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 Send to email | SanDisk Shuts Down Would-Be iTunes Competitor Fanfare/TakeTV in CPAAPL |  By Silicon
el 06-Jun-2008 |
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 That was fast; seven months from press release to vapor, to be exact. SanDisk (CP) killed its PC-to-TV device, TakeTV, along with its iTunes-like content portal, Fanfare, just seven months after introducing them. The sad part is apparently this happened on May 15th and no one noticed until Chris Albrecht at NewTeeVee made a call to the company.
When it was introduced, TakeTV/Fanfare was pitched as a clever, low-tech workaround for the Web-to-TV problem: download digital video to a USB device, carry it over to the TV and--presto!--digital video on your TV.
It was rolled out about the time NBC was in its deathmatch with Apple (AAPL) over pricing for TV shows on iTunes. NBC eagerly inked a content deal with them in December and NBC U president of digital distribution JB Perrette said "Fanfare is going to be like an iTunes store for us." So much for that.
The problem was Fancast didn't get much content aside from NBC and CBS. And after that last flurry with NBC, we didn't hear much about TakeTV/Fanfare, which probably sums up what happened to it--ok idea, plenty of great press, and simply no interest from the public.
See Also: NBC U: SanDisk Fanfare=Our New iTunes Store
SanDisk Gives NBCU What Apple Wouldn't: Pricing Flexibility
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| SanDisk to Samsung: No Way Jose |  Samsung was recently jilted by SanDisk, one of our favorite SD card and flash storage manufacturers, in a takeover attempt. SanDisk turned down nearly $6 billion from Samsung saying that it wasn’t really adequate - in many respects. It seems SanDisk doesn’t have any self-esteem issues there. Samsung has offered a $26-per-share cash sum but [...]
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| SanDisk 16GB available on the market without SanDisk knowing |  It looks like the much anticipated 16GB microSD card is now available from SanDisk, but they haven’t started advertising it at all. Finally you can have all that space to waste on any smartphone that will support that capacity, and hey, the cost isn’t so bad either. These little buggers will run about $60 - 80 [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Sep-2008 by Marc Flores in AccessoriesStorage16gbmemory cardmicrosdSanDisk
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(AP) | | AP - In a May 19 story about Napster, The Associated Press mischaracterized music downloads sold by a competitor, the iTunes Music Store. The retailer owned by Apple Inc. sells downloads in the AAC file format, not the MP3 format. ITunes' tracks without copy protection are the same price as — not more expensive than [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-May-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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| Motorola announces MING A1600 and A1800 with little fanfare |  What a week for an almost-perfect Motorola device announcement, right? Motorola has announced the MING A1600 and A1800 with remarkably little fanfare. Spec wise, both handsets are relatively the same, both sporting GPS, touchscreens, Linux, A2DP, 3 megapixel camera, and more. The CDMA/GSM hybrid A1800 sports support for two simultaneous network connections, while the GSM-only [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 24-Jun-2008 by Joshua Karp in CDMAGPSGSMHandsetsMotorolaa1600a1800MINGtouchscreen
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| HBO hits iTunes | | Our favorite TV network just hit the iTunes beltway. HBO is finally gracing the isles of the iTunes TV store. Episodes of The Sopranos, Sex and The City, Rome, The Wire, Deadwood, and Flight of The Conchords are all available immediately. This marks the first time that Apple has diverged from its static $1.99 pricing [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 13-May-2008 by Joshua Karp in AppleNews
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