Apple has the operating system, app + gaming ecosystem and even has an excellent piece of hardware already in place — why, oh, why haven’t they let the genie out of the bottle? It would be awesome and no further proof thereof is needed than this fresh hack from Steven Troughton-Smith and TheMudKip.
Roll your eyes and groan — here comes a rumorological musing fresh from the Silicon Isle. Yup, Taiwan and that invariably means DigiTimes. Whereas I’ve studiously avoided reporting the latest Apple TV — a real, honest-to-goodness television — emanations wafting on the breeze from that source, discernible and believable patterns are forming.
Ubiquity. It’s impossible to be everything to everyone — the haters gotta hate — but being everywhere at least offers . That said, Steve Jobs’ hobby is expanding its footprint by 50 percent when the Apple TV launches in seven Northern European countries next week.
Aside from superficial legalities, what’s the difference between Apple’s download and play anywhere iCloud music service, and BitTorrent? How you answer the question largely depends on which side of the religious divide you fall. Now, Apple’s moving to obviate some of that destructive rancor, though the debate won’t be fully silenced.
Music, movies and TV, oh my! Until today, we’ve only heard about Apple’s deals with three of the four major music labels, but now there are whispers that feature films and television shows will be in the mix, too. Are you ready for Cupertino’s major cloud reboot?
The full promise of Apple’s set-top box — think apps and games — has yet to be realized, but that isn’t stopping folks from buying. The attraction of plug-n-play Netflix support and the increasingly powerful AirPlay functionality is attracting millions.
Apple rumors these days are all over the map. We’ve seen the return of the iPhone nano and the iPad 3 has made its share of cameos, as well. Now, we’re hearing that Apple’s next insanely great product won’t be coming to the big screen, but instead will actually be that living room centerpiece.
A gift of omission or commission? Whether this feature was intentional or not, a Wi-Fi only iPad 2 owner in Virginia was gobsmacked to discover that his tablet was receiving GPS data when tethered to his iPhone 4. Additionally, DisplayMate reports that its tests show the new iPad’s display is almost as good as the iPhone’s Retina display.
The big shareholder showdown at this year’s meeting never happened. Nevertheless, some interesting information did come out of the event even though Steve Jobs wasn’t in attendance.
Ubiquity and compelling features is the way you rule world. Well, unless your top competitor happens to be Netflix and those guys rule. For Apple, the long slog continues as their partners, i.e. the movie industry, continue the glacial iTunes Extras buildout.
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