Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Video, Beta Beat
Ars' First Look at Joost
We recently mentioned that the Joost IPTV streaming video service had released an Intel Mac compatible beta version of their client. Now Ars Technica has put up a First Look and it looks pretty darn cool. While there are still some rough edges to be ironed out with text and performance, Ars reports that "the Mac client is a near replica of the Windows client" and "provided a good Mac experience, with no real navigational or functionality problems to speak of." This sort of thing is exactly what makes the Intel transition so great. It's hard to imagine that we'd be getting nearly as many of these sorts of things on the Mac were we still on PPC. It's unfortunate that owners of PPC Macs are shut out, but perhaps they can console themselves with the thought that now they have yet another good reason to upgrade! Unfortunately, the Joost service is still closed to new users (though you can register for an invite). I've been waiting for a while, but reports like this make me that much more eager to get one so I try it out for myself.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mitch said 8:16AM on 2-22-2007
I have Joost as I was lucky enough to get invited (no I don't have any invites yet)...it is really cool! It is a fun application to use and I think they really did give it a good mac feel.
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Seb_b said 9:42AM on 2-22-2007
Mat_lu, if you wanna try Joost, just ping.
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Paul Rivon said 9:55AM on 2-22-2007
I'm looking to try if anyone has a spare token.
paul.rivon@yahoo.com
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Lance Anders said 10:28AM on 2-22-2007
I'm looking for an invite too.
lancejanders@gmail.com
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Per Kristian said 11:06AM on 2-22-2007
I'm looking for an invite too.
perkristian1991 (@) gmail.com
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Bernd said 11:13AM on 2-22-2007
I´m looking for an invite too
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Bernd said 11:16AM on 2-22-2007
I´m looking for an invite too
macbernd@hush.com
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Gym said 11:31AM on 2-22-2007
Meeeeeee too
Jim.WardlawGmail.com
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Seb_b said 12:01PM on 2-22-2007
Ok guys, i'll send you an invitation each. But after that, no more.... ;) Offer still opened for Mat_Lu, though.
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patrick said 12:25PM on 2-22-2007
any more invites left? please?
jonnypolite (at) Comcast.net
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Daniel said 12:28PM on 2-22-2007
Meee tooooo :)
h.d at freemail.hu
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Dane Omazic said 12:39PM on 2-22-2007
i am looking for a token as well
samo_tvoj @ hotmail.com
thank you
dane
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devin said 1:39PM on 2-22-2007
I would be very happy with an invite as well.
devinpeck @ gmail.com
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Erik said 6:15PM on 2-22-2007
I'd love a token/invite as well!!!!
spoke@writeme.com
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Asher said 1:52PM on 2-22-2007
If anyone happens to have an invite...
firestar129@gmail.com
Cheers!
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Jim Sowden said 2:51PM on 2-22-2007
Any spare invites:
jim.sowden@gmail.com
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Mark D. said 3:21PM on 2-22-2007
I'm quite impressed by the similarity in performance and feel with the Mac client. The overall style fits in either OS environment, but I feel it syncs well with OS X, the vector-clean edges of menus looking particularly nice on my MBP's screen. I do look forward to a PPC release as I'd be interested in seeing the requirements for it. I have an old G3 PowerMac I would like to find a good use for (and barring the fact that the current minimum is 1GHz for Joost) I think streaming a media center would be fine.
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eric said 3:51PM on 2-22-2007
Eric Chiu
me@ericchiu.co.uk
count me in!
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matt said 4:00PM on 2-22-2007
mattyg333@gmail.com
I'd really appreciate one, thanks!
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austinbond said 4:32PM on 2-22-2007
Please me as well! I signed up months ago..still no invite! austinbond at gmail dot com.
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