Android set-top boxes and media players at CES

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Android set-top boxes and media players at CES
7 L1 e3 P& L9 c& d- E' ~by Steve Bush, Wednesday 06 January 2010

4 X* H, M! G' |! w1 b$ Y& ]0 A' ^& @Processor firm MIPS Technologies is to demonstrate Android set-top boxes incorporating its cores this week.
"During CES, MIPS and complementary solution providers will demonstrate the world’s first Android-based set-top boxes, Android running on a MIPS-based netbook, and the world’s first social media centre for Android-based embedded platforms," said MIPS.
5 i0 Y' |' F9 N/ _, P$ h6 P0 CWestern Mediabridge and Sigma Designs, will demonstrate one of the MIPS/Android set-top boxes.
It has 1080p video, video-on-demand, ThinkFree Office (Word, spreadsheet, presentation) viewer software, a web browser, and a remote control and keyboard interface.
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, x6 b* N+ N' u9 z5 `A prototype of an Android IPTV set-top box developed by KDDI R&D Labs will also be on show, supporting multicasting, video-on-demand, remote control user interface, and digital rights management.
) k& ?: D2 t8 E" e* YInside is a MIPS-based SMP8654 media processors from Sigma Designs.
+ f8 c5 m1 F9 D( U& ^The netbook is the YeeLoong8089 from Lemote and runs Android on a MIPS-Based Loongson processor, and is claimed by MIPS to be is the world’s first laptop that contains completely free software.
% L3 {6 }$ |3 l6 kTo be demonstrated on a chip from Sigma Designs, ConnecTV is licensable social media centre software for Android systems from Home Jinni
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Included is a framework for building UPnP, DLNA and DPWS home area network applications, and a framework for integrating the home with IMS and service provider networks.
As well as distributing media around the home, the software also enables consumers to search, discover, categorise and view online media content directly from a TV, and to communicate with others.