Apple Planning £99 iPhone Wireless HDMI Base Unit?

Apple could well be planning a wireless HDMI base unit for the iPhone as part of an extended range of peripherals set to be launched later this year according to a Australian source close to the Cupertino-based company.

It is understood that Apple want to turn the iPhone and the iPod Touch into a major component of an Apple-dominated lounge and will release a number of wireless peripherals to achieve this aim.

Early information points to a dumbed-down version of the Apple TV look-alike which will be equipped with WiFi, Wireless HDMI and Bluetooth capabilities but will lack any internal storage or powerful processor.

Instead, the next iPhone will provide with all the necessary processing power to decode HD content and the storage capacity. Industry Analysts reckon that Apple will launch a 32GB iPhone and potentially a 64GB version for a premium.

The next iPhone is likely to use the Power VR SGX543MP, a dual core GPU released two weeks ago by Imagination Technologies, which received a substantial investment from Apple a few months ago.