>From SMH: > May 31, 2007 - 8:50AM > > Apple said on Wednesday it will soon introduce the ability for Apple TV users > to access the popular YouTube service on their living room televisions through > its video-streaming set-top-box. > > Beginning in mid-June, users of the Apple TV device will be able to wirelessly > stream videos directly from YouTube. The feature will help address what some > observers have said was a shortcoming of Apple TV. > > The slim, book-sized device streams movies and songs stored in the user's > iTunes personal library but cannot directly access internet-based videos. > > With the impending Apple TV feature, which will be available as a free > software update, members of Google's YouTube will be able to log on to their > YouTube accounts right from their televisions. > > "This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos > right from their living room couch, and it's really, really fun," said Steve > Jobs, Apple's chief executive. "YouTube is a worldwide sensation, and Apple TV > is bringing it directly from the internet onto the widescreen TV." > > Thousands of the most popular and current videos on YouTube will be available > at launch and more will be added each week until the full YouTube catalog is > accessible on Apple TV this fall, Apple said. > > Apple also said it will begin offering on Thursday a beefier model of Apple > TV, quadrupling its maximum storage capacity with a 160-gigabyte hard drive. > Its price will be $A579.
160 GB sounds much more realistic for useable content -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
