Apple iTV plans leaked, likely to have AirPlay and Siri voice control
Apple has revealed its plans to take over the world of TV, sharing its vision for iTV with some media executives, according to the Wall Street Journal.
So other than it being a super high-definition screen built by Sharp, what can we expect? Apple reckons its iTV future will be all about AirPlay, enabling you to start streaming a film on your TV and continue on your phone or tablet on the move.
It has also confirmed the future of TV will – as has been widely rumoured – be voice controlled, thanks to Siri, as used on the iPhone 4S.
Apple will also personalise the iTV experience depending on which user is watching.
Details are sketchy but it sounds much like the way Virgin’s TiVo box works, making recommendations based on what you watch. Apple's version will be more advanced, however, using all your mobile phone and tablet usage to assess what you like.
Sounds good but Google may well be able to do an even better job of this when it launches Google TV.
According to the WSJ, Apple's iTV will rely on wireless streaming technology to access TV shows and films, much as it currently does with iCloud and Apple TV2 – could Apple be trying to engineer a shift away from broadcast and satellite TV?
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"could Apple be trying to engineer a shift away from broadcast and satellite TV?"
IMO, that already happened with advent of YouTube. that's in fact TV of the future. what Apple does is, as usual, follow the trend. but somehow they do it in such a way that everybody thinks they are shapers of the future (they are mind shapers for sure
). anyhow, I can bet that what they'll come out with with will look stunning in your living-room, will be silly simple to use and will be pretty much idiot-proof.
Shifting away from satillite TV has always been on the cards since the internet was fast enough to stream media ( though not the case for all )
Content on demand is the future
Just go easy on the romours, its obvious that apple TV is going to be intergrated and it had already been pretty much comfirm Siri will be apart of TV sets and not to mention Airplay ( you don't need to be clever to figure that out )
Just wait to see what is actually comfirmed with the rest of the specs instead of all this guessing
It looks like it will be Sharp technology this time around.
Now, what Steve Jobs probably meant when he said "I cracked it" was that understood his own problem with TVs. That problem might be the feeling of being locked in place until the show ends.
Cheers,
Bernard
iTV? Does that mean Siri will be voiced by Ant & Dec?
Ah yes. A Samsung or LG screen wrapped in Apple design and thrice the price. Lovely.