Apple TV Hacks » bell http://www.appletvhacks.net Get more from your shiny box of joy Fri, 17 May 2013 20:55:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Rogers and Bell already have the Apple iTV in their labs, controlled with Siri and hand gestures http://www.appletvhacks.net/2012/02/07/rogers-and-bell-already-have-the-apple-itv-in-their-labs-controlled-with-siri-and-hand-gestures/ http://www.appletvhacks.net/2012/02/07/rogers-and-bell-already-have-the-apple-itv-in-their-labs-controlled-with-siri-and-hand-gestures/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:22:47 +0000 tomek http://www.appletvhacks.net/?p=1717 Visit What's on iPhone for the best iPad and iPhone app reviews!
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According to Globe and Mail, Canada’s largest telecommunications companies – Rogers and Bell – are in talks with Apple to become Canadian launch partners for its Apple iTV. “They’re not closed to doing it with one [company] or doing it with two,” said one source who is familiar with the talks. “They’re looking for a partner. They’re looking for someone with wireless and broadband capabilities,” reports Globe and Mail.

More interestingly, another source said Rogers and Bell already have the product in their labs.

best of 2011 vers2 Rogers and Bell already have the Apple iTV in their labs, controlled with Siri and hand gestures

The product reportedly integrates Siri, Apple’s voice-recognition software that acts as a personal assistant on the latest iPhone, into television sets to help viewers make programming choices. Viewers can then control the TV by voice or hand gestures, all from the comfort of a couch. An on-screen keyboard, meanwhile, can also be activated in a similar manner, allowing viewers to surf the web, conduct video chats and use social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook – all without any physical interface.
 

[via The Glob and Mail; image by Guilherme M. Schasiepen]

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