Mobile Apps by Ken Torimaru http://torimaru.com No matter where you go, there you are. (with your phone) Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:04:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The power of introverts http://torimaru.com/2012/03/the-power-of-introverts/ http://torimaru.com/2012/03/the-power-of-introverts/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:04:12 +0000 Ken http://torimaru.com/?p=276 Interesting

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Sorry for the inconvenance and sorry it took so long to fix, it was a real mystery for a long time.

Ken

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  1. A superior processor that includes at least one core for graphic processing
  2. Stereoscopic camera like the Xbox Kinect
  3. Stereo Microphone for Siri
  4. iOS gestures will be read by the stereoscopic cameras
  5. A full iOS interface layer based on Siri and spacial gestures
  6. Apps and Safari

It may include a channel tuner and with that a web service for channel selection or maybe just a Siri channel search engine. Airplay,  iTunes and iCloud all will be extended and enhanced.

What it won’t be is a physical television set because your actual screen will still be good for several iterations of Apple TV before Ultra HD hits the scene.

Look for the announcement at WWDC 2012 with product shipping by Fall.

 

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JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) from Sherpas Cinema on Vimeo.

Very fun!

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Mark Zuckerberg and Charlie Rose

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11981

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