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Apple TV to score Bluetooth support with iOS 5, make search slightly less painful?

Apple TV to score Bluetooth support with iOS 5, make search slightly less painful?

Posted on Jul 14, 2011 by MG1

Did you know that your second-gen Apple TV has a Bluetooth radio hidden inside it? Well it does but, until now, the only way to access it was with a little jailbreaking and some command line chops. That could all be changing though, with the release of iOS 5 this fall. 9to5Mac pulled some interesting code from the latest developer beta of iOS indicating that support for Bluetooth keyboards is coming to the Apple TV and, potentially, the ability pair other devices as well. In addition to making search without the iPhone remote app far less painful, a keyboard is an essential part of bringing apps to the tiny media box -- something that has been rumored would happen for quite sometime. It's po...

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RIM rumored making BlackBerry Media Box to rival Apple TV

RIM rumored making BlackBerry Media Box to rival Apple TV

Posted on Jul 04, 2011 by MG1

RIM may have a counterpart to the Apple TV, according to a rumor put forward by a historically reliable source. So far nicknamed the BlackBerry Media Box, it would be a blend between the basic BlackBerry Presenter and a media hub like Apple's box. The design would even take a cue from Apple in N4BB' understanding and use the same hardware as a mobile device, in this case likely the processor and QNX-based OS from the BlackBerry PlayBook.
It wouldn't necessarily be as home-oriented as the Apple TV but might still have some third-party media services. An equivalent to AirPlay hasn't been mentioned and isn't currently known to be in the roadmap for BlackBerry Tablet OS. The OS does already supp...

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iOS 5 brings 1080p Video Playback, Reason enough to get a new Apple TV 3 this Fall

iOS 5 brings 1080p Video Playback, Reason enough to get a new Apple TV 3 this Fall

Posted on Jun 13, 2011 by MG1

This fall Apple seems to finally adopt full HD in iTunes and iOS devices. 9to5Mac reports that iOS 5 beta has 1080p video support. Obviously it does not bring much in terms of image quality to watch 1...

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Boxee Box To Get May Firmware Update With iPad Support

Boxee Box To Get May Firmware Update With iPad Support

Posted on Mar 31, 2011 by MG1

Boxee has just confirmed a May update for its Boxee Box that will include support for streaming content to iPads. Firmware updates for the device will follow every three months to bring more bug fixes...

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Apple TV update reportedly causing screen flicker issues with HDMI to DVI adapters

Apple TV update reportedly causing screen flicker issues with HDMI to DVI adapters

Posted on Mar 14, 2011 by MG1

We've seen reports of strange video behavior with Apple TVs before, and it looks like a new problem has now cropped up with the most recent update. According to a growing number of reports on the Appl...

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Apple Confirms Selling 1 Million Apple TVs

Apple Confirms Selling 1 Million Apple TVs

Posted on Dec 29, 2010 by MG1

Apple is happy to announce that they were able to confirm that they sold over 1 million Apple TV boxes before Christmas. This is a huge accomplishment since the device only released three months ago....

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Apple TV updated to 4.1.1, aims to fix resolution and download problems

Apple TV updated to 4.1.1, aims to fix resolution and download problems

Posted on Dec 16, 2010 by MG1

See, sometimes dreams do come true. Just days after we asked how you'd tweak the second generation Apple TV, in flies an update that a good many TV owners have been anxiously awaiting. The 4.1.1 updat...

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Apple TV hack: full AirPlay for every app!

Apple TV hack: full AirPlay for every app!

Posted on Nov 25, 2010 by MG3

An ingenious Apple TV hack allows the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to fling audio AND video from third party apps to the new Apple TV.

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Apple rolling out Apple TV 4.1 alongside iOS 4.2 today for perfect AirPlay harmony (update: it's live)

Apple rolling out Apple TV 4.1 alongside iOS 4.2 today for perfect AirPlay harmony (update: it's live)

Posted on Nov 23, 2010 by MG3

Macworld is reporting that Apple's promising to roll out (at long last!) Apple TV 4.1 at the same time iOS 4.2 hits, at around 1PM Eastern today (roughly nowish). Sure, we could hit some last minute s...

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Apple already sold over 250,000 new Apple TVs

Apple already sold over 250,000 new Apple TVs

Posted on Oct 19, 2010 by MG2

Besides record setting earnings, Apple also unveiled that they already sold 250,000 units of the Apple TV. The Apple TV just started to ship the new Apple TV about 2 weeks ago.

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Apple TV Costs $64 to Make, According to iSuppli

Apple TV Costs $64 to Make, According to iSuppli

Posted on Oct 06, 2010 by MG1

After the launch of a high-profile gadget, two things generally happen: first, it gets torn apart by iFixit. The second, is iSuppli takes a look at the insides in their own way, and figures out just h...

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Second generation AppleTV jailbroken with SHAtter exploit

Second generation AppleTV jailbroken with SHAtter exploit

Posted on Oct 01, 2010 by MG1

If you picked yourself up a second generation AppleTV, or plan to, it looks like you’ll be able to get your jailbreak on; assuming you’re into that sort of thing. Dev-team member MuscleNerd has posted...

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Latest Apple TV firmware still mentions two new iPhone model names

Latest Apple TV firmware still mentions two new iPhone model names

Posted on Sep 28, 2010 by MG15

Internally, Apple refers to the current iPhone 4 as the iPhone 3,1, but looking closer into the firmware for Apple TV distinctively refers to two iPhone models...

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Apple TV now shipping

Apple TV now shipping

Posted on Sep 27, 2010 by MG1

Apple might still insist its TV box is just a hobby, but it's not messing around when it comes to shipping. Sticking to its original schedule, the MacBook maker has started sending out shipping notifi...

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Next-gen Apple TV runs iOS - could be jailbroken

Next-gen Apple TV runs iOS - could be jailbroken

Posted on Sep 17, 2010 by MG15

That stuff up in the picture just there, that's code. We don't understand it, we don't want to understand it and we don't want you to have to either. What's important though is that this is the code f...

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