Is Apple reinventing the AppleTV?
Chuck | June 15, 2010 | no comments
If you haven’t seen the all the rumors circulating about a redesigned AppleTV based on the iOS, take a look at this link. The question now is with it run Apps from the App Store? I can’t imaging Apple limiting the device. What remains is what kinds of things could you do with your TV powered by iOS. Here some speculation and wish listing.
- Reading my email on the TV
- Playing games. Now, can Apple invent a wireless controller complete with an accelerometer and and gyroscope? I’m looking for NCAA football!
- Using a word processor and spreadsheet. Easy to see on an 1080p screen.
- Google Earth and Google Maps
- Weather on Demand
- Netflix. (I’ve got to have my Netflix)
- Video streaming with iTunes sharing. (Hey, another reason to use Air Video Server)
- Shopping on eBay
- Shopping on Amazon
- iBooks for the AppleTV? This could be the BIGGEST eReader ever.
- Another way to play my photos on the TV.
- iMove of the TV? OK, I know… right now there’s not a camera attached to the TV, and why would you want to capture video of your kids watching the latest episode of Dora the Explorer, but how cool would it be to edit the movies from your iPhone on a huge TV screen. Who would want a to do this on a computer ever again.
- What if we mounted a video camera on the TV, could this be the best way to Skype, iChat, or FaceTime someone? How cool could that be.
- Hey, and there’s about 250,000 more Applications that could make it’s way to the TV if you can run Apps from the App Store.
If this device is a reality, and anywhere near the $99 price spoken about on blogs across the net, then Apple with have a hit on their hands. Well, at least they will after the usual suspects spend three weeks telling everyone why “<insert some other name product here>” is better and the measly 16GB of local storage and no USB port.
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