Here are your Apple rumors and news items for Thursday: Motion Controlled Apple
iPad, iPhone and HDTV: Considering that Steve Jobs told biographer Walter
Isaacson the Apple HDTV would have the simplest interface, its difficult to
imagine that the device would have anything but a motion-controlled interface. A
modern, simple living room television wouldnt use a remote control or a
touchscreen or even a mouse and keyboard. Those options are alternately too
complicated and inconvenient for the average living room. The only option is
gesture-based motion controls akin to those used by Microsoft s (NASDAQ: MSFT )
Kinect. An Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) patent made public this week suggests Apple
will use this technology. The patent, Real Time Video Process Control Using
Gestures, actually describes video-editing technology for the iPhone and iPad
that will let users gesture to activate recording tools , according to Apple
Insider . An iPhone owner, for example, could set his device on a surface like
any other video camera, get in position, then wave his hand to begin filming.
The technology, of course, could be applied to any Apple-made device for
whatever purpose without necessarily infringing on patents held by Microsoft.
iPad 3 Woes: Word is that Apple is preparing a new iPad for release in early
2012 with a new high-definition screen similar to the Retina Display screen used
in current models of iPhone. The new iPad likely would release by the end of the
first quarter, not unlike its predecessors. However, a Thursday report at CNET
said Apple mighthave trouble getting the iPad 3 out by then. Sources within the
companys Asian suppliers said Apple indeed is preparing a high-resolution iPad
whose pixel density is so high your eye is unable to distinguish individual
pixels. Making the screen is possible, but making them in the necessary
quantities might not be . Apples screen suppliers LG and Samsung (PINK: SSNLF )
would begin production of the new model in November, but the article suggests
that even with three months ahead of time, they might not be able to produce
enough of the HD touchscreens to fulfill the millions-strong orders necessary
for a strong product release. DirecTV Comes to iPad: Like Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA
) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX ) before it, DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV ) now is letting
its subscribers stream a limited selection of television shows on their iPads.
But theres a hitch. According to a Wednesday report at 9 to 5 Mac , DirecTVs
streaming app will not work on jailbroken iPads . For those unfamiliar,
jailbreaking refers to hacking an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch so it can run apps
and perform in ways not approved by Apple (though it can be applied to other
manufacturers devices as well.) The FCC declared jailbreaking legal in 2010 . As
of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the
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