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Mobile Miscellany: week of July 16th, 2012 Jul 22nd 2012, 01:24 Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you're like us and really want to know what's going on, then you've come to the right place. This past week, the Chief Operating Officer of Leap Wireless made his departure from the company and a new LTE handset was leaked for MetroPCS. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the "best of the rest" for this week of July 16th, 2012. Continue reading Mobile Miscellany: week of July 16th, 2012 Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Software Mobile Miscellany: week of July 16th, 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Hulu rolls out a simplified player UI for the web, takes a few cues from mobile Jul 22nd 2012, 00:37 The web player for Hulu added some more acreage just a few months ago, and now the company has updated it with a new "chromeless" look that's stripped down for less complexity than the old one seen here. Similar to the changes Netflix recently made to its web player UI (and looking particularly reminiscent of the iOS video player), Hulu has concentrated all the transport controls into a single bar including options like a 10-second rewind and bringing up the time left in a video when it's paused. As seen in the screenshot above, closed captions, face match, quality and buffering options have their own submenu now, while the toggles, pop-out and lower lights have been moved into a box below the player. Once the show is over, there's a new screen before the player either automatically picks another video, lets you replay what you just watched or browse through other recommended selections. You should be able to see it on the site now, give it a quick spin and let us know if the changes are for the better. Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet Hulu rolls out a simplified player UI for the web, takes a few cues from mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Hulu Blog  | Email this | Comments Wi-Fi Media lets your Nexus 7 play movies on any screen via HTC's Media Link HD (hands-on video) Jul 21st 2012, 23:45 We're rather big fans of the Nexus 7 here at Engadget HQ -- it's just hard not to like a $200 tablet with a Tegra 3 SoC and 7-inch glass-bonded IPS display running pure Jelly Bean. Of the few missing features, there's one we're bemoaning more than the lack of rear camera, and that's the absence of any kind of HDMI or MHL video output. So far, watching movies with the Nexus 7's been relegated to using a Nexus Q and streaming content from Google Play or YouTube. Enter Wi-Fi Media, an app available for free on Google Play that lets most Android devices like the Nexus 7 play movies, music and stills on any screen via any Cavium PureVu-compatible streamer, such as HTC's $90 Media Link HD. We tested Wi-Fi Media with our Nexus 7 and Media Link HD and found it to work pretty much as advertised except for some caveats. First the app doesn't mirror your screen -- you're limited to playing content stored on the tablet or on the network via DLNA, which means no YouTube, Netflix or games. Second, the app doesn't handle some common file types -- like AVI, for example. While it supports watching movies, listening to music and looking at pictures, keep in mind that Wi-Fi Media is not a particularly polished app. In addition to playing local and remote DLNA content, you're able to login to Facebook and Picasa and stream images directly from these accounts, but that's pretty much it in terms of functionality. There's also no way to configure the Media Link HD, so you'll need a sanctioned HTC handset to setup the multimedia streamer before using it with a Nexus 7. Want to know more? Peek at our screenshot gallery below and hit the break for our hands-on video. Gallery: Wi-Fi Media hands-on Update: Since there's some confusion in the comments, we'd like to clarify that the Media Link HD is not a DLNA device. It normally only works with select HTC phones like the One X, One S and EVO 4G LTE. WiFi-Media's primary purpose is connect with a Media Link HD -- it also just happens to support DLNA. [Thanks, Matt] Continue reading Wi-Fi Media lets your Nexus 7 play movies on any screen via HTC's Media Link HD (hands-on video) Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Tablet PCs, Software Wi-Fi Media lets your Nexus 7 play movies on any screen via HTC's Media Link HD (hands-on video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Wi-Fi Media (Google Play)  | Email this | Comments

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