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• Options For Moving Video From Smartphones/Tablets to TVs Keep Growing

  Thursday, February 10, 2011, 10:15 AM ET

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  Posted by Will Richmond
  Have you ever had the experience of watching video on your smartphone or tablet and feel like you'd prefer to watch it on your big TV? If so, there is a growing range of options to help make this happen, including:
  
  Skifta - an Android app from Qualcomm that lets you play local or cloud-based media on any DLNA-certified device.
  
  AirPlay - a relatively new feature in Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod) running iOS 4.2 or later with one-click ability send media to other connected Apple devices (e.g. Apple TV, AirPlay-ready devices, etc.).
  
  Rovi Connected Platform - Rovi, the digital entertainment infrastructure provider, just announced yesterday a new Android solution for CE manufacturers to allow their devices to move media around the home to connected devices.
  
  SnapStick - the intriguing start-up that lets users of any mobile device to "snap" their media over to the TV by gently flicking the device in the TV's direction.
  

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  Categories: Devices

  Topics: AirPlay, Comcast, Microsoft, Rovi, Skifta, SnapStick, Sonos
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