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According to reports on VentureBeat Apple are working on a digital television which will be powered by the iOS operating system. They claim sources in Silicon Valley.
VentureBeat say they have interviewed sources who confirm the news, although it seems to be just a ‘rumour' rather than anything confirmed.
Apple have already built up experience with their AppleTV product and they have deals and partnerships in place with tv and movie networks. With a strong content library already in place and a fast, easy to use operating system which has been developed strongly over years, it would make sense.
Venture capitalist Stewart Alsop has said that the cost of LCD screens will be a slight problem, due to the cost involved. He does predict however that it won't be long before a 15 inch or 19 inch touchscreen television running iOS could be made available at reasonable cost, perhaps even in time for Q4 2012.
Dylan Tweney at Venturebeat says “More importantly, iOS will enable Apple to transform the television into something that doesn’t just show videos, but also plays games, runs apps, lets you check your schedule and tweet about what YouTube movie you happen to watching at that moment.
And it could tie seamlessly into other Apple devices, like the iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air, giving the company an enviable full-circle consumer product line. ”
Kitguru says: An Apple Television with iOS. Something you would buy?
I’m thinking it would probably look closer to Apple’s current 27″ Cinema Display. Of course, its not really possible that it’ll be as thin as that, but the front should probably look similar, if not mostly identical.
I’m not really sure how useful a large TV would be as a touch screen seeing as most of the time people aren’t that close to it. Perhaps a small TV but even then you would probably want something like the LG TV’s that have the “wand”/remote thing for the apps etc.
A touch screen TV… that’s like going back to the dark ages before remote controls were invented.
“Watch HD movies on this glorious screen*” ….*if you can see through the fingerprint smudges.
I’d imagine it’s just going to be (if it ever exists) as a large TV with an Apple OS and integrated AppleTV + HDD.
I expect that they would most probably have what LG have introduced in thier new 3D tvs….. i.e. the remote will work as a mouse. Who knows maybe they have already designed a remote with gesture controls.