Seems D-Link are busy bunnies this week here at CES. Not content with announcing their new Home Monitoring Solution, they have announced a new media player, called the Pebble.
As you know, we here at Using Windows Home Server love media players, so we are quite excited about this new one as well.
I will be looking closely at this during the week and will report back.
For now, here is the press release:
D-LINK TOSSES ‘PEBBLE’ INTO MEDIA PLAYER POND AT CES 2010
LAS VEGAS, CES Booth 36232, South Hall, LVCC, Jan. 6, 2010 -D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, today introduced a stylish addition to any home entertainment environment — the D-Link® Pebble™ — a uniquely designed media player that lets users play virtually all of their media in an attractive, easy-to-use and compact device.
Lightweight, decorative and functional, no other media player of its style and price offers full network capabilities in such a compact package. Pebble streams music, photos and video wherever they are stored – on external hard drives, in USB thumb drives, SD/XM/Flash memory cards, network attached storage (NAS) devices, PCs or the Internet. An optional dongle is available for wireless 802.11n connectivity.
When attached to a home network – either wired or wireless — the D-Link Pebble accepts media files from any PC on the network or NAS device, and allows playback on the entertainment center TV and stereo with high-resolution quality and crystal clear sound. The intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) makes user navigation quick and point-click-and-play easy.
The USB 2.0 ports support an external hard drive, thumbdrives, various memory card formats and a USB wireless dongle. HDMI 1.3 and analog video output and composite audio also are built into the Pebble for the ultimate viewing and listening experience.
Price and Availabiilty
The D-Link Pebble will be available in the first half of 2010 through the company’s vast network of retail and etail outlets, and at D-Link’s online store, http://www.dlinkshop.com, for the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Prices (MSRP) of -$119.99.
About D-Link
D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for small, medium and large enterprise business networking. The company is an award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice, data and video communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. With millions of networking and connectivity products manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market. D-Link Systems, Inc. headquarters are located at 17595 Mt. Herrmann Street, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (714) 885-6000; FAX (866) 743-4905; Internet www.dlink.com.
D-Link, Pebble and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2009. D-Link. All Rights Reserved.
They should have named it the Photon. I assume no Windows media interface and similar to the WD?
🙂
Hoping to get a better look at during the week, and hopefully you can have a look as well when you get here.
Andrew