Friday, February 18, 2011

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Microsoft Moves To Trademark The Look Of The Windows Phone 7 Homescreen

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:15 AM PST

Microsoft is proud of the way Windows Phone 7 looks. Like, really, really proud. As in they spend 5 minutes telling us how proud they are of it every time they hold a press conference. That and the fact that the camera button works even when the handset is locked are totally (and deservedly) their two favorite talking points.

Lookin’ to make sure no one tries to pull off anything that too closely resembles their precious, Microsoft has just filed a trademark covering the look of the homescreen. So, take heed: if you were considering building an OS with a homescreen made up of a bunch of squares floating in a sea of black.. best tread carefully, bub, because Microsoft did it first. Well, except for iOS, but hey — those were icons, not tiles.

PlayOn Officially Rolls Onto Android, Brings Netflix And Hulu With It

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:34 AM PST

Given what Netflix has said so far, we know that Netflix for Android is coming… eventually. Even then, Netflix is still being a bit mysterious about which devices it’ll work on (though given their recent Qualcomm partnership, “things running a Snapdragon CPU” is a good guess.)

In the meantime, there’s a work around of sorts: PlayOn. After months of beta testing, PlayOn for Android is now available.

The catch: while the app is free, the service is not ($39.99 for the first year/$19.99 each year thereafter, or $79.99 for life). With that said, it’s the only means I know of right now for beamin’ the Netflix (or Hulu, TBS, CBS, Amazon VOD, MTV, SyFy, and.. uhh.. the Oprah Winfrey Network, if you’re feelin’ crazy) daterbits from any networked PC to any Android 2.2+ device over 3G or WiFi. Plus, it’ll do the same for your PS3, 360, Wii, or iOS devices.

You can find the now Beta-tag-less app in the Android Market right here.
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