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Apple Likely Filed 'tvOS' Trademark for New Apple TV in November 2014

Mad Mac Maniac said:
It's interesting how while Microsoft is moving to consolodate Windows 10 across desktop, tablet, smartphone, Xbox, etc, Apple is ever expanding int more OS's. iOS, OS X, Watch OS, and now tvOS?? Sounds very cumbersome... but perhaps that's better than lumping them all into one all-encompassing OS?
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ArtOfWarfare said:
It is weird. Behind the scenes (and to a lesser extent, in your face) Apple keeps merging iOS and OS X. As new APIs come out, they're identical between the two platforms. Old APIs for iOS and OS X have each steadily been getting rewritten to mirror more current ones for the other.

I haven't touched watchOS... how similar is it to iOS?
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The main two are:
OSX - Intel based Chipsets

iOS - Arm based Chipsets
Watch OS - Arm Chipset Extension - not a separate OS

TV OS - likely and iOS Arm Chipset Extension - But possibly listed as a separate OS in Xcode to compile to.

Then you have all the Kits - HomeKit, ResearchKit, HealthKit, iBeacon that work across all OS's

Microsoft haven't got 1 os. They have just named it all windows 10. They infact have loads.

Windows 10 Windows 10 Professional
Windows 10 Enterprise
Windows 10 Education
Windows 10 Home

Windows 10 Mobile
Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise

Windows 10 for phone

Windows 10 IoT Core

All of these separated by a break are separate OS's in order of features but obviously share a lot. But you won't be able to run a win 10.exe on Phone or IoT. They will need a separate compile and Win 10 proper has a lot more features that can't be used on the lower foot print ones.
 
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I just realized that TiVo should be a bit annoyed by this. Of course TiVo has a lot to be annoyed by and disappointed. I remember when I got it. It was years before it was mainstream. It was like having the super power of time control. It really came in handy during a certain Super Bowl party I through. You guys know which one.
 
I think the name is fine and now we actually have a name for the OS.

I still don't know what's the name of the current OS on Apple TV is - glad they gave it a name.
 
MikeyCopeland said:
So now we have iOS, watchOS and and tvOS. Do you think we might see OS X rebranded to 'macOS' in the near future?
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It used to be officially called "Mac OS X" but was re-branded as just "OS X" in 2012. (http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/16/2802281/apple-officially-renames-mac-os-x-to-os-x-drops-the-mac)

I kind of like macOS actually. The "X" has been cool for a while, but at some point it might have to move on to version XI. Maybe when iOS 11 comes out, they will also move to macOS 11.
 
HenryDJP said:
This will be my last post to you because proving you wrong is all I need to do:

Android OS names from the beginning to current:

CUPCAKE
DONUT
ECLAIR
FROYO
GINGERBREAD
HONEYCOMB (only exception)
ICE CREAM SANDWICH
JELLY BEAN
KIT KAT
LOLLIPOP
MARSHMALLOW

Yep, sure sounds like names any boy or man would name their OS if they had the chance. ;)
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I have eaten cupcakes, donuts, eclairs, froyo, gingerbread, ice cream sandwhiches, jelly beans, kit kats, lollipops, and marshmallows in my lifetime. In fact about half of them I've eaten in the past month or two. I am a man. Do these items make me girly??? The whole masculine/femine thing is completely ridiculous and abritrary anyway. Something that is different across cultures and generations. People think having a white phone is feminine? Since when was white a girly color. Masculine/feminine stereotypes will be going the way of the dodo over the next generation (or at least I hope), and I say good riddance.
 
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H2SO4 said:
Yep, and I’m going to trade mark every single one that isn’t taken right now!
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You know you can't just trademark something and sit on it, or "warehouse" it as it's called. For many public policy reasons, trademarks are a use it or lose it kind of IP. So, hope you have plans to use all of those in some meaningful way.
 
DudeDad said:
Isn't Tvos the name of a rapper?
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It is the name for the Tennessee Viticultural and Oenological Society. Hopefully Apple lawyers are at the ready for that legal fight. (this is sarcasm for those who are ready to get defensive).
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
It's interesting how while Microsoft is moving to consolodate Windows 10 across desktop, tablet, smartphone, Xbox, etc, Apple is ever expanding int more OS's. iOS, OS X, Watch OS, and now tvOS?? Sounds very cumbersome... but perhaps that's better than lumping them all into one all-encompassing OS?
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One size fits all has never proven to be a great thing
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
It's interesting how while Microsoft is moving to consolodate Windows 10 across desktop, tablet, smartphone, Xbox, etc, Apple is ever expanding int more OS's. iOS, OS X, Watch OS, and now tvOS?? Sounds very cumbersome... but perhaps that's better than lumping them all into one all-encompassing OS?
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You mean like Windows 10 Windows Mobile 10 Windows IOT.........
 
So how does this work? Since this trademark is held by a separate company, does Apple pay a royalty fee to Television OnStream LLC, or do they buy the trademark from them afterwards for a $1? How does this work legally? Because Television OnStream LLC would be obligated to protect it's trademark...so Apple can't just use it without fear of being sued.
 
I'd buy a new AppleTV if I could run something like Kodi on it because I have a huge collection of movies and TV shows on my NAS and I don't want to have to transcode anything just to make Apple happy. I use a few MyGiga Android TVs now and it's fine but Apple stuff seems better put together in many ways.
 
HenryDJP said:
I totally agree. I would be highly embarrassed to walk around town with a phone with a girly-named OS. "Hey, is that the new Samsung S6 Plus with the new Cherry Poptart/Sugary Lemonade/Goody Goody Gumdrop/Silly Sally Bubblegum OS installed?" :)

I shudder to wonder if Apple's OS's were stupidly named that way how trolled they would get by people here.
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Just for the record no one actually says or asks that.

Generally it's just "oh you've got the new <device name>? How do you like it?"
 
prowlmedia said:
The main two are:
OSX - Intel based Chipsets

iOS - Arm based Chipsets
Watch OS - Arm Chipset Extension - not a separate OS

TV OS - likely and iOS Arm Chipset Extension - But possibly listed as a separate OS in Xcode to compile to.

Then you have all the Kits - HomeKit, ResearchKit, HealthKit, iBeacon that work across all OS's

Microsoft haven't got 1 os. They have just named it all windows 10. They infact have loads.

Windows 10 Windows 10 Professional
Windows 10 Enterprise
Windows 10 Education
Windows 10 Home

Windows 10 Mobile
Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise

Windows 10 for phone

Windows 10 IoT Core

All of these separated by a break are separate OS's in order of features but obviously share a lot. But you won't be able to run a win 10.exe on Phone or IoT. They will need a separate compile and Win 10 proper has a lot more features that can't be used on the lower foot print ones.
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Actually Windows 10 mobile and Windows 10 Phone are the same
 
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