There’s no secret that SHAtter can jailbreak the new AppleTV, but once jailbroken, then what? Well, it turns out that the AppleTV is set up for installing applications according to Steven Troughton-Smith .
It’s widely rumored that Apple will open up the AppleTV platform and create an ‘App Store’, allowing developers write apps for the big screen. It seems almost inevitable that they will make this play, if not to compete against Google TV then to at least make the AppleTV a relevant platform; leverage against the movie studios reluctant to agree to Apple’s movie rental terms and who knows what else.
We will keep you updated. Stay tuned…