Welcome to the daily PC Scripts news, published every day at 3:00 PM! Quite a few rumors have surfaced on the Web recently. I have consolidated all of these things into one place.
Apple TV Refresh
It's rumored that Apple will be refreshing the Apple TV (rebranded under the name "iTV") on September 1st, along with some other products. The iTV refresh is said to replace the horribly slimmed down interface with iOS! It's also rumored that the iTV will come with a USB camera that can be attached to a TV like a Wii Sensor Bar, enabling FaceTime conversations on your TV.
The processor that would be used to make all of this possible is disputed. Some people say Apple is going to use an even more powerful version of their A4 processor. Other say Apple is going to use AMD's new Fusion APU chip. This chip is not just an extremely powerful CPU; it's also a very advanced GPU! Still others say Apple isn't going to refresh the Apple TV at all! Apple is currently trying to make deals with TV studios to reduce the price of TV episodes on iTunes from $1.99 per episode to just $0.99 per episode. This is probably to make iTV more attractive pricewise than cable TV. Also, because iTV is rumored to run iOS, it could push iOS game developers to the console market.
Apple September Event
Yesterday, Apple announced that it's holding its traditional September event on September 1st, a whole week earlier than last year. Anticipated is the refreshed Apple TV, a second generation iPad, a new iPod Touch with a camera, some updated iPods, iTunes 10.0 and iOS 4.1.
iPad sales have exploded! Because of the over 3,000,000 iPads sold (Sales figures from Wikipedia), the rumors of a second generation iPad are no surprise. Possible features are a camera and voice & FaceTime calls. If that's the case, it's not going to be worth $500 to upgrade if you already own an iPad.
When the third generation iPod Touch came out, everyone was disappointed that it didn't have a camera. It was even opened up and pictures showed that there was a space for a camera. This time, Apple might add a camera. If this happens, Apple might add FaceTime using email addresses or the Apple Game Center. The form factor of the iPod Touch could be changed to match the iPhone 4. The new iPod Touch might also have a Retina display. The processor that will make this possible will probably be the Apple A4 processor.
The iPod line might be updated next week. It's possible that the sixth generation iPod Nano will be released that the event. It might feature more storage space and hopefully, a better microphone. The iPod Classic probably won't be updated because there isn't much about it that can be changed.
In my opinion, the iTunes interface needs to be updated. It is very bloated and has too many features crammed into each section. The interface needs to be redesigned. Syncing files between iTunes and iPads needs to be a lot easier. Also, there needs to be a way to sync iMovie files between iTunes and iPhones.
iOS 4.1 might enable FaceTime calls through email addresses. This is probably because Apple plans to add FaceTime to the iPod Touch, which doesn't have a phone number. It could bring iMovie to the iPad and iPod Touch.
Internet Explorer 9 Beta
IE 9 Beta is going to come out soon and I can't wait to see how bad it is! Microsoft Russia has leaked a screenshot of IE 9. It looks just like Windows 7 Explorer (file manager). That might not be a good thing. It makes all of the toolbars and bookmarks inaccessable. Oh, well. That's Internet Explorer for you!
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