New device coming from Syabas, the makers of Popcorn Hour, at CES '10

@mjburnsy / 12:13 pm PST • December 8, 2009

Popcorn Hour is a great product and loved by many nerds. But that’s just it, the device is somewhat nerdy. Apparently the maker, Syabas, has another Internet-connected device coming and it will be shown off at CES 2010. While certain key points are missing right now like the price, availability, and hardware specs, what little info I do have makes this box sound promising indeed.

Works with Netflix, Crunchyroll, MLB & more
Local network media metadata provided by IMDb and All Music Guide
New UI
Open application development platform
Facebook and Twitter access
3rd party game and application support

So far everything is right on the money for a next-gen living room device. I just hope that the price is reasonable, the video codec support is extensive, and the remote has a QWERTY keypad on it. More info should be available at CES in a few weeks.

New device coming from Syabas, the makers of Popcorn Hour, at CES '10

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