Tag: APPLETV

Well, we all knew it was coming. The rumors have been circulating for so long that it's more been a matter of when rather than if. At today's MacWorld keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that he has finally struck a deal to put movie rentals on iTunes. Pretty much all the major movie studios --Touchstone, MGM, Miramax, Lions Gate, Fox, WB, Walt Disney, Paramount, Universal, and Sony -- have ...

Just a few days ago we mused about one possible way to drive some interest in the lagging Apple TV device: turn the iPhone into a sort of glamorous, multimedia universal remote. But, that was idle speculation. Now we have something a little more concrete about updates to the Apple TV device, as well as possibly not one, but a pair of new iPhone models. It's all still rumor fodder and rather ...

Poor Apple TV, so simply styled and sophisticated, yet already being called a failure by many. The thing just hasn't sold, and with its limited support for HDTV, it isn't likely to get any better. But in a recent interview with USA Today, Apple head honcho Steve Jobs indicates that he still wants Apple TV to succeed, and he has plenty to say about just how the company can make that happen. One ...

The Apple TV, after garnering some initially positive press, has faded into obscurity. Apple won't even release sales numbers for the tiny device, and Steve Jobs recently dismissed it as a "hobby." So what happened? Apple usually has unprecedented success with its consumer electronics, and has a knack for creating a market where one didn't previously exist. But the Apple TV did not find much of ...

Though the Apple TV certainly isn't the most popular device Apple has ever produced, the company isn't giving up hope yet. Recently, YouTube content was made available on the little white media box, and then Apple TV was offered with up to 160 gigabytes of storage. Now, if a report from London's Financial Times is to be believed, you may soon be able to fill that bigger drive with downloadable ...

Apple's svelte media device, the Apple TV, didn't exactly garner rave reviews when it launched last month, mostly thanks to its rather limited specs and undersized abilities. Frustratingly, it seemed only well-suited to playing low-quality videos purchased through iTunes. In a few weeks, though, Apple TV owners will have a whole new suite of low-quality videos at their fingers, courtesy of ...