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Salty · Dec 20, 2012, 11:37 PM

iQuad.

Thoughts?

Waragainstsleep · Dec 21, 2012, 01:23 AM

Not sure I get it.

ShortcutToMoncton · Dec 21, 2012, 02:42 AM

I know I'm pulling a freudling here, but I just can't see Apple getting into the TV market. I don't know; it seems like such a high-volume, high-turnover, low-margin business. I suppose the rest of their products are also in the same spot, but in the case of the iProducts they at least differentiated themselves from the existing market and created a "must-have" product.

I still see a small, elegant set-top box being the best solution; basically, a more-powerful AppleTV in the iPad/iPhone price range that everyone can use, because it hooks up to an existing TV via HDMI etc. It's the natural evolution of the "Smart TV" that's been happening over the past few years. There's a huge existing market, and to date no one has managed to get the GUI or the process itself quite right (or content providers on-board).

I may be biased, however. I've been looking for this thing for years.

Waragainstsleep · Dec 21, 2012, 03:25 AM

I can see them taking share from B&O, and they are a better known brand so they'll grow that sector too, but the set top box will be the big seller. That said it hinges on content and the networks are all terrified that Apple will destroy them. Which they probably should.

mattyb · Dec 21, 2012, 07:55 AM

Smart TV, internet connection, iTunes integration, with iKeyboard and that Samsung thingy where you can swipe your photos from your phone to the TV. I can really see Apple going for this in a big way.

iQuad just doesn't have that Apple 'something'.

exca1ibur · Dec 21, 2012, 08:35 AM

I hope there is NEVER another i named product ever. It's so dated now, they need to start coming up with real product names, IMO. Also, Sharp already has the SmartTV name.

Uncle Skeleton · Dec 21, 2012, 08:37 AM

I wish the Apple browser had been called iBrowse. The icon would be eyebrows.

osiris · Dec 21, 2012, 09:13 AM

AppleCoreTV

imitchellg5 · Dec 21, 2012, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

iQuad.
Thoughts?

Is that a joke? I can't tell.

cgc · Dec 21, 2012, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton

I wish the Apple browser had been called iBrowse. The icon would be eyebrows.

iBrowse was my favorite web browser for the Amiga computer; it debuted in 1996 and is still in use.

Regarding an Apple-branded TV: not sure I see the point of making a TV unless it was essentially a 52" iMac but I'd love to see Apple do something more with AppleTV and make it more XBMC-like.

mattyb · Dec 22, 2012, 09:18 AM

Oracle was using 'i' for their database product in 2003. Then there was 'g' for Grid and the next version is going to have 'c' for cloud as part of the name.

Salty · Dec 22, 2012, 09:49 AM

Like as in quadrilateral. Essentially the iSquare. It's unique enough to become it's own thing like iPod did, but it does make sense as well.

imitchellg5 · Dec 22, 2012, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

Like as in quadrilateral. Essentially the iSquare. It's unique enough to become it's own thing like iPod did, but it does make sense as well.

Are you high?

Uncle Skeleton · Dec 22, 2012, 10:34 AM

I agree that "television" or "tv" is a stupid and archaic name for something so well-used. It is ripe for a company to rebrand it like "kleenex" for tissues and "xerox" and yes "ipod." iQuad does rhyme with "iPod." And "iPod" itself was pretty boring without the device to make it stick. I think the success of the name depends entirely on having a good product. If the first Apple TV had been as big a hit as the iPod, people would be calling TVs "Apples" by now, like they call generic mp3 players "ipods" (sometimes). Picking the actual name is just an exercise in not screwing up, IMO. As long as it's not iCrap or iCrash, one name is as good as the next.

subego · Dec 22, 2012, 10:45 AM

I don't see "TV" dropping out of use. It's like "dialing" a phone, we're stuck with it.

turtle777 · Dec 22, 2012, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

iQuad.
Thoughts?

Dumb.

-t

Uncle Skeleton · Dec 22, 2012, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by subego

I don't see "TV" dropping out of use. It's like "dialing" a phone, we're stuck with it.

The way dumb words like TV drop out of use is for someone to take the opportunity to do it while they reinvent what the device does. Like the iPhone reinvented smart phones, some people will call a smart phone an iPhone (though it's not really common). So yes, if no one reinvents how we watch TV (or if it's gradual like it's been doing, thus no one "doing" it all at once), the old (terrible) name won't be going anywhere. I'm just thinking that there is still a chance for someone to grab the opportunity to make it otherwise.

abbaZaba · Dec 23, 2012, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

iQuad.
Thoughts?

pretty awful