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Apple TV, AirPlay, and iCloud vs. Xbox, Smart Glass, and “to the cloud!”
Xbox 360, which retails for $196.99 at Amazon, was a tempting alternative to all of the devices mentioned in my previous post about going with Roku, even though I’m not a gamer. (“Xbox Live users are now watching more movies and TV and listening to music than gamers are using it to play online games,” AllThingsD reported in March.) Xbox LIVE has fewer apps than Roku but all of the major partners that I need. Oh well.
However, John Gruber notes that the data in this piece doesn’t say much about how Microsoft is faring against Apple in the living room.
