Want to show your computer screen on your TV? AIRTAME aims to make it
easy for you by not having to worry about cables like HDMI, DVI, VGA or
DisplayPort. The crowdfunded project has reached its funding goal after
just 12 days and has introduced several stretch goals to make the
product even better.
Why should we care? The stretch goal of $1 million to create a
Windows Phone app for AIRTAME (along with iOS and Android) has just been
passed.
AIRTAME works with your Wi-Fi. First, plug the AIRTAME into the HDMI
port of your TV, projector or monitor and power it up through the USB
cable. Install the AIRTAME application on your computer and from the
menu bar, you are able to see all AIRTAMEs that are nearby. Choose which
one to stream to and type in a password - if needed. That’s it. Let the
streaming begin. Watch the video below for a visual introduction.
What can the AIRTAME app do? The team plans to have smartphones and
tablets as controllers or as remote screens. They explain that there are
two options to do the phone/tablet support.
The first option is that they can make their own app and stream
content from that. That means you have to add the things you want to
stream to your TV to the app.
The other option is they can make an SDK that can be integrated into other apps. This means that if Netflix
integrates the SDK into their app, you will be able to stream your
Netflix movies from your phone/tablet to AIRTAME, directly from the
Netflix app.
The AIRTAME dongle has an estimated delivery of May 2014 for
contributors. You can send $89 to the project to receive one. Follow the
project and read updates from the AIRTAME team over at the Indiegogo page. You can also fill out this survey to tell them what you expect from the Windows Phone app.
Are you planning to get the AIRTAME dongle? Let us know in the comments!
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