[opendtv] Re: Apple Introduces New Apple TV Software & Lowers Price to $229
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:11:08 -0500
At 11:37 AM -0800 1/15/08, Kon Wilms wrote:
On Jan 15, 2008 11:10 AM, John Golitsis <jgolitsis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
None of that's important, Kon....it's from Apple!
Just trying to get the facts in before Craig opens the Apple
kool-aid firehose!
Apple just used a garden hose yesterday - the firehose is reserved
for next week when they report the best quarter in company history.
Steve did mention that they have sold 4 million iPhones;
And that on Christmas Day they sold they sold 20 million songs - they
passed 4 billion total songs last week.
I would think you would be happy to learn that your Apple TV is
getting a significant FREE upgrade that will make it a far more
useful toy...
And I would think that you would be happy to have heard Steve tell
everyone that "nobody has gotten the movie download business right..."
I am very very happy with the new features for my iPhone - and this
should just be the beginning as the platform is opened up to third
party developers.
As for the MacBook Air - it's an interesting computer, but has little
appeal for me, having purchased a MacBook Pro last spring. I found
two of the features of 'Air" interesting.
1. Heavy dependence on wireless connectivity - the ability to use the
optical drives of another computer in the same proximity is a very
interesting alternative to using the external Superdrive option.
There is no Ethernet port, although Apple is offering an Ethernet
option that plugs into the USB port (no Firewire either).
2. LED backlighting - this is a very interesting trend as it allows
the light source to be switched as well as the LCD panel.
Completely unrelated, I have been made aware of a new (actually
enhanced) projection TV technology using LEDs as the light source.
The lack of an optical drive may be the most interesting feature; the
availability of a smaller capacity flash "disk drive" seems premature
at this point, but will make more and more sense as capacities
increase and prices come down.
Clearly both Steve and Bill are looking to a future where bits are
delivered via networks, not discs.
Regards
Craig
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