Articles tagged Apple TV.

If Everyone Else is Copying Apple, Why Not Roku

August 23, 2011 15:37 by: Karl Johnson   0 Comments

Categories: Products

Tagged: Apple TV , Roku

Ruko, a former property of Netflix, recently released a second version of their streaming media player. The new player now allows users to play some games on the TV.

While the new set-top box features looks interesting, the shape of the case looks very familiar. Why did Roku redesign their case to make it look like one of their competitor's cases?

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Does the Apple TV Need an App Store?

February 9, 2011 07:33 by: Karl Johnson   0 Comments

Categories: Products , Review

Tagged: AirPlay , App Store , Apple TV

When the Apple TV 2 debuted last fall, people were hoping for an Apple TV App Store to be among its features. This was not the case and one has to ask why? We know the Apple TV runs the same operating system as the iPhone and iPad, so creating an SDK and app store would be easy.

In its current stand alone state, the Apple TV has no way of controlling applications and this is a big problem for developers. The current remote is used to choose which media to view or listen to, but it is not sufficient to control applications. Apple will have to come up with a better controller, if they want developers to build Apple TV applications.

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