Gizmodo is reporting that Steven Troughton-Smith, a developer, has found that iOS application could be installed on the new Apple TV. The applications need slight modification to mark them as Apple TV-compatible. This sounds like great news for developers and jailbreakers, but there is one slight set back. The new Apple TV is missing a […]
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New Apple TV Could Allow App Instillation, Missing An App Launcher

Oct 5th 2010 by

Gizmodo is reporting that Steven Troughton-Smith, a developer, has found that iOS application could be installed on the new Apple TV. The applications need slight modification to mark them as Apple TV-compatible.

This sounds like great news for developers and jailbreakers, but there is one slight set back. The new Apple TV is missing a launcher that is needed for an app to run.

According to Steven, while you can install apps after modifying its type, you just can’t launch them. There’s no built-in facility to do that, so someone has to do it. I bet the first ones will be the jailbreakers (hello, SNES and PlayStation 2 emulators!), but Apple will follow soon.

So, we have jailbreakers already working on the new Apple TV, and developers seem to be showing an interest in the device. Couple these two facts with Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ own claims that the Apple TV could run apps when the “time is right”, and you have a perfect storm.

This is going to be exciting.

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