Comments on: Is Web Working in Apple TV’s Future?

By: Txemi

Txemi — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:03:55 +0000

Apple will not miss the opportunity to have Apps on the Apple TV. It is based on the same iOS that has zillions of apps and developers. And the potential for games, news and video apps on a big screen is fantastic.

You just need to have your Apple TV UI controlled remotely from your ipod/iphone/ipad and you have the same wow multitouch experience on your TV, without the need to change it.

By: markdolph

markdolph — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:27:12 +0000

I just started using my Apple TV last weekend. Its a very intriguing device and some of the thoughts expressed here really get the imagination going. It is excellent at streaming video from my Macbook Pro and from Netflix. It took a long time to launch a rented TV show, so I gave up, downloading the show to my macbook instead. Personally, I don’t see much happening in terms of apps residing on the Apple TV device itself. However, the interplay between other iDevices and the Apple TV is interesting.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:27:55 +0000

Apple have some serious catching up to do. I hate the fact the new model does not allow local storage. Ideally, you should be able to stream from TimeMachine because I will be damned if it makes sense having my Mac turned on just to listen to music or watch a video through my TV, I migth as well have bought a Mac mini instead.

Until iTunes in the cloud becomes a reality then it’s a no for Apple TV. Google have produced what looks to be a formidable product, as much as I don’t like the Fact everything on my Google TV will be archived by Google for “analysis” it is a tempting solution.

By: Aquaman_Tom

Aquaman_Tom — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:50:21 +0000

Boxee is $199. Check amazon, the only place selling pre-orders. Then it goes up the $229.

By: alexis

alexis — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:43:38 +0000

the way I see it…the higher storage capacities of the iPod Touch and iPhone and iPad have more to do with storing content not apps…very few people are crazy like me having 600 apps on the iDevice…and yes they take up a bunch of room…

but if there is not music/movies/podcasts/music vids on the TV then there would be plenty of room for apps…the apps are small in size at this point and don’t take up much room…the only thing that would prob make them bigger is higher resolution graphics but the programs are small in nature…the simplicity of the iOS makes that possible…so all that media that you have to sync to the iDevices because you take it with you…but if the the media is streaming from those iDevices or MAC/PC then you have the room…8GB is a lot if you think about the average app size

I think this is where iTunes wireless syncing will come into play…so you can sync the apps to the TV…and then hopefully to your iDevices that are still tied down to the cable

there is a plethora of possibilities for this product and the $99 price tag makes a win win

long live the TV

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:39:18 +0000

I do have an apple TV and I am a “fanboy” of apple products. Here is what I see for the future – apps will be installed on apple tv, why wouldn’t they want to tap into all the applications already developed? I can also see it being a great gaming platform. Can you imagine playing a game on the Ipad in Game Center say a car driving game, then through Airplay transpher the game over to the big screen and continue to use the Ipad like a wheel for the game. The opportunities are endless! I’m very excited to see how apple opens up the apple tv to more opportunities!!

By: Sunil

Sunil — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:17:34 +0000

My take on it is that, with just 8Gig of memory, there is not much you can do to load it up with applications. If you look at the trend of how apple has been producing their iOS devices, they have been going up in memory storage.
Now think about this concept where when you want to play a game that is compatible with AppleTV, you use airplay to stream it on the television but the controls for it are on the iOS device (not the aluminum remote). So technically it still will be streaming but when you want to play the game, it will get loaded onto the appleTV temporarily so that it can played with the controls that are displayed on the iphone or ipad.
If you finally dice it down, an appleTV $99 and an ipod touch $229 will add up to just $30 dollars on top of the GoogleTV cost while having an excellent gaming platform of the future. Still keeping to the streaming philosophy of the appleTV.

By: Shock Me

Shock Me — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:29:59 +0000

Given that it is designed to plug into any HDTV, it seems the limiting factor would be the cost of the TV and the ability to add a bluetooth keyboard and interaction surface like the magic trackpad or larger and I would guess a table or desk to put it on.

I’d say that’s a lot of work to recreate a Mac Mini or iMac without an optical drive and an accurate way to select text which is the bread and butter of a web coder.

Might be nice for what was supposed to be WebTV’s target market of immobile casual users though.

By: Brian Forrester

Brian Forrester — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:39:11 +0000

I just hooked up my new Apple TV last week. Part of me questioned how addicted I am becoming to Apple products but within minutes of hooking it up I was happy I’d purchased it. For $99, I’m already happy to now have more web on my tv, but the introduction of apps for Apple TV would be HUGE for me. I’ve considered buying the $300 Boxee to get more of the web on my TV (in an effort to eventually cut DirectTV completely) but if Apple introduced apps I’d stay with them. I dont think it will canabalize sales of it’s other products though, if anything it will broaden the potential of the iPad as a devise that communicates with your TV and eventually replaces all of the remotes, including gaming remotes in some cases. More consumers are asking for more internet on their tv (which is why tvs come with apps now) and I hope Apple opens it up for us.