![]() And when you exit its shiny feature-thin interface, it leaves these programs running. It's merely a front end to iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes, and DVD player. I haven't experienced any out and out crashes with it, but it has frozen up inexplicably alot, sometimes it unfreezes in a bit, sometimes not. I hope I’m right, because I’d love to be one of those customers lining up to buy Front Row To Go.This software is very beta feature wise. In my opinion, these consumers are the ones that Apple will target with a “netbook,” not the ones that are jonesing for a sexy little machine that fills a perceived gap in the product range. The device might be able to play iPhone games or run multiple iPhone applications at once (much like the current Dashboard works in Mac OS X.) With a common base of OS X running throughout the product line, pretty much anything is possible.Īnd that gets to the real point of this essay: think about what Apple has learned from the halo effect surrounding the iPod (and now the iPhone.) If you have any doubt that this effect is alive and well, drop into an Apple Store on any weekend and take a look around: plenty of customers who are happy with one product and looking at others. There might be an API for developers, or maybe it’s a closed system. Get your bookmarks and feeds from the Mac and surf the web using Front Row To Go’s version of Safari while you’re listening to music or watching TV.Īs far as how these features would be implemented, that’s anyone’s guess. ![]() Sync your content onto the device and take it with you: no more dragging a laptop to a family reunion just because Aunt Bessie can’t see the tiny photos on the iPhone. ![]() An obvious benefit to developers is that they don’t have to rewrite code: if it makes sense, multi-touch can be added to enhance current applications.Īs with all other Apple products, Front Row To Go could obviously work as a standalone device. Multi-touch is never going to happen on a vertically oriented display, so make a separate device that works horizontally. Provide touch input to desktop applications.An added benefit is that the player’s battery wouldn’t be consumed by the display’s power needs. Show movies on a larger screen: anyone who’s taken a transoceanic flight knows that looking at the iPhone/iPod screen for more than a couple hours can be quite tiresome.(Maybe this is the reason Bluetooth keyboards aren’t available for the iPhone.) Provide a touch screen keyboard for the iPhone and Apple TV: a better input mechanism than hunting and pecking on chiclets.It would also be effective as an adjunct to iPhoto on the desktop: Microsoft’s Surface prototype shows how effective it is to display pictures on a horizontal surface that can be manipulated by multiple viewers. Display photos on a larger screen than on the iPhones and iPods.So what kind of product could fill in these gaps? I call it “Front Row To Go.” Think of it as a second screen for the current hardware. iPod – Very small screen with no touch screen or keyboard.Mac – No touch screen, running Front Row prevents using your Mac for other things. ![]()
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