Once again, the long time champion of the Apple HDTV – Gene Muster – is up to his old tricks. In an interview with Bloomberg yesterday regarding Apple’s upcoming earnings conference call, Muster cited his old friends – checks in the supply chain – and said that Apple will be releasing a fully equipped HDTV […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Comments Off on Details on Apple’s 2013 product roadmap – new iPhone 5s and a whole lot more
Let’s take a break from all the hullabaloo surrounding Apple’s share price and alleged weak demand for the iPhone 5 to take a look at some of Apple’s upcoming products. Of course, Apple keeps its product roadmap a tightly guarded secret, but KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has proven rather adept at predicting future Apple […]
Continue reading...Friday, January 4, 2013
Comments Off on Apple and Foxconn reportedly testing various HDTV designs
With CES just a few days away, we are undoubtedly in store for a number of interesting new TVs. And for as much as the Apple faithful likes to poke fun at Samsung, it’s hard to deny that they simply make the best HDTVs money can buy. Of course, rumors have been circulating for years […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Comments Off on Customers are willing to pay a premium for an Apple HDTV – Survey
AppleInsider reports: The survey, by AlphaWise and Morgan Stanley, polled 1,568 heads of U.S. households regarding the “smart TV” market. It found that just 18 percent of homes have a smart TV, while 13 percent of respondents said they didn’t know whether their TV is considered “smart.”… “This suggests that Smart TVs currently available on […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Comments Off on Gene Munster predicts Apple HDTV in 2013 – This old song and dance again?
Like clockwork, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is out with some more predictions of an Apple HDTV, a prediction he’s been recycling for what may very well be 4 years now. Here’s how Munster anticipates Apple’s 2013 playing out: Munster’s revised thinking on the Apple TV release was buried in a note on his product […]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 6, 2012
Comments Off on About that rumored Apple HDTV – Not happening in 2012
Bloomberg says the obvious when it says not to expect an Apple HDTV anytime in 2012 due to Apple’s difficulties in securing content and licensing deals with a host of cable providers. Interestingly though, the report notes that engineers at Apple have been working on methods to “reinvent TV viewing” going as far back as […]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 25, 2012
Comments Off on Analyst emerges from meeting with Apple executives, says HDTV is unlikely in the near-term
There have been a tremendous number of reports over the past week or two all pointing towards Apple taking an increasing interest in the TV space. Most of the rumors in that regard have touched on Apple’s interest in rolling out a set top box, though there have also been some rumblings – yet again […]
Continue reading...Monday, August 20, 2012
Comments Off on New report details Apple’s vision for a set top cable box
The Wall Street Journal a few days ago reported on Apple’s plans, tentative at the moment of course, to release a set-top box capable of running live programming along with an assortment of other content. The Journal has since expanded on its initial report and adds some more detail to color in some of the […]
Continue reading...Friday, August 17, 2012
Comments Off on Analyst believes Apple iTV is already in “full production”
Hot on the heels of a report from the WSJ claiming that Apple is in talks with cable operators regarding a set-top box capable of running live Television programming and more comes a new research report from Jeffries & Co. analyst Peter Misek who turns the spotlight back on the long rumored Apple HDTV. Believe […]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 16, 2012
Comments Off on Apple exploring idea of set-top box; Cable operators not fully on board – Report
With all of the hype and discussion surrounding the impending release of the iPhone 5, we haven’t heard much of anything about Apple’s long-rumored HDTV plans. Indeed, while many previous reports claimed a late 2012 release was in the works, rumblings from the supply chain in that regard are conspicuously silent. But that’s not to […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Comments Off on CBS CEO Les Moonves talks about CBS content coming to Apple TV – It’s all about the benjamins, baby
During a recent CBS earnings conference call, company CEO Les Moonves was asked about his feelings regarding putting up CBS content on an Apple TV. He responded that it’s about the Benjamin’s baby. Or as Badger from Breaking Bad might say, stacking benjis until the rubber band pops. Look, Anthony, you’ve — we’ve had this […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Comments Off on TV manufacturers looking to partner up to stave off another market disruption from Apple
Even though it doesn’t officially exist, and even though it may never see the light of day, the rumored Apple HDTV apparently has some competitors shaking in their boots. And hey, given how Apple has disrupted entire industries with the iPod, iPhone, and more recently the iPad, you can’t fault TV manufacturers from playing preventive […]
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Comments Off on Gene Munster anticipates Apple HDTV before end of 2013