Apple TV take 2 released…

Yep the Apple TV take 2 was released….

When I wasn’t here….

Hope to be up and posting by Wednesday. I have some free time on my hands so I am posting….

Apple TV Patent

Link

Below is a round up:

Apple says such widgets could be displayed or become available based on the content currently displayed in the Apple TV user interface. If the content is broadcasted, such as live television, then a widget could potentially be downloaded as part of the broadcast signal from a cable head-end, or provided through a separate communication such as an Internet connection, and then displayed over the content.
Elaborating further on its Apple TV iChat concept, Apple said widget interface could also include is a list of individuals currently online, as well as other controls, such as links to web sites and other resources that include information that may be of interest to the participants.

Skype for Apple TV Now released!

Via Brandon-holland.com

Download from here.

Video from here.

Apple TV Skype

 

Skype for Apple TV.

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299$

New pricing as well. It’s $299 now, but they’re kicking it down to $229 starting today. They’re shipping the free software update to existing owners and new units in just 2 weeks. (Polite applause follows.)

No new Apple TV box:-) (no rip off this time)

Apple TV: The new software will be available via free software upgrade, which means you don’t need to purchase a new box. Nice!

Doesn’t it have coverflow?!?!?!?!??

I’m waiting for a coverflow announcement(one more thing)

Boom count: 1

9:59 am ON Jan 15 2008

Jason Chen:

Flickr: You can view a friend’s pictures, or even their friends’ photos. Of course, this is all set to music from your own iTunes library. Uh oh, tech demo problem alert! No photos, just music. The screen is blank (because of flickr).

GIZMODO SWEARS ITS NOT TV B GONE

New UI (take 2)

“So you get the idea…” He’s renting the movie, downloading, “it’ll tell me when it’s ready to play. So I hit the play button and it’ll play!” Looks pretty friggin good, even on this absolutely massive screen.

9:48am – Star Trek! I love the old Star Trek movies…” Chuckles. Blades of Glory: “Fun movie — I can read about the movie, see the actors, directors…” shows recommendations based on what others have viewed.

9:47am – “All these features and an entirely new UI.” Demo time! “This is the new UI — one menu, it couldn’t be simpler. Let’s go into movies…” Man, this is a sexy interface, no doubt.

9:46am – “And, of course, play iTunes content. So all of this stuff on the new Apple TV. Let me focus on the HD movies for a minute… the library titles are $2.99 and $3.99 — for just a dollar more rent them in HD, $3.99 and $4.99 — there are over 100 titles available today.

Apple TV take 2

That sound you heard was the HD-DVD coalition lead falling over and hitting his head. Christina says “Where’s the DTS sound?” 5.1 Dolby will have to be enough for the rest of us. Buy TV shows, Flickr + .Mac photos all on your AppleTV.

9:42 What if I want to watch on TV? “All of us have tried.” AppleTV Take 2! Now with movies. No computer is required, you can rent movies directly. Rent in DVD quality or HD!!!! Big cheers.

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Apple TV take 2

HD rentals are $4.99. 100 titles today

12:47:16 – Synchs with iTunes

12:46:51 – podcasts – audio and video – and photos from flickr and .Mac

12:46:20 – Completely computer free. do it all from Apple TV

Here’s what you can do with Apple TV: rent movies directly on widescreen TV with Apple TV. Rent them in DVD quality, rent them in HD with 5.1″ HUGE applause! Screaming.

9:44am – “I’d like to say all of us have tried. We have, MSFT, Amazon, TiVo, VuDu, Netflix, Blockbuster — we’ve all tried to figure out how to get movies over the net onto the TV. We’ve ALL missed. No one’s succeeded yet. We tried with Apple TV — it was designed to be an accessory for iTunes and your computer. But that’s not what people wanted.”

“We learned what people wanted was about movies. Movies. Movies. We weren’t delivering that — we’re back with Apple TV Take 2 — It still syncs to your computer, but no computer is required

9:43am – “It launches today! Free software update for iTunes, iPods, iPhones to support rentals. Rolling it out in the US today, we’re dying to get this out internationally. But what about this? What about the flat screen TV? I’d like to watch the movies there too.”

9:42am – “Here’s how it works — I’m on iTunes, looking at a movie I want to rent, I hit rent movie, and it adds to my rented movies category in my iTunes library….” Sorry for the technical difficulties everyone! We’re at 10x the traffic of our last keynote, but things are coming back online.

9:41am – “Watch instantly! In less than 30s…” it streams. “The rules — you have 30 days to start watching it, and once you start you have 24 hours to watch and finish it. As many times as you want. You can transfer films to another device in the middle — transfer to your iPod and watch the rest on the iPod on your flight.”