Comments on: SPECULATION: What’s the REAL reason for the AppleTV Delay? http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/ Your Ultimate Guide to Thinking Differently Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darrin http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5507 Darrin Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:00:49 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5507 HD Content? I think not... I agree that its inevitable, but if HD content was going to be available at launch, steve-o would have talked about it. The real reason for the delay is most likely a manufacturing issue. That’s the only reason for a delay this late in the game. Makes me think that the first rev of this product may have some quality issues. HD Content? I think not… I agree that its inevitable, but if HD content was going to be available at launch, steve-o would have talked about it. The real reason for the delay is most likely a manufacturing issue. That’s the only reason for a delay this late in the game. Makes me think that the first rev of this product may have some quality issues.

]]> By: Jason http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5503 Jason Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:54:44 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5503 There's another angle, something I call "Irritable Buffer Syndrome": http://jasontomczak.com/2007/02/suffering-from-irritable-buffer.html It may have absolutely nothing to do with the delay, but then again, it could. There’s another angle, something I call “Irritable Buffer Syndrome”:

http://jasontomczak.com/2007/02/suffering-from-irritable-buffer.html

It may have absolutely nothing to do with the delay, but then again, it could.

]]> By: ByrdMan http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5478 ByrdMan Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:21:01 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5478 I don't think the publicity angle is correct! Apple has many ways to generate publicity already! I like the "wait for Leopard to come out to reveal unmentioned functionallity" ploy! It has been speculated that Apple has left the "good stuff" for last mention! Some of this might be how it interacts with the Apple-TV... I like the X-Station like functionallity. I actually use VNC for a very similar functionallity already! I don’t think the publicity angle is correct! Apple has many ways to generate publicity already!
I like the “wait for Leopard to come out to reveal unmentioned functionallity” ploy! It has been speculated that Apple has left the “good stuff” for last mention! Some of this might be how it interacts with the Apple-TV… I like the X-Station like functionallity. I actually use VNC for a very similar functionallity already!

]]> By: Bryce http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5462 Bryce Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:52:20 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5462 I'm hoping its so they can roll out HD content on iTunes, I mean it has to come sometime right? Well the ship date fell to March 20th so thats a good part of 3 weeks, lets hope they can stick to that date now. I’m hoping its so they can roll out HD content on iTunes, I mean it has to come sometime right? Well the ship date fell to March 20th so thats a good part of 3 weeks, lets hope they can stick to that date now.

]]> By: Dan http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5458 Dan Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:10:55 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5458 I think that it could be just a marketing ploy. I mean the only thing that everyone has been talking about for the past 2 months has been the iPhone, plus with the litigation with Cisco... it's not even coming out until summer. AppleTV has been overshadowed by iPhone, and this looks like an attempt to generate some buzz. I think that it could be just a marketing ploy. I mean the only thing that everyone has been talking about for the past 2 months has been the iPhone, plus with the litigation with Cisco… it’s not even coming out until summer.

AppleTV has been overshadowed by iPhone, and this looks like an attempt to generate some buzz.

]]> By: Skeewiff http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5442 Skeewiff Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:59:52 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5442 JB please recommend me your dealer. JB please recommend me your dealer.

]]> By: JB http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5441 JB Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:41:16 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5441 hey, i was thinking last night, after the vidphone chat with my brother and our dad; ok, apple has this iTV they are rolling out where this little sandwich size box sits near your tv, connected to it, and it wirelessly talks to your computer somewhere else in the house, and you can play pictures, slideshows, music, movies, tv shows, videos, etc off your mac through to your tv by using the iTV remote, never having to go to your computer itself; another thought is that it has been since last october that isight cameras were off the shelves, and then back for a bit, and then no more; so, where are the iSights??? so how about if they had an iSight camera + wireless??!! Just stick a little camera and small screen on top of a little box that has wirelsss capability, and it communicates to the outside world wirelessly through your computer, so the device itself now isn't having to make the broadband connectivity to the outside world; that would work; to this point, any such thing i've seen is a stand-alone thing that might plug into your internet or something, but here apple would make the software and the hardware and they all communicate with each other no problems, with their attention to design, simplicity, attractiveness, and ease of use; how cool would that be? if you have a (broadband?) internet connection, you could use this, even with windows probably, like apple makes itunes for windows so windows people can buy use ipods, which is when they really took off big time; can you imagine, just a box no bigger than say a 5x7 picture frame screen on some kind of small compact base, and you probably have to plug it in somewhere, but there you go! part of why the itv box is the size it is is that it has a hard drive built in, so they could combine the guts to enable wireless + the isight camera which is small like on the iMac/iBooks + a color screen big enough to be decent but small enough to make sense +++ !!! the touch-interface like on the iPhone !! oooohh! you wouldn't even need physical buttons !!! except maybe one to deactivate/activate the touch-sensing, like on the ipod and iphone; oh, that would be sweet; one of those techy things we keep waiting for like flying cars and dick tracy 2-way wrist TV's; hey, i was thinking last night, after the vidphone chat with my brother and our dad;

