At 9:16 AM -0500 1/6/11, Hunold, Ken wrote:
And, by the way, it is not easy to control a TV or STB from an iPad. You need a plug-in IR transmitter, and when that is plugged into the dock connector, you can't charge the iPad.
I did not think about the clumsiness involved with having to use an IR transmitter. At least when TVs start shipping with Ethernet or WiFi it will be easier to communicate with them.
The stuff Apple is doing with iOS devices is dependent on having an Apple TV connected to the TV.
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