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there are USB mic's that play just fine with OSX

nunzy said:

65.5% of Americans use iOS? Is that accurate?

I thought that iPhone had around 35 or 40% of the American market. Does iPad make up the difference?

but yes... "iOS" numbers would not be limited to phones... that would include all iPads and iPod touch devices as well.

And the numbers are saying 65% of mobile WEB TRAFFIC... not 65% of mobile PHONES.

AppleInsider said:

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The change arrives as sales of iPhone, Apple's most important revenue driver, stagnate. During the most recent quarter, for example, iPhone sales growth was flat year-over-year. Last quarter, sales were up by a single percent from the same time last year.
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I really don't care about GROWTH.  So what of growth is stagnant... you're telling me they sold just as manny phones this year as they did last year?... that sounds fantastic to me!  It wasn't even a "new" model year, "merely" an incremental improvement.  The market is near saturated, yet they continue to sell just a s many phones!

If GROWTH is required to make a profit, then you have a bad business model.

lkrupp said:

I want to become a “prominent” leaker.

 Just wait... it's an age-related thing ... one day you will be.

MplsP said:
... That would probably negate the national debt.

Someone has no idea just how high our national debt is.
 

I consider myself pretty average as humans/people go.

cpsro said:

I use my old HomePod mostly for listening to streaming news radio (e.g., NPR), but I hardly use it at all due to highly annoying thumps from wind buffetting and people speaking too closely to their mic or without an adequate pop filter. I am astounded Apple overlooked this awful downside to enhancing/passing extreme bass. Users should be able to turn it off. I bought one HomePod and will never buy another until this is fixed.

Sooooo .... you think it's Apples problem to fix shitty production values of someone else's podcast???

tyler82 said:

Nice... but is it still useless if a drop of water gets on the display? Using my Apple Watch in the pool, or running and sweat gets on it, renders it unusable.

Sounds like you've got a defective watch.  Mine works just fine in the pool... in the hot-tub... with sweat on it... completely underwater, or with just a drop or two on the face... doesn't seem to matter ever.

If i were younger, I'd prefer the mini as well.  But I'm not... I'm old.  My eyes don't focus as well as they used to and the larger screen makes it much easier to use without having to whip out reading spectacles all the time.

Good to know the Apple ID device locking actually works... makes my stuff less desirable to thieves!