Engadget has received a tip “which has been confirmed by a source very close to Apple” that “details the outlook for the next version of theApple TV.”

Joshua Topolsky reports for Engadget, “According to our sources, this project has been in the works long before Google announced its TV solution, and it ties much more closely into Apple’s mobile offerings. The new architecture of the device will be based directly on the iPhone4, meaning it will get the same internals, down to that A4 CPU and a limited amount of flash storage — 16GB to be exact — though it will be capable of full 1080p HD (!).”
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“Users have jeered The New York Times‘ main iPad app, but the newspaper is listening to one in particular: We hear Steve Jobs is among the app’s most vociferous critics and has been shunning it,” Ryan Tate reports for The Business Insider.

“Jobs clearly wanted to make access to the electronic Times a big selling point for Apple’s tablet computer; the Apple CEO put the paper’s website at the center of full-page magazine ads for the iPad, and even shared the stage at iPad’s unveiling with a Times executive, who demoed a preliminary version of the paper’s iPad software,” Tate reports. “But Jobs doesn’t like the limited app the Times came out with, called ‘NYT Editors’ Choice,’ and his displeasure has been made known to senior Times Company executives, according to a source close to the paper. It has not been lost on said executives that Jobs and his underlings left the app in the shadows.”
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“According to the Korea Times, which cites an anonymous industry executive, Apple will indeed discontinue its tradition of using Samsung-designed processors with its next iPhone,” Kelly Hodgkins reports for The Boy Genius Report (BGR).

“In its place, the phone will run a modified version of Apple’s A4 processor which just so happens to be proficient in handling 720p playback,” Hodgkins reports.

“It’s not a complete loss for Samsung considering it’s expected the electronics giant will be entrusted with manufacturing the chip, but no doubt Apple’s decision to keep mobile processor design in-house will effect Samsung’s bottom line,” Hodgkins reports.

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Source: MacDailyNews

“Steve Jobs has reportedly taken personal charge of the forthcoming Apple tablet, working to get the details right while aiming for a 2010 launch. Meanwhile, overtime in the Apple TV group, plus last week’s price cut, suggest a new model could be here soon,” David Coursey reports for IDG News Service.

Apple TV “appears on-track for a refresh. I am a tad concerned about the timing for this if units are going to be available in quantity in time for the holidays,” Coursey reports. “Sources tell me the Apple TV teams–hardware and software–have been putting in a lot of hours lately. How that translates into a ship date has yet to be revealed.”

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