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Apple TV iOS 7 Beta Adds iTunes Radio and Conference Room Display Mode
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Why no app store for the Apple TV???? It's SO obvious and would be very easy to implement!
Very easy? You must be a software developer working inside Apple. You probably shouldn't be posting on MacRumors!
Just kidding. I know you're not a developer at Apple, because they would never call it "easy". Obvious, yes, but not easy. Fixing iMessage isn't even easy. (I've actually had an Apple employee explain the underlying iMessage issue to me in confidence. It's truly not easy to fix.)
Since iOS 7 features Airdrop (and one of the abilities is to share directly between devices), I bet we will see "Airplay Direct" in the near future.
You can load an 802.1x certificate through Apple Configurator https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12
But, you are correct about the subnets.... I work IT in education and it just isn't possible right now with these massive networks. We have close to 2000 access points, all using the same SSID, and even with static IP's that are 1 digit away we can't get Bonjour to work.
I would LOVE to see WiFi Direct for AirPlay... or maybe just bluetooth even.
Give me also Amazon Prime and Airport Extreme AC wireless card and I will sure buy Apple TV tomorrow and also get music for $25 year.
But has almost every other econsystem on the planet. Amazon cloud streams to Roku, Pandora, NetFlix, Hulu, Amazon video. There is even a channel (Apex) that allows you to stream content from your PC (think airplay).
Perhaps. But probably not on the current AppleTV. Apple emphasized that the direct connectivity would only work on devices with the latest wireless hardware.
Exactly. Many hotels physically lock down the AV inputs on their TVs so you can't connect your own ipad, DVD player, etc, and you're forced to use their PPV options. Big profit center for them.
I think that AirDrop is a strong hint that AirPlay "Direct" is not far behind.
I just visualized the intro as the same with the iPad Mini: iPad against black background, it rotates, unexpectedly revealing ... the black background is the iTV, with a momentary glimpse of how crazy thin it is before going on to revealing its full size.
One of the reasons I started buying iTunes movies in the first place. Can't believe they forewent the Extras on redesign of Apple TV. My Guess is it has something to do with Home Sharing spec they created/are using.
I'm sure they can figure it out, but probably have it low on the list.
I have a Roku. By ecosystem I mean the hundreds of millions of iOS devices that are already out there and the developers that already develop for them.
There's a lot of people here who haven't heard of the current AppleTV feature to require a 4 digit PIN displayed on the screen to be typed into the computer before activation. Turn that on, and people won't be able to take over your screen unless they can see it.
From your lips...
Yes, an app store for the ATV, PLEASE!!! I've been a very happy ATV user since gen 1 (which was pre-announced and I had to wait months for it to arrive!). I'm with you, lots of interesting apps would come our way, plus, and this is a big one, despite my having and loving my PS3, games!
Did you see they announced 3rd party games controller support for iOS devices last week? They start arriving in the autumn (when iOS is released) and the games supporting them will follow. The first step is that the controllers will be connected to your iPad/iPod Touch/iPhone, and there is the AirPlay Mirroring option to get it to your ATV, but they also just recently opened BT support on the ATV (as you know) so it's not a long way to connect these controllers directly to the ATV. As for storage requirements, the thing I was thinking is that although it'd be nice to get an ATV with more storage onboard, it's really not needed. Since these devices are almost exclusively stationary home based devices connected to your home network, you'll probably have a computer in the home or on the network the ATV connects to, which could be the central storage repository for any apps that didn't reside permanently on the ATV. Streaming an app to the ATV wouldn't be that big a deal, so it could mean all these existing ATVs in our hands now would be able to live in a world where the ATV suddenly got an app store.
ATV app store!
The big picture is that Apple is going to tie your living room, home office, mobile device, your automobile ect together.