Damn you , Apple , I was about to take a Napoleon ! Apple just unveiled the Airport Express with AirTunes , a plug - mounted mini version of their democratic Airport Extreme 802.11 g al-Qa’ida place that up the digital hub ante with the simple addition of an eighth - inch stereo out that turns the Airport Express into a streaming music electric receptacle that interfaces seamlessly with iTunes . peradventure I ’m not excuse this so well : punch in an Airport Express , seize it to any stereoscopic picture ( or powered speakers ) , and automagically pelt iTunes medicine anywhere in your sign .
you may already do similar things with devices like the Roku Soundbridge , for representative , but the addition of the simple $ 129 equipment from Apple is noted . There ’s also a Firewire USB port ( and Ethernet , obviously ) on there that might be useful in the future . The Airport Express can also serve as a wireless bridge for easy extend the range of your exist 802.11 g connection . And since AirTunes works via iTunes , it front like an update ( version 4.6 ) is just around the corner ( between now and the mid - July launch date , for sure ) .
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Update : More links , plus there ’s a rumor go around that this may only work with other Airports as a repeater , and not with any sometime 802.11 thousand networks . We ’ll see . Also , iTunes to be updated later today .
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Update update : MacWorld is say the iTunes update wo n’t be out until later this week , and are implying that the Airport Express should work just all right as a repeater with non - Airport WiFi ( I would be very surprised if it did n’t ) .
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