Briefly: Apple TV startup; Apple.com's 20th
updated 02:15 pm EST, Mon February 19, 2007
Apple TV startup screen
In brief: One user has posted screenshots of the Apple TV's startup screen (shown at right), revealing a wall of videos suspended in space with a cinematic sequence that appears to depict the movies converging into the Apple TV. The Cupertino-based company has promised to ship the device some time this month.... Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Apple.com domain name registration, which was first acquired on February 19th of 1987. Apple.com is listed as one of the 100 oldest registered .com domains, followed by names such as Cisco.com and Lockheed.com.... Palm president and CEO Ed Colligan has again verbally slammed Apple's iPhone, saying the device looks like a "highly developed media player" that by "coincidence" includes a mobile phone. The executive goes on to say that the device could prove interesting for people that need to have both music and films on one iPod alongside the occasional phone call, but that the device will be challenging to use for businessmen and other types of users.... One avid Mac user and blogger has posted instructions on installing as well as booting Mac OS X on a flash drive, covering the various steps required to make the drive serve as a boot volume.
Palm is history
02/19, 02:41pm reply
People wonder what would have happened to Apple if it split into a hardware and software company independent of each other? That has been answered by the mess that is now Palm. Palm doesn't even control it's own OS and it's biggest success lately has been the adoption of Windoze Mobile! This guy's on a sinking ship wishing he had any of Apple's clout.
rvhernandez
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Screenshots = promo page
02/19, 03:03pm reply
While the screenshots might be from the AppleTV startup, they appear to be the same (slightly-enhanced) from the animation available from http://www.apple.com/itunes/, if you hover over the "Introducing {Apple}TV" link.
Definitely a cool animation, but not new...
BDLatimer
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funny
02/19, 03:12pm reply
if it's such a problem phone child, why bother paying attention to it? it's clear palm feels like they are caught in apple's cross-sight and have no clue how to get out of the way...
legacyb4
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fob
02/20, 02:41pm reply
Yes, the iPhone is a highly developed media player that also incorporates a phone. Similarly, the Treo is a highly developed key fob that also incorporates a mediocre to-do list. Except that they forgot the little hole for the key ring.
notehead
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