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Calacanis: Apple to release networked HDTVs

Yesterday I spent a couple of hours here at the office with Valleywags's most cherished and adored tech celebrity, Jason Calacanis. Love him or hate him, the bloke's got contacts, and he confirmed to me that he knew first-hand that Apple was working on a networked television.

These LCD HDTVs will be fully networked, with the ability to stream all your iTunes content from your Mac or PC. In fact, Calacanis told me they'll function like a standard TV with an Apple Tv box, only without the need for the box.

In many ways, this isn't surprising news, as Apple already produces a stunning 30 Inch Display for the Mac. So picture that -- only thinner -- in a bedroom, streaming iTunes movie rentals over 802.11n, controlled with the Remote app on an iPod Touch or iPhone.

Apple has really gone to town with the iTunes Store, securing movie downloads, rentals and a massive archive of TV shows, new and old. Why would it sit back while movie fans go out and buy some generic HDTV to connect up to their PC to watch this content, when it already has the means to provide a complete package itself?

TVs are a huge market. What better way to extend the iTunes Store than by providing an elegant TV that seamlessly integrates with its movie and TV offerings? Apple Computer Inc dropped the 'Computer' for a reason, and I have no reason to doubt that this has been on the roadmap ever since.

Straight from the Horses mouth. 8Bananas has seemingly brought A2DP and AVRCP to the ipod and iPhone.

-Add Bluetooth® AD2P (wireless audio streaming) as well as AVRCP to your iPod or iPhone! Simply connect the BD-906 to the 30 pin dock connector at the bottom of the iPod or iPhone, play a song or start a video, pair your Bluetooth headset, speakers or receiver and your ready to go!

Features:
• Simply connects to dock connector of the iPod or iPhone
• Powered by the iPod or iPhone
• Compatible with ALL iPod models with dock connectors
• Compatible with the iPhone and iPhone 3G
• High quality sound reproduction
• Versatile auto-pairing with passkeys 0000, 1234 or 8888
• Independant volume controls
• USB pass-through for charging iPod/iPhone
• Compliant with Bluetooth V2.0
• Support A2DP and AVRCP

This supports:
• ALL iPods with dock connector inc. latest generation iPod Nano 4th, touch 2G and Classic 2G
• iPhone and iPhone 3G

http://www.8bananas.com/products/BD-906.html

QuickUnlock provides more options for locking/unlocking your iPhone. If your phone is locked simply hit the home button three times to unlock temporarily. After you hit the home button three times you'll be able to browse around your home screen for 10 seconds. If you do not choose an app or hit the home button again during those ten seconds your phone will re-lock automatically.

This utility puts your Phone, Mail, SMS, and Calendar apps on your lock screen above slide to unlock for quick and easy access. Just a quick install from Cydia and you can access all four of the applications mentioned above with a quick finger tap from the lockscreen. No slide to unlocked needed.

Google Released Google Earth For The iPhone. This App is Free So Go Check it out.

"First Class Jerk"

"Seems like Mrs Ari Gold desperately needs some lessons in how to correctly use her iPhone 2G. This gaffe was made in last night’s Entourage titled First Class Jerk. With all their money you’d think that Ari would have bought her a 3G version and paid for lessons on how to use it ;-) We have a member in LA, maybe we’ll send him over ;-)"

-iphone dev team