A source claims to have seen the fabled standalone Apple TV set, and it looks like a huge Cinema Display, if they’re to be believed. It also has an iSight camera built-in for FaceTime video calls, and Siri, Apple’s voice-activated virtual assistant seen on the iPhone 4S.
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FaceTime is set to fly onto your TV screen with iOS 5. iPhone owners playing around with iOS 5 beta 3 have discovered that includes FaceTime AirPlay mirroring.
The feature means with an Apple TV or other AirPlay-enabled device hooked up to the screen in your living room, you’ll be able to beam the image from a FaceTime call to it.
As you can see from the picture above, the VGA resolution of the iPhone 4′s front-facing camera looks a little bit blocky blown up on the big screen but an upgraded sensor for the iPhone 5 could easily fix that. Even without it, using AirPlay to create a FaceTime TV is just really nifty.
Code in iOS5 has revealed the Apple TV’s Bluetooth support is about to be turned on. So what? Well it means you’ll be able to hook up other devices like keyboards, mice, and even iPhones/iPads to use as controllers and to navigate menus. Excited? You should be.
Read on to see exactly why Nintendo should be frightened.
Facebook has teamed up with Skype to bring video calls to the social network. The move is part of a major redesign for Facebook Chat that also includes the much-requested addition of group text chat feature.
The Skype video chat deal gives Facebook a powerful weapon to fight Apple’s FaceTime and Hangout, the group video chat service baked into Google+. Read on for full details on the new service including promises that mobile and group video chats are on the way…
iOS 5 might not be due out until Autumn, but that’s not stopping the jailbreaking community. A tethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 is now available via Pwnage Tool by the iPhone-Dev team. In order to make your jailbreak a reality, you’ll need a Mac and a few key pieces of software. Shall we being?
Here’s an odd iPad 2 bug: the Apple Discussions forums are reverberating with reports that the iPad 2 front camera locks up when using the FaceTime app to establish a video call.
The bug doesn’t affect every iPad 2 but it appears to be down to an iOS issue that should be relatively simple to fix. According to iPad 2 user reports, you need to restart to unfreeze the camera. Hopefully we’ll see a fix in time for the iPad 2′s UK debut tomorrow.
iOS 4.3, which has been available in beta builds for developers for some time, is now official. The new build of iOS packs in extra AirPlay features such as in app video streaming, iTunes home sharing of media files, and to the relief of many, the option to use the switch on the size of the iPad as either the mute or screen orientation lock. Power to the people!
Apple’s new MacBook Pro just landed, with specs that’ll make your tech-obsessed head spin. There’s a new FaceTime HD camera, and a lightning-quick Thunderbolt expansion port. Read on for full specs and pricing details!