(Wired) -- When Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the All Things Digital Conference Tuesday night, he wasn't just answering questions from Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher — he was also dropping hints about the future of Apple's product roadmap. Sure, a lot of his answers just regurgitated the same pat, familiar themes we've heard from Cook and other Apple executives: The iPad is taking the world by storm. The iPhone's doing great. The iPod has been the gateway drug for a new generation of Apple and Mac users. But even Tim Cook can't completely stick to the script. During his interview, he teased a few interesting tidbits — which we present here along with analysis on what his words actually mean.During a rare interview Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook teased a few interesting tidbits about where Apple may be headedClearly, Apple wants to evolve voice-assistant Siri, and lift its current "beta" statusApple's mobile operating system could yield greater Facebook integration like it does with TwitterCook basically announced that an iTV is all but inevitable
I would imagine that Apple will eventually open up Siri to third-party developers, so they could incorporate her voice recognition, dictation, and search features within their own apps, making _ useful and ubiquitous system-wide. Nonetheless, it doesn't look like past conflicts are preventing _ and Facebook from working together in the future.