davidinsf

I went back and forth between eero and Netgear Orbi when selecting a replacement for my Airport Extreme (both of them were among the few with enough LAN ports on the devices). I'm now so glad I chose the Orbi. I don't trust Amazon or Google with anything related to my network or data. Now if Apple had purchased eero (seemed like a good fit), I would have felt differently...

Hopefully, this will apply to both our 2015 Mazda 3 and 2016.5 CX-5, as they both have Mazda Connect. I was thinking CarPlay might not happen because of Mazda's relationship with Toyota. Fingers crossed this happens soon!

It would appear from everything I've read that MagSafe is for charging only. Wouldn't it be nice if we could use this for wired CarPlay, but then again there wouldn't really be a need for wireless CarPlay. 

One of the main reasons I'm an Apple customer is the fact that Apple shows concern for privacy issues, so I will not fault Siri for issues that may be compounded by privacy concerns. With that said, I have a simple test for Siri and it failed the last time I tested it (and since this involves directions to an Apple Store, it shouldn't fail).

I live near an Apple Store (now closed for remodeling), but it's a smaller store and they don't always have a good selection of product. To test Siri, I ask for directions to another SPECIFIC Apple Store (using the official name as shown on their website) and instead Siri responds with "There is a closer Apple Store, would you like directions to that store" (that's not a direct quote, but something similar and, of course, I say No and that's the end of it). That's insane... When asking for directions to a specific store, Siri should NOT respond in that manner (If I asked for the nearest Apple Store, yes,  but not when I'm asking for directions to a store that has the product that my nearest store doesn't have).

Siri is great for setting timers from my watch, which is about the only thing I use Siri for these days...