Joshua Topolsky reports for Engadget, “According to our sources, this project has been in the works long before Google announced its TV solution, and it ties much more closely into Apple’s mobile offerings. The new architecture of the device will be based directly on the iPhone4, meaning it will get the same internals, down to that A4 CPU and a limited amount of flash storage — 16GB to be exact — though it will be capable of full 1080p HD (!).”
Topolsky reports, “The device is said to be quite small with a scarce amount of ports (only the power socket and video out), and has been described to some as “an iPhone without a screen.” Are you ready for the real shocker? According to our sources, the price-point for the device will be $99.”

According to the report, the next-gen AppleTV will focus on cloud-based storage featuring instant-on 1080p along with an option to utilize a Time Capsule as an external storage component. Topolsjy warns not to expect the new Apple TV to arrive at WWDC, “but development on the product is most definitely full steam ahead.”

Read more in the full article here.

Source: MacDailyNews

“Jobs clearly wanted to make access to the electronic Times a big selling point for Apple’s tablet computer; the Apple CEO put the paper’s website at the center of full-page magazine ads for the iPad, and even shared the stage at iPad’s unveiling with a Times executive, who demoed a preliminary version of the paper’s iPad software,” Tate reports. “But Jobs doesn’t like the limited app the Times came out with, called ‘NYT Editors’ Choice,’ and his displeasure has been made known to senior Times Company executives, according to a source close to the paper. It has not been lost on said executives that Jobs and his underlings left the app in the shadows.”

Tate reports, “It’s easy to imagine what Jobs hates about the app: It lacks much of the newspaper’s content, even as said content is available free on nytimes.com. Users have reviewed the app with headlines like ‘Where’s the content???,’ ‘No content,’ ‘Content?,’ ‘Wow… disappointed’ and ‘is an upgrade with full content planned?’”

Full article, in which Tate reports that Times Company politics and/or an existing Kindle deal with Amazon might have something to do with the sparse “‘NYT Editors’ Choice” app, here.

“In its place, the phone will run a modified version of Apple’s A4 processor which just so happens to be proficient in handling 720p playback,” Hodgkins reports.

“It’s not a complete loss for Samsung considering it’s expected the electronics giant will be entrusted with manufacturing the chip, but no doubt Apple’s decision to keep mobile processor design in-house will effect Samsung’s bottom line,” Hodgkins reports.

Full article here.

Source: MacDailyNews

Coursey opines, “I find the tablet rumor credible. Believe Apple is about to get serious with a new Apple TV, and hope that Apple TV will make it out in time for Christmas.”

Full article here.