Yamgo Mobile TV coming to the HP TouchPad 24
So far, HP TouchPad owners have had the luxury of being able to watch their favorite TV shows and movies on Hulu, but once that hole is plugged, as it inevitably will, what choice do we have to get that daily fix of TV when we're away from home? Yamgo TV, a mobile TV service based in Wales, is working with HP to create the first app for the HP TouchPad that will get you access to hundreds of television channels and programs for free.
Yamgo TV is already available on most other major platforms, including Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Nokia, Blackberry and nearly 1000 unique smartphones and tablet devices. Now they're adding the HP TouchPad to that list and making their mobile broadcast of TV and on-demand videos available to anyone who downloads the app - once it arrives in the catalog, that is. There is no ETA yet on when the app will be launching, but you can get some more info about what Yamgo offers at the link below.
It might not be Netflix, and it certainly isn't going to bring every television network to the tablet device (just a lot of them), but it still is a good thing to see another option for watching video on our TouchPads. If you've had experience with Yamgo in the past, share with our users in the comments below. You can also hit the links in the source for more details, or just wait for us to review the service here as soon as the app is made available.
Source: Wales Online; Via: Twitter (Richard Kerris); Yamgo TV
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The app is available on the UK app catalogue
[for a change an app available in the UK and not yet in the US;-)]
See below my take on YamgoTV (from my post in the forums):
The app & user interface seems good but unfortunately there is a very limited selection of quality mainstream channels (apart from FashionTV it seems to be only a couple of tier 3 rather niche channels) and the quality of the streams is also quite limited.
It's a solid app and a very good concept but until they broaden the scope of channels available and improve the quality of the streams it is not very compelling.
why do you assume that Hulu will eventually be blocked on the touchpad?
has it been blocked on other devices? Hulu works on laptops, why is a touchpad different than a laptop?
Laptops are considered PCs. Mobile devices (tablets, phones) require a different license.
Hulu is a selling point. Blocking that blocks so many desires for the TP
This isn't being blocked by HP, but by the owners of the copyrights of the content. Same how content gets pulled off of youtube.
even with hulu i can't justify paying $500 for a touchpad
Hulu's been browser-blocked in almost every mobile device on the market; the only way in is through native apps with Hulu Plus.
So, I'd say the HP Touchpad's Hulu days are numbered unless there's some sort of agreement in place.
what about netflix?
Nope, you'll get Yamgo and like it.
I actually lol'ed.
Btw, that means that I laughed out-loud - not that I said, "lol!"
"Welsh, a software development company in the US, and Yamgo TV" -- I don't think this is correct.
The company is called Yamgo and they are a Welsh company, based in Wales.
I just wanted to let you guys know that Kalemsoft for the touchpad combined with a tv tuner card on the machine thats running the server is awesome. I can view all of my channels crystal clear tethered off my veer and also view my webcams. Its a very good alternative to all of these sites. plus its your very own tv. A nice cheaper version of slingbox with added goodies.
Although I would love the xfinity app.
I use PlayOn that runs on my computer and allows me to view Netflix, Hulu (NOT premium) and all the other premium channels that PlayOn supports. It doesn't do live TV though.
Netflix is great, but their TV selection and streaming services leave me wanting. Yamgo looks promising, but none of these services hold a candle to SlingBox if we ever get it. Though you have to buy a bit of hardware w/SlingBox, you actually control your TV & DVR. You can watch ALL your live TV stations (whatever you get at home), watch any/ALL recordings, as well as set up recordings you may have forgot to do if you are away from home for any length of time.
-SlingBox is the TV App I desire.
-Netflix is the movie/tv combination I desire
-Yamgo looks promising & I am very glad it is coming to webOS.
I know "having an app" is a big deal for some people but I can view YAMGO's video content on my Pre now (not that I would want to because the content is nothing that I would want to bother with).
This is really not big news unless you have an interest in a channels handfuls of people are watching.
Looks like Walmart just started streaming movies today using Vudu service it purchased.
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2011/07/26/2011-07-26_walmart_unveils_m...
I couldnt get it to work on TouchPad. I tried previewing the 1st 2 minutes and got no video or sound. But when you try to scrub video, you do see video in little preview view.
I have vudu on my LG tv and was wondering when they would actually use this. Its a shame because when i fired it up, it was actually really cool tons of selections very high quality. but im never at home near my tv anymore.
I have been using Vudu on my PS3 for awhile now, and it's quality way surpasses Netflix. The HDX feeds startup instantly compared to the slow quality crawl of Netflix.
I know it's a little off topic, but my understanding is that using Mojo it was really easy to port in programs written for other platforms and with a few hours of tweaking they ran really well on webOS.
Is that true?
If it is, is it true for Enyo?
And if so, why dosen't HP put together a team of programmers who (with permission of app authors) do just this with popular apps to get them up and running on webOS? The app creators have nothing to lose and HP has everyting to gain.
No, it's not true. Only certain apps were easily ported (mostly games) and with the PDK, not Mojo.
Regular apps take a bit of work to port.
Thanks, I know nothing about programming.
Has Tim Stiffler-Dean, the writer of this article, actually used a Touchpad and browsed the app catalog? If so he would have probably come across Video Flood HD.
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