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Comment on Pointing at the TV by links for 2010-09-01 | SimplyGoogleTV

links for 2010-09-01 | SimplyGoogleTV — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:02:44 +0000

[…] will be partnering with Google TV, as was suggested might be possible.(tags: Competition YouTube)Pointing at the TVGoogle TV will have the same issues: using a touch based OS on a device that you won’t touch. […]

Comment on Pointing at the TV by hans.gerwitz

hans.gerwitz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:33:00 +0000

> Apple did buy Siri for their voice controlled AI.

Great point…but they also had to add buttons back to the Shuffle.

Comment on Pointing at the TV by hans.gerwitz

hans.gerwitz — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:43:00 +0000

No surprise: they stuck with the well-known D-pad focus model and introduced streaming-from-iOS for rich experiences. It looks like the implementation is in line with an internal prediction at my studio: a new feature to the existing full-screen video display.

I still hope for a “display to external” API in iOS for second-screen use. The current crop of device hardware might be underpowered for this, though; note the AirPlay demo did not render video on the device screen while streaming.

Comment on Pointing at the TV by Josh Schoenwald

Josh Schoenwald — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:58:00 +0000

As stated earlier I think the control will be direct—on the iOS device itself through a local wi-fi connection between the iOS device and iTV. In the box will be a remote of some sort, probably something traditional which offers indirect manipulation if you don’t have an iPad or iPhone or iPod Touch.

iOS devices are ubiquitous enough that I can see Apple using one for a “magical” experience, but not requiring you to have one.

Comment on Pointing at the TV by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:35:00 +0000

The “Apple TV as iOS accessory” idea appeals to me quite a lot. Not just because a touchscreen is the best interface for navigating huge amounts of content from the sofa (where a keyboard and mouse just don’t work well), but because it then makes it easier to integrate other devices. So with a slingbox-style infra-red LED in front of your satellite TV/cable box/DVD player, the iOS device could act as a controller for them fairly easily as well.

It seems more feasible than the idea of all your video outputs being funnelled through a single set-top box, anyway.