http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/ Engadget Comments for Firmware update brings file conversion, iPhone access to HP's MediaSmart ex485 / ex487 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Yeah, the simplicity of this could justify the premium over a custom-built machine.


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also HP totally missed the point here, sell one without any discs and severely drop the price, granted the updates are welcome, but still sell one of these with no discs at like 200USD.]]>Apr 13th 2009 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/The old boxes just simply arent fast enough for the file conversion and h.264 streaming.
Get over it and buy a new box.]]>Apr 13th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/But then even with edge's pitful bandwidth it depends what upload speed your home internet connection runs at my 10Mb line (in the UK) only comes with a 512Kb upload.]]>Apr 13th 2009 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2009/04/12/hp-announces-25-software-update/
]]>Apr 13th 2009 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/I have the original EX470 and I realize the stock processor and ram will not allow this to run on older models, but allot of us upgraded the ram and processor and our systems are faster than the newer ones so why not let there be some sort of test]]>Apr 13th 2009 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Really? Horsepower, okay (the older ones use Sempron). But lack of storage capabilities? The previous media smart servers have ho problems handling terabyte hard-drives. I could believe HP more if they said RAM since the older ones only come with 512MB RAM, but saying they lack "storage capabilities" sound more like a cop-out of saying "Buy the new ones."]]>Apr 13th 2009 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/
EX470/475 Owners - HP have told me that the Mac backup and Amazon S3 online backup features will be released to you guys in "May". Unfortunately, the new 2.5 update will not be back ported.

EX485/487 in the UK/Europe - apparently, a release is still being considered.

I've been testing a pre-release version of the new 2.5 update for We Got Served. Details here:
http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2009/04/13/hp-mediasmart-server-25-update-%E2%80%93-walkthrough-of-the-new-features/

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i love when you buy a product and a company adds functionality for FREE.]]>Apr 13th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/
Don't worry, they will drop support for your box too when the EX490 series comes out. ]]>Apr 13th 2009 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/
huh? why?]]>Apr 13th 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/Apr 13th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/]]>Apr 13th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/]]>Apr 13th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/
So yeah, I wish I could get these, but I can't blame HP for not offering them on the ex47x models. I can, however, blame HP for not making the ex47x hardware stronger in the first place. All in all, I love my MediaSmart server. And I appreciate that HP does a lot to try and fill in the feature gaps. I'm happy enough with what it already does that I think I can hold tight until the next version of WHS comes out and then upgrade to a new box. for a saavy user, there are other ways to get these kind of features, anyways,]]>Apr 13th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/firmware-update-brings-file-conversion-iphone-access-to-hps-me/http://www.myotherdrive.com is nice, too. Does anyone know if they have support for iPhone, too. I like their file sharing, but would like to access my music from my iPhone.]]>Apr 15th 2009 8:29PM