ericburnby
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An Apple TV is such an obvious choice. It's funny there's an article talking about future products but no mention of the numerous other articles on the 'net where Jobs has discussed this in his biography.
- You take the iTunes model where you purchase individual shows/episodes you like instead of being forced to buy "packs" of channels from your cable company. There are no longer "stations" or "channels", just content to browse based on the "type" of show.
- You incorporate the existing Apple TV box, but give it more power and have it run iOS. This allows your TV to have Apps installed on it just like your other iOS devices. Instead of being limited to the small numbers of Apps you can get with certain TV brands (or even cable boxes) you now have access to a huge selection of third party Apps, which would grow tremendously as existing iOS developers would have another market to enter. You can also now play games without needing a console as the requirements for gaming are part of the TV.
- Your iPhones, iPods and iPads now become your all-in-one controller for your TV. You can browse your TV guide on your iDevice, set recordings, order shows and control your TV. For playing games you can use the iDevice as the controller (think Wii U). You can also stream straight to your TV.
Apple doesn't need multiple devices - they can do almost everything they need with a single one - an Apple TV.
- You take the iTunes model where you purchase individual shows/episodes you like instead of being forced to buy "packs" of channels from your cable company. There are no longer "stations" or "channels", just content to browse based on the "type" of show.
- You incorporate the existing Apple TV box, but give it more power and have it run iOS. This allows your TV to have Apps installed on it just like your other iOS devices. Instead of being limited to the small numbers of Apps you can get with certain TV brands (or even cable boxes) you now have access to a huge selection of third party Apps, which would grow tremendously as existing iOS developers would have another market to enter. You can also now play games without needing a console as the requirements for gaming are part of the TV.
- Your iPhones, iPods and iPads now become your all-in-one controller for your TV. You can browse your TV guide on your iDevice, set recordings, order shows and control your TV. For playing games you can use the iDevice as the controller (think Wii U). You can also stream straight to your TV.
Apple doesn't need multiple devices - they can do almost everything they need with a single one - an Apple TV.