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Apple Inc. will likely start selling a new television device in 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Analyst Masahiko Ishino told WSJ that Apple would probably begin selling the ultra-high-definition TVs in the fourth quarter of next year.
The TVs would have 65- and 55-inch screens and are likely to have a frameless design, WSJ said.
Previous reports predicted that Apple would release a new iTV product later this year.
Mike Fries, chief executive of cableco Liberty Global Plc., said he doesn’t expect Apple Inc. to come out with its own television, Bloomberg reported Monday.
Previous reports predicted that Apple would release a new iTV product later this year.
In April, AP reported that the iTV would measure 60 inches diagonally, though it could also come in 50- and 55-inch versions, and that it would cost between $1,500 US to $2,500 US.
Major United States technology companies launched a new website Wednesday to promote patent reform.
The website, called Patent Progress, was created by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), whose members include Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Pandora Media Inc., and others.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has invalided an Apple Inc. smartphone patent covering touchscreen "bounce backs" when users scroll beyond the edge of a page, Reuters reported Tuesday.
The patent, one of six that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. was found to have infringed in August, was overturned after Samsung asked the patent office to review the file, the news agency said.