About damn time. What were Apple thinking with a 40GB hard drive?At D5 this morning in California where Bill Gates unveiled Surface (see post below), Steve Jobs decided he wanted a piece of the pie, revealing a number of upgrades to its AppleTV device.
In June this year the owners of AppleTV can install an update to get a new menu called YouTube - yes, YouTube.com. You get access to YouTube content via your big-screen TV to stream bad bottle-rocket videos or hilarious Indian versions of Thriller (he even has the same orange jacket!)
A new build-to-option of 160GB hard drives will also be available, finally changing the measly 40GB hard drive. In the future it might be possible to stream content from other sites but for now iTunes is the best option for users, says Jobs.
The iTunes Store finally opened a second store called iTunes Plus, the store without DRM (digital rights management). Check it out via the link below as you might be able to upgrade your purchased songs in the 128Kbps AAC format to 256Kbps DRM-free version. Half of the iPod owners won't be able to tell the difference or even realise their songs contain copy-protection. The new tracks cost $2.19 up from the old pricing of $1.69 with albums remaining the same price.
Of course Media Centre users have been using hard drives to record TV and listen to music three times that size for years now, so at least Apple are making a renewed effort to get there.
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