Analyst: Apple still debating native apps for next-gen Apple TV (iTV)

“There is still ‘some debate’ at Apple as to what kind of apps the rumored Apple TV successor — the iTV — will run, according to sources quoted by Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu,” MacNN reports.

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“The device is expected to run iOS, and use an ARM-based processor like the iPad and the iPhone 4,” MacNN reports. “It should also support apps, but the company is said to be conflicted over allowing iPhone and/or iPad apps, or just ones meant for the iTV.”

MacNN reports, “As for a release date, supply chain and industry sources are said to hint that the iTV could ship during the holiday season, or else in the first half of 2011.”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]