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BBC Sport connected TV app launches on UK TiVos, brings BBC News along Apr 11th 2012, 13:01 As a part of the BBC's run up to this year's Olympics, it is bringing new approaches to broadcast technology in a number of ways including 3D, online streaming, multiple HD channels and now, connected TV apps. Today it's launching a BBC Sports app for connected TVs that bring in new interactive features via the BBC Red Button which will first appear on Virgin Media's TiVo platform, along with a port of its BBC News app. First up for the interactive treatment? F1 racing, starting with the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend. In the app viewers can access live coverage of the race, highlights from previous races, and multifeed coverage of the race including in-car cameras and driver trackers. There's a video demo and press release embedded after the break (viewable in the UK only), and the Sports app is expected to hit more devices before the Olympics starts, although it's unclear which ones. Continue reading BBC Sport connected TV app launches on UK TiVos, brings BBC News along BBC Sport connected TV app launches on UK TiVos, brings BBC News along originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  BBC Internet Blog  | Email this | Comments Nokia: Two million Lumia phones sold in Q1 but profits still falling Apr 11th 2012, 12:38 Nokia's announced preliminary information on its forthcoming Q1 results due on April 19th. It's reportedly sold €4.2 billion worth of phones, €2.3 billion coming from the sale of 71 million dumbphones and €1.7 billion coming from smart devices. On the upside, sales of the Lumia handsets are still growing, selling two million of the series in the last three months alone. However, "competitive industry dynamics" and the cost of its painful transition into a modern smartphone player have meant the numbers aren't too pleasing. The figures mean that the company will make a loss of around three percent below "break even," but Stephen Elop remains bullish, saying that his team is "continuing to increase the clock speed of the company" and that "the change is tangible." Continue reading Nokia: Two million Lumia phones sold in Q1 but profits still falling Nokia: Two million Lumia phones sold in Q1 but profits still falling originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Is Windows Phone 8 popping up on a WP7 App? Apr 11th 2012, 12:03 The "I'm a WP7" app is now showing records of both Windows Phone 8 Apollo (build 8.0.9662.0) and Windows 8 Desktop Jupiter (6.2.8288.0) emulators. It seems to tie in with rumors that software testing for the mobile OS was ramped up on March 30th in anticipation for release later this year. WP8 will bring a host of long-desired features to its battle with Android and iOS, including multiple screen resolutions, dual-core CPUs, NFC and microSD support. Now we can start wildly speculating on which Greco-Roman God / Battlestar Galactica character will lend its name to future software builds. Is Windows Phone 8 popping up on a WP7 App? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink WMPoweruser  |  WPCentral  | Email this | Comments

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