Sunday, July 18, 2004
So after a couple of days with the Airport Express, I found it really inconvenient to have to go back to my Mac to start/stop my music. At the time it was announced this was issue was pointed out to The Steve, who just gave a wry smile...
... that smile... what did it mean!! Perhaps they were going to make a WiFi remote control that talked back to your PC. But what that would need to cross your firewall... Perhaps a Bluetooth remote - plug a USB Bluetooth dongle into the AirPort Express USB port, upgrade the AEx firmware, off you go. Salling Clicker lets me do this with my cellphone, but my phone's BT range isn't enough to go from my couch to the Mac...
Then there were the 4G iPod rumors (even before the AEx was announced)... Would it be WiFi enabled (and now, could it talk to AirTunes)? Would it support the new Wireless Firewire standard?
We may not have to wait long to find out. People with too much free time found that by monkeying with the URL of the thumbnail images generated for Newsweek's front cover, you could find out what next weeks news is ... sort of like an Internet Crystal Ball :)
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... that smile... what did it mean!! Perhaps they were going to make a WiFi remote control that talked back to your PC. But what that would need to cross your firewall... Perhaps a Bluetooth remote - plug a USB Bluetooth dongle into the AirPort Express USB port, upgrade the AEx firmware, off you go. Salling Clicker lets me do this with my cellphone, but my phone's BT range isn't enough to go from my couch to the Mac...
Then there were the 4G iPod rumors (even before the AEx was announced)... Would it be WiFi enabled (and now, could it talk to AirTunes)? Would it support the new Wireless Firewire standard?
We may not have to wait long to find out. People with too much free time found that by monkeying with the URL of the thumbnail images generated for Newsweek's front cover, you could find out what next weeks news is ... sort of like an Internet Crystal Ball :)
- The most obvious change is the adoption of the Mini's thumbwheel and the loss of those nasty touch-(in)sensitive buttons... This is good news
- It may just be a trick of the eye, but it looks a lot smaller than the 3G (or maybe Steve just has big hands)
