Will the AppleTV get FaceTime?
July 3, 2010 - Permalink - #technology #apple
I bet, at the least, theres a chance the rumored new AppleTV gets a front facing camera and FaceTime.
Why? They have the field in the tablet and phone markets. Time to explore new territory and do something cool (for once) with the device. Hulu Plus, Google, everyone is trying to change the TV. The time is right.
Jobs also has said he believes FaceTime will be on a multitude of devices by the end of the year. Why not the main household family device? Isn’t this how we always say video calling tom the future when we were children? Sure, maybe a camera in an entertainment system may be awkward—but thunk about this—set top boxes, as confusing as they are—are much more well known to non-tech savvy people than cell phones or tablets. My grand parents can use a DVR but would never even try to send a text message. This is how you connect people.
Top that with the recent rumor that two devices will have cameras at Apple’s September media event—probably e iPod Touch and what? An iPod nano? Doubtful—and you end up with an okay theory. We’ll see though. It’s just a thought.
I wonder what John Gruber thinks?
