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Updates :

• The new version is released : As predicted, new DSTV Mobile Decoder released (USB Device)
• Unboxing of the new USB drifta
• Review to follow

A new version of the DSTV Drifta software was released recently (1.2.11). Doing some simple sleuthing around in the install reveals some potentially very interesting news. Is a Drifta2 about to be launched?

The following were the only files updated / added in the new installer:

1.2.11 vs 1.1.0

Existing files:

• Decoder.exe  2011/05/10 06:57      1 512KB
• infcopy.exe    2010/12/06 02:34          79KB
• tvnb.bin           2011/04/20 08:39    8 288KB

New files:

• IPSetup.exe      2011/03/18 06:21         58KB
• tvnb_usb.bin   2011/05/03 02:09    5 840KB

The really interesting bit is in the new tvnb_usb.bin file.

The tvnb_usb.bin has an interesting identification string “Drifta2(DVB-H) 2.1.277 2011/05/03-14:09:23 ”  vs the older style tvnb.bin identification string “Tivit(DVB-H) 2.1.266 2011/04/20-17:03:51″.

Is this a hint at a new Drifta decoder to come?

Share your thoughts, on or off the record.