Ajit Monteiro

iOS TV Applications: Expect to see an iPhone/Pad like marketplace for television applications. Video sharing/streaming/recording apps, interactive news apps, and of course games.

a la carte (app) stations: With Apple's iAds, content producers (eg. ABC/NBC/etc.) can directly monetize and distribute their content. This will eventually destroy the television side of the cable and satellite industry, as your only requirement to access these on-demand stations will be an internet connection. Say goodbye to your monthly cable bill.

MobileMe Picture/Video sharing: At $99 your parents, grandparents, and friends will have an iTV.  Sharing pictures/videos from your iPhone will happen with the push of a button.  Imagine getting a notification of new family videos the next time you turn on your TV. My mom will love this feature.

The iPad will turn into one big badass remote control: The iPad will be the preferred input device for the iTV. You'll be able to editing videos, control games, and extend the interactive television experience. Imagine watching monday night football on the TV while viewing/exploring other camera angles on the iPad.

Sounds good to me.

Microsoft's (not so) secret weapon.

Grooveshark, our readers' favorite music streaming service, just had its on-demand streaming app approved by Apple last week, to the surprise of some and the delight of many Grooveshark fans. Just yesterday, though, the app was pulled from the store, stemming from a dispute between the Grooveshark team and Universal Music Group, with Apple as the app arbitrator. In other words, if worrying about Apple's often inscrutable approval process wasn't enough for brave young music apps, now the major labels are starting to keep an eye on seemingly underground apps.

...that was quick, just last week I had blogged that it had made it to the app store.

I played through this awesome Xbox Live Arcade game a couple of weeks ago. It took about 8hours (with some help from an online walk through).

What do you do when you hype up a relatively nascent video technology that is intrinsically unpopular because of the anti-social tendencies foisted upon its customers as well as the perception that it’s “Just a gimmick?” Pretend it never existed and add on another gimmick!

CES is coming up in January and expect the run up to include almost no talk of 3D TV and plenty of talk about “apps” for your TV. Why? Because rather than try to upsell on hardware, CE manufacturers can now gain through affiliate deals with content providers and try to create their own app stores.

I'd like to see some sales numbers on 3D TV's. Did they sell more than the Kin?

I hope we see a lot more iPad games with this level of polish.

For an OS that seems so unique in the marketplace, why does the early hardware look so similar to the iPhone 3G/3GS?