finalmente arrivata anche in Italia la nuova Apple Tv. Dopo il lancio di settembre, naturalmente negli Stati Uniti, il nuovo prodotto della Mela morsicata è giunto anche in Italia al prezzo di 119 euro.
Una piccola scatolina di colore nero senza pulsanti e facile da collegare al proprio televisore. 'Apple Tv' si ripromette di lanciare definitivamente il mercato del video streaming in Italia. Il sistema è sempre il solito e collaudato iTunes. Tramite il servizio messo in piedi anni fa per vendere musica su iPod, Apple propone la vendita ed il noleggio di film sia in bassa che ad alta definizione per i nuovi utenti italiani.
Il catalogo dei contenuti, che per il momento prevede solo film e non serie televisive come negli States, è ben fornito ed offre le 'pellicole' delle più grandi major hoolywoodiane. Per affittare un film su iTunes, che tassativamente deve esser visto entro 30 giorni dal pagamento ed entro 48 ore dal momento in cui parte la riproduzione, basta collegarsi sullo store Apple e scegliere il titolo che più ci piace.
I prezzi del noleggio vanno dalle promozioni a 0,99 cent a 4,99 euro per i film più caldi. L'acquisto, invce, varia dai 9,99 euro fino ai 13. Apple Tv si collega al televisore attraverso un cavo hdmi - da acquistare separatamente - e si connette in rete con un semplice cavo ethernet o in wireless.
Sarà quindi possibile vedere ed ascoltare sul proprio televisore anche la musica che abbiamo sul nostro Mac tramite iTunes oppure i migliaia di video presenti su YouTube o su alcuni social network. A quanto sembra è stata abilitata anche la funzione airplay che permette di cominciare a vedere un film, magari su iPad, e finire poi davanti al nostro televisore di casa.
infine scaricabile gratuitamente sullo store un'applicazione per iPhone e iPod touch con cui gestire la 'Apple Tv' direttamente da questi dispositivi senza usare il telecomando all'interno della confezione. Il nuovo box di Apple non è dotato di hard disk esterno e la mini-usb posta sul retro non è abilitata per cui film in formato divx oppure in mkv non saranno visibili.
Il gigante di Cupertino, quindi, ha lanciato l'ennesimo prodotto che 'costringe' l'utente a fidelizzarsi completamente al proprio brand creando un circuito chiuso che ingabbia chi lo usa all'interno dei propri meccanismi. Fin qui Apple non ha sbagliato neanche un colpo ma nel mondo della tv, specialmente in Europa ed in particolar modo in Italia, la situazione è ancora in rapida evoluzione.
Una sfida davvero ardua, insomma, che l'azienda di Steve Jobs è pronta a giocare anche in un paese come il nostro da sempre refrattario all'acquisto di prodotti on line e che facilmente si lascia raggirare dalle sirene della pirateria. Dopo i risultati piuttosto deludenti fatti registrare dalla Iptv di Telecom e di Fastweb e con i soliti problemi di larghezza di banda che attanagliano da sempre il Bel Paese, il lancio di una tv completamente in streaming sembra forse una mossa troppa azzardata, senza dimenticare che Google Tv e Sony (magari a prezzi meno concorrenziali) sono dietro l'angolo, e che molti altri prodotti basati su tecnologie open source come la Boxee tv sono già una realtà in altri paesi.
