Foxconn and Apple iTV

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(1) Salvador Rodriguez. Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Foxconn Plant While on China Trip. Los Angeles Times, Mar 29, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/business/ ... ant--china-20120329,0,6905011.story
("Cook's visited Foxconn's plant in the city of Zhengzhou, which employs 120,000 people and produces iPhones, on Wednesday. * * * [Foxconn] may soon get in on the production of the future Apple iTV, according to Forbes")

(2) Salvador Rodriguez, Apple 'iTV' Rumors Swirl After Patent Filing, Move by Supplier. Los Angeles Times, Mar 29, 2012  
http://www.latimes.com/business/ ... ors-patent-20120329,0,3979314.story
("Apple has been awarded a patent for a technology called Fringe Field Switching, along with 18 other patents, according to the website Patently Apple")

(3) Patently Apple website (
http://www.patentlyapple.com/
) has four reports respectively titled:
(a) Apple Invents a Killer 3D Imaging Camera for iOS Devices. Mar 29, 2012.
(b) Apple's iCloud will Teach Apple's Smart TV Remote New Tricks. Mar 29, 2012.
(c) Apple Invents a 3D Creation App for Games & Futuristic Displays. Mar 29, 2012.
(d) The Foxconn-Sharp Alliance is all about Apple's Coming HDTV. Mar 28, 2012 (Fringe Field Switching (FSS))

* LIDAR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIDAR
(Light Detection And Ranging)