Let me tell you that this crazy tweak is still in its early stages. In order to accomplish the task of running iOS applications on the Apple TV, the software that powers the app launcher, the iOS Springboard, had to be rewritten, by developer Steven Troughton-Smith and TheMudKip. 9to5Mac covered this concept a while back. Heres the initial concept:
Using @TheMudkip’s MobileX window manager for iOS, and @chpwn’s MobileLaunchpad launcher to go with it, we now have multiple iOS apps running natively on AppleTV, without AirPlay
Another interesting rumor making rounds this Holiday season. Sharp seems to have been working to supply Apple with 32-inch and 37-inch LCD panels for its Siri-equipped HDTV. Manufacturers could begin building the new televisions as soon as the first quarter, DigiTimes said on Tuesday, and a public launch could occur in the second or third quarter next year. Samsung reportedly began building chips for the “iTV’ devices in November, too.
The Wall Street Journal said earlier this month that Apple was already beginning to pitch the voice-controlled TV to top media executives and an article in The New York Timesrecently said that Apple will “absolutely” launch a TV with Siri-powered voice controls that will replace the remote.
Tuesday’s report is in line with an earlier report from an analyst that also said Sharp will provide the displays and that a mid-2012 launch is possible.
Steve Jobs had hinted another Apple invention before he passed away in the Walter Isaacson Bio - ‘iTV’. 9to5Mac shared a few mockups of an artist named Guilherme M. Schasiepen. Check it out below:
