The revolution could have happened today but Apple CEO Steve Jobs continues to treat the Apple TV as a “hobby device” instead of becoming a cable-killing device.
The only item that got the wow-factor was the size of the new device; 80% smaller than the previous device. Expected new features include Apple’s A4 processor chip and only has an ethernet, power and HDMI port on the backside.
The ability to use your iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad as a remote to control and send what you’re watching on a small device to our Apple TV connected to a bigger screen is something that many TV manufactures and set-top boxes need to start working on. Many people would like to have a truly, universal remote that’s easy to program and not terribly expensive (Looking in the vicinity of Logitech).
And just like a late-night infomercial, all of these features plus Netflix streaming, same-day DVD and TV rentals and more; all for the mere price of $99.
Actually, $99 should be…
Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast region five years ago; causing billions of dollars in damage, massive devastation across four states and thousands of lives lost as many drowned in their homes. The storm also wrecked havoc on the communication networks, especially in New Orleans as the city the filled up with water from levee [...]
At this exact moment five years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras, Louisiana as a category 3 storm with winds near 125 MPH. 24 hours earlier, Katrina became the forth strongest storm every recorded with sustain winds at 175 MPH and a minimum pressure at 902 millibars. Katrina became the most expensive storm ever [...]
If you attended the New Orleans Saints pre-season opener against the Houston Texans, you have noticed a lot of improvements to the Superdome as well as the newly-opened Champion Square on what was the New Orleans Centre. If you’re an AT&T subscriber, you might have noticed that service has improved substantially. However, the network still [...]
Rumors are ramped on the blogosphere that Apple is set to launch a revamped version of Apple TV that will be ultimate cable killer with a low price of $99 and an app store that will allow users to pay for stations they watch individually instead of subscribing to a package. While this sounds like [...]
Do you like AT&T? Have no reception problems with your iPhone 4? Are you worry about being censored online? I’ve always wanted to establish an online place for my readers to debate technology issues but I never got around to make a place for that occasion. Now that the website is gaining attention online, I [...]
Apple is notorious at building immense hype on their products, especially when a new iPhone is launched. It’s the only company that has tens – if not, hundreds – of rumor sites dedicated to covering rumors on future products – ranging from the Beatles joining the iTunes catalog to an Apple LCD TV. Apple wouldn’t be where [...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs writes another letter on its’ website, this time to tell us why Flash isn’t on their mobile devices and why it won’t be on any i-mobile-devices anytime soon. The timing of this post is suspicious – almost to draw attention away from the situation with Gizmodo. Ignoring my conspiracy theory, Jobs [...]
Almost every mainstream media outlet has reported on the Gizmodo iPhone exclusive as well as the raid on Jason Chen’s home. Some outlets that don’t usually report on tech news did talk about this story, like Rush Limbaugh. Add the Daily Show with Jon Stewart as another outlet to chime in on the Apple/Gizmodo raid. [...]
Former Sun CEO Scott McNealy vocally proclaimed that privacy is dead and we need to get over it; however two events last week – one involving the display of users’ credit cards – demonstrates that many companies are ignoring the privacy of users and that users still value that right. When an idea surfaced about [...]














