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Revamped Apple TV to include support for Netflix streaming - Report
Bloomberg reports: Apple Inc., preparing to announce a new set-top box that delivers video to consumers’ TVs, will include programming from Netflix Inc., according to three people with knowledge of the plans. The streaming service would be available on the revamped version of Apple TV, due to be introduced tomorrow in San Francisco, said two of the [...]
Continue reading...Kevin Rose says Apple’s iTV will “change everything”
Monday, August 23, 2010
Digg co-founder Kevin Rose recently put up a blogpost detailingwhy he thinks the upcoming iTV (formerly the Apple TV) will change everything. As a quick recap, here’s what’s been reported so far about Apple’s rumored Apple TV upgrade. - it will rebranded as iTV - it will come without a hard drive, and perhaps 16GB of Flash [...]
Continue reading...Rumor - Apple TV to be rebranded “iTV”, sans 1080p HD support
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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Engadget reports on changes afoot for the Apple TV: Apparently the box won’t be capable of handling (or enabled to handle) 1080i or 1080p video. Instead it will only push out 720p clips. The word — and cause for much internal debate, we’re told — is that this has something to do with the A4’s inability to [...]
Continue reading...Report - 7 inch iPad, CDMA iPhone, and new Apple TV on the horizon for early 2011
Monday, August 9, 2010
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Corroborating earlier reports regarding a slew of new devices from Apple, Digitimes analyst Mingchi Kuo reports that Apple is preparing to launch a 7-inch iPad with the new ARM Cortex A9 based processor during the first quarter of 2011. The smaller device will reportedly sport a resolution of 1024×768 and will include the same IPS [...]
Continue reading...Apple TV rumored to include support for $0.99 TV show rentals
Monday, July 12, 2010
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The Apple TV may currently be a hobby in Apple’s eyes, but Steve Jobs and co. are reportedly looking to upgrade the device in a major way. A few weeks back, a little birdie told Engadget that the next iteration of Apple TV will not only come in a smaller iPhone-like form factor, but that [...]
Continue reading...Report: Apple working on new TV hardware
Friday, July 2, 2010
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The Apple TV, which Steve Jobs typically refers to as a hobby, never really materialized into the business Apple hoped it would. But Apple is keeping at it, and a product leak back in May hinted that the next iteration of the Apple TV will come with 16GB of flash storage, an A4 processor, and [...]
Continue reading...Upcoming Apple TV: iPhone OS, Cloud Storage, 1080P HD, $99
Friday, May 28, 2010
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Just one week after Google announced its Google TV initiative comes word via Engadget that Apple hasn’t forgotten about its favorite hobby, the Apple TV. And not only that, it appears that Apple is ready to transform the Apple TV from an expensive and arguably limited device into a $99 powerhouse. Here’s the scoop. A tipster tells Engadget [...]
Continue reading...Tim Cook on all things Apple - iPhone, iMac, Apple TV, iPad, Apple retail stores and more
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, Apple COO Tim Cook met with investment bankers from Goldman Sachs and answered a number of questions about Apple’s product line and Apple’s future direction. Below are the more pertinent tidbits, with the transcript provided courtesy of 9to5Mac. We’ll break down Cook’s insightful comments in an upcoming post. On Apple’s role as a mobile device [...]
Continue reading...Apple mulling $30/month TV subscription via iTunes
Monday, November 2, 2009
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Apple is reportedly reaching out to TV networks and pitching a $30/mo subcription service for watching TV shows via iTunes, according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal. The report notes that the proposed subscription service won’t be tied to any particular hardware, and anyone with an iTunes account will be able to sign [...]
Continue reading...Apple exec puts rumors of cable-like Apple TV to rest, ups target for Apple Stock to $200
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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The New York based Investment bank Caris & Company recently met with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and came away with some interesting nuggets of info. In a note to investors, Caris & Company analyst Robert Cihra discussed the potential for Apple to add some cable-like features to the Apple TV: While some have wondered whether Apple might [...]
Continue reading...The case against an Apple HDTV
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
This past February, analyst Gene Munster predicted that an Apple branded HDTV was on the horizon. We expect Apple to design a connected television over the next two years (launching in 2011) with DVR functionality built in. These recorded shows could then sync with Macs, iPhones and iPods over a wireless network. The device would push [...]
Continue reading...Apple TV as a Gaming Platform - Why it doesn’t make sense.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Two weeks ago, Michael Pachter, an analyst at Weedbush Morgan, laid out a case that would see Apple transforming its just-good-enough-to-stay-afloat Apple TV into a full-fledged gaming console. Building on the immense popularity of the iPhone as a handheld gaming device, Pachter predicts that it’s only a matter of time before Apple makes a play [...]
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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