I came across this, and thought it was kind of cool. I'm not sure exactly what it's going to do, but take a gander.
DIRECTV is excited to extend an opportunity to the CE participants to participate in our next field trial.
This field trial is for a native iPhone/iPod-Touch application.
DIRECTV will be selecting a limited number of users that submit their information to the following site:
http://www.iamanedgecutter.com/Projects/iPhone/default.aspx
If you have an iPhone or an iPod-Touch and are interested, submit your information ASAP.
Criteria to be selected will be based on previous trial history, your activity in the CE arena, and a ratio of the devices in use.
We will only select 1 submission per user, so if you have multiple devices please pick one and submit that.
Multiple submissions will be rejected.
Thank you for your continued participation in the DIRECTV CE program, and your interest in our latest field trials.
The DIRECTV iPhone team.
First, DirecTV has an iPhone team! My guess is that, just as there's an iTunes app to control your Netflix account, you'll be able to remotely program your DirecTV with it. Of course, DirecTV hasn't said just yet...and the beta sign-up cycle is closed...but definitely worth watching.
From
here, via Engadget.
Engadget
also reports that, after wobbling for a while, DirecTV had a record quarter, adding nearly half a million new subscribers.
Although I got into DirecTV 1.0 back in the early 90s, I'm not currently a subscriber...but it's gratifying to see our baby grow up, and indeed, cracking the whip on the growth of HD content for all of us.
