Mouse support for iOS possibly, next-day MacBook Pro keyboard repairs, and more on the App...
This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, William and Victor talk about rumors of mouse and trackpad support on iPads, Apple's speeding up keyboard repairs, and Victor goes to Moogfest where he learns about Focal headphones and Sensel Morph, a multi-touch input device.
Sensel Morph with Buchla Thunder overlay
AppleInsider editor Victor Marks and writer William Gallagher discuss:
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Sensel Morph with Buchla Thunder overlay
AppleInsider editor Victor Marks and writer William Gallagher discuss:
- Rumored mouse support in iOS. William doesn't really see the point, but Victor sees the pointer and looks forward to how this could change iOS.
- New iOS and tvOS betas are out, and the most significant change is an updated TV app in readiness for the new Apple TV+ and Apple TV Channels service launching later this year.
- It appears that MacBook and MacBook Pro butterfly keyboard repairs are now being done in store to speed up turnaround time. Victor dreams of a day when there won't be a keyboard, there'll be multi-touch glass with a Taptic engine to make it feel like key travel.
- There are strong and persuasive rumors about two new AirPods models coming at the end of 2019 or start of 2020. Victor and William wonder how much could change, agree that the rumored noise-cancelling feature would be great, and then try to figure out how Apple could balance that power-hungry option with keeping a decent battery life.
- Goldman Sachs raises their price target for Apple from the $140s to $180, on the basis that problems selling in China seem to have stabilized. It'll be interesting to see if it stabilizes for Samsung, too.
- Victor goes to Moogfest and speaks with Josh from Focal about audio, something Apple has been focused on from the iPod, through to Apple Music and HomePod. Yes, we're talking high-end headphones and speaker monitors, but Victor wants to get to the details of what makes for good sound reproduction, and what we'll be able to hear with better equipment.
- David Abravanel joins to talk about Sensel Morph, a multi-touch pressure sensitive input device that can be used to control Logic, Final Cut, act as a QWERTY keyboard, or as a music synthesizer controller.
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- Mouse support over USB-C could arrive for iPad Pro in iOS 13
- Apple rolls out third public beta builds of iOS 12.3 and macOS 10.14.5
- MacBook, MacBook Pro keyboard repairs 'prioritized' for in-store next-day service
- Two new AirPods models, one with new design, coming in 2019 & 2020 says Ming-Chi Kuo
- New noise-cancelling 'AirPods 3' rumored for end of 2019
- Goldman Sachs raises AAPL target to $182 citing stabilizing Chinese demand
- Morph with Buchla Thunder Overlay
- Focal's headphones, get a taste of listening to your favourite music in total intimacy.
Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wgallagher and @vmarks.
Feedback and comments are always appreciated. Please contact the AppleInsider podcast at [email protected] and follow us on Twitter @appleinsider, plus Facebook and Instagram.
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Comments
The way they do their QWERTY overlay is to put small microswitches in the keys, not because they need to for switching, but for the tactile feel. This is completely something Apple could do, but would people feel comfortable typing on it? I don't know.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/05/apple-continues-to-advance-a-hybrid-notebook-with-a-reconfigurable-surface-supporting-a-virtual-keyboard-more.html
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/02/apple-talks-up-smart-bezels-live-reconfigurable-macbooks.html
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/07/apple-invents-new-flat-keyless-keyboard-for-desktops-more.html
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/05/apple-explores-keyboards-using-an-advanced-air-feedback-system.html
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/01/apple-pushes-research-into-motion-keyboards-for-macbooks.html
http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/09/06/apple_touch_typing_tech_could_lead_to_backside_input_for_tablets
It's a keyboard. You type on it. For people who buy them to type on (writers, developers) when it fails, it's a problem - is it not designed for writers? There's a disconnect here: we know Apple tests it with robots for number of keypress cycles between failure, and yet professional writers and developers are among those who have experienced the failures. I'll grant that it may not be widespread (by whatever definition we use to define that) but it is a very visible failing.
I like these interviews Victor is doing lately. William's and Victor's banter is appreciated as they run through the week's Apple topics. I pretty much have stopped reading the articles. Still enjoy Andrew's vid's tho.
Keyboards? Hmmmm. I remember when Apple switched the iMac keyboard from the "atrium' style to the chiclet style. Took me about a week to get used to it and appreciate the direction Apple was going. I thought since most people were using laptops, it made sense that the iMac's KB had a similar feel to the laptop.
I'm typing this on a 2017 Rose Gold MacBook and think it is the quintessential Mac laptop. I'm not a power user so it all boils down to weight. Apple could use the MacBook as their forward looking model. Wouldn't it be great to have a MacBook with a glass/haptic KB. (No crumbs would get in!). Less moving parts. Thinner bezels, TouchID, larger trackpad...I would absolutely trade in my current MacBook for that configuration.
Best Regards to Victor and William. I appreciate the hard work that must go into producing the weekly podcast!
My only fear about the 12" MacBook is how it ages in terms of computing processing power.
It's that age-old dilemma you've mentioned so often...The Apple MacBook caters to the consumer market where most do a little photo management, email, texting, maybe some video editing (but not much) and surfing. In my case a few charts in Pages.
As I've said before, the future of personal computing is probably closer to the iPad/Pro than the Mac.
Oh well, fascinating as always!
Best Regards.