen lists all sorts of file formats on the LG PM70, though, so if
it can really play OGG Vorbis and Xvid natively, they might have a
winner (this is presuming the market for portable video players won't
be steamrolled by the PSP).
Preview: LG
PM70 [InfoSync]
Brett Bentsen - A look at the Portable
Media Center
Brett Bentsen - A look at the Portable
Media Center
09/23/2004 10:32 AMHere's a look at Microsoft's new Portable Media Center with Brett
Bentsen, product unit manager of the team that built the Portable
Media Center.
Gates promotes portable media center at
CES
Gates promotes portable media center at
CES
01/06/2005 04:26 AMZDNet Jan 6 2005 8:50AM GMT
New Microsoft Portable Media Center, Why
Not Just Use a Pocket PC?
New Microsoft Portable Media Center, Why
Not Just Use a Pocket PC?
07/11/2004 06:20 PMbargainPDA.com Jul 11 2004 9:07PM GMT
Microsoft Portable Media Center Reviewed
Microsoft Portable Media Center Reviewed
08/27/2004 01:22 PMSlashdot Aug 27 2004 1:43AM GMT
Creative Portable Media Center Skewered
Creative Portable Media Center Skewered
07/17/2004 12:54 PM
If you'd like to
read a review of the Creative Portable Media Center with "so much
added (and useless) commentary that Gizmodo would be ashamed to
publish it," ExtremeTech has a very unpositive, baseball-centric
review. While I don't think that portable media centers are going to
crash and burn, necessarily (although the ones hobbled by DRM might),
I do think it's amusing for a company to promote products that are
most easily (and most commonly) used by those that use Bit Torrent and
other copyright-infringement tools, while with the other hand selling
DRM systems to the television, movie, and music industries.
Re
ad - Another Dumb Idea from Microsoft [ExtremeTech via eHomeUpgrade]
Related
Amazon Launches Portable Media Center Page, Preorders for Samsung
Yepp YH-999, Creative Labs Zen [Gizmodo]
Is the world ready for Portable Media
Center?
Is the world ready for Portable Media
Center?
09/10/2004 08:46 AMSympatico Sep 10 2004 1:13PM GMT
Microsoft's Media2Go becomes Portable
Media Center
Microsoft's Media2Go becomes Portable
Media Center
10/29/2003 01:14 AMMedia2Go, Microsoft's new operating system for personal video players,
isn't called Media2Go anymore. From now on the software will be known
as Portable Media Center. Now we know it's tough to let go of the old
name that we had all gotten so attached to, but if it's any
consolation, the first Portable Media Centers should start appearing
from ViewSonic, Creative, iRiver, Samsung, and Sanyo sometime in the
second half of next year. Read [Via eHomeUpgrade]...
Microsoft's iPod-Killer: Portable Media
Center?
Microsoft's iPod-Killer: Portable Media
Center?
01/06/2004 10:31 AMPortable Media Center Devices Arrive
Today
Portable Media Center Devices Arrive
Today
09/02/2004 04:04 PM
Microsoft's Portable Media Center is set to release today. Digital
Media Thoughts reports that two units, the Samsung Yepp
(pictured here) and the Creative Labs Zen
are already listed at Amazon.
These are neat little doo-dads, but it seems like a device for a
pretty small niche. You'd need to have a long commute to get any
mileage out of one of these things. If you're an air traveler, you
probably already own a laptop that can do most of this stuff for you.
Call me a curmudgeon, but unless the price falls significantly, I
don't really see these taking off.
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Sneak preview of Samsung's Portable
Media Center
Sneak preview of Samsung's Portable
Media Center
07/03/2004 01:45 PMMichael
Creasy points to pictures of Samsung's upcoming Portable Media
Center:
ActiveWin.com: Creative Portable Media
Center Photos & Screenshots
ActiveWin.com: Creative Portable Media
Center Photos & Screenshots
01/09/2004 09:57 PMWe have posted up screenshots and photos of the new Creative Portable
Media Center that Microsoft debuted at CES. Check it out!
