DaveBKK

Apple TV is an absolutely brilliant little device. I've never found a need to jailbreak it.

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What is available in the store has nothing to do with Apple. The app developer, or media rights holder makes the decision on which country stores to make their app available. Very often, in the case of apps, it revolves around support issues. The developer simply can't support multiple languages.

Also, make no mistake, if you pirate apps, you're a thief. Entitled arguments like "oh it wasn't available" are total BS. Sorry, you're not entitled to every app. The sense of entitlement is laughable. Just own up to it, you're just a thief.

There is no justification. You might as well be going into a store and shoplifting. Don't misunderstand ether, I'm by no means a saint. I've downloaded TV show and movie torrents....but I have no misconceptions...I'm stealing. Period.

There are actually quite a bunch of Thai book sellers. B2S has an app...AIS...Asia Books...a bunch of magazines in Newsstand.

www.apple.com/sg/ in singapore for many years, are you living in a cave??

No I'm not. I'll correct your ignorance despite the snark. The only Apple owned Retail stores in Asia are in Japan, Hong Kong, China and in Australia. You show the website for the online store. Thailand has an online store too. It's great, I've ordered from their often.

ALL other RETAIL stores are independently owned, operated resellers.

Also, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore don't have Apple stores (although I think Singapore is getting one imminently?) . I'm sure they would be on the list for 1 or 2 at least well above Thailand getting one.

1) Cause Thailand is a relatively small market and probably not worth the trouble.

2) Getting enough highly trained reliable staff more trouble than it's worth.

3) Issues with bribes, business licensing, getting suitable retail space without a Thai partner.

Worth noting that most of the big brands coming here are actually franchisees.....

Look at all the trouble Walmart has has trying to come here and getting basically locked out via cozy Thai relationships with Central / Big-C / Lotus.

Good news....looks like the web app version of Google Maps will have street view soon: http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/09/26/google-says-mobile-maps-web-app-get-street-view-two-weeks/

5 million iPhone sold in a couple days. Even with a .5% defect rate, tens of thousands of people will need exchanges. No big deal.

I doubt it's about fees. More likely it's about Google showing ads, and tracking users via the app for their advertisers. Also, Apple doesn't "omit" Google from their products. There are like a dozen Google designed iOS apps. Again...vent at Google for making a crappy UI for their app. It shouldn't be Apple's job to make everyone's crappy UI decent.

Dude it's -- Google -- who made the new YouTube app, not Apple so blame them. There was a term contract with Apple for the old YouTube app that they let expire. They wanted to run adds in videos and the old app (and Apple) wouldn't allow it.

If you don't like the new YouTube app...it's all on Google. Their creation....their design.

All you have to do is go to maps.google.com in safari and bookmark to homepage. You now have a web app with ALL the functionality of the old maps app. Now there's a choice of 2.

Some things to consider:

1) it'll be good for Google to have some competition finally.

2) it wasn't necessarily 100% Apple's call to drop maps. As with YouTube, Google also wanted to drop it so that they can now run ads (they could not with old YouTube) in their new app. Same thing might be true here....Google wanted something Apple couldn't allow/provide.

Open up maps.google.com in Safari, bookmark it to the home screen. You now have a web app almost identical to the old maps app in iOS.

Good grief...over half of all android phones on the planet have security flaws allowing some miscreant to take over control of the phone: http://m.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/over-half-android-phones-have-security-flaws-research-finds-999197. Scary.

Android is full of malware and security holes. Google "android security holes" and android malware. You take a huge risk with android in having your phone hosed with malware and your info falling into the hands of criminals.

You are all idiots cause you like Chocolate and I happen to like Vanilla. Idiots...look at the cost of your chocolate, while my vanilla is so cheap and goes into my stomach just fine. Anyone who likes chocolate is just a stupid brainwashed fanboy.

