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Apple TV – not for me

I bought an Apple TV the other week. I’ll be taking advantage of the 14-day return policy and giving it back.

It’s not that it’s a bad product. I actually liked a lot of its features. But… the interaction model just isn’t great. It’d be fine if it supported a Hand-off like feature from the iPhone or iPad – similar to ChromeCast. AirPlay doesn’t cut it because it needs the AirPlaying device to be available.

The main user of our TV is my wife, and she would be the main user of the Apple TV box if we kept it. But her primary use of it would be Netflix – and it’s just easier for her to drive Netflix from the iPhone client and use ChromeCast than it is to go through the Apple TV.

Maybe AirPlay2 will solve this.

IMS Australia – first thoughts

Well, it’s about time, but Apple have finally rolled out the iTunes Music Store to Australia. Now I can see what all the fuss is about.

I can see that I am impressed with how easy it is – I’ll have to make a point to not impulse buy, because it’s just so easy to do. The integration with iTunes is so smooth as to be unbelievable – it is very easy to see that this is why they make iTunes and why it’s free. (Heck, the only reason I run Windows on my home PC instead of Linux is to use iTunes)

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