Portable Media Centers Score Double Play
With MLB.com Video Footage and
Amazon.com Preorder
Portable Media Centers Score Double Play
With MLB.com Video Footage and
Amazon.com Preorder
07/09/2004 08:40 AMToday baseball fans can sign up to keep their eye on the ball --
wherever they go. Microsoft Corp. announced today from the All-Star
Game fan activities that Amazon.com will exclusively offer preorders
of Windows Mobile (TM) -based Portable Media Centers. The software
company also announced that MLB Advanced Media (MLB.com) will make
Major League Baseball content, including daily condensed and full
games, extended baseball highlights, weekly bloopers and homerun
reels, archival footage, and classic moments available as a
subscription package or on a pay-per-view basis for download and
playback on the new handheld multimedia device.
Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House
Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House
01/08/2004 07:35 PMThis evening during his keynote address at the 2004 International
Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief
Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled Windows® Media Center Extender
Technology. The software will power a new generation of products that
will extend the Media Center Edition PC experience allowing consumers
to access their favorite digital entertainment, such as live and
recorded television, photos, movies, and music that reside on their
Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, from any room in the home --
regardless of where the PC is located. Media Center Extender
Technology will not only provide access to rich content and services,
but will enable devices throughout the home to utilize the full
processing and storage capabilities of the PC creating new
opportunities for services and providing unprecedented choice and
access to content for consumers
Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005
Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005
12/19/2004 03:45 PMPremio Computer, Inc. today announced the Premio Media Center PC.
Preinstalled with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005,
the Premio Media Center is a versatile, comprehensive solution for
media and home entertainment applications [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]
NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight"
NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight"
06/04/2004 12:40 PMNewsGator Offering in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
Enables Users to Read Selected Content, or Watch On-Demand Video
Content
DENVER, CO - June 4, 2004 - Today, NewsGator Technologies announced
that the recently launched NewsGator Media Edition is featured in
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004's "Online Spotlight," an online
guide created specifically for Media Center Edition PC customers that
offers a central location for them to find the latest third-party
services and software, such as music, movie trailers, news updates and
even Karaoke.
NewsGator provides a mechanism for Media Center PC users to easily
find NewsGator software and services online, without having to
separately download anything from the NewsGator web site. Both text
and multimedia content is supported, and information that has not
already been viewed on another device can be displayed by
synchronizing user subscriptions with NewsGator Online Services.
"We're excited to be included in Online Spotlight - this will
dramatically increase our visibility to the many thousands of Media
Center PC users," said Greg Reinacker, President & Founder of
NewsGator Technologies.
NewsGator Media Center Edition is included as part of NewsGator
Online Services. NewsGator Online Services includes three other
content reader editions, which allow users to read content they have
subscribed to from any web browser (with Web Edition), any email
client (with POP Edition), and from a mobile wireless device (with
Mobile Edition), which is a powerful feature for road warriors who use
mobile devices to access information while on the road. The service
also provides exclusive, subscriber-only content to its subscribers,
as well as the ability to search for content that matches a specific
keyword or URL, and return that content in a feed. NewsGator Online
Services pricing starts at $5.95/month per user.
"Media Center PCs allow consumers to have faster and more efficient
access to all of their favorite digital content when, where, and how
they want," said Brad Brooks, Director of Marketing at Microsoft Corp.
"With the NewsGator Media Center Edition, NewsGator Technologies is
delivering a complementary and innovative service that will let Media
Center Edition PC users easily access their customized choice of news
services."
More about NewsGator Media Center Edition
This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device"
strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line. NewsGator
Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any
device, without duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media
Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and
fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information
from any device, whenever they need it.
Amazon surpasses 2 million orders in
single day
Amazon surpasses 2 million orders in
single day
12/29/2003 04:07 PMInternetRetailer.com Dec 29 2003 3:07PM ET
Judge orders Amazon and Toys R Us to
work together
Judge orders Amazon and Toys R Us to
work together
08/12/2004 06:40 PMSiliconValley.com Aug 12 2004 10:42PM GMT
In the Charts: Media Center 2005 PCs
Take Center Stage Among Desktops
In the Charts: Media Center 2005 PCs
Take Center Stage Among Desktops
12/29/2004 11:54 AMThis month's Top 15 Desktop PCs chart highlights two trends: the
emergence of powerful new gaming systems that have sophisticated
style, and the rapidly growing selection of Media Center PCs, which
expand PC-based home entertainment beyond gaming. Examples of the
former are two new Athlon-fueled machines that sit atop the power
section of our chart: Alienware's Aurora 64 FX-55 and ABS's Ultimate
M5-64. Both of these systems are visually appealing without shouting
"I'm just for games." Not only are they the two fastest systems on the
chart, but they also produced outstanding sound with their high-end
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 cards and their 5.1-channel Logitech
speakers (the X-530 and the Z-680, respectively).
