Jailbroken Apple TVs getting Last.fm and a browser, for a price

There’s something deep down inside of us that makes us want to believe Apple has some sort of app plan for Apple TV, and by “deep down inside” we mean ” jailbreaking .” Fire Core, the people behind the aTV Flash software package for older Apple TVs, has just shown off its work on aTV Flash (black), a port of its hackery to the new Apple TV. Basically, aTV Flash converts your Apple TV into most of the interesting parts of the Boxee Box , and we’re particularly interested in the “Couch Surfer” browser aspect — at least as far as it can fend off encroaching jealousy for Boxee and Google TV. Unfortunately, the current version of aTV Flash costs $50, and while $50 + $100 is less than a Boxee Box, you don’t have to hack the Boxee to make it work. Hopefully Fire Core will reconsider that price by the time it launches aTV Flash (black), and in the meantime maybe some white knight hacker will get something like this working on Apple TVs gratis . Check out a video of the browser and Last.fm in action after the break. Continue reading Jailbroken Apple TVs getting Last.fm and a browser, for a price Jailbroken Apple TVs getting Last.fm and a browser, for a price originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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