maandag 10 november 2003
Boxes under the radar/Kastjes onder de radar
UPDATE, January 27
Some information for English speaking visitors to this blog that got here through the
Slashdot-article: just to get the story straight, the
boxes in the picture on my site are similar to the ones that were featured in this week's
PC World. There's nothing secret about these devices: they connect your tv to your home network. As I understand, they were seen all over this year's CES. What I wrote below in the original (Dutch) posting was that the Strangeberry guys drove to Fry's one day to buy the components to build these kind of devices. And that they managed to do so pretty quickly; meaning that these are smart guys and also that there's not much of a barrier to entry in this market - providing there is a market. I never meant to imply or infer that these were the kind of machines Strangeberry was actually developing as their core business, just that they are working on technology for this space. As the
official Tivo statement says: 'Strangeberry has created technology (...) designed to enable the development of new broadband-based content delivery services.' And as you can judge by
the resumes of the Strangeberry guys, they are software specialists, not hardware guys. Just to be clear: I am not associated with Strangeberry in any way. I am just a friend of Arthur's, as I wrote on my
personal blog about the acquisition of Smartberry by Tivo. Anyway, thanks for stopping by. Makes me think of doing this media & technology blog in English... nah, too much work, and this was supposed to be a hobby ;-)
Original posting, November 10
In een voormalige winkel in
Palo Alto zit een start up waarvan de oprichters op een lauwe dinsdagmiddag naar
Fry's Electronics zijn gereden om componenten te kopen waaruit ze deze vreemde kastjes hebben gebouwd. Ik denk dat binnen twee jaar iedereen met een DSL- of kabelaansluiting zo'n kastje in huis heeft. Meer mag ik er van de oprichters niet over zeggen, want die hebben de illusie dat ik er veel van snap en dus veel kan verklappen, een tragisch misverstand. Ze zijn heel bedreven in het 'onder de radar' blijven, maar intussen lopen bedrijven als
Apple en
Google de deur bij ze plat. Ik zie Philips of Shell niet zo snel audientie vragen bij een paar nerds uit Delft. Helaas.
maandag 10 november 2003 - 22:08 uur | rubriek: Technologie
Ach, zo zie je maar, dat gebeurt toch echt regelmatig.
+++chefren
chefren (ip:195.64.88.137) 28 november 2003 - 16:18 uur
Bedoel je dat de bestuursvoorzitters van Shell en Philips weleens op bezoek gaan bij 5 techneuten uit Delft? Welke bedrijven dan, ik ben benieuwd.
Michiel Frackers (ip:213.84.199.228) 28 november 2003 - 23:40 uur
Hoppatee! Slashdot er over heen, en dood zijn we.
Het komt mij een beetje voor als vaporware hoor.
(ip:195.64.90.253) 26 januari 2004 - 15:22 uur
DELFT!!!!!!!
Leonardo (ip:145.94.4.195) 26 januari 2004 - 16:02 uur
Appreciate the info: found you via slashdot.
Northwestern Mutual (ip:136.165.67.71) 26 januari 2004 - 16:17 uur
looks like an archos-style portable tivo/ pvr thingy to me.
(ip:64.166.224.169) 26 januari 2004 - 16:27 uur
ooga booga
ooga booga (ip:63.251.152.190) 26 januari 2004 - 17:28 uur
Echte wyven sein brun.
todd (ip:146.6.145.56) 26 januari 2004 - 17:32 uur
Greeting Slashdot!
Greft Earch (ip:24.43.80.191) 26 januari 2004 - 17:54 uur
Can you post a transalation in english of what you've written about the Strangeberry device. Found you through Slashdot(
http://slashdot.org )
Nausher (ip:61.11.82.221) 26 januari 2004 - 18:04 uur
Curious about the Fry's Electronics reference. Is your device available for sale there?
MacGIMP (ip:68.13.18.140) 26 januari 2004 - 18:25 uur
Hello I Echte Dr. TOBOT !! Mijn koop TECHNOLOGY !
Please do not delete my web site! I WEELEN HOOP BODY !!
Dr. Tobot (ip:128.2.203.136) 26 januari 2004 - 18:55 uur
Boxes below radar
In a former shop in Palo Alto there's a startup whose founders rode to Fry's Electronics on a tuesday afternoon to buy some components to build these weird cases. I think that within two years, everyone with DSL or Cable will have one in their home. I can't say more from the founders, because they think I understand it (a grave misunderstanding) and can this tell you guys about it. They are very skilled in staying 'below radar' but in the meantime, companies such as Apple and Google are knocking at their door. I can't see Philips or Shell asking for an audience with two nerds from Delft. Pity.
translator (ip:216.28.73.169) 26 januari 2004 - 19:07 uur
Vreemd ik had al eerder een reactie gepost. Ik denk een wifi multimedia ontvanger en zender. Warm?
AT (ip:213.10.190.46) 26 januari 2004 - 19:48 uur
To the English speaking visitors who got to my site through the posting on Slashdot: the boxes in this picture above, taken in November, are similar to the ones that were featured in this week's PC World. See
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114355,00.asp There's nothing secret about those devices: they connect your tv to your home network. As I understand, they were seen all over this year's CES.
The official Tivo statement says 'Strangeberry has created technology (...) designed to enable the development of new broadband-based content delivery services.' Judging by the resumes of the Strangeberry guys (
http://www.strangeberry.com/about), they are software specialists, not hardware guys.
Michiel Frackers (ip:213.84.199.228) 26 januari 2004 - 21:32 uur
Thanks for the translation! It was much easier to read your English than rely on my Dutch (none)!!
Vince (ip:68.121.111.165) 27 januari 2004 - 2:44 uur
If not English entirely, how about an RSS feed with an English summary?
Nick Palevsky (ip:210.86.179.183) 28 januari 2004 - 5:17 uur
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