Drugstore.com finds new profits
fulfilling orders for Amazon
Drugstore.com finds new profits
fulfilling orders for Amazon
12/23/2003 04:35 PMInternetRetailer.com Dec 23 2003 3:20PM ET
Microsoft puts the "center" in Media
Center
Microsoft puts the "center" in Media
Center
01/08/2004 07:06 PMA new line of linked Media Center devices promise to cost quite a bit
of money.
Kerry’s Partisan Partners in Smearing
Bush -- 02/17/2004 - Media Research
Center - Media Reality Check
Kerry’s Partisan Partners in Smearing
Bush -- 02/17/2004 - Media Research
Center - Media Reality Check
02/18/2004 05:11 AMKerry’s Partisan Partners In Smearing Bush -- ABC, CBS and NBC Give
Bush “AWOL” Charge Double The 1992 Coverage Of Clinton’s Draft Dodging
.. reports
mrc.org/realitycheck/2004/fax20040217.asp
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Orders Taken For 'Personal Media
Centers'
Orders Taken For 'Personal Media
Centers'
07/09/2004 01:26 PMThe first Personal Media Centers are now being offered for sale on
Amazon.com, Microsoft Corp. anounced on Friday.
Promixis LLC, Releases NetRemote 1.1
Featuring MediaBridge 2.0, Expanding
Wireless Control of Users' Digital Music
Collection to Windows Media Player,
iTunes, Winamp and J. River Media Center
Promixis LLC, Releases NetRemote 1.1
Featuring MediaBridge 2.0, Expanding
Wireless Control of Users' Digital Music
Collection to Windows Media Player,
iTunes, Winamp and J. River Media Center
06/17/2005 03:26 PMPromixis LLC today announced the immediate availability of NetRemote
1.1 featuring Media Bridge 2.0 at its website:
http://www.promixis.com. NetRemote allows users to wirelessly view and
control playback of their digital media using Windows Media Player,
iTunes, J. River Media Center and Winamp. NetRemote runs on Windows
and Pocket PCs. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]
Portable Media Player
Portable Media Player
04/26/2004 01:58 AMNew Details:
Samsung Yepp YH-999 Portable Media Center.
New Details: Samsung Yepp YH-999 Portable Media Center
Category: Portable Media Players - April
25, 2004
By Alexander Grundner
The Samsung Yepp YH-999 Portable
Media Center (PMC) will start shipping to North America this July.
This is great news for people (myself included) who have been waiting
to get their hands on the slickest of all the pre-production PMCs. We
also found out (via some press material) that the Yepp
YH-999 is the first PMC that is capable of receiving both standard TV
broadcast signals and the future Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)
signal (F.Y.I. Korea is upgrading to DMB in the second half of
2004).
Specifications:
400 Mhz PXA 225 CPU
3.5" TFT Color LCD
- 320 x 240
Windows Media Video playback up to 700Kbps
20GB
(1.8" HDD)
USB 2.0
Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery
Composite
video output port (for TV playback)
Dimensions - 3.8" x 4.2" x
0.8"
Weight - 7.9 ounces
Media Formats:
MP3, WMA, WMV, JPEG [eHomeUpgrade]
Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC
Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC
03/24/2005 08:30 PMMedia Center PC World Mar 25 2005 12:48AM GMT
Portable Media Centers set to ship
Portable Media Centers set to ship
07/09/2004 05:10 PMZDNet Jul 9 2004 9:27PM GMT
Grok Description matches for Amazon to take pre-orders for Portable Media Center
GrokA matches for Amazon to take pre-orders for Portable Media Center
Amazon to take pre-orders for Portable Media Center
