Seems like my trusty TiVo has picked up some new features after upgrading itself the other day. I had no idea until I was mucking around with it recently...
- I can now sign into Yahoo and get weather and traffic reports for my zip code. Super useful when I want to quickly look without opening up the iBook.
- Through Fandango I can now read movie descriptions, browse showtimes and purchase tickets...if I could only view trailers this would be a perfect implementation and a very natural fit for TiVo. This feature should have been loaded in from the get go. It also gives me hope that someday Apple will implement a similar feature into Front Row.
- Podcaster allows me to browse through preselected "featured" podcasts and also enter url's to pull up all of my favorites. I'm actually listening to one right now, and if not for the inability to fast forward and rewind this is something that I'd use a lot. For some reason I also got a chuckle out of the fact that Adam Curry isn't a featured podcast.
- Live365 radio streaming is a new feature, but considering that podcast quality is clearer and most stations still load jerky I doubt I'll use this at all.
- Games! Yeah I now have a few games to pass the time away. Can't say that I'll use this all that often, but it's a cool thing to have nonetheless.
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