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Apple updates AppleTV to 3.0, adds iTunes Extras, Genius Mixes and Internet radio
A lot of you were hoping for more with Apple TV 3.0.  We were too.  But Apple's big surprises for AppleTV 3.0 are in the words of Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services: with Apple TV 3.0 they get great new features including iTunes Extras, Genius Mixes and ...
Apple Introduces Apple TV 3.0 Software With Redesigned User Interface
apple.com — Apple TV images Apple Introduces Apple TV 3.0 Software With Redesigned User Interface Enjoy iTunes Extras, iTunes LP & Genius Mixes on Your HD TV CUPERTINO, California October 29, 2009 Apple today introduced new Apple TV 3.0 software featuring a ... (more) Apple Introduces Apple TV 3.0 Software With Redesigned ...
New iTunes Store Terms Suggest Impending Apple TV 3.0 Software Update
New iTunes Store Terms Suggest Impending Apple TV 3.0 Software Update
macrumors.com — Users attempting to make purchases in Apple's iTunes Store today are being presented with updated Terms and Conditions that they must agree to before conducting their purchases. While such updates are fairly routine, today's changes include ... (more) New iTunes Store Terms Suggest Impending Apple TV 3.0 ...
Updating iTunes Extras and LP content for your Apple TV
support.apple.com — Release date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:52:00 GMT (more) Updating iTunes Extras and LP content for your Apple TV
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Apple updates AppleTV to 3.0, adds iTunes Extras, Genius Mixes and Internet radio
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — A lot of you were hoping for more with Apple TV 3.0.  We were too.  But Apple's big surprises for AppleTV 3.0 are in the words of Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services: with Apple TV 3.0 they get great new features including iTunes Extras, Genius Mixes and Internet radio.” Apple TV 3 also includes a new Interface and redesigned main menu.  We'll get some screenshots as soon as we do this update.  Press release follows: Apple Introduces Apple TV 3.0 Software With Redesigned User ...

Apple isn't kidding. AppleTV really is a hobby
Computerworld Blogs - Macintosh & Apple — Steve Jobs famously touts AppleTV as "just a hobby".  This all started at the 2007 AllthingD conference where he said: “We’re in two businesses today, we’ll very shortly be in three, and a hobby”, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs told Walt Mossberg in an on-stage interview at yesterday’s D: conference. The first two are computers and digital music (iPod/iTunes), and the third will be the cell phone market which Apple will enter next month with the launch of the iPhone. And the hobby? The company’s recently released set-top-box, the AppleTV. “The reason I call it a hobby is a lot of people have tried and failed to make it a business. ...

Apple isn't kidding. AppleTV really is a hobby
Seth Weintraub's blog — Steve Jobs famously touts AppleTV as "just a hobby".  This all started at the 2007 AllthingD conference where he said: “We’re in two businesses today, we’ll very shortly be in three, and a hobby”, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs told Walt Mossberg in an on-stage interview at yesterday’s D: conference. The first two are computers and digital music (iPod/iTunes), and the third will be the cell phone market which Apple will enter next month with the launch of the iPhone. And the hobby? The company’s recently released set-top-box, the AppleTV. “The reason I call it a hobby is a lot of people have tried and failed to make it a business. ...

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Would you rather have Boxee (Hulu, Netflix, etc.) or iTunes LP+iTunes Extras on AppleTV?9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Gimme Boxee Gimme iTunes Extras+LP Flame us in the comments for posing such a question without knowing what AppleTV 3.0 includes