“Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc’s Web-to-TV plans — a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing — may just need to wait a bit longer,” Alex Dobuzinskis reports for Reuters.
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“Most expect that Apple has more groundbreaking plans for a future version of Apple TV, and for marrying the Web to the television, up its sleeve,” Dobuzinskis reports. “‘Longer term, I do think they have more ambitions in the living room,’ said Ashok Kumar, an analyst with Rodman & Renshaw LLC. ‘They didn’t announce it today, but we’re talking literally about an Apple TV, not a gateway product, which integrates a TV and a Mac. That’s a 2011 event. I’m not sure which other features it could have,’ Kumar said.”
MacDailyNews Take: Job specifically stated yesterday that Apple’s research tells them that people do not want a computer in their TV. Perhaps a TV and iOS would be the more appropriate marriage, if there is to be such a union; not a TV and the Mac.
Dobuzinskis reports, “Analysts said the ability to run applications on a TV-connected device would be a key development down the line for Apple… Apple co-founder Steve Jobs gave an indication of the company’s overall strategy by announcing Apple TV will stream content from iPhones and iPads through its AirPlay wireless technology. ‘The most important hint of Apple’s real ambitions in the living room come from AirPlay, which puts iPhones and iPads in the driver’s seat and makes the TV just an output device for the Apple ecosystem,’ said Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey.”
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