Gabriele Tramonti
!- // used to save the current hostname var gAvgHostName = ""; var gAvgDataElement = null; var shortened_urls = new Array("tinyurl.com","3.ly","bit.ly","tiny.cc","short.to","is.gd","tr.im"); var border_colors = new Array( "#00A120;", "#EAA500;", "#F57301;", "#D20003;" ); var background_colors = new Array( "#C3E5CA;", "#FEEFAE;", "#FFD3B0;", "#F5D4C1;" ); var images = new Array ( "linkscanner://safe12.png", "linkscanner://caution12.png", "linkscanner://warning12.png", "linkscanner://blocked12.png" ); var showCleanVerdicts = true; var showLowRiskVerdicts = true; var showMedRiskVerdicts = true; function avg_ls_does_url_contain(url, contain) { if ((url == null) || (url.length 1)) { return false; } var strUrl = new String(url); // breakup the url to check var parts = strUrl.split("/"); if (parts.length -1) { return true; } return false; } function avg_ls_valid_gmail_search(url) { if ((url == null) || (url.length 1)) return false; var hostMatch = false; // split the url based on '/' var strUrl = new String(url); var parts =strUrl.split("/"); // need domain and path if ((parts == null) || (parts.length 4)) return false; var domain= parts[2]; var path = parts[3]; if ((domain.indexOf("mail.google.") != -1) || (domain.indexOf("gmail.") != -1)) { // save the hostname to use getting links gvgHostName = "google.com"; return true; } return false; } function avg_ls_get_parent_div(element) { if ((element == ull) || (element.parentNode == null)) return null; while (element != null) { if ((element.tagName == "DIV") && element.className && (element.className.length > 0)) return element; element = element.parentNode; } // no div return null; } function avg_ls_parse_ads(href) { if (!href) return href; // check for google ad var regex = "^http(s)?\:\/\/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\.googlesyndication\.com.+\&adurl\=(.+)"; var re = new RegExp(regex); var matches = href.match(re); if (matches && (matches.length >= 4)) { // else we want the fourth value var match = matches[3]; if (match && (match.length > 0)) return match } return href; } function avg_ls_get_gmail_links(doc, processFrames) { if (doc == null) return; var links = new Array(); var anchors = avg_ls_get_anchors(doc); var element = null; var outHref = ""; var elemClass = ""; // loop through all for (var i = 0; (i < anchors.length) && anchors; i++) { element = anchors[i]; // already processed this element if (element.getAttribute("avglschecked")) continue; // initial checks if ((element.href == null) || (element.href.length < 1)) continue; if (avg_ls_does_url_contain(element.href, gAvgHostName)) continue; // don't mark anything but http:// if (element.href.indexOf("mailto") == 0) continue; if (element.parentNode) { var parentDiv = avg_ls_get_parent_div(element); if ((parentDiv.tagName == "DIV") && ((parentDiv.className == "ii gt") || // mail message body (parentDiv.className == "mv") || // top sponsored links (parentDiv.className == "vb") || // right sponsored links (parentDiv.className == "im") || // inside quotes (parentDiv.className == "gmail_quote") // quote )) // right ads { // parse for any ads var newHref = avg_ls_parse_ads(element.href); // add the image avg_ls_check_url(doc, element, newHref); } } } // recursively process all frames if (processFrames && doc.frames && (doc.frames.length > 0)) { for (var j = 0; j < doc.frames.length; j++) { // 'editable' frame it's probably a reply if (doc.frames[j].frameElement.className && (doc.frames[j].frameElement.className.indexOf("editable") != -1)) { continue; } avg_ls_get_gmail_links(doc.frames[j].document, processFrames); } } return links; } function avg_ls_valid_facebook_search(url) { if ((url == null) || (url.length < 1)) return false; var hostMatch = false; // split the url based on '/' var strUrl = new String(url); var parts = strUrl.split("/"); // need domain and path if ((parts == null) || (parts.length < 2)) return false; var domain= parts[2]; if (domain.indexOf("www.facebook.com") != -1) { // save the hostname to use getting links