Comments on: Where’s The Love? Apple’s Neglected Products http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/ Sun, 19 May 2013 08:29:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Newton Poetry — Apple TV as odd-product out http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352230 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:05:00 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352230 [...] the iPad. The Apple TV is surely stuck in some development limbo. One could even argue that the fourth-leg of the Apple stool is now the iPad instead of the Apple [...]

]]> By: Apple TV 3.0 Will Support iTunes LP and Extras, Needs More Still http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352229 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:20:30 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352229 [...] the Mac mini, the Apple TV seems to be lagging behind other Apple offerings in terms of the tech behind it and its software capabilities. Many new TVs coming to market now [...]

]]> By: pdferguson http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352228 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:05:01 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352228 I definitely agree with the comments about the Apple TV. Not only haven’t new features been forthcoming, several bugs (such as the “white screen of death”, which can only be resolved by rebooting) haven’t been fixed for nearly a year.

I would also suggest that iTunes could use some work. It continues to exhibit more than its share of annoying UI flaws (my personal peeve here is that every time you delete a podcast, it asks you whether you want to move it to the trash, and you have to click the confirm button, which isn’t the default. Every… Friggin… Time…)

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352227 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:53:30 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352227 Thanks Mike – Been through all the Keychain trouble shooting in those threads. My point with Apple discussion boards is that Mail is not listed under Applications or anywhere on the main page. But as you said – buried in sub-areas of the OS discussions … and it’s buried for a reason.

Can this be done – use 1Password for POP connections and get rid of Keychain?

]]> By: Kennon http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352226 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:53:15 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352226 Have you tried other alternatives like Thunderbird, or Postbox? These are great mail clients. I’d give ‘em a shot. Either that, or switch to IMAP, if that’s an option. Or just continually call Apple Support. :)

]]> By: heber http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352225 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:52:24 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352225 What about the Mighty Mouse… needs a lot of love.

]]> By: Mike http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352224 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:56:22 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352224 David,
The Apple discussion boards do areas dedicated to Mail, they’re just sub-areas of the OS discussions. Here’s a link to the discussion area for Leopard Mail:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1223&start=0
And here’s a thread that may address your issue (which does sound like it may be a Keychain problem):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9808635&#9808635
Or maybe here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9475004&#9475004

Good luck!

]]> By: Jay http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352223 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:08:02 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352223 Im not an apple user yet (i have an iphone at home waiting for me when i get back from holidays and my next laptop will be apple too)… would you not just use entourage? or is that a silly question?

the same thing use to happen to me with outlook – but they fixed that bug about 5 years ago.

]]> By: Eideard http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352222 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:07:46 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352222 I always chuckle when my buds on Crank Geeks downrate the AppleTV as only a hobby. Since that’s how our family watches the program every week on the HDTV in the living room.

We still use the original 40gb model – since I don’t store anything on it except new content which is to be watched, soon. Anything else is stored on my iMac where iTunes downloads automatically.

Then, I delete after watching – as I do with DVR content from DirecTV. A worthwhile old habit.

]]> By: Cookeecut http://gigaom.com/2009/08/05/wheres-the-love-apples-neglected-products/#comment-352221 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:46:14 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=28792#comment-352221 I think it’s apparent that Apple has thrown all its muscle behind the iPhone and its OS.

However, I get the sense that Apple has expanded a lot. Maybe quite so, that is now at the point they need to hire more people. One cannot help but get the feeling they are stretched thin.

And lest we forget, the iPhone was a HUGE effort. It’s not like any other product. They had to create an optimised version of OS X and a complete set of APIs. They did this beautifully (an an iPhone developer I’m stunned by their work). And it is no small feat.

So, it is understandable that they have neglected other parts of their hard/soft product lines.

Apple is Apple. They work slowly, they work meticulously and in the end they always come through.

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