I'm almost 100% sure that all of that is happening, but I'm still 50/50 on the iPhone. I mean, why would it leak NOW when it isn't coming out until September?
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Apple Reportedly Set to Open Up Apple TV to Third-Party Developers at WWDC
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I'm almost 100% sure that all of that is happening, but I'm still 50/50 on the iPhone. I mean, why would it leak NOW when it isn't coming out until September?
Perhaps. If so, Hulu Plus and HBO GO would be enough to get most people excited. I imagine all the people with players on the iPad would go to the ATV eventually too like ABC and other networks. Only questionable one is Amazon Video on Demand since it's a competing platform.
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I interpret them differently (as one of the groups most aggressive about distributing themselves in any and every way possible). What they do tend to do- which many of us won't like- is requiring a traditional (cable/satt) subscription for access to their content via devices like this. In short, they know where the bulk of their bread is buttered.
Good News, i always love rumours like this, bring a tear to my eye
Time to upgrade to 3rd generation Apple TV!!
Time to upgrade to 3rd generation Apple TV!!
If Apple does this, which I hope they do, they're going to have to revise the Apple TV UI extensively. IMO, they took a step backward with the most recent revision to the OS. It's especially important given that most users control the Apple TV using a limited-function remote, and not everyone has an iPhone or iPad with the Remote app. Additional third-party apps, whether to allow streaming video from other sources or provide other features, will only make it more challenging.
Plex plays fine for me, mostly does directplay anyway so no transcode. Otherwise, I keep wanting to use XBMC but it's such a pain in the butt to get configured well I just skip it and found either Boxee or Plex which was far simpler to just get working...
Thinking out loud here...but why not gaming apps for the AppleTV?
Apple (or a third party) would need to release some sort of wifi or bluetooth controller. An iOS device wouldn't really work except as an accelerometer or gyroscope device - not ideal for repeatedly hitting buttons. Plus, the 8GB storage is kind of small.
But why should they limit themselves to video/audio apps? (And a $99 gaming device with no physical media would be killer).
Apple (or a third party) would need to release some sort of wifi or bluetooth controller. An iOS device wouldn't really work except as an accelerometer or gyroscope device - not ideal for repeatedly hitting buttons. Plus, the 8GB storage is kind of small.
But why should they limit themselves to video/audio apps? (And a $99 gaming device with no physical media would be killer).
Apple TV had a 32% market share in 2011, if that's not traction then I don't know what is.
As for why they've waited so long to release an SDK and open the development platform - I think it's so that Apple themselves have full control over the ecosystem until they've made a final decision on what form their ultimate TV market presence will take, be it through continued development of the current product or through a full-blown Apple TV set. A big advantage of this is that they can claim the "killer features" as their own rather than allow that distinction to already have gone to a 3rd party developer as and when they do introduce a full TV.
No you don't. The device is meant to STREAM not DOWNLOAD the movie. You need very little RAM to stream. What you DO need RAM for is apps.
LOL, wtf are you talking about!? 6gb of ram to watch a movie??? ROTFL. I think you're confusing memory with disk storage. And it's a streaming device, minimal local storage needed for some caching
My most important App request is a SlingBox Client (now available on the STB's I do not have). Anyway, I have a Cable Box in front of my Sling Box so I have all of my Cable Channels anywhere I go with my iOS Toys. However, if there was an App on my 3 Apple TV's I could get my Cable TV on all of the TV's I only have the Apple TV which are 3 (at this point). I could also get rid of at least one of my Cable Boxes I now have. It is so much cheaper to buy a $99 Apple TV that I want anyway instead of paying monthly for a Cable Box in every room. Also, would not have to switch back and forth between by Cable Box, Apple TV and Roku Box (which will be eliminated with more channels on the Apple TV).
Beyond that I would like to only have 1 interface to all of my content that can "search". Imagine you want to watch a movie but maybe it is on HBO, MAX, Netflix, Amazon Stream, Hulu or "lastly" on Pay Per View. Takes a while to search all of these separate sources of content.
Anyway, this news if true is HUGE for me.
Beyond that I would like to only have 1 interface to all of my content that can "search". Imagine you want to watch a movie but maybe it is on HBO, MAX, Netflix, Amazon Stream, Hulu or "lastly" on Pay Per View. Takes a while to search all of these separate sources of content.
Anyway, this news if true is HUGE for me.
*crosses fingers*
if its true, i'd expect the apps already on the iPad to work so i think they'll be a lot of content straight away.
oh well, not long until we find out which ones are true and which ones are just put out by apple to fish out who has the big mouth
if its true, i'd expect the apps already on the iPad to work so i think they'll be a lot of content straight away.
oh well, not long until we find out which ones are true and which ones are just put out by apple to fish out who has the big mouth
HBO Go requires a subscription to HBO through a cable/satellite provider. I doubt this will change that requirement.
I sure as hell wish they would change it, but I imagine that the cable/satellite industry offers HBO enough financial incentive to not allow the consumer to bypass them ... at least not until the broadband branch of the cable industry implements a usage fee to have us pay for data transmission of HBO content if we're bypass the TV content branch of the company to get HBO.
Hyperbole much? Do you work for Apple marketing? Yeah I'm sure Comcast and DirecTV are quaking in their boots right now.
I need to be wowed again. Fingers crossed for a Retina 13" MBP and Apps on the Apple TV. Those would be good enough for now with the new iPhone coming in the fall.
Totally agree.
After the Apple TV puck-sized box is 'official' (and not a hobby anymore), I can see Apple creating an all-in-one device where the Apple TV unit is integrated into a display, but I cannot see forcing people to buy a display just to use the Apple TV.
Think of it. There would be very few people who would ditch their whole television set for thousands of dollars just to get an Apple branded Television Set. Apple knows this. Therefore, they need a low priced point-of-entry device for people to get 'hooked', and then roll out an integrated unit for people to use when they eventually DO retire their old television set.
Apple does this right now with the Mac Mini. It's a lower priced point of entry into the apple world.
Hyperbole much? Do you work for Apple marketing? Yeah I'm sure Comcast and DirecTV are quaking in their boots right now.
I think he is right. It has big potential.