gAvgHostName = "www.facebook.com"; return true; } return false; } function avg_ls_get_facebook_links(doc, processFrames) { if (doc == null) return; var links = new Array(); var anchors = avg_ls_get_anchors(doc); var element = null; var outHref = ""; var elemClass = ""; // loop through all for (var i = 0; (i < anchors.length) && anchors; i++) { element = anchors[i]; // initial checks if ((element.href == null) || (element.href.length < 1)) continue; if (avg_ls_does_url_contain(element.href, gAvgHostName)) continue; // already processed this element if (element.getAttribute("avglschecked")) continue; // support shortened urls if (!avg_ls_filter_url(element.href, shortened_urls)) { avg_ls_check_url(doc, element, element.href); continue; } else { // add onmouseover for anchors with shortened url avg_ls_add_event(element, "mouseover", avg_ls_mouse_over); continue; } } /*///cbk - take it out for now the home page can't access frameElement // recursively process all frames if (processFrames && doc.frames && (doc.frames.length > 0)) { for (var j = 0; j < doc.frames.length; j++) { if (doc.frames[j].frameElement != null ) { // 'editable' frame it's probably a reply if (doc.frames[j].frameElement.className && (doc.frames[j].frameElement.className.indexOf("editable") != -1)) { continue; } } avg_ls_get_facebook_links(doc.frames[j].document, processFrames); } } *///cbk return links; } function avg_ls_has_image(element) { if ((element == null) || (element.firstChild == null)) return false; var nextElem = element.firstChild; while (nextElem) { if (nextElem.id && (nextElem.id.indexOf("avg_ls_image") != -1)) return true; nextElem = nextElem.nextSibling; } return false; } function avg_ls_update_image(doc, element, image ) { if ((doc == null) || (element == null)) return ; // mark the element as processed element.setAttribute("avglschecked", "1"); // if no image, nothing to add if (image == null) return; // update the image if (element && element.firstChild) { image_elem = element.firstChild; element.firstChild.src = image; } } function avg_ls_add_image(doc, element, image, flyover) { if ((doc == null) || (element == null)) return; // if no image, nothing to add if (image == null) return; // create a new image var img = doc.createElement("img"); img.src = image; img.border="0"; img.hspace="5"; img.id = "avg_ls_image"; img.setAttribute("title", ""); // append the image to the link element.appendChild(img); img = null; var newImg = element.lastChild; if (flyover && newImg && newImg.id == "avg_ls_image") { newImg.attachEvent("onmouseover", function() {avg_ls_showinline(newImg, flyover)}); newImg.attachEvent("onmouseout", function() {avg_ls_hideinline()}); } } var timeoutId = null; var stopGmail = false; function avg_ls_monitor_gmail(doc, processFrames) { // clear the timer if set if (timeoutId) { clearTimeout(timeoutId); timeoutId = null; } // get the links avg_ls_get_gmail_links(doc, processFrames); // reset the if (!stopGmail) timeoutId = setTimeout(function() {avg_ls_monitor_gmail(doc, processFrames);}, 1000); } function avg_ls_monitor_facebook(doc, processFrames) { // clear the timer if set if (timeoutId) { clearTimeout(timeoutId); timeoutId = null; } // get the links avg_ls_get_facebook_links(doc, processFrames); // reset the if (!stopGmail) timeoutId = setTimeout(function() {avg_ls_monitor_facebook(doc, processFrames);}, 1000); } function avg_ls_process_links(doc, processFrames) { if (avg_ls_valid_gmail_search(doc.location.href)) { // process the gmail links stopGmail = false; avg_ls_init_ratings(doc); showCleanVerdicts = false; avg_ls_monitor_gmail(doc, processFrames); } if (avg_ls_valid_facebook_search(doc.location.href)) { // process the facebook links stopGmail = false; avg_ls_init_ratings(doc); showCleanVerdicts = false; avg_ls_monitor_facebook(doc, processFrames); } } function avg_ls_reload(e) { avg_ls_process_links(document, true); } function avg_ls_onload(e) { if (timeoutId) { clearTimeout(timeoutId); timeoutId = null; } var doc = document; // set the event handler for