ok, apple has this iTV they are rolling out where this little sandwich size box sits near your tv, connected to it, and it wirelessly talks to your computer somewhere else in the house, and you can play pictures, slideshows, music, movies, tv shows, videos, etc off your mac through to your tv by using the iTV remote, never having to go to your computer itself;

another thought is that it has been since last october that isight cameras were off the shelves, and then back for a bit, and then no more; so, where are the iSights???

so how about if they had an iSight camera + wireless??!! Just stick a little camera and small screen on top of a little box that has wirelsss capability, and it communicates to the outside world wirelessly through your computer, so the device itself now isn’t having to make the broadband connectivity to the outside world; that would work; to this point, any such thing i’ve seen is a stand-alone thing that might plug into your internet or something, but here apple would make the software and the hardware and they all communicate with each other no problems, with their attention to design, simplicity, attractiveness, and ease of use;

how cool would that be?

if you have a (broadband?) internet connection, you could use this, even with windows probably, like apple makes itunes for windows so windows people can buy use ipods, which is when they really took off big time;

can you imagine, just a box no bigger than say a 5×7 picture frame screen on some kind of small compact base, and you probably have to plug it in somewhere, but there you go!

part of why the itv box is the size it is is that it has a hard drive built in, so they could combine the guts to enable wireless + the isight camera which is small like on the iMac/iBooks + a color screen big enough to be decent but small enough to make sense +++ !!! the touch-interface like on the iPhone !! oooohh! you wouldn’t even need physical buttons !!! except maybe one to deactivate/activate the touch-sensing, like on the ipod and iphone; oh, that would be sweet; one of those techy things we keep waiting for like flying cars and dick tracy 2-way wrist TV’s;

]]> By: Bruce http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5439 Bruce Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:04:44 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5439 Hey, Michael, Andrew, I like where you're both going with this. It makes me wonder if the Apple TV could act like a terminal to your main computer. Perhaps it could be a cheaper way to put computers in various rooms, such as the living room, kitchen, children's rooms, exercise room, etc. I've heard people wondering about the USB 2.0 port on the back. Maybe for a keyboard and mouse? Might the Apple TV have built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR , kept secret, so you can have a wireless keyboard and mouse on your coffee table for accessing your main system via a wall-mouted LCD and the Apple TV? Maybe I'm getting carried away, but that's got me excited about a product I wasn't so in to before. I wonder if an Xserve home might be an idea? Cheers. Hey, Michael, Andrew, I like where you’re both going with this. It makes me wonder if the Apple TV could act like a terminal to your main computer. Perhaps it could be a cheaper way to put computers in various rooms, such as the living room, kitchen, children’s rooms, exercise room, etc. I’ve heard people wondering about the USB 2.0 port on the back. Maybe for a keyboard and mouse? Might the Apple TV have built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR , kept secret, so you can have a wireless keyboard and mouse on your coffee table for accessing your main system via a wall-mouted LCD and the Apple TV? Maybe I’m getting carried away, but that’s got me excited about a product I wasn’t so in to before. I wonder if an Xserve home might be an idea? Cheers.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-5436 Andrew Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:37:56 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/appletv/specultation-whats-the-real-reason-for-the-appletv-delay/#comment-5436 I like where your going with this but I think you could take it even further. I read a while back that AppleTV was going to have part in some of the special Leopard features (supposedly it will be able to stream your entire desktop over to your TV if you have Leopard) and everyone is saying that Leopard will be out of the bag in March. Apple may be delaying AppleTV for both HD content and an extra boost for the upcoming Leopard. I like where your going with this but I think you could take it even further. I read a while back that AppleTV was going to have part in some of the special Leopard features (supposedly it will be able to stream your entire desktop over to your TV if you have Leopard) and everyone is saying that Leopard will be out of the bag in March. Apple may be delaying AppleTV for both HD content and an extra boost for the upcoming Leopard.

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