Move over BoxeeBox, here comes PopBox!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 4, 2010

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“Following closely on the heels of the December
announcement of D-Link’s BoxeeBox, Syabas Technology today said it
will ship a $129 Internet-based A/V streaming set-top box (STB) in
March. Both new gadgets have the potential to give Roku’s popular
Netflix-streaming STB a run for its money.

“All three boxes can deliver range of Internet-based A/V
streaming and social networking services to consumer’s TVs. Like
Roku’s digital video player STB, the PopBox will include Netflix
on-demand video streaming when it first ships. D-Link, meanwhile,
is rumored to be scrambling to add Netflix streaming support to its
BoxeeBox device as well, prior to inaugural shipments of that
device. All three run embedded Linux OSes, and all are expected to
sell for less than $200.

“Syabas says it will demo a PopBox prototype running the 20 apps
listed below this week at CES in Las Vegas, with additional apps
expected to be on the box when it ships in March.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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