One Last Thing

[Roger]

Apple's Steve Jobs likes to add a bit of drama to these product announcement events, holding the big surprise to the very end and introducing it with his now-expected tag line, "And one more thing...." And true to form, Jobs hit his mark and introduced Apple's anticipated movie download service through its iTunes music store. However, Jobs wasn't finished:

"But there is one last thing."

And with that, he introduced a sneak peek at a product currently code-named iTV. Essentially a television set-top receiver, the iTV looks to offer a bridge between your computer (a Mac, naturally) with 802.11 Wi-Fi connectivity--enabling you to stream video content from your home office computer to the TV in your living room. A bit flatter and wider than the current Mac mini, it will include component video and HDMI audio/video connectivity, providing high-def video capabilities.

It will also stream your other digital content--photos, podcasts, and music from an iTunes library--to your TV and entertainment center's receiver. And Macworld noted that the box's software looks to be an advancement of Apple's current Front Row multimedia control application (to which I give loud applause--it's just too rudimentary for me in its current version 1.0). Look for the iTV (or whatever it may be called) sometime in the first quarter of 2007.

--Posted by Agen



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