Interfaces with the television increasingly complex, a numbered television remote control buttons to be true that a more real value. As stated in a patent application published today, and deposited there over a year, Apple hopes to reinvent the remote control ... the elimination of the remote .
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Apparently designed as an application, and you guessed it, for the iPhone and Apple's iPad, the digital remote uses various common to dedicated TV GUI icons . The approach seems similar to Chromecast Google, which is also controlled using mobile devices.
The digital remote control obviously will go along with Apple's own device, the Apple TV. Currently, you can navigate menus or Apple TV with the remote control provided for the Apple TV, or the current version of an application called Remote. But the Apple patent seeks to improve current solutions trying to abstract the various platforms, such as smartphones, tablets or laptops.
Going a step further, the design could provide a perfect solution for the mysterious device that Apple is currently developing with Comcast, who claims to be a sort of hybrid solution of a television service streaming would work with the Apple case TV. And of course, there is the legendary Apple TV, which the company has been working for a decade.
Whether it's a new device or not, users may see a digital remote control from concept to reality when Apple finally announce a renewal of aging Apple TV. Or, Apple could simply push a software update that includes the new remote control interface with its current Apple TV.
However, these concepts generally take a long time to switch from paper to the real world - they still need to be adopted. I would keep you informed of developments, of course.
See also : Intel Launches Reference Design program for Android tablets
Apparently designed as an application, and you guessed it, for the iPhone and Apple's iPad, the digital remote uses various common to dedicated TV GUI icons . The approach seems similar to Chromecast Google, which is also controlled using mobile devices.
Going a step further, the design could provide a perfect solution for the mysterious device that Apple is currently developing with Comcast, who claims to be a sort of hybrid solution of a television service streaming would work with the Apple case TV. And of course, there is the legendary Apple TV, which the company has been working for a decade.
Whether it's a new device or not, users may see a digital remote control from concept to reality when Apple finally announce a renewal of aging Apple TV. Or, Apple could simply push a software update that includes the new remote control interface with its current Apple TV.
However, these concepts generally take a long time to switch from paper to the real world - they still need to be adopted. I would keep you informed of developments, of course.