Apple Television Set to Include Motion Sensing Control and Touchscreen Remote?

[sclawis300]

you're too old to understand and will never get it.

you couldn't be any more wrong. Also, when I am laying in bed I don't like my ipad shining in my face to change the channel.

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The public at large will not pay the premium Apple will charge for their* small capacity MP3 player. People want large storage for cheap.


The public at large will not pay $500 for a phone when they can get one for $199.

The public at large will not pay $500 for a glorified iPod touch

Who actually pays $500 for their phone? I seriously doubt that it is the "public at large".

I am having trouble seeing how the iPad is a glorified iPod touch.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Think KINECT and LEAP MOTION chaps - this is the way forward and Apple already build face recognition devices into laptops, tablets and iMac - it really is the way to go.

 

[hortod1]

Weren't there rumors a month or two ago about a smaller iPad in the works? Perhaps it's not an iPad after all, but a remote for this thing...

 

[lzyprson]

They're not going to make a smaller iPad just to compete with a Kindle Fire. The numbers indicate that Apple has very little competition in the tablet space. They never made an iPhone nano did they? No - 3rd and 4th generation iPhones are essentially the nano's people have been looking for (lower price points).

News of a smaller iPad is the biggest indiciation that an Apple Television set will come with an iPod/iPad-like remote control.

 

[spcdust]

I think the more interesting speculation is that Apple are finally opening up the current Apple TV to third party developers. Wether this is some sort of precursor to a fully fledged Apple TV panel is irrelevant to me as I'm more than happy with my Panasonic TV and will be for the foreseeable future.

 

[Pakaku]

We already have touchscreen remotes that adapt to the current and future ecosystem.

They include:
iPhone
iTouch
iPad

Well, until Apple decides not to support my iPhone anymore...

 

[kalsta]

Personally i think the advert is quite entertaining and fun!

Of course, it has a certain appeal to it. But seriously, their Facebook page says, 'Like this page to see behind-the-scenes footage of Seductive Motion …' These days they call that viral marketing. It used to be called bribery.

When Steve Jobs wrote in his Biography that "I've finally cracked it!" I can't imagine him meaning this:

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Ha, ha… I think that might be the family-friendly version of the Samsung ad!!

 

[theanchovie]

An analyst has to be an idiot to write that Apple would make an iPad sized remote, instead of using the iPhone, iPad, etc.

Okay think about it. Not everyone has a iphone, ipad, etc. So apple sells and expensive TV and requires you to buy another $300.00 + device. That makes no sense. They would be eliminating a lot of buyers right out of the gate. I think you owe the analyst an apology. lol

 

[radiogoober]

Okay think about it. Not everyone has a iphone, ipad, etc. So apple sells and expensive TV and requires you to buy another $300.00 + device. That makes no sense. They would be eliminating a lot of buyers right out of the gate. I think you owe the analyst an apology. lol

The number of people who would buy an apple tv without owning an iPhone or iPod or iPad is zero. Sounds like you have the intelligence of that analyst.