Digg founder says Apple iTV launch in September will ‘change everything’
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Anticipated Apple TV update seen as stepping stone for connected HDTV
Apple is expected to launch a new Apple TV in the coming months with limited storage, a lower price, and its own App Store, paving the way for an Internet-connected HDTV as soon as 2012. Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray on Monday issued a note to investors in which he reiterated his belief that Apple plans to launch a connected, full-fledged HDTV in the next 2 to 4 years. He acknowledged recent rumors that the existing Apple TV set top box will be renamed iTV, but said that the anticipated product update will only be a stepping stone to the eventual flat panel living room TV.
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Jobs calls Bloomberg story ‘total bull,’ says NYT ‘making things up’
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs publicly responded to an article that claimed he and other executives knew about the iPhone 4 antenna issues before the device was released, calling the piece “total bulls—.” Apple had already publicly denied the Bloomberg report on Thursday, but at Friday’s iPhone 4 press conference, Jobs offered more candid remarks on the subject. Jobs made the comments as part of a question-and-answer session following Friday’s press conference, which included Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook and Senior Vice President of Macintosh Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield.
Apple exploring new iPhone/iPad dock connector for multiple orientations
Future portable devices from Apple, such as iPhones and iPads, could be docked in both horizontal and landscape positions, via an inductive connection on the back side of the device for charging and syncing. Currently, docking an iPhone or an iPad with an official dock connector from Apple requires the hardware to stand in portrait orientation.