Apple TV Take 2: What’s the hangup?

See. I told you. The Apple TV Take 2 update has been released. Thank you, Apple. Keep the quality innovation coming.

One more thing. If the announcement that the Apple TV Take 2 update will be delayed for a week or two on January 30th, then that gives Apple two more days. I would be surprised if I go into this coming weekend without the new update.

Interesting comments above and I especially enjoy the speculations. Apple is known to provide a quality product right off the bat, with very few exceptions.

I am a proud owner of an Apple TV and have been since the day it came out last March. I have had no issues with this “first-release” technology. Having little or no glitches on a “first-release” technology is very uncommon. Except from Apple.

They have been very consistent in good quality products with what they release to the public. I believe that might be their main concern with the Take 2 delay. They want to make sure it is Apple Quality. I have been very excited to get the update but will be patient and have faith that it will be out shortly.

And to some of the comments above… Those who bash Apple, probably do not own an Apple product outside of an iPod. And your punishment is that you get to work in a Windows Operating System.

Apple recently ran an employment ad for a S/W engineer dedicated to the AppleTV product. This could be translated to mean lack of resources..

We have thousands of journalism schools here in the US. Perhaps Fortune might think about hiring one of their better graduates.

ex ped: Really? Thousands? I’d very surprised if there were more than 100. But there’s a good one at Syracuse University, Joe, if you’d like to try your hand.

Apple is nothing more than a one trick pony.The company recent turnaround is coming of the back of its popular ipod. They made like 6gens of it. they spun it into an iphone and an itouch. itunes has grown in market share because it locked into it. it has even managed to help sell its overpriced computers. everything else the did flopped. mac air flop, rental service will flop and appletv will flop.

Does this guy have problem with Apple, I didn’t see till now any kind of positive columns regarding Apple even though we can see the kind of quality products Apple provide the world market.

Unfortunately that media sometimes forget their main task or the common sense of constructive criticism from being part of wheeling power.

I hope we can recognize the contribution this company did to the world of innovation and tomorrow concepts being realized today.

but that doesn’t keep people from speculating.

Go ahead and give it a try.

Damn that Green Man! Someone has got to put a stop to him now! Elmer?

Apple has a LOT riding on this. Apple TV is potentially the “next iPod”. How well this upgrade works will be a big factor on how the iTunes HD movie rental business is initially received and what kind of buzz it generates. IMHO, this update was THE big announcement at Macworld, and Steve Jobs is going to make damn sure it’s as good as it can be before we see it!

It must have something to do with the options scandal, … or the green man resting on a rock on Mars.

I do own an AppleTV. I bought it last week assuming the update would be available this week. If the update isn’t available before Apple’s not-so-generous two-week return date I am taking it back and refusing to pay the 10% fee. I really couldn’t care less what the reason behind the delay is. If Steve announces a date at MacWorld he should have everything ironed out. Anything else is an excuse and puts Apple in the same amatuer league as its competition.

would you one day write something positive or at least neutral about AAPL?
Don’t you get tired or ashamed of bashing it?
Microsoft delayed windows vista for 3 years. Sony delayed the PS3 for 1 year, etc..
Now you are reading too much into the couple of weeks push.
What if instead of speculating on something negative, AAPL is delaying the Apple TV take 2 so they can better address the 24r window so people can watch it longer. What if they are adding a surprise feature that makes it compatible with a possible youtube technology upgrade. I don’t know? but why are you always a hater with no facts?

YOU’RE A BITTER LITTLE PILL, AREN’T YOU?

ex ped: What’s that line from The Sweet Smell of Success? J.J. Hunsecker to Sidney Falco: “I’d hate to take a bite out of you; you’re a cookie full of arsenic.”

Perhaps they haven’t gotten all the movies encoded for the rental service that they wanted to have at launch. I’m talking the HD versions of the movies.

Or could it be they are simply taking the extra time to ensure they deliver a bug-free product that delivers an engaging experience?

Mr. Dewitt, Do you own Apple Tv?, if you do I could see why you might be concerned, If you don’t own, why do you care?
Thomas A. Gaughan