Apple TV was voted the Top 10 worst products of 2007 from popular mechanics, but does it have any hope in 2008? Could Apple TV be in the top products of 2008?

My Apple TV is a great solution for having parties, playing music and showing photos in my living room, but thats about it. I’ve had my Apple TV Since the end of march and I only have two movies from iTunes on it. I was happy with the quality and the speed of the downloads (unlike Amazon Unbox), but the truth is I don’t like buying movies. I seldom like to watch movies more than once.

Now that it’s confirmed Fox, Disney, Pixar and other companies will be renting movies through iTunes, could this revive this product from the worst to the best in 2008? If anyone can do movie rentals right, I believe apple can, look what they did with music. There are a few factors for iTunes rentals to be successful.

The Key factor, Will Rentals Be Available the Same Day as Their Local Video Store?

Having rentals available the same day as local video stores could make apple TV an instant hit. If rentals are available at a delayed rate such as on demand cable box movie rentals or Amazon Unbox then there’s little hope for success. (more…)

Gearlive, a pretty reliable source, claims the new upcoming iPhone patch will have GPS capabilities using cell tower triangulation with google maps.

What we can expect from this GPS?

Well no one better to hear it from than Google themselves!

Please note this does not work with v.1.1.2 or lower

On January 4th 2007 Apple filed a lawsuit against Think Secret concerning a product called “Asteroid”.

It seems the lawsuit has ended and unfortunately Nick Ciarelli the publisher of “Think Secret” will no longer be publishing for the site anymore.

On December 20th 2007, Nick Ciarelli wrote “I’m pleased to have reached this amicable settlement, and will now be able to move forward with my college studies and broader journalistic pursuits.”

I know many of us will miss thinksecret.com as much as I did. As much as I love apple, it’s a sad thing to do.