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"Just in time for CES, Boxee has announced a new hardware partnership with Iomega that will bring the Boxee media center software to a series of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.\nDubbed Iomega TV with Boxee, the new devices are similar to the Boxee Box by D-Link that started shipping back in November. The Iomega TV with Boxee will be with either 1TB or 2TB hard drives or in a model without onboard storage. Like the Boxee Box, the Iomega TV with Boxee runs on the Intel Atom processor and with built-in Ethernet, 802.11n Wi-Fi, composite and HDMI outputs and support for additional storage via USB.\nIn its blog post announcing the new product, Boxee notes that the shared system-on-a-chip architecture between Iomega's devices and the Boxee Box will make it easier for Boxee developers, as the firmware can be virtually identical.\nThe Boxee software platform supports more than 150 different apps that let users access online video, Twitter, Facebook, Pandora and more. Boxee is also a social platform, meaning you can share what you are watching with your friends and also see what they are watching or listening to.\nThe remote control that Iomega is using is also similar in its setup as the innovative remote Boxee introduced on the Boxee Box.\n\n\n\n\nThis partnership is an important move for Boxee, a company that has built up lots of good will amongst users, but is finding itself smack in the middle of a veritable buffet of connected device solutions and options.\nNot only does Boxee face competition from companies like Apple, Roku and the Google TV, the device makers that Boxee needs to partner with are often rolling their own interface and connectivity options. Boxee's biggest strength remains the ease at which the software can connect users with their offline and online media. When it comes to accessing existing content \u2014 Boxee is almost unparalleled in its support of formats and codecs. However, as users increasingly move to consuming most of their media from streaming solutions, partnerships with these companies becomes essential. Frustratingly, some of the supported services that work just fine on Boxee running on a Mac or PC are still in the process of being ported to the Boxee set-top systems.\n\n\n\n\nWe still think Boxee has a better handle on managing and serving media \u2014 from a technical and usability aspect \u2014 than most of its competitors, but the hardware and service partnerships \u2014 especially when talking about connected devices \u2014 are essential to the platform's ultimate success.\nThe Iomega TV with Boxee is slated to be available for purchase in February 2011. The diskless version of the box will retail for $229.99, the 1TB model will retail for $299.99 and the 2TB version will retail for $349.99.\nIn addition to acting as a Boxee interface, the NAS also supports DLNA for better integration with the rest of your connected devices. Iomega will be at CES showing off the new devices \u2014 and we'll be sure to swing by to take a hands-on look."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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