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This post is simple blind conjecture based on the shape of the case. Apple might have moved to iOS or might not. The Darwin core does support network routing, b
by iuguy 14y ago
This post is simple blind conjecture based on the shape of the case. Apple might have moved to iOS or might not. The Darwin core does support network routing, but they wouldn't be able to market it as an iOS device without paying a hefty chunk of cash to Cisco (who own the IOS trademark, licenced by Apple).
I really dislike reading articles like this on HN. It's upvoted because it looks like something new at first glance but has absolutely no data points and is idle speculation. When someone confirms whether or not it is an iOS device I'm interested, but until then, forget it.
- mrsteveman1 14y agoIt's a curious observation, the shape of the case is the tipoff but it makes sense if for no other reason than for the one listed in the article, Apple wants to be using ARM+iOS wherever possible. Apple TV isn't marketed as an iOS device either, they go out of their way to call the firmware "Apple TV Software Updates". At one point the version numbers on the firmware were even different than the iOS version they were built on, it only matters internally. An Apple TV with one more ethernet port would not only look almost identical, but it would be almost functionally identical as well to the point that an Apple TV could do the Aiport's job with the right software loaded. They're also the same price already, we know they can sell this sort of hardware for $99 if they want to, and it would probably be even cheaper as it wouldn't need as much RAM, as much flash, a GPU or an HDMI port at all, nor would it need the infrared remote receiver.