the data element to listen for load/reloads var data_element = doc.getElementById("avglsdata"); if (data_element) { // save data element for use in later iframes gAvgDataElement = data_element; // rowexit event used to notify javascript of a page data load avg_ls_remove_event(data_element, "rowexit", avg_ls_reload); avg_ls_add_event(data_element, "rowexit", avg_ls_reload); // process links for the document avg_ls_process_links(doc, true); } } function avg_ls_get_anchors(doc) { return doc.getElementsByTagName("a"); } function avg_ls_call_func(doc, name, param1, param2, param3, param4, param5) { var avg_ls_data = null; // get the data element if (gAvgDataElement == null) { avg_ls_data = doc.getElementById("avglsdata"); if ((avg_ls_data == null) || (name == null)) { // data element does not exist return; } gAvgDataElement = avg_ls_data; } else { avg_ls_data = gAvgDataElement; } // for some reason you can't fire and event on an element with no parent node if ((avg_ls_data == null) || (avg_ls_data.parentNode == null)) { return; } // set the attributes avg_ls_data.setAttribute("function", name); if (param1) avg_ls_data.setAttribute("param1", param1); if (param2) avg_ls_data.setAttribute("param2", param2); if (param3) avg_ls_data.setAttribute("param3", param3); if (param4) avg_ls_data.setAttribute("param4", param4); if (param5) avg_ls_data.setAttribute("param5", param5); avg_ls_data.fireEvent("onrowenter"); // get the result return avg_ls_data.getAttribute("result"); } function avg_ls_get_image(result) { if ((result == null) || (result.length < 1)) return null; var strResult = new String(result); var parts = strResult.split("::"); if (parts.length < 3) return; var nSeverity = parseInt(parts[0]); var image = null; switch(nSeverity) { case 0: if (showCleanVerdicts) image = images[nSeverity]; break; case 1: if (showLowRiskVerdicts) image = images[nSeverity]; break; case 2: if (showMedRiskVerdicts) image = images[nSeverity]; break; case 3: image = images[nSeverity]; break; default: image = "linkscanner://unknown12.gif"; break; } return image; } // do the url check function avg_ls_check_url(doc, element, href) { if (avg_ls_has_image(element)) return; var result = avg_ls_call_func(doc, "MalsiteCheck", href); if (result == null) return; var parts = result.split("::"); if (parts.length < 3) return; // mark as processed element.setAttribute("avglschecked", "1"); // get the image from the result var image = avg_ls_get_image(result); if (image == null) return; var nSeverity = parts[0]; var riskCategory = parts[1]; var riskName = parts[2]; var bgColor = background_colors[nSeverity]; var borderColor = border_colors[nSeverity]; // build the inline html var html = ""; html += ""; html += "
"; html += riskCategory + ""; html += riskName + "
"; avg_ls_add_image(doc, element, image, html); } function avg_ls_add_event(obj, name, func) { if (obj.addEventListener) { obj.addEventListener(name, func, false); return true; } else if (obj.attachEvent) { return obj.attachEvent("on"+name, func); } else { return false; } } function avg_ls_remove_event(obj, name, func) { if (obj.removeEventListener) { obj.removeEventListener(name, func, false); return true; } else if (obj.detachEvent) { return obj.detachEvent("on"+name, func); } else { return false; } } function avg_ls_mouse_over(e) { if (e && e.srcElement && e.srcElement.href) { var element = e.srcElement; if (element.tagName == "A") { // check if it has an image already if (avg_ls_has_image(element)) { return; } // add the image, returns the anchor not the image avg_ls_add_image(document, element, "linkscanner://clock12.png"); // do the check and update in the background setTimeout(function() {avg_ls_check_and_update(document, element);}, 1); } } } function avg_ls_get_inline_image(element) { var nextElem = null; if ((element == null) || (element.firstChild == null)) return nextElem; nextElem = element.firstChild; while (nextElem) { if (nextElem.id && (nextElem.id.indexOf("avg_ls_image") != -1)) return nextElem; nextElem = nextElem.nextSibling; } return