Year: 2010

Early adopters of the new Apple TV are reporting issues with streaming HD rentals and problems completing “HDMI handshakes” between the new Apple TV and their HDTVs. reports “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com).

Several discussion threads on Apple’s support forums related to issues with HD rentals not loading and HDMI connectivity problems have reached hundreds of posts in length as increasing numbers of Apple TV owners report having trouble with the device, the article adds.

A new consumer survey says the iPad isn’t quite worth what Apple charges, notes “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/02/how-much-is-an-ipad-worth/).

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster and his associates recently ran a small survey of 65 consumers who don’t presently own tablet computers, the story adds. They were shown a pair of  competing devices — an US$629 Apple’s iPad 3G and a $599 Samsung Galaxy Tab running Google’s Android OS — and asked not just which one they preferred (the iPad won that bake-off 85% to 15%) but what they thought a reasonable price for each would be.