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TiVo to Let Users Record Shows Via Cellphone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the instant-gratification-generation dept.

Carl Bialik writes "Verizon Wireless plans to offer a new service called TiVo Mobile that will allow its customers who also have TiVos in their homes to schedule TV shows for recording when they are on the go, the Wall Street Journal reports. ' A customer might use the service to impulsively schedule a sitcom for recording after the show is recommended by a friend at a party,' says the WSJ, adding, 'Verizon Wireless executives said the service, to begin this summer, is expected to cost less than $5 a month, in addition to normal cellphone-service charges and TiVo subscriber fees, which are $12.95 a month.'"

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  1. CoreDuo Mac Mini by bobalu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How do you like it? Mine's coming Thursday, gotta be faster than my 12" Powerbook at 1Ghz!

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    1. Re:CoreDuo Mac Mini by Horrortaxi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How do you like it? Mine's coming Thursday, gotta be faster than my 12" Powerbook at 1Ghz!

      I like it a lot. Honestly it's not 100% "there" as a set top box yet, but it's a good solid 85% "there." In time when either Apple updates FrontRow or people hack FrontRow I think that it will be 100%. By biggest problem so far is that the Flip4Mac plugin is PPC only, so I can't play wmv in Quicktime (or FrontRow) yet.

      The Mini is hooked to my TV, stereo, and gigabit network. So far I've had to Remote Desktop into it to do one thing or another every day, but I've only had it 3 days and I do it less every day. Mostly I just use the remote and FrontRow.