It’s been a while since I’ve made a post, so I figured what the hell, lets throw something together.
My little girl is four and a half months old this week, she’s growing so fast and learning all the time, it’s really amazing to watch her as she talks, dribbles, puts things in her mouth and does all those neat baby things. Keeeeep on learning!
I picked up an iPhone 3G on the day of release here in Australia. It’s a long and funny story that I won’t go into. Lets just say I queued, only one phone arrived at the store I was at, and I somehow managed to score that single delivered phone.
I’ve configured this site with a plugin that re-formats how it all looks when you browse it on your iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s just totally cool.
I’m loving the iPhone so far, it’s really given me the technology to do remote system administration and other things.. way cool. thumbs up. Battery life sucks however. But you get that (charge every night just about)
All you AppleTV people, I need to get you visiting cinemamac.com instead of here.. (a new dedicated site).. perhaps I’ll redirect all the links in this site to point at cinemamac.com hehe
James
Well Apple have officially released their latest update to the AppleTV dubbed “Take 2″. This update brings a heap of new features and an updated user interface. Of the new features we can expect movie rentals, and… my favourite, the ability to now use the AppleTV as an airtunes device from your Mac using iTunes (cool).
Of course, if your in Australia, you won’t get movie rentals, infact the AU Apple website doesn’t really show anything new at all. We don’t even have the guided tour:
http://www.apple.com/appletv/guidedtour/
Compare the AU and US ATV sites:
http://www.apple.com/appletv/
http://www.apple.com/au/appletv/
WHEN Apple, WHEN will we get Movies and TV shows from iTunes, and rentals? sheesh!
The AppleTV hacker community is already buzzing with the new software update, with enthusiasts already cracking the update open to have a look inside at the new changes. Some of the questions floating around include “will my plugins still work?, what about my external hard disk?” etc.
I strongly advise that you do not update if you have “enhanced” your ATV with plugins and hacks until further notice, please keep your eyes peeled to www.awkwardtv.org
more on this subject soon!
Well it’s done, and done properly. You know it was actually me that got Skype running on the AppleTV originally.
Well Brandon Holland has done the hard work and integrated it nicely into the AppleTV frontrow as a plugin. He’s also working on a really tidy Safari plugin
Check it out:
http://www.brandon-holland.com/skypeplugin.html
Steve’s Macworld 08 keynote is over, he’s announced a pile of stuff, but of most importance to the AppleTV lovers out there, is the release of a software update for AppleTV due in Feb. The interface looks new, the ATV will be able to buy or rent content directly from iTunes store without a computer. Standalone ATV?
With this news I expect to see some concerned ATV hackers. Will this new software update work on my hacked ATV, will it remove my hacks? Will I be able to re-hack the ATV once it’s upgraded? is this version 1.2? so many questions! I know I’m concerned!
On the bright side there will be DVD and HD (720p) with Dolby 5.1 movie playback/rentals. (highly unlikely we will see rentals in Australia, we cant even buy tv shows or movies through iTunes yet!)
I’ll be adding more information as I get it from macworld punters!