With great fanfare, Steve Jobs yesterday announced the iPhone, Apple TV and a surprising name change for the company: Apple, Inc.
Apple TV works with Macs or PCs and is intended to fill the gap between the television and computer (now that we’re keeping movies and shows on our Macs and PCs). It’s connected to your television, and can hold 50 hours of movies and television shows. But the real juice here is that it integrates with your home WiFi network, so that content can be streamed to it from your computer.
Apple TV features:
- Intel processor
- 40GB hard drive for storing content locally
- Up to 50 hours of movies and TV shows
- Up to 9,000 songs
- Up to 25,000 pictures
Apple is no longer Apple Computer, Inc. The name change reflects the shift from computers to a much broader array of consumer devices that started with the iPod in 2001.
In addition, Apple quietly replaced its Airport Extreme product with the new AirPort Extreme, featuring the 802.11n protocol for 5X speeds over the current 802.11g standard.
