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Boxee founder Avner Ronen today downplayed the risk from the new Apple TV to sales of its upcoming Boxee Box. He pointed out the simple advantage of 1080p versus Apple’s 720p as well as the open nature of Boxee’s platform. Since it has a web browser and can be extended with more formats and services, it’s inherently more open than what the Apple TV offers, Ronen implied.
“We walked away feeling strongly confident about the space it left for Boxee to compete,” he explained. “We have a different view of what users want in their living rooms. We are taking different paths to get there. The Boxee Box is going to be $100 more expensive than the Apple TV, but will give you the freedom to watch what you want.”
Ronen disclaimed the point of view by noting that many Boxee staffers were Apple fans, although he didn’t touch on whether he thought it might be possible to hack the new model to implement the Boxee front-end that was possible on the outgoing model. The new Apple TV uses an ARM-based A4 chip and is believed to run on a heavily modified version of iOS that would prevent a direct conversion.
The Boxee Box is being developed with help from D-Link and should reach stores by November for $199.
Amazon today revealed that Apple’s 99-cent iTunes TV rentals weren’t an exclusive by offering 99-cent Amazon VOD rentals of its own. As with Apple’s plans, Amazon has both ABC and Fox providing shows, although the online retailer’s ability to rival iTunes is mixed. Amazon VOD can play on the web and on multiple set-top boxes like the TiVo, but only some of its shows are in HD where Apple promises 720p.
The company has been one of Apple’s closer competitors in recent years. Apple only attacked Amazon’s core business more directly when it launched the iPad and the iBookstore in April, but Amazon has been the next-closest competitor to iTunes in music, through Amazon MP3, and later with Amazon VOD. Amazon chief Jeff Bezos has said the Kindle is in a different category and is focused much more intently on reading, but it may be concerned as many iPad buyers opt out of buying Kindles and lose potential hardware sales as a result.
Developers have reportedly begun receiving the iOS 4.1 golden master, a final pre-release version before the software is released to customers. The update will introduce Apple’s new Game Center gaming service and HDR photography capabilities. Users will also be able to take advantage of HD video uploads via Wi-Fi, while a number of bug fixes address sensor problems and performance issues with the iPhone 3G.
The official iOS 4.1 public release is expected to be ready by the end of next week. The company is already working on v4.2, which will bring the iPad up to speed with the iPhone and iPod touch. [via Boy Genius Report]
Persistent talk of an iPhone for T-Mobile USA gained a minor assist with a rumor this morning. An unnamed Examiner contact said that there had been “problems with the carrier” but that there would now “definitely” be a version for the second-largest American GSM carrier. The unconfirmed tip had the iPhone reaching the network early in 2011.
Such rumors can be inaccurate, and the new mention contradicts a claim the T-Mobile version might be available in the fall. However, it would line up with a Verizon-capable iPhone in January and implies that Apple might make the iPhone available on all US carriers the moment its exclusivity with AT&T ends in 2010. Apple may be keen to release the iPhone on as many US carriers as possible since it knows it may neuter Android sales simply by making the iPhone an option for those who can’t justify the cost or want to avoid AT&T at all costs.
A T-Mobile USA iPhone would be relatively simple to create as it would need a readily available chipset that supports the 1,700MHz and 2,100MHz frequencies T-Mobile uses for its American 3G.
In the nearer term, a leak from the provider’s internal system today has revealed what’s likely to be the final pricing for the T-Mobile G2. The new Android reference device is expected by TmoNews to cost the industry standard $200 with a contract and rebate but will be relatively inexpensive off-contract, at $500. Release info still hasn’t been confirmed, but it may ship on September 29.
The G2 won’t be as powerful as the Nexus One, with a slightly slower processor, but it will be the first phone to ship with a completely reference version of Android 2.2 and may support features normally banned by carriers, such as no-cost 3G tethering and sharing. Its centerpiece will be 14.4Mbps HSPA+ 3G; a five-megapixel camera and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard are its other major defining traits.
Despite today updating the Touch as well as the Nano and Shuffle, Apple has left the iPod classic unchanged. The player currently holds about 160GB worth of music and video, and supports up to 36 hours of audio playback. These specifications are no different from the ones announced during last year’s iPod refresh.
It is unusual of Apple to leave an iPod static for more than a year. The Classic has become relatively marginalized however, since it is now only one of two iPods not using iOS, and it is missing features present even on the fifth-generation Nano, such as a camera and an FM radio tuner. Its main purpose is to provide the largest possible capacity; it could thus be in a position to be eliminated, if and when Apple releases a Touch with more than 64GB of memory.
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