Connected and Digital Media: January 2010

We are very excited to see the response to our CES Unveiled it was an outstanding event. We are all tired and losing our voices. We have a day to rest before our nonstop meetings at our Hilton Suite at CES starting on Thursday morning bright and early.

A couple of the posts that we like are below.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/syabas-popbox-hands-on

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/popbox-is-popcorn-hour-evolved-with-1080p-streaming-and-netflix

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/01/syabas-popbox-media-streamer-looks-great/

Some of the quotes form the press with links below

Dean Takahashi of VentureBeat named the Popbox a winner in his roundup of winners and losers from CES Unveiled

Aaron Barr of Marketing Daily included Popbox in a CES roundup saying, “[…] 2010 may be the year in which Internet-connected television finally breaks through. Companies such as D-Link/Boxee and Popbox were already displaying their wares -- which allow for Internet- and home-networked video to be displayed on televisions[…]”

Darren Murph of Engadget said, “We were able to swing by and take a look at the product [Popbox] tonight, and we've got to confess -- it'd be a pretty stellar add to any home entertainment setup. The box was small, light and stylish enough, and the actual user interface was drop-dead simple to navigate.”

Rachel King of ZDNet noted that she thought most of the buzz from CES would come from e-book readers and tablets, but after seeing the Popbox and the Boxee Box, changed her tune, saying, “E-book readers and tablets are being pegged as the top gadget developments of the year, but maybe there’s room for more buzz in the set-top box arena, with the upcoming release of the Boxee Box and now this [Popbox].”

Lee Bains of Switched said, “Heading into this year's CES, we all speculated that we'd see a lot of variations on 3-D TV and streaming TV. In the Popbox, Syabas has brought the latter to our attention in full force. The Swiss Army knife of streamers, the Popbox can pull HD video, CD-quality audio, and even your buddy's Twitter feed from off the Internet and into your living room[…]”

1/6/2010: Popbox HD hopes to simplify streaming content – CNET

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10426722-269.html

1/6/2010: Popcorn Hour Introduces the Popbox – AV Club House

http://www.avclubhouse.com/2010/01/06/popbox/

1/6/2010: Syabas introduces consumer-oriented Popbox media player – Krunker

http://www.krunker.com/2010/01/06/syabas-introduces-consumer-oriented-popbox-media-player/

1/6/2010: Winners and losers at CES opening reception: Popbox, Inada human “glove” chair, more – VentureBeat

http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/06/more-losers-and-winners-at-the-consumer-electronics-show-opening-reception-photos/

1/6/2010: At The CES: Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop – Marketing Daily

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=120120

1/6/2010: CES 2010, Day 0 Summary – Zatz Not Funny

http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2010-01/ces-2010-day-0-summary/