“Networking gear maker D-Link Corp plans to start selling a media device to link televisions and computers that can connect to the fastest type of Wi-Fi networks, a company spokesman said on Friday,” Jim Finkle reports for Reuters.
“The D-Link media device will run on the same wireless standard as Apple Inc’s Apple TV and go on sale in time for this year’s holiday season,” Finkle reports.
“D-Link already sells these media devices, but they run at slower speeds than the Apple product, which is ahead of the rest of the industry. [D-Link’s media device] will sell for $300,” Finkle reports.
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Will D-Link be upgrading features with free updates like Apple? Regardless, we have an impossible time imagining that D-Link’s software and user interface will be anywhere near the quality of Apple TV’s. Although not mentioned in the Reuters report, the history of D-Link products (D-Link seems to take great pains to hide the issue of iTunes Store media-incompatibility on their website) would suggest that the D-Link device will not be compatible with TV Shows, Movies and non-iTunes Plus music purchased from the market-dominating iTunes Music Store.