“It has been three days since the September 12 Apple announcement and I am quite surprised that despite the interest generated by the iTV announcement, few are talking about it’s most mysterious feature, the USB port which can be found on the back of the device,” Huibert Aalbers blogs.

“Some have speculated that it could be used to connect a keyboard to the iTV. That could be the case, if Apple decided to convert the product into a game console or an Internet device. It is possible, but I do not believe that Apple is going in that direction, for now. There are other kinds of USB devices that make much more sense, my personal bet is TV tuners,” Aalbers writes.

“If I am right and the USB connector will be used to add third party TV tuners, suddenly it all makes sense and we all get what we had been waiting for. I would be really surprised if Apple hadn’t planned that all along. Why not announce it now, then? Well, I guess that Steve Jobs is already preparing it’s One more thing… speech for MacWorld,” Aalbers writes.

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "JJ" for the heads up.]

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