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this episode of technobuffalo is brought to you by netflix nokia and tmall go throwing a party in new york city next week who's gonna be the special guest I'll give you a hint not me a company you know and might be a customer of is preparing a netflix killer who are they I'll give you a hint their name rhymes with horizon and horizon and horizon and what company who you may never heard of but whose phones you've probably used at least once is eyeing the high end of the US smartphone market for next year you're hungry for the answers aren't you well they're coming right around the corner it's Tecna Buffalo's rumor roundup run up hey what is going on everybody and welcome to the roundup I really want to say Feliz Navidad but we're not quite there yet so you know what SDS happy Friday everybody welcome to the roundup for the week ending today Friday December 9th 2011 I'm no Kravitz editor-at-large for TechnoBuffalo in this episode of the rumor roundup on revision3 is brought to you by our friends at Netflix they've been my close friend lately but spend a lot of time watching some stuff on netflix anyway let's get right to the rumors wrap them up first off there's a party going on in new york city and i'm not going but audrianna lee is next week wednesday december 14th nokia and t-mobile are throwing a big party they've got some crazy rock band clap your clapper your hands say yeah they're going to be performing it's going to be in night time so it's good we're setting audrianna cuz she looks better an evening gown than I do truck just just trust me on that one so who's going to be the star of the show well all indications would point to the Nokia Lumia family of Windows Phone devices headlining the event why well they just came out they haven't yet launched in the US and no he is going all in with Windows Phone so it makes sense we've got two devices currently on the market in in the UK the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 both of which I got a chance to check out as it our own emily price back at nokia world when they launched John and I also both had the good fortune of spend some time with the Lumia 800 it's a quality quality to buy some really a big fan of the Lumia 800 that being said some documents that leaked earlier this week on the FCC website point to a t-mobile branded version of the Lumia 710 but didn't say anything about the 800 so it's kind of a mystery as to what we'll see at the event next week most likely will see the 710 I think we'll also see the 800 because I don't think Nokia would throw throw a big party like this so close to the holiday season you're in the holiday season so close to to Christmas and Hanukkah and you're all the other reasons people buy presents I don't think they'd come so big just to launch the 710 seven tons of fine phone but it's a low-end device and for the first Nokia Windows Phone device to hit the u.s. I think they really want to bring their flagship does that mean we might see the rumored high high-end Lumia with the 4.3 inch display I don't think so soon I think they're saving that one and whatever else they might have up their sleeves for a bigger stage like CES in a man that's less than a month already cheese one month from now I'll be in Vegas Viva sorry nevermind i was invited to party anyway my money is on the 710 and the 800 next week in new york city whatever it is Adriana will be there bringing you the devices you know probably a little bit of the lifestyle scene from the party as well so stay tuned to technobuffalo for that one Netflix has seen its share of bad news in the latter half of 2011 and it looks like the beginning of 2012 isn't going to be any better for them they are our friends their sponsor the episode we love you Netflix but it looks like you've got some more competition on your hands in the name of verizon reports this week have come out that Verizon possibly or probably in partnership with red box is prepping a streaming TV and movie service to take on netflix that will launch in the beginning of 2012 details that are a little sketchy nothing's been confirmed but it looks like verizon is going to team up with red boxes that company that has those big red boxes where you can rent movies you know on disk at the grocery store or shopping mall wherever it is you go you set up an account you get your disc to get a home watch it drop it back off that kind of thing and apparently what they're going to do is set up a service that's going to rely heavily on back catalogue stuff little light on the new release those kind of like Netflix does it's going to stream over the internet it's going to be separate of verizon's fios cable TV service so you won't have to be a fios subscriber or subscribe to any other verizon stuff to use the new service and it's going to go out to a variety of set-top and portable boxes or on set-top boxes and portable devices including android/ios you know all that kind of stuff so we'll keep you updated as details emerge and you know especially when anything official is announced but looks like Netflix will not be the only streaming game in town as of early next year if the rumors pan out stay tuned for that one hey let's take a minute and watch a movie or at least think about watching a movie while we talk about how awesome Netflix is with more than 23 million members Netflix is the world's largest subscription service instantly streaming TV episodes and movies over the Internet members can instantly watch thousands of titles on a vast array of devices streaming TV episodes and movies like Microsoft's Xbox 360 Sony's PlayStation 3 console and the Nintendo Wii as a Netflix unlimited member you can instantly watch as many movies as you want anytime for one low monthly price there are no late fees and no due dates which is key for somebody like me trust me for a limited time as a new member and TechnoBuffalo viewer you can get a 30 day free trial to netflix just go to netflix.com slash buffalo that's netflix.com slash buffalo v uff alo make sure you use that URL to get your free trial and so they know we sent you and last but certainly not least ZTE is a brand name that's big in China maybe not so well known here in the United States although if you've been using a cell phone from more than the past five or six years odds are at one point you either owned we're talked into somebody else's ZTE made phone the company has traditionally relied on lower end devices you know less features but cheaper to produce mass-market stuff that kind of thing but in an interview earlier this week they announced that they're eyeing the high end of the US smartphone market beginning as early as next year apparently they think that by 2015 the US will be the place to be if you're trying to sell smartphones that'll be more smartphone usage in the US then China anywhere else in the world and so they're getting on board they're prepping stuff and we're here in a couple of rumors we're here in Android which makes sense because they've made some Android phones already we're also hearing that they may be prepping Windows Phone devices for sale in the US and specifically devices with LTE now as of right now windows phone does not support LTE which is one of the reasons we haven't yet heard anything about a Windows Phone device coming to verizon apparently that's a sticking point in negotiations but I future releases of Windows Phone will have to support LTE to stay competitive it looks like ZTE wants to hop on that train windows phone with LTE and probably Android with LTE as well as early as next year will be interesting to see how they fare in the US market that's been dominated by the likes of Apple Samsung and HTC a little more Apple and Samsung really in recent months all right kids that'll do it for this week the rumor roundup brema who was brought to you this week by netflix stay tuned to revision 3 next week three more TechnoBuffalo episodes on rev3 we've got asked the Buffalo whats the apps and rumor roundup Monday Wednesday Friday respectively so make sure you come back next week you know so I can afford to buy a razor and shave the beard thanks again the netflix and rev3 for having us my name is Noah Kravitz much much more on all of these stories and all kinds of other stuff including why I ditched my iphone for a Windows Phone device I did its truths my daily driver right here see this is Windows Phone over on TechnoBuffalo com until next time we'll see you later bye I got my I got my ad read here on this giant cell phone so I'm going to hold it up look it's bigger than my head one more second one more second