“During the same Goldman Sachs conference during which he announced first-week sales of Disney movies through iTunes [125,000], CEO Bob Iger revealed that he has seen Apple’s upcoming iTV device in action and that it has a hard drive, a feature that many assumed would be missing. He said: ‘It can also stream it live through the box to the TV or it has a small hard drive on it so they can download what you put on the device on your computer, on your iTunes, through the television set,'” Brad Cook reports for The iPod Observer.
Full article with more details here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “pog” for the heads up.]
By “has a small hard drive on it,” does Iger mean “in” it or “attached to” it via USB 2.0?
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Bobbo doesn’t know Steve very well if he let that little item slip.
MW: doubt, as in I doubt Steve will be very happy…
First post! I think we’ve got a TiVo killer on our hands. Let’s pass that damn 802.11n spec already!
Jobs probably isn’t happy that Iger leaked this info.
I hope he meant “in.”
I hope he ment in. Why do people find it interesting to post when they are first, and then half the time they are either wrong or have to post a second time to mention that they were first? It’s annoying as hell.
Flash Forward 2007
CEO Bob Iger was fired by Disney’s Board of Directors, on a vote of no confidence that was led by Disney’s most famous board member, Steve Jobs. No word yet as to who might replace him, but some are betting on Steve Jobs… or Senator Palpatine.
Oh shit…
Apple needs as much iTV press as they can get since this piece of shit isn’t shipping any time soon. It was probably a strategic leak to keep speculation going.
They want the world to know that they have nothing better to do than to reload MDN every 30 seconds.
This HD comment is great. Maybe it was a slip, maybe it was a planned leak. Who cares anyway, this thing is going to be like all other tech devices in that it will evolve over time. The thing I like best about it is that it really is just sidestepping the whole media PC concept by essentially making the computer a content server for the TV. Who wants to watch TV on their computers anyway.
MDN never sleeps…
Who cares if people want to put they are first. Don’t you have more to worry about then something SO petty?
It’s probably for those with a slow connection if it is indeed “small”. Instead of live streaming, it would be used as a cache to view files without lag.
It’s probably a flash drive.
um, the xbox 360 can do everything the itv will do already
“Why do people find it interesting to post when they are first, and then half the time they are either wrong or have to post a second time to mention that they were first? It’s annoying as hell.”
I agree.
First post!!!
I’m giddy with glee!!!
Mommy, Daddy,
They so proud of ME!!!
Look at me!
Look at me!!!
I’m FIRST POST!!!
a internal drive would make Fast Forwarding and Rewinding a lot easier…
Iger needs to learn Apple’s 2 Rules for Success:
1. Don’t reveal everything you know.
Jeffrey’s got it. PVR-ishness.
Scott Dolan is 5th
Brian you are 15th
In it as in it will be a Mini Mac as well…….very cool.
I think we’ve got a TiVo killer on our hands.
Ha ha ha, that’s a good one. Just like Ultimate TV
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If we can get this into iPods it will be sweet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5359724.stm