The other way around. It will start primarily as a player, probably with basic controls like favorites. I plan to add full browsing eventually but it's cumbersome compared to an iPhone.
The lack of a touch screen makes for very bad remote controls. Especially for admin stuff. You have no idea how often I have wanted to throw that remote at the next wall when I had to enter all my credentials again through that finicky text input. Try to use a Squeezebox Radio as a remote and you get an idea of how the thing feels. No, the Apple TV NEEDS a remote control, it's not one by itself. Also... There's no background mode on Apple TV so an App has to run in the foreground to be active. Apple plans to use the Apple TV as a hub for HomeKit but that's just using their own, OS-integrated technologies, there not a lot App developers can add on the device itself here. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 8, the Universal App for iOS 7 and iOS 8* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104537 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
