Foxconn, Sharp eying Apple big-screen TV, says parts maker

Sharp 60-inch TV.

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(CNET) Foxconn aims to use its investment in Sharp to land orders for Apple's upcoming large-screen TV - so the ongoing speculation goes.

The latest guesswork comes from Asia Ho Chao-yang, former president of Chimei Innolux, Taiwan's largest LCD maker, and current chairman of Chi Mei Materials Technology, who concludes that Foxconn Electronics' investment in Sharp is a play to "secure iTV orders from Apple," according to Taipei-based DigiTimes.

Ho added that the launch of an iTV would benefit polarizer makers, of which Chi Mei Materials is one.

This is by no means the first time that Foxconn-Sharp theory has been floated. There was a rash of speculation

Apple supplier Hon Hai buying stake in Sharp

A new deal will see Hon Hai acquire more than 10 percent of Sharp and almost half of its LCD business, allowing the two companies to work together to make TVs.

earlier this year.

At that time, Daiwa Capital Markets' analysts claimed that the Sharp-Foxconn deal telegraphed a new TV from Apple.

"We expect Apple to debut the iTV by the end of this year, and it is likely to adopt Sharp's 10th generation TFT production line to product TFT LCDs for iTVs," the analysts wrote, adding that the Sharp investment gives Foxconn better "vertical integration" for the Apple iTV.

Needless to say, Foxconn isn't saying anything about an Apple HDTV and Foxconn CEO Terry Gou

Foxconn refutes claim it's making Apple TV sets

last month that his company was working on one.

But, hey, what else is he going to say? Apple's biggest manufacturing partner would be the last company to tell the world it was working on an upcoming Apple product.

And let's not forget what Steve Jobs said about an Apple TV: that he wanted "to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use," and that he had "finally cracked it."

The wish-list of an Apple HDTV includes features such as a Retina Display, IGZO technology, iCloud integration, SIRI technology, and Facetime, among other goodies.

This article originally appeared on CNET.

[hypnotoad72]

Oh, given the number of iPad 3 and 2012 MacBook Pros that use the retina screens that do or will soon suffer from burnt-in pixels, maybe Apple should be fixing its products or finding more competent manufacturers to subcontract out to...

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Let's also not forget that Steve Jobs said the AppleTV was just a hobby.

Let's also not forget that Steve Jobs was told by an engineer long before the iPhone 4's launch that there was a defect...

Let's also not forget that Steve Jobs ignored the engineer who told Steve Jobs long before the iPhone 4's launch that there was a defect and told customers they were holding the phone wrong.

Let's not also forget Steve Jobs used his company's security camera to track the person who wrote a note onto his car, which was parked illegally, to move it to fire the guy, and Steve Jobs kept parking in handicapped slots for some time after that...

Which makes sense... given how often he acted like a spoiled bratty diva to others, he probably had a mental handicap. One incident was this:

http://www.styleite.com/media/steve-jobs-photo-shoots/

But one can find a zillion articles.

Why anybody praises that man is beyond me. They can praise the MYTH all they want, but out here in real life, Steve Jobs was a man with an entitlement complex who thought he was better than everybody else and had no problems being a disrespectful, condescending jerk. He does not deserve respect. Sorry, but that is the truth.

Sources:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/iphone-4-antenna/

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365705,00.asp

http://www.cultofmac.com/2613/steve-jobs-still-parking-in-handicapped-spaces-the-pictures/

http://thednetworks.com/2011/10/06/steve-was-employee-zero-used-to-park-his-mercedes-in-handicapped-parking-and-some-more-less-know-facts-about-steve-jobs/

If this man was ever a "Democrat", it was in name only.