Tag archive: apple tv

Didn’t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week. Amazon, Viacom, Red Box, and Verizon all make plans to compete with Netflix With news of a supposed collaboration of Red Box and Verizon in the works, we examined what such a service might look like in reality and how streaming might integrate with those famous red kiosks. We… Read More

The rumors have been strong about Apple's TV concept coming to market in the near future, but like usual, we have nothing from the company to confirm whether or not those plans are really in the making. According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Apple has indeed been contacting component suppliers, which has led Munster to believe that an Apple-branded TV set could land in 2012. In a letter [via Forbes] on January 31, Munster told… Read More

Apple’s quarterly earnings call surmising sales during the fourth quarter has ended, and the outcome is as we all expected: records were broken and the company has reported its largest revenue period in history. Here’s a quick breakdown of where all the money came from. iPhones sold: 37.04 million (up 128-percent year over year) iPads sold: 15.43 million (up 111-percent y.o.y.) Macs sold: 5.3 million (up 26 percent y.o.y.) iPods sold: 15.4… Read More

According to a report by AllThingsD.com, Apple has already planned its first event of 2012, and it has been scheduled for the end of January. However, before you rush to put your iPad 2 on eBay, it's unlikely to herald the arrival of the iPad 3, or in fact, any new hardware. As with most rumors surrounding Apple, the story is attributed to chatty “sources close to the situation,” and they're describing the gathering as… Read More

Your Apple TV is already an iOS device, so why not make it act a little bit more like its tablet and smartphone siblings? A pair of iOS developers, Steven Troughton-Smith and TheMudKip, have come up with a hack that allowed a 2nd generation Apple TV (jailbroken, 'natch) to run iOS apps at full resolution, according to The Verge. It's not publicly available for anyone to use just yet, but the news should bring hope to those… Read More

Speculation surrounding the Apple iTV has continued to swell, and now DigiTimes says the rumored Internet television is on track to be released before the end of next year. “The supply chain of Apple will start prepping materials for iTV sets in the first quarter of 2012 in order to meet Apple’s schedule to launch the new display products in the second or third quarter of 2012,” says the site. Earlier this month we heard that Apple was busy… Read More

Market research firm Strategy Analytics has issued a new report that claims Apple has captured yet another market: TV set-top boxes. Strategy Analytics expects the market for TV set-top boxes to reach 12 million units this year, with Apple accounting for nearly one third of the market, or about 4 million units. The report also finds that Apple TV owners spend more money on movies and TV shows—although the numbers are surprisingly low for a… Read More

According to a survey conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, the research firm found that 30 percent of iPhone 4S owners upgraded from the iPhone 4. Since the iPhone 4 was released during June 2010, anyone upgrading to the iPhone 4S approximately 16 months later would be subject to the early termination fee issued by wireless service providers like Verizon and AT&T. For instance, the early termination fee on smartphones for… Read More

TV continues to exist in an eternal state of flux: Consumers aren’t quite sure where it’s heading and manufacturers are still trying to pull the right strings to get the next phase off the ground. But there are more than a few complications keeping us in this proverbial purgatory of television and streaming content. But change is going to come, and amid news that Google is interested in entering the cable TV business and continued rumors that… Read More

While Apple is clearly at the top of its game and Nokia is at other end of the spectrum, struggling to be relevant again, both have very similar problems if Apple iTV rumors turn out to be true. Both have to enter an already saturated market (TVs for Apple, smartphones for Nokia) and carve out a big enough share to justify the efforts of a global company. For Nokia, this is about survival. For Apple it will demonstrate whether the… Read More

Apple is making a television – at least, that's what it would seem, judging by the flurry of news about the newest mythical iDevice that has bombarded the tech news world over the past 24 hours. If the rumors are correct, however, the living room could become the latest dominion to be conquered by the Kings of Cupertino. The latest news out this morning is that Jeff Robin, who played a pivotal role in the creation of the iPod and iTunes,… Read More

On the heels of the iOS 5 update for Apple's lineup of mobile devices, Apple also quietly rolled out an update for the Apple TV. Version 4.4 of the Apple TV operating system offers AirPlay mirroring, the ability to wirelessly mirror content displayed on the iPad 2 or iPhone 4S and view the images or other type of media on a high definition television. Users will also be able to view other applications on the big screen including games… Read More

Recently, we learned that Netflix will soon completely split up its Instant Streaming and DVD-by-mail services. Netflix will continue to be the home for Instant Streaming and a new company called Qwikster, run by the same guys who have been running Netflix DVD rentals for a decade, will handle DVD-by-mail subscriptions. If you're like us, you're wondering what the heck is going on over at Netflix headquarters. While we'll be… Read More

ViewSonic has ended plans to release a Boxee-powered, high definition television as of this month due to a lack of consumer interest in the concept and expensive development costs. A 46-inch version of the ViewSonic display was previously featured at CES 2011 and was powered by the Intel Atom CE4100 capable of delivering 1080p HD content, HTML5, Adobe Flash and a vast variety of Web applications. While the television was previously scheduled to… Read More

It hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for Google TV. Not long ago it was reported that sales of the streaming sets were being overshadowed by returns, and that Google planned a revamp to regain some of this lost ground. Logitech was losing faith in the product, and it didn’t appear that Google was having any easier of a time getting TV networks on board. But Google TV will not be closing its doors—far from it. Former CEO and now chairman Eric… Read More