Joshua Topolsky reports for Engadget, “According to our sources, this project has been in the works long before Google announced its TV solution, and it ties much more closely into Apple’s mobile offerings. The new architecture of the device will be based directly on the iPhone 4, meaning it will get the same internals, down to that A4 CPU and a limited amount of flash storage — 16GB to be exact — though it will be capable of full 1080p HD (!).”
Topolsky reports, “The device is said to be quite small with a scarce amount of ports (only the power socket and video out), and has been described to some as “an iPhone without a screen.” Are you ready for the real shocker? According to our sources, the price-point for the device will be $99.”
According to the report, the next-gen AppleTV will focus on cloud-based storage featuring instant-on 1080p along with an option to utilize a Time Capsule as an external storage component. Topolsjy warns not to expect the new Apple TV to arrive at WWDC, “but development on the product is most definitely full steam ahead.”
Read more in the full article here.
Intriguing, Captain.
Well, this makes sense given the new server farm that is coming online.
That would mean future iTunes media at 1080p. But, will there be an API and app store for it? That would be the killer feature.
This is the device I have been mentioning and asking questions about, or sounds like it
I have wanted an ATV device, for streaming from your iTune library, controlled by an iPad or iPhone
My plan is to use something like that in a 36 room hotel I am building, all the rooms will come with an iPad, and I need a way to get iTune content to the HDTV wirelessly , and the existing ATV is over kill (storage) and to expensive
Ps , its a condo hotel, I am selling the condo’s, then we will operate as a hotel, with decent ROI, still got about 1/2 left
http://www.maknuk.com/
I’ve often said that Apple would have an amazing entertainment platform if they would release an SDK for AppleTV, and link it in to the AppStore environment.
Imagine what game developers could do with a beefy video subsystem and all that pixel real estate! iPhones/iPod Touch, with touch screens and accelerometers could be amazing Wii-like controllers.
Another AppStore boom for developers could be apon us, even as the iPhone & iPad booms are still going strong….
Would that mean the AppleTV software could become an APP for iPad / iPhone as well?
I would love to be able to watch one of my movies stored on the iMac G5 Media Server (stored in the basement) from my iPad in my bedroom, without having to get up to go sync what I want to watch to my iPad first.
How cool would it be to have an AppleTV APP on your iPhone/iPad! You could take that to your friends/family members’ house, hook it up to their HDTV and watch/listen to any of your content … though a smallish iPhone sized AppleTV would be pretty easy to transport too.
And if you’re a current Apple TV owner you get it at half price. Just saying’!
Apple’s first $99 OS X “device” with a A4 CPU. This is only the first of it’s kind with many more possibilities to come for use at home and on the job.
iFan: you already can with AirVideo app for iPad.
If so, and it runs Netflix like touchy does, then I am totally in.
The size of a dongle.
Wiimote-style control.
Option to browse library using iPhone & iPad.
App Store with games.
Hotinplaya
get rid of the flash on the site. Looks interesting!
Botvinnik: THANK YOU! THAT IS AWESOME! I had no idea that existed! That’s what I love about MDN! I throw an idea out there, and someone tells me how to get it done!
No thanks. I’ll keep mine just the way I have it.
Dollars to donuts the aTV 4 will be absent the mini PCIe slot.
My aTV already does 1080p using Broadcom’s Crystal HD chip and plays every video codec known to man. It supports XBMC/Boxee and it has off-line storage and a USB hub that includes keyboard and mouse. All controlled from my Touch.
I sure hope you all find what you need in aTV 4.
Let me give you first impression: BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! THANKS for playing!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but are any of the announced Google products shipping? Release dates announced? Right.
So logically, retard bloggers everywhere think Apple needs to mount a fast response to products that don’t exist yet by releasing no margin crap just to get on a bandwagon that’s gone nowhere for others and only been a modest success for Apple to date.
Or they could just keep updating the software on their current sold-at-a-profit device. Apple’s call!
Really, do we need another iPhone
Nano or iPad Mini? Oh right. That stuff isn’t real either.
@ Botvinnik
Yes, thank you!!! The DVDs I get from Netflx are ripped to my iMac, so this is perfect.
Please add safari kiosk mode and multi-gesture control. That will eliminate MS surface.
I’ve been using AppleTV for 3 years now, streaming my movies and TV shows from my Mac Mini to the AppleTV. I don’t have anything stored on the Apple TV itself other than the artwork, which gets stored there for quick access anyway. It works VERY VERY WELL.
Any improvements in Apple TV, and especially in its interface, would be appreciated, but I love it as a method for watching stored media.
The real use of the Billion Dollar Server Farm someone has been screaming about here on the comments? Yes please!
@C1 – Did you name your iPad “touchy?” That first post of yours is just weird unless that is the case. And if it is the case… it cracks me up.
Looks like it may be the GoogleTV box for me.
Oh well. If Apple ever adds a DVR to their box I’ll go that route.
Okay, AirVideo is super easy to set up and works great. Looks like I’ll be shopping for some big hard drives so I can rip my DVD collection and do away with the player all together. Looking at maybe getting one of these:
http://www.drobo.com/
@ aka Christian
http://chrissyone.wordpress.com/computer-lexicon/
@ChrissyOne
I have a Drobo and I’m loving it. Highly recommend it!
If this ATV4 rumor is true, though, how would I connect any device, other than a Time Capsule, to it?
MDN MW: “somewhat” dubious…
@ Britney’s Postpartum Sister™
Good question, but if it will wirelessly steam content from your computer and run streaming apps like the iPad does, I don’t know why I’d need to connect it to anything.