iTunes Creator Jeff Robbin Heading Apple Television Effort?
Jeff Robbin, who built iTunes and was co-lead in the creation of the original iPod with Tony Fadell, is heading up Apple's television efforts, according to a Bloomberg report.
Apple Inc. is turning to the software engineer who built iTunes to help lead its development of a television set, according to three people with knowledge of the project.
Jeff Robbin, who helped create the iPod in addition to the iTunes media store, is now guiding Apple’s internal development of the new TV effort, said the people, who declined to be identified because his role isn’t public.
Earlier today, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster issued a research note with several tidbits of evidence to support his long-held assertion that Apple is working on a television.
Rumors of an Apple television have been getting significantly louder since this weekend, when Steve Jobs' biography quoted Jobs as saying he had "finally cracked" the problems standing in the way of an Apple television set.
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Please no down votes LOL
That's what you probably said about a phone, a tablet and an mp3 player.
2001 Stick with computers
2007 Stick with computers, OSX and iPods
2010 Stick with Computers, OSX, iPods and iPhones
2011 Stick with Computers, OSX, iPods, iPhones and iPads
2000-2011 Apple grows to be most valuable tech company in the world by ignoring what you say :cool:
Why are you people putting a price on something that you have no idea about? You're not a professional analyst so calm down everyone...
A 46" 1080P Samsung TV will cost $1,099.99 after $100 Off, that's straight from the Costco website. Why not have a TV set that has Apple TV built in, and a built in WiFi Card for $1300? Even $1500 would be pretty freaking amazing.
Besides, the investment is not in the actual TV set itself, it's in the UI. I would definitely invest in a $2000 TV if it allows me to get my channels on demand instead of paying for garbage bundles that I don't necessarily need.