iPhone Video Out from Ars Technica on Vimeo.
iPods have had TV-out for years but the iPhone has always been left out. Now, however, the, firmware 2.2 has TV-out capabilities and it can send video selectively from certain applications.
Erica Sadun shows us the ropes.
The MPTVOutWindow class allows your iPhone to send its video to a connected TV rather than to the built-in screen. Intended to be used with movies, the unpublished class creates a live video feed that is sent out through the iPhone’s connector port. End-users will need to buy a video adapter or cable to use this functionality.
Well that sucks, that it not only did not come with that functionality and those features right out of the box and that you have to buy a freakin’ cable/adapter for it! My Nokia N95 and many other devices have had this as a default feature for movies, surfing and anything the device can display and comes with the needed cables right in the devices box (no need to be scammed for extra money or wait for stunted firmware updates).
This sounds allot like the recent blog/complaint about the annoyed user(s) who are tired of “beta” everything.
Apple, you so disappoint in your lackluster mobile devices. :( I’ll stick to your computers until you actually get them right.
What are you talking about? The iPhone has had TV out since day one. This is something different.
iPhone did not have TV out from day 1, it was added with the first (or second?) iPhone operating system update.
tv out was added to iPhone with firmware update 1.1.1
OK, but this post says “iPhone has always been left out”. Clearly mistaken. 1.1.1 came out in September 2007…