I think you could have given a little more.  Verizon and Tivo make a deal:

The new service, dubbed TiVo Mobile, will debut this summer and allow Get It Now customers to schedule recordings on their TiVo digital video recorders (DVRs) from their wireless phone. The familiar TiVo interface will be available on the mobile phone to enable users to set up recordings remotely.

With all the bad press that Tivo has been receiving over the last year, ie. "struggling to keep from becoming the next Betamax" , losing the DirecTV deal, and harsh competition from cable companies’ DVRs, you would think that Tivo would come out with something a little more "cutting edge".  You can already remotely schedule recordings, whether it’s through the interface at Tivo , Yahoo! TV ,  or through hacks available on the Internet.  I just can’t see how this new "mobile scheduling" will be very efficient and/or practical.

Over the last year Tivo has unveiled a few new functions:

• Yahoo! Photos
• Yahoo! Weather
• Yahoo! Traffic (limited to specific states)
• Live365 Radio Network
• Fandango (ordering movie tickets and browsing movie listings)
• Podcasts
• Uploading your own videos to watch on Tivo
• Releasing an API for 3rd party software development

All of these are good concepts, but aren’t all that useful.  I think what Tivo should be concentrating on is how to bring all your media to your television.  The people who developed the Xbox Media Center have the right idea.  If those concepts and features were integrated into a Tivo unit there would be no chance of it becoming the next Betamax.  

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