November 17
I want to introduce a project that has been consuming a lot of my time over the last few weeks: MadeforMediaCenter.com. Made for Media Center is an app store for Windows Media Center. Developed with fellow MVP Andrew Cherry of Digital Living Solutions the app store aims to brings together the fantastic selection 3rd party Windows Media Center applications and make them available directly in the 10 foot UI.
As well as being available in the Media Center UI there is also a web based version where you can browse, search and download the applications. The site is in private beta at the moment and we are looking for developers to help test the system and start submitting apps, then we will open a public beta.
The first phase of the rollout will focus on free apps and we will look at paid applications at a later date
Here are some of the features:
- 10 foot native Windows Media Center UI for searching and installing applications
- Web based app store with category and full text searching
- Notifications of application updates
- Community rating and reviews
- Featured apps
- Application publisher accounts with stats
- Social networking features
The site is open for browsing and you can request a user account, we will be approving accounts over a period of time during the beta stage. You can also follow 4MediaCenter on twitter for updates and news
Here are some screenshots
August 10
Not much Media Center news but lots of posts from TDL this week. On The Media Center Show I talked to Microsoft’s Ben Reed about TV formats, on TDL Mobiles they talked the weeks mobile apps and news and on The Custom Integrator Show Derek and I talked Devices Profile for Web Services. Here are some of the posts from the last week:
August 03
Another busy week at TDL, we launched a new podcast last week: TDL Mobile, the new show focuses on the mobile lifestyle and talking about the latest news from iPhones to Android, WebOS to Windows Mobile. On [tmcs] we also looked at Mobile platforms with Bjon Morris from Cybersmart system, Garth Miles and Chris Oldroid from Mobile Tech Addicts podcast. On The Custom Integrator Show we talked DLNA device roles in addition to the UPnP A/V Device Control Protocols (DCP).
Here are some of the posts from the last week:
July 30
Something a little different this week, I am looking at mobile platforms with Bjon Morris from Cybersmart system, Garth Miles and Chris Oldroid from Mobile Tech Addicts podcast . With Smartphones becoming more and more popular with consumers I wanted to see which platform is the best for the mobile lifestyle.
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Show Times:
00:23 Coming up this week
01:59 Parental control
04:20 AMD Release WHQL Graphics Drivers for Windows 7 RTM
05:00 Hauppauge, MaxLinear to produce TV tuners for netbooks
05:44 Windows 7, Play To, and a Samsung DLNA enabled TV
06:23 Podcast: The Custom Integrator Show Installment 015
06:58 Ben Drawbaugh reviews Windows 7 Media Center RTM
07:40 New TDL Mobile Show!
08:00 Welcome to Bjorn, Garath and Chris
10:00 What has happened to Windows Mobile
12:37 Can WinMo come back?
16:50 Zune and Windows Mobile
19:11 Windows Mobile App store
20:32 iPhone
23:00 iPhone controlling Media Center
24:30 Why use an iPhone
26:23 No background apps in the iPhone
37:56 Web OS by Palm
49:26 Google Android
1:00:00 Other platforms
1:05:00 Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast
1:07:00 Cybersmart Systems
Music by Ian Dixon
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