AppleTV, eh?
I love the idea behind the AppleTV. I love iTunes. I love my podcasts. I love the idea of having a box running a better version of FrontRow hooked up to my TV. $300 for this, is, well… humm. I will get it for sure, once I get my Wii, but I would like a little more.
That’s why I hope and pray Apple does not “fix” some things in the AppleTV. You see, when all great products are released, the hackers attack it like crazy. I am currently enjoying my Nintendo DS SO MUCH MORE than I was before I had my Media Max which allows me to run howbrew applications, so I can play videos and mp3s on my DS! That funcionality is all due to the hacking community. Same for AppleTV. It’s been hacked, and Joost has been installed. That’s a huge secess. Now, you can even use USB on the AppleTV. EVEN BETTER!
Apple has a chance to sell way more of these if 3rd party developers make an alternate frontend, and provide players for Joost, YouTube, Google Video, etc. The possibility is there, they just need to let people have fun with it. A good lesson can be learned from the way Sony reacted when the PSP was modded. They keep trying to shut it down when they should embrace it, or at least look the other way. I would have bought a PSP if Sony would not have reacted the way they did.
So, I guess what I am saying is that Apple needs to just let the modders mod the AppleTV and make some sweet stuff so more people will buy them. Remember, when the Intel Macs first came out, people wanted to duel boot. Apple didn’t have a solution. A contest was made and whoever was about to supply what was needed to duel boot Windows XP and MacOS X would get the pot of gold. It happened and shortly after, Apple released Boot Camp. It’s not like they aren’t listening, let’s just hope they don’t screw this one up.
0 comments| Posted: Mar 30, 01:26 AM in blog, by Jeremy Emberling
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