Comments on: What Happened to Apple TV? http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: steve garfield http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-86108 steve garfield Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:26:38 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-86108 Hey Jared, Everytime I take out my iPhone in public, someone says, "Wow. You got an iPhone!" Waiters, friends, family. Everybody. I was recently at a dinner after a Harvard Berkman Thursday meeting with a bunch of local bloggers and I played them one of my videoblogs on the iPhone and showed it to them. The respone? "Whoa!", "Wow!", "That's awesome!" It's truly ground breaking. And it make phone calls too. ;-) Hey Jared,

Everytime I take out my iPhone in public, someone says, “Wow. You got an iPhone!”

Waiters, friends, family. Everybody.

I was recently at a dinner after a Harvard Berkman Thursday meeting with a bunch of local bloggers and I played them one of my videoblogs on the iPhone and showed it to them.

The respone?

“Whoa!”, “Wow!”, “That’s awesome!”

It’s truly ground breaking.

And it make phone calls too. ;-)

]]> By: blog.dsetia.com» Blog Archive » What Happened to Apple TV? http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85652 blog.dsetia.com» Blog Archive » What Happened to Apple TV? Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:55:31 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85652 [...] I’m betting, on June 29, 2007, there was a team of developers inside Apple corporation who were not very cheery about the successful launch of the iPhone. I’m betting, if such things were available, they were wearing their “Why not us?” t-shirts. Source: [Link] [...] [...] I’m betting, on June 29, 2007, there was a team of developers inside Apple corporation who were not very cheery about the successful launch of the iPhone. I’m betting, if such things were available, they were wearing their “Why not us?” t-shirts. Source: [Link] [...]

]]> By: Ron http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85634 Ron Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:24:44 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85634 I guess I'm one of the few people who walked into an Apple store, thinking of buying an iPhone, and walked out with an Apple TV. (Well, actually I went home and ordered it from the Apple store with free shipping and no tax) It has made it so much easier to browse my huge MP3 collection. And while I rarely used YouTube before, I've started using it a lot more with the Apple TV. It's a lot more natural and interesting to watch YouTube videos on a real TV (although there is not a whole lot of good content, but there is enough). Plus its great for browsing a photo collection. I'm hoping that Apple opens up the ATV to more in the future. It's got potential. I'd love to be able to use it to view Netflix on demand movies. Or if iTunes let you rent movies like Netflix, which is rumoured to be coming... or how about a USB plugin that made it into a DVR? A web browser? It could all be done. I guess I’m one of the few people who walked into an Apple store, thinking of buying an iPhone, and walked out with an Apple TV. (Well, actually I went home and ordered it from the Apple store with free shipping and no tax) It has made it so much easier to browse my huge MP3 collection. And while I rarely used YouTube before, I’ve started using it a lot more with the Apple TV. It’s a lot more natural and interesting to watch YouTube videos on a real TV (although there is not a whole lot of good content, but there is enough). Plus its great for browsing a photo collection.

I’m hoping that Apple opens up the ATV to more in the future. It’s got potential. I’d love to be able to use it to view Netflix on demand movies. Or if iTunes let you rent movies like Netflix, which is rumoured to be coming… or how about a USB plugin that made it into a DVR? A web browser? It could all be done.

]]> By: Adrian http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85619 Adrian Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:10:50 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85619 I have a 160GB AppleTV, but I'm not using it to buy/watch movies from Apple, I have sync'd my music and photo collection to it, and I watch movies and TV shows obtained over the years from other sources. I find its an unreliable way to watch YouTube, as the YouTube clips only start up half of the time. You can physically sync files from one source machine, and connect over the network to other machines such as desktop systems that are always on. This is a bit limiting, but I haven't yet been motivated to hack the system, which requires physically opening it up. What I hope is that when Leopard comes out, I can use it as a backup device for my laptop, using the Time Machine feature. I think that would justify having it for a lot of people. I have a 160GB AppleTV, but I’m not using it to buy/watch movies from Apple, I have sync’d my music and photo collection to it, and I watch movies and TV shows obtained over the years from other sources. I find its an unreliable way to watch YouTube, as the YouTube clips only start up half of the time. You can physically sync files from one source machine, and connect over the network to other machines such as desktop systems that are always on. This is a bit limiting, but I haven’t yet been motivated to hack the system, which requires physically opening it up.

What I hope is that when Leopard comes out, I can use it as a backup device for my laptop, using the Time Machine feature. I think that would justify having it for a lot of people.

]]> By: Benjamin Ho http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85618 Benjamin Ho Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85618 The iPhone also overshadowed AppleTV. Introducing two "great" products is not always best when one gets more attention. AppleTV also didn't seem compelling enough to buy. The iPhone also overshadowed AppleTV. Introducing two “great” products is not always best when one gets more attention. AppleTV also didn’t seem compelling enough to buy.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85611 Brandon Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:25:42 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/08/21/what-happened-to-apple-tv/#comment-85611 Bundle the package with an easy, iLife inspired, way to convert my existing media library (Digital, DVD, TIVO, et al.), let it replace my existing airport, and add more storage (and NAS capabilities) and I'm suddenly interested. Apple TV should have been a Home Media Storage device. As it is now, I can just hook my iPod up with a $5 cable and get the same results. Bundle the package with an easy, iLife inspired, way to convert my existing media library (Digital, DVD, TIVO, et al.), let it replace my existing airport, and add more storage (and NAS capabilities) and I’m suddenly interested. Apple TV should have been a Home Media Storage device. As it is now, I can just hook my iPod up with a $5 cable and get the same results.

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