No Apple Television-Related Event Scheduled for Next Month

[charlituna]

Originally Posted by Peace

Dalrymple is at the top of the heap.

yep. double when he's negating an analyst wild guesses.

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Originally Posted by rhaezorblue

Has he said when he thinks the iPad 5 and mini 2 are coming out?

No and he won't. He has too much respect for the company to make those kind of claims.

[extricated]

Gotta love those analyst's predictions.

[Zaren]

Originally Posted by BC2009

I called it this morning after reading Misek's various predictions. Citing "channel checks" for knowledge of a March event to announce an SDK simply made no sense unless he had some alternate meeting for the term "channel checks".

I called it this morning after seeing Misik's name attached to the story. Guy's nothing but a speculative fiction writer these days. I wouldn't trust him to tell me the weather while he's standing outside.

[charlituna]

Originally Posted by Peace

The iPhone came out in June. It was considered revolutionary.

but it was announced in January. Which, if one is using the standard calendar, would be Q1

[the8thark]

Originally Posted by Mr Fusion

Stop posting analyst predictions on MR. You're only encouraging such foolish behavior.

So someone from not from Apple says there will be an Apple TV event.
And someone else not from Apple says there will not be an Apple TV event.

I think I'll wait for someone from Apple to clarify this thanks.

[obiwan]

I was kinda looking forward to Developer Tools for AppleTV to be released. It would have been about time too. It definitely needs some more services adding (in the UK at least) like BBC iPlayer, 4OD, ITVPlayer, Demand 5 etc..

[Radio]

Originally Posted by Nunyabinez

That's the point. If Apple wanted to be informative, they could just issue a press release.

Here's what I imagine happened. Someone at Apple hears about BS rumors that are getting people excited about a non-existent event. Apple wants to shut it down but doesn't want to set a precedent by breaking their wall of silence. So, someone calls Jim and says "kill this - now." Jim posts "nope." Threat neutralized.

Apple doesn't want us to know any more now, they just don't want us to be pissed off because something they were never planning on doing didn't happen. I actually really appreciate Jim's terseness.

Okay.

[slu]

If only Gruber would tell us what he thinks, then all of Apple's unofficial mouth pieces will have "weighed in".

[ajvizzgamer101]

Originally Posted by Peace

The iPhone came out in June. It was considered revolutionary.

"On January 9, 2007 Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld convention"

and 3 years later....

"The iPad was announced on January 27, 2010"

and 3 years later...

"Apple TV event"

[Rogifan]

It's a real shame that sites like MR feel the need to publish Wall Street analyst speculations or research notes as rumors. The Bloomberg report about 100 people working on a watch is a rumor. A Wall Street analyst making predictions based on little to no inside information is not.

[unplugme71]

Originally Posted by komodrone

LINK POINTS TO HHTTP

editor probably suffers from stutters.

it's sstttutttterrss

[Nunyabinez]

Originally Posted by Rogifan

It's a real shame that sites like MR feel the need to publish Wall Street analyst speculations or research notes as rumors. The Bloomberg report about 100 people working on a watch is a rumor. A Wall Street analyst making predictions based on little to no inside information is not.

Yes, but why do they do it? Because there are people out there that want it. If we ignored these stories, they would stop, but we don't, so they won't. And if they did stop, all those eyeballs (and revenue) would go to the sites that did report it. Don't hate the playa, hate the game.

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Originally Posted by the8thark

So someone from not from Apple says there will be an Apple TV event.
And someone else not from Apple says there will not be an Apple TV event.

I think I'll wait for someone from Apple to clarify this thanks.

So some analyst with a terrible track record and obvious factual errors says there will be an Apple TV event.
And another person who clearly has insider information and a stellar track record when rebutting rumors says there will not be an Apple TV event.

I think I'll wait for someone from Apple to clarify this thanks, although it will never ever happen.

There, I fixed it for you.

[r2shyyou]

Originally Posted by WildCowboy

That's of course an overstatement. Some of them do get info...Ming-Chi Kuo at KGI for example has excellent information. Not 100% perfect, but pretty darn good.

