Apple TV

Apple has reportedly begun the manufacturing process for its long-awaited line of smart televisions. But there's a catch: as the first batch in what is sure to be a lengthy production schedule, these Apple TVs are only test models and will never be seen by consumers. Want China Times has the...

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Because it's fun to work with your competitors! Taipei Times reports (AppleInsider) that Stone Wu, a senior analyst with IHS Displaybank, has stated that Sony (NYSE: SNE) began mass producing in-cell touch panels last February. But instead of using the panels exclusively for its own line of...

Apple is reportedly gearing up for some big manufacturing jobs this year. But why does the company's leading manufacturer, Foxconn, need so many new employees? And what are those employees being instructed to build? The answers to both questions remain a mystery. But according to China Daily (via...

Just days after Foxconn's CEO reportedly revealed that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was preparing for the launch of its first television, the Chinese manufacturing corporation has released a statement denying the whole thing. "[Foxconn chief Terry Gou] neither [confirmed] nor [speculated] about Foxconn's...

It could go well beyond cord-cutting, hands-free controls, and voice-activated channel-surfing. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) television could, in effect, change everything. It might even have the power to change the world. How is this possible? How can one television transform the way we live? Let's...

Everyone's favorite Chinese manufacturing corporation is telling the world that Apple is, in fact, developing its own television set. The news comes from China Daily (via AppleInsider), which reports that Foxconn's chairman, Terry Gou, told the publication that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is currently...

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Hedge fund manager makes bold call on Apple's long-awaited television set. This week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook explained how each major product sells faster than the last. "We've now -- through the last quarter, I should say, which is just two years after we shipped the initial iPad --...

With the iPhone 5 an unlikely candidate for a summer release, speculation has shifted to what we can expect from Apple's next major release. It won't be a product from French designer Phillippe Starck. And it probably won't be the company's $10,000 TV set. But if not those items, what could Apple...