Cars 2 hints at iOS 5 Speech Technology

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I just saw Cars 2, and yeah, um, it’s not my favorite Pixar movie, sorry Mr. Lasseter! That being said, the art direction was terrific! I enjoyed the design of not only the terrain, but also the artictecture elements carried automotive styling. Very nice.

Anyway, back to this post… Throughout the movie of Cars 2, I kept hearing “everything has voice activation nowadays” or something to that affect. And it reminded me of the rumors that Apple bought a speech recognition technology company, Siri. And then, of course, the many other rumors of iOS5 Speech Recognition found all over the web, here, here, and here.

So, not that it needs to be said, but it’s pretty clear that Apple is going to come out with something automated and speech-based. Great! I certainly want to be able to access my Maps App while driving without having to, um, pull over and enter in the address.

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Itunes Extras on Apple TV 2nd Gen, and iPad

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Okay, so, I had a bit of a rant about how iTunes Extras do not play on my Mac Mini and Apple Display. I still don’t know why they won’t play on iPad or Apple TV (well, I have a clue – the interface is HTML). But I do want to offer a “solution” on how to view the iTunes Extras on an iPad and on an Apple TV 2nd Generation.

This “solution” is not really a direct answer to the problem. Rather, it’s a technical way to load these videos out of the iTunes Extras file package, and into iTunes (again). These newly loaded videos can then be synched onto your iPad (1 or 2) and also can be streamed to your Apple TV 2nd Gen.

Alright… you ready? Just follow the gallery of images below.

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Find your iTunes Extras in your library, and right-click to then choose "Show In Finder"

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And there you have it! Now you can watch your iTunes Extras content for viewing. But being all things Apple, this is not much of a direct answer. Just a work around, if that.

Enjoy!