The much-rumoured Apple TV is said to be edging closer, with sources close to the company's suppliers suggesting an Apple TV is at the testing stage.
The Wall Street Journal reports sources at Foxconn, which builds the iPhone and iPad, saying, "It [Apple TV] isn't a formal project yet. It is still in the early stage of testing."
The WSJ reports that Apple "has been testing various TV prototypes for a number of years, according to people familiar with the efforts".
Apple famously refers to its Apple TV box as a "hobby", which tends to be code for a product line that doesn't make the company much money. Sales of the device remain relatively small, just 1.3m in the last quarter.
Apple CEO Tim Cook however seemingly upgraded the company's interest in TV products, saying TV was now an "intense area of interest" in an interview with NBC.
The possibility of going head-to-head with the likes of Samsung in the TV market and having a more complete living-room product offering will no doubt appeal to Apple, but for now an Apple iTV release date still seems a long way off.
