Comments on: TiVo goes mobile with new free service http://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: eryn_http://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/comment-page-1/#comment-469 eryn_ Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:59:36 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/#comment-469 I see. They're distributing crippled software to transfer stuff we already have between devices <i>inconveniently</i>. Sure it's a good idea, but it's not really where I think the development time should have been spent.I know the software has to be crippled or they'll go out of business, but they might as well have sold laptop cards bundled with a TiVo license and dodged the stand-alone device entirely. It makes about as much sense. If they're going to add high-end features, they might as well make a high-end portable device entirely. I see. They’re distributing crippled software to transfer stuff we already have between devices inconveniently. Sure it’s a good idea, but it’s not really where I think the development time should have been spent.

I know the software has to be crippled or they’ll go out of business, but they might as well have sold laptop cards bundled with a TiVo license and dodged the stand-alone device entirely. It makes about as much sense. If they’re going to add high-end features, they might as well make a high-end portable device entirely.

]]> By: mhaithacahttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/comment-page-1/#comment-468 mhaithaca Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:13:08 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/#comment-468 Then I should also drop Apple a note to say "Hm, I'm thinking about getting a Wintel box to go with my TiVo." Then I should also drop Apple a note to say “Hm, I’m thinking about getting a Wintel box to go with my TiVo.”

]]> By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/comment-page-1/#comment-467 megazone Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:05:32 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/#comment-467 From what I've heard - Apple is the holdup. From what I’ve heard – Apple is the holdup.

]]> By: mhaithacahttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/comment-page-1/#comment-466 mhaithaca Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:03:48 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/01/03/tivo-goes-mobile-with-new-free-service/#comment-466 I've already e-mailed to tell them they'd have sold me a Series2 box this week if they'd shipped the new service with a working Mac client. I know CES was the drop-dead deadline, but they should have either had a Mac client ready to go out the door, or had a better answer than "we're working on it!" (At this point, they should be ready for a public beta if not a final product.)The intersection of TiVo users and Mac users is apparently unusually large, so I think they're aware they need to do this. Wonder what the holdup was. I’ve already e-mailed to tell them they’d have sold me a Series2 box this week if they’d shipped the new service with a working Mac client. I know CES was the drop-dead deadline, but they should have either had a Mac client ready to go out the door, or had a better answer than “we’re working on it!” (At this point, they should be ready for a public beta if not a final product.)

The intersection of TiVo users and Mac users is apparently unusually large, so I think they’re aware they need to do this. Wonder what the holdup was.

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