Syabas has announced July 23rd as the shipping date for the highly-anticipated Popbox media player.
Pre-order began in May with a July 4th tentative release date. The company decided to delay the launch to work on some final tweaks for the Popbox software.
Among the first Popapps to ship with the box are Picasa, YouTube, Photobucket, Twitter, Next New Networks and Revision3.
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Your inclusion of screenshots from CES (January 2010) that show Syabas' overly optimistic app partners does not constitute confirmation that Netflix, Hulu, CBS, etc. will be coming to the Popbox "in the future." And honestly, it doesn't instill a lot of confidence in the authenticity of your reporting.
Also, just because the box may theoretically be able to play content from these sources doesn't mean they will actually be included in the lineup. There's that pesky little detail called licensing.
Until I see a source confirming that Netflix, Hulu, etc. will definitely be included in the future, I'm calling shenanigans on the authenticity of this article.
"More notably, the interface can handle Flash, Java and QT meaning Netflix will be available eventually. Also available in the future is Hulu, CBS and ABC content"
NetFlix uses silverlight...so I see no reason to expect netflix support. Hulu blocks devices; they do not even allow android devices to watch their videos, so I wouldn't expect those videos either. If it does not already have CBS and ABC content, it never will.
