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Next Generation iPhone to Support HD Video and Apple TV-Like Behavior?

Monday April 20, 2009 6:08 am PDT by Arnold Kim
A report from PhoneNews.com last week claims that Apple may be planning on integrating High Definition playback in their future iPhones and iPod Touches.

The phone site believes that Apple's recent clearance of Apple Composite AV Cables and Apple Component AV Cables are to make way for a new consolidated cable that will ship ahead of the next generation iPhone.

Apple will remedy this with a cable, which is known simply as the Apple AV Cable. The cable will function similar to the Xbox 360 Component AV Cable. The consolidated cable will support both component and composite output, allowing users to plug in to both HDTV and SDTV displays without the need for multiple cables.

PhoneNews claims the reason for this consolidation will be the incorporation of HD display capabilities on the devices as well as HD video output (720p and 1080i).

What this could mean is that the iPhone or iPod Touch could act as a make-shift Apple TV. They envision plugging your iPhone into an Apple AV Dock connected to your HDTV. This would then be able to stream video over Wi-Fi from your computer's iTunes library. This added functionality would skip the time-consuming step of syncing HD videos to the device itself and replicate some of the behavior of the Apple TV.

We're not sure what to make of this report though the possibilities are intriguing. PhoneNews.com has not been a regular source of Apple rumors and their last try wasn't accurate.
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talkingfuture
37 months ago
Could be a neat solution that is a lot cheaper than Apple Tv for occasional use or showing stuff on a friends TV.
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Airforcekid
37 months ago
If it could use boxee it would be a big win or stream hulu and youtube to your tv!
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tjcampbell
37 months ago
Sold!
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bigandy
37 months ago
That would quite obviously sit in the DO WANT category if true. :)
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xhambonex
37 months ago
Theres some good news.

But this is what my xbox is used for.
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JAWWC
37 months ago
Bye bye Apple TV for me if this happens.
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Airforcekid
37 months ago

Bye bye Apple TV for me if this happens.

The apple tv will still have more memory it would kind of be annoying if you have friends over and a private text message appears on your 50 inch screen half way through the movie thats why apple tv still would have a chance.:apple:
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blizaine
37 months ago
It would be nice to have "AppleTV" like ability on any TV in my house. I'd just buy a couple docks.
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dan-o-mac
37 months ago
It's not HD Video but you can do this already with Telekinesis.

http://code.google.com/p/telekinesis/
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JAWWC
37 months ago

The apple tv will still have more memory it would kind of be annoying if you have friends over and a private text message appears on your 50 inch screen half way through the movie thats why apple tv still would have a chance.:apple:


This is a good point, but you'd think Apple would make it so it pops up on just the phone and not the TV. It would be a bit more inconvenient, but for the money I could get for the Apple TV I think it would be worth it. Also I only use it for streaming, not syncing.
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