I don't see this type of thread in the forums, so I figured why not start one myself. If you ran Apple, what would you do? I'm talking simple stuff, not "make an iCar." or anything silly. Something realistic, something that Apple would be willing to actually do.
If I ran Apple, this is what I would do...
Create 2 types of Apple TV...
One which is a fully fledged TV. It's HD, comes in no more than 3 sizes, and does some sort of revolutionizing of the way we receive our televised broadcasts.
Then there would be the the box that hooks up to any TV.
And the new Apple TV would be the newest contender run real iOS. That means an App Store, and that means games. And when I say games, I mean party games. games where anyone can take out their iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad, and use it as a controller to play the games. Now some of you may have seen the video of Real Racing 2 first iOS game with 4-person split big screen action via AirPlay. And if not, I'll post the link. The only difference is that the game originates on the ATV, not any iOS device.
Basically, Apple will be entering the console gaming market, without ever coming out with a console. Apple TV is a perfect device to do this.
And I think this feature would really push a lot of ATV's out the door at the stores. the 2nd Gen Apple TV would be able to do this too, except it can only do games like Real Racing 2 that need the game to originate on a device with an A5 processor.
Other than that,
I would come out with a Retina Display iPad.
I would split off the iPod Nano, to having one as a watch, calling it iWatch, and redesigning it to look a bit more like this...
http://twitter.com/#!/AErlenbach/status/123052178008064000/photo/1
running something close to iOS, but not quite. It has a camera, multitouch, records video, etc.
But that's about all I got as of right now. If anyone else wanted to jump in about how you would run , please post it here.
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If I ran Apple, this is what I would do...
Create 2 types of Apple TV...
One which is a fully fledged TV. It's HD, comes in no more than 3 sizes, and does some sort of revolutionizing of the way we receive our televised broadcasts.
Then there would be the the box that hooks up to any TV.
And the new Apple TV would be the newest contender run real iOS. That means an App Store, and that means games. And when I say games, I mean party games. games where anyone can take out their iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad, and use it as a controller to play the games. Now some of you may have seen the video of Real Racing 2 first iOS game with 4-person split big screen action via AirPlay. And if not, I'll post the link. The only difference is that the game originates on the ATV, not any iOS device.
Basically, Apple will be entering the console gaming market, without ever coming out with a console. Apple TV is a perfect device to do this.
And I think this feature would really push a lot of ATV's out the door at the stores. the 2nd Gen Apple TV would be able to do this too, except it can only do games like Real Racing 2 that need the game to originate on a device with an A5 processor.
Other than that,
I would come out with a Retina Display iPad.
I would split off the iPod Nano, to having one as a watch, calling it iWatch, and redesigning it to look a bit more like this...
http://twitter.com/#!/AErlenbach/status/123052178008064000/photo/1
running something close to iOS, but not quite. It has a camera, multitouch, records video, etc.
But that's about all I got as of right now. If anyone else wanted to jump in about how you would run , please post it here.
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