Vanilla is clearly better and YOU should like Vanilla too unless you're an idiot.

ya know what...I love my iPhone. I think the iPhone 5 is pretty cool too. I love that it'll be faster, more responsive...and with the better processor developers will be building that much more functionality into the apps. I've tried some Samsung's (not the latest Galaxy 3 XREE 2000 Ultra Super Model or whatever it's called). By in large, I think Android kinda sucks, and feel iOS is a much better experience. That is MY PERSONAL choice. If you prefer Android, bully to you. If you like RIM, wooppee.

I can afford my iPhone, so the cost is irrelevant to me. Don't care if it's 15k, 20k, 40k baht. I LIKE it...I USE it everyday. I'm not apologetic for what I like. It actually helps me make a lot more money that I can afford other tech gadgets. If you've made a personal lifestyle choice where money isn't as important to you, and you cannot afford the iPhone...good for you. No judgement here...you're not "stupid" for enjoying what you like. Go ahead and be bitter/angry/uphappy and call us "stupid" for paying what you feel is too much for a phone. The vast majority of iPhone users love their phones/ipads whatever....cause they're cool and kick ass. There are "fans" cause the products are awesome. Not cause of "marketing." God how much "marketing" does Microsoft spend....or Samsung....or ANY OTHER COMPANY. Why aren't there many MS fanboys....cause MS sucks...and most people recognize it

And let me say....if you're sitting around criticizing and ripping on other people for what they like....you ARE unhappy. You ARE unfulfilled. You ARE bitter. Cause happy/fulfilled people just *don't* spend the energy being a troll Don't worry about Apple and iPhones dude.....go find your own happiness.

Newspaper direct has an app for the iPad called Press Reader. Go to the app store icon, search for press reader, download (it's free) and voila. Sign in and I think you'll have your existing sub added automatically.

Thanks

I've heard some discussion that iTunes will be opening movies/music all over Asia (Thailand included) next by the end of this month.

Also note, there is a difference between "Home Sharing" and "Airplay". If you want to access your iTunes library on your PC from the Apple TV, you'll be using Home Sharing. You can also access the library from your iPad. A couple things to check:

1) All devices must be on the same wifi network.

2) iTunes must be open and running when you use this.

Airplay is when you're viewing/listening to something on the iPad / iPod Touch, and want that song/movie to play on the Apple TV. You initiate this from the iPad/iPod. Play a song, or movie....and you should see a little box with a triangle next to the rewind/advance controls. Touch that box and you should see the option to play the media on the Apple TV.

Note you can also do this from iTunes on the PC. That box should show-up in the lower right hand corner of iTunes.

Also..."mirroring" is specifically displaying exactly you iPad screen on the Apple TV. Your iPad can do this, I don't believe the iPod can. Similar when you touch the box for Airplay, and select the AppleTV, you should see a switch to "mirror".

Is your PC and the AppleTV both connected up on the same wifi network?

How is it about the money? How does it benefit Apple to reduce sales of apps???

Again, it's totally up to the developer. They CHOSE not to make the app available in the Thai app store. They (the developer) don't want you to have it for whatever reason. Nothing at all to do with Apple.

There are reasons that some developers specifically cannot have their apps sold in certain country stores. There are Islamic countries that ban content. Even here in Thailand there are strict LM laws. Do you want a million Chinese language apps filling up the top 50 on app rankings? No...silly and ludicrous to only have 1 app store. I doubt any developer would for an instant consider that a better option.

App developers are totally free to choose where their apps are available. As it should be.

Btw, its not a limitation from Apple. The developer of the app specifically did not allow the app in the Thai app store. It's just a matter of a selection for the dev when they submit it. Perhaps try writing an email to the dev and asking them to please allow their app in the Thai app store.

If you're talking about AirPlay mirroring which is mirroring exactly what is on your iOS device's screen onto your TV via the AppleTV 2 I do not believe the iPod can do that.

The iPad 2 can however. Can you describe what steps you're taking to do it, and perhaps we can see where the trouble is?