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Back in October zagg announced a new project called zaggbox, which would store recorded video, pictures, and music on its 1 terabyte hard drive, and allow you to access the media on your home entertainment system as well as on your mobile device. As impressive as that is for a company that started off selling stickers high-grade protective polysomethingerother skins for cell phones, it’s only the beginning – full home automation through zaggbox is in the works, which will let you lock doors, control and view security cameras, and adjust the thermostat from your smartphone. Recording media for later consumption is huge, and with the Xbox 360 connectivity, you’ve got an easy way to create and share gameplay videos. The price point will sit somewhere between $600 – $900, and the mobile app will be in the neighbourhood of $20, which might sound like a pricey proposition overall, but at least they’re only charging a subscription fee if you want all of your media backed up in a cloud storage service. I can only imagine what Sling and Unify4Life think about zagg now…
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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