Linked by Eugenia Loli on Mon 24th Oct 2011 20:05 UTC
Appleinsider writes: "An anticipated Apple high-definition television set, complete with iOS features including Siri voice commands, FaceTime video chat and access to the App Store, would be a strong product in a massive $100 billion market, according to a new analysis." Last year I explained my vision of a smart TV too (read the comment), and my ideas were pretty much the same thing AppleInsider discusses about today. Back then I was almost laughed at by most OSNews residents for these ideas. I have the feeling that the people who then found my ideas ridiculous, they'll now find a possible Apple smart TV "natural" and "revolutionary".
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RE: They have plenty of reasons...
by Eugenia on Mon 24th Oct 2011 20:43
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RE[2]: They have plenty of reasons...
by bowkota on Tue 25th Oct 2011 12:16
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So, I personally believe that within 10 years time, every major electronic device will run a smart OS. Most of these devices would be interconnected on the home network, and they will expose special info that your main controlling device, e.g. a tablet, or a smartphone, will "understand" and build a GUI for it, on the fly. The electronics needed for it would be cheap.
I never read that article but this is something I have also been saying for years now and I think any intelligent tech savvy person sees a future of the kind. The important question is how fast do we get there?
One reason I was a big proponent of the iPhone and iPad (not only when they where announced and then heavily criticised but even before that, when they were just notions) is that they will help us get there faster.
How would the mobile phone industry be today if it weren't for the iPhone? 2012 will give us some great Android Tablets (and maybe Windows 8). Would that be the case if it weren't for the iPad ???
Apple won't be the only ones to offer such an integrated experience in the future, there will be plenty of alternatives, better in some ways, worse in others. However, one reason we got there will be because of Apple.
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... but all of them are dwarfed the by opportunity to piss Samsung off even more.
What's next, i(vacuum)Cleaner?
Edited 2011-10-24 20:40 UTC