“Apple appears to be developing a ‘smart TV’ prototype, according to Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty,” Electronista reports. “The analyst cites ‘checks in Asia,’ referring to Apple’s suppliers.”
“What Apple might be putting into the prototype is unknown; Huberty speculates, though, that a completed TV might merge ‘TV/Video content, gaming, DVR, as well as other features like apps and FaceTime into one product,'” Electronista reports.
“Huberty argues that a smart TV is “potentially the next new product category,” and could give Apple an extra $4 billion per year for every 1 percent of the TV market the company takes by 2013,” Electronista reports. “The concept has regularly been proposed by analysts, particularly Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster.”
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