null; } function avg_ls_inline_hide_verdict(anchor) { var image = avg_ls_get_inline_image(anchor); if ( image ) { image.style.visibility = "hidden"; } } function avg_ls_check_and_update(doc, element) { var result = avg_ls_call_func(doc, "GetFinalUrl", element.href); if (result) { var result2 = avg_ls_call_func(doc, "MalsiteCheck", result); if (result2 == null) return; // remove the mouseover for this element, no need to fire again avg_ls_remove_event(element, "mouseover", avg_ls_mouse_over); // get the image from the result var image = avg_ls_get_image(result2); if (image == null) avg_ls_inline_hide_verdict(element); else { var img_elem = avg_ls_get_inline_image(element); if (img_elem) { img_elem.src = image; } } } } // function to find a url in a filter list function avg_ls_filter_url(url, filter) { var strUrl = new String(url); var parts = strUrl.split("/"); if ((parts == null) || (parts.length set == undefined) // Microsoft IE { pageOffsetX = document.documentElement.scrollLeft || document.body.scrollLeft; pageOffsetY = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollLeft; var frames = document.frames; if (frames) { for (var i=0; i < frames.length; i++) { if (frames[i].document.getElementById(imageElem.id)) { pageOffsetX = frames[i].document.documentElement.scrollLeft; pageOffsetY = frames[i].document.documentElement.scrollTop; hasParentFrame = true; break; } } } } else { pageOffsetX = window.pageXOffset; pageOffsetY = window.pageYOffset; } posX -= pageOffsetX; posY -= pageOffsetY; //compensate for Firefox 3 if (posX < imgRect.left) posX = imgRect.left+halfX; // setup the offsets var offsetX = posX; var offsetY = posY; // calc where to display on page if ((windowX - posX) > posX) { // right offsetX += halfX; locateX = 1; } else { //left offsetX -= (flyoverX + halfX); } if ((windowY - posY) > posY) { // below if (posY < (windowY/4)) { offsetY -= halfY; locateY = 1; } else { offsetY -= (flyoverY / 2); locateY = 2; } } else { // above if ((windowY - posY) < (windowY/4)) { offsetY -= (flyoverY - halfY); } else { offsetY -= (flyoverY / 2); locateY = 2; } } // make sure we aren't off the screen if (offsetY < 0) offsetY = 0; if ((offsetY + flyoverY) > windowY) offsetY = windowY - flyoverY; // add page offsets back - if not in frame if (!hasParentFrame) { offsetX += pageOffsetX; offsetY += pageOffsetY; } posX += pageOffsetX; posY += pageOffsetY; var paddedOffsetX = 0; //provide space between icon and flyover var padX = 3; if (locateX == 0) paddedOffsetX = offsetX - padX; else paddedOffsetX = offsetX + padX; // set where to put the flyover flyover.style.top = offsetY + "px"; flyover.style.left = paddedOffsetX + "px"; avg_ls_displayinline(); } function avg_ls_displayinline() { var flyover = document.getElementById('avg_ls_inline_popup'); if (flyover == null) return; // show the flyover flyover.style.visibility = "visible"; } function avg_ls_hideinline() { var flyover = document.getElementById('avg_ls_inline_popup'); if (flyover == null) return; flyover.visibility = "hidden"; //invisible flyover.style.left = "-5000px"; } function offsetTop(element) { var offset = 0; while (element) { offset += element.offsetTop; element = element.offsetParent; } return offset; } function offsetLeft(element) { var offset = 0; while (element) { offset += element.offsetLeft; element = element.offsetParent; } return offset; } // -->"
"; html += riskCategory + ""; html += riskName + "
"; avg_ls_add_image(doc, element, image, html); } function avg_ls_add_event(obj, name, func) { if (obj.addEventListener) { obj.addEventListener(name, func, false); return true; } else if (obj.attachEvent) { return obj.attachEvent("on"+name, func); } else { return false; } } function avg_ls_remove_event(obj, name, func) { if (obj.removeEventListener) { obj.removeEventListener(name, func, false); return true; } else if (obj.detachEvent) { return obj.detachEvent("on"+name, func); } else { return false; } } function avg_ls_mouse_over(e) { if (e && e.srcElement && e.srcElement.href) { var element = e.srcElement; if (element.tagName == "A") { // check if it has an image already if (avg_ls_has_image(element)) { return; } // add the image, returns the anchor not the image avg_ls_add_image(document, element, "linkscanner://clock12.png"); // do the check and update in the background setTimeout(function() {avg_ls_check_and_update(document, element);}, 1); } } } function avg_ls_get_inline_image(element) { var nextElem = null; if ((element == null) || (element.firstChild == null)) return nextElem; nextElem = element.firstChild; while (nextElem) { if (nextElem.id && (nextElem.id.indexOf("avg_ls_image") != -1)) return nextElem; nextElem = nextElem.nextSibling; } return null; } function avg_ls_inline_hide_verdict(anchor) { var image = avg_ls_get_inline_image(anchor); if ( image ) { image.style.visibility = "hidden"; } } function avg_ls_check_and_update(doc, element) { var result = avg_ls_call_func(doc, "GetFinalUrl", element.href); if (result) { var result2 = avg_ls_call_func(doc, "MalsiteCheck", result); if (result2 == null) return; // remove the mouseover for this element, no need to fire again avg_ls_remove_event(element, "mouseover", avg_ls_mouse_over); // get the image from the result var image = avg_ls_get_image(result2); if (image == null) avg_ls_inline_hide_verdict(element); else { var img_elem = avg_ls_get_inline_image(element); if (img_elem) { img_elem.src = image; } } } } // function to find a url in a filter list function avg_ls_filter_url(url, filter) { var strUrl = new String(url); var parts = strUrl.split("/"); if ((parts == null) || (parts.length set == undefined) // Microsoft IE { pageOffsetX = document.documentElement.scrollLeft || document.body.scrollLeft; pageOffsetY = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollLeft; var frames = document.frames; if (frames) { for (var i=0; i < frames.length; i++) { if (frames[i].document.getElementById(imageElem.id)) { pageOffsetX = frames[i].document.documentElement.scrollLeft; pageOffsetY = frames[i].document.documentElement.scrollTop; hasParentFrame = true; break; } } } } else { pageOffsetX = window.pageXOffset; pageOffsetY = window.pageYOffset; } posX -= pageOffsetX; posY -= pageOffsetY; //compensate for Firefox 3 if (posX < imgRect.left) posX = imgRect.left+halfX; // setup the offsets var offsetX = posX; var offsetY = posY; // calc where to display on page if ((windowX - posX) > posX) { // right offsetX += halfX; locateX = 1; } else { //left offsetX -= (flyoverX + halfX); } if ((windowY - posY) > posY) { // below if (posY < (windowY/4)) { offsetY -= halfY; locateY = 1; } else { offsetY -= (flyoverY / 2); locateY = 2; } } else { // above if ((windowY - posY) < (windowY/4)) { offsetY -= (flyoverY - halfY); } else { offsetY -= (flyoverY / 2); locateY = 2; } } // make sure we aren't off the screen if (offsetY < 0) offsetY = 0; if ((offsetY + flyoverY) > windowY) offsetY = windowY - flyoverY; // add page offsets back - if not in frame if (!hasParentFrame) { offsetX += pageOffsetX; offsetY += pageOffsetY; } posX += pageOffsetX; posY += pageOffsetY; var paddedOffsetX = 0; //provide space between icon and flyover var padX = 3; if (locateX == 0) paddedOffsetX = offsetX - padX; else paddedOffsetX = offsetX + padX; // set where to put the flyover flyover.style.top = offsetY + "px"; flyover.style.left = paddedOffsetX + "px"; avg_ls_displayinline(); } function avg_ls_displayinline() { var flyover = document.getElementById('avg_ls_inline_popup'); if (flyover == null) return; // show the flyover flyover.style.visibility = "visible"; } function avg_ls_hideinline() { var flyover = document.getElementById('avg_ls_inline_popup'); if (flyover == null) return; flyover.visibility = "hidden"; //invisible flyover.style.left = "-5000px"; } function offsetTop(element) { var offset = 0; while (element) { offset += element.offsetTop; element = element.offsetParent; } return offset; } function offsetLeft(element) { var offset = 0; while (element) { offset += element.offsetLeft; element = element.offsetParent; } return offset; } // -->"