Apr 26 2012
With the rise of the mobile era, smartphones and tablets have become almost as ubiquitous in the living room among device owners as TVremotes. New research from Forrester confirms the two-screen viewingphenomenon, showing 85% of U.S. tablet owners use their devices while in front of the TV. Moreover, only 12% say they are watching less TV since [...]
Apr 23 2012
Here’s a cool Apple TV feature that you probably didn’t know about, particularly if you’re like me and the third-generation Apple TV is your first foray into Apple’s “hobby” device. in addition to the pre-packaged and somewhat spartan remote and Apple’s more full-featured Remote app for iOS devices, it turns out you can control your [...]
Apr 19 2012
The burning problem that we face now-a-days is that the iTunes for Windows would not show the Apple TV set-top-box entry when using with Windows 7. the connectivity is through a wireless router and quite interestingly, the router page shows the Apple TV with a valid IP address starting with 192 and if you try [...]
Apr 18 2012
FixYa’s report finds consumers dissatisfied with web TV box-top products; Google TV and Apple TV register major issues, with Boxee and Roku garnering higher praise San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) March 21, 2012 Today FixYa, the leading product Q&a destination on the web, announces the first-ever report comparing consumer issues across all the most popular web [...]
Apr 17 2012
The A5X isn’t the only new chip that Apple introduced this year. When the new iPad was launched last month, people barely even noticed that the price of the iPad 2 had been dropped by $100. After all, when there’s a shiny new tablet to obsess over, why would anyone want to spend time looking [...]
Apr 12 2012
this is a lot like the samsung galaxy note. it looks pretty, its form factor suggests the affordances of two different device categories, but in actuality it offers none. the first problem is that it’s way bigger than the iPod nano, so it’s no good for exercising (you can’t clip it onto your shirt or [...]
Apr 12 2012
While you can technically beam your entire iPad screen onto your TV using AirPlay, there are certain things that the feature is best suited for. for the most part, it’s great for streaming video. when you’re navigating the iPad’s home screen, launching apps or trying to use apps that have fluid animations, there’s a noticeable [...]
Apr 4 2012
Digital copies of certain movies can now by synced to and downloaded from iCloud, Tech of the Hub noted Friday. Customers who have iTunes Digital Copies of movies loaded on their iTunes will find that those movies are now also available from iCloud on their other devices for streaming. iTunes Digital Copies have been sold [...]
Apr 2 2012
Apple might end up making a really great TV set. But if Tim Cook ends up giving you the same TV programming you’re already paying for, at the same price, will you pay a premium for his box? That’s the scenario Barclays analyst Anthony DiClemente sketches out in a new note. he figures that Apple [...]
Mar 29 2012
Today’s new iPad continued two important trends for Apple. First and foremost, the iPad maintained its lead as the best tablet on the market in terms of hardware, software, and ecosystem. Between the retina display – unmatched by the competition – and the Apple TV accessory, Apple’s tablet story is richer and more useful than [...]