Comments on: Revolutionary: Apple TV Could Be for Places, Not Just People

By: anon

anon — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:55:57 +0000

Wow. I agree. That’s the killer app for Apple TV indeed. Hope Steve Jobs reads this article and puts together an app-set to accelerate this.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:36:03 +0000

I think for the Apple TV to take off, it needs to do more. This needs to become a more home media center first.

By: Chandra

Chandra — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:50:54 +0000

The live tv show through net change the enviorment.I hope this will be overcome their expectation.

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By: Geoffrey Goetz

Geoffrey Goetz — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:49:52 +0000

Not all kiosks that I have seen are running the latest software from Microsoft, hence the outdated coment. I doubt if many are running Windows 7 yet. So most are likely on XP or earlier. I would not be surprised if some were still running Windows 98.

Are we talking about the same Olympics where the opening cerimonies were visited by a BSoD? http://bit.ly/aenJmp

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:49:38 +0000

At my work we have been exploring this for a while. Using Keynote we produce a presentation that with the apple transitions can look very easily like it was produced by an agency of some kind. Then just export it to iTunes as a QuickTime. Sync to a playlist and hit shuffle. Works a treat.

By: Geoffrey Goetz

Geoffrey Goetz — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:41:40 +0000

Just as Apple supports iTunes, Safari, QuickTime, MobileMe and AirportUtility on Windows, Apple could just as easily create an Android App to control the Apple TV.

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:52:19 +0000

Sounds like a bad plan for a kiosk to only be useful for iphone users.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:40:44 +0000

This is a joke right?

Those “the extremely outdated Windows” will be updated with new Windows solutions and at a lower cost than any Apple solution.

“The problem is, the technologies used to create such content are in desperate need of being overhauled, and neither Microsoft nor Adobe are in any position to do so.
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And yet the Olympics was run on Silverlight twice.

By: Geoffrey Goetz

Geoffrey Goetz — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:57:55 +0000

The interaction would be as simple as a “bump” from another iOS device, and as sophisticated as remote control data input from that same iOS device. Just as an iPhone can be used today to control an Apple TV, it could also be used to interact with the kiosk application. The Apple TV itself does not need to be the means in which information is conveyed.

By: TechClicker

TechClicker — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:32:44 +0000

While Apple TV may have some limited usage potential in digital signage applications, your suggestion that a “relatively inexpensive appliance” like the Apple TV could eliminate the “need for a full-featured PC or Mac” in kiosk applications is not very likely.

Most kiosks have some form of interactivity via a touchscreen or other human-machine interface for which PC’s are particularly well suited. In addition, kiosks and digital signage applications often require equipment that is much more robust than that used in consumer applications.