Misek doesn't have a great track record, and we're of course adding this one to our tracking board.

Here, in case you missed any:

http://www.cultofmac.com/215736/a-hi...m-peter-misek/

And the article image is just too good:

[PinoyAko]

Originally Posted by Chupa Chupa

#MacrumorsCliches

Lol!

Back to topic:

This is my next in "to buy" list! They should release a newer version soon!

[jamesnajera]

Originally Posted by Rogifan

It's a real shame that sites like MR feel the need to publish Wall Street analyst speculations or research notes as rumors. The Bloomberg report about 100 people working on a watch is a rumor. A Wall Street analyst making predictions based on little to no inside information is not.

Pretty crazy, a rumor site posting rumors.

[benspratling]

Originally Posted by obiwan

I was kinda looking forward to Developer Tools for AppleTV to be released. It would have been about time too. It definitely needs some more services adding (in the UK at least) like BBC iPlayer, 4OD, ITVPlayer, Demand 5 etc..

Good thing for the moment there are SDK's for both Mac & iOS devices which can send whatever's on their screen over to the AppleTV. Though, yes, it would be nice to get a full-fledged SDK.

[SilentLoner]

Originally Posted by Radio

What a pompous jerk!


"Nope."

Seriously?

Someone has to check in their unjustified ego at the door.


Radio

Trying to be like Jobs maybe?

[jaw04005]

Originally Posted by benspratling

Good thing for the moment there are SDK's for both Mac & iOS devices which can send whatever's on their screen over to the AppleTV. Though, yes, it would be nice to get a full-fledged SDK.

Unfortunately, I think Apple for now is more interested in making lucrative content deals from the big players (Hulu, Netflix, MLB, etc) instead of supporting an App Store on the Apple TV.

And I highly doubt the "developer tools for Apple TV" would be anything more than an update to Xcode. It's not like Apple TV uses some specialized OS.

As rumors go, I was excited about this one.

[gnasher729]

Originally Posted by the8thark

So someone from not from Apple says there will be an Apple TV event.
And someone else not from Apple says there will not be an Apple TV event.

I think I'll wait for someone from Apple to clarify this thanks.

Apple won't clarify anything. Apple will either send out invitations, or they won't send out invitations.

[Tigger11]

Originally Posted by Steve J0bs

I wish there was a quick way to reference how accurate these people actually are based on past predictions.

Jim is 100% accurate. The rest all have worse track records.

[Fatalbert]

Apple NEEDS to push the Apple TV and give it 3rd party apps and BlueTooth game controller support!

[ShawnKing]

Originally Posted by Fatalbert

Apple NEEDS to push the Apple TV and give it 3rd party apps and BlueTooth game controller support!

Why would it need BlueTooth game controller support when it already can be controlled via your iOS devices - no BlueTooth needed.

[Fatalbert]

Originally Posted by ShawnKing

Why would it need BlueTooth game controller support when it already can be controlled via your iOS devices - no BlueTooth needed.

You can't really use an iOS device as a good game controller except for NES games. Third-party controllers would just cost extra to have AirPlay. Also, I'd think that BlueTooth would give better response times. The PS3 and XBOX 360 controllers are BlueTooth.

[Aidan5806]

Originally Posted by Peace

Didn't think so. This sort of stuff belongs at WWDC.

I figured the same thing because the rumored event was to discuss developer opportunities for apple tv's/tv sets. DEVELOPER. That shares some similarity to WWDC because it is a DEVELOPER conference. That being said, the apple tv as it is now would be the perfect device for destroying traditional console gaming once and for all. I believe that if apple release an sdk and app store for apple tv, that allows the remote app to become a developer designed controller, it will become the #1 set top bot ever by a massive margin.

[Rogifan]

Originally Posted by jamesnajera

Pretty crazy, a rumor site posting rumors.

I don't consider a Wall Street analyst research note a rumor or really worthy of discussion.