razorpit

cloudguy said:

Another thing: 

Tim Cook. From Mobile, Alabama. B.S. in industrial engineering from Auburn University in 1982. MBA from Duke University in 1988. 
You know something? The southeast played a huge role in the development of Internet and web 1.0 and was the single most important region for it - companies like Hayes Microcomputer, U.S. Robotics, Scientific Atlanta and Mindspring - until the dot.com crash and the web 2.0 relocating to Silicon Valley. Not only does Tim Cook know this but he almost certainly went to school with some of the people who made it happen as well as worked with some of them during his time at IBM! Yet he allows his company to traffic in these same stereotypes that he personally knows are not true.

Mindspring, now there’s a name I haven’t heard of in a long time. Somewhere I have a brand new, unwrapped Visor in a box. They were the bomb at one time.

You nailed the “coastal, progressive feminist audience.” The only program I can get in to on AppleTV+ is Ted Lasso which somehow managed to slip by the required stereotypes. Even Amazing Stories had to have progressive storylines artificially injected in to it. Our family went and watched the original series in anticipation of the new one and it went from a great family experience, to something radically different.

Until this mindset changes the service will continue to flounder. There are a lot of normal people that live between the two progressive coastlines that aren’t interested in what Apple has to offer.

22july2013 said:

No mic? I can't use it to talk with my iPhone? The fact that it has active noise cancellation proves it has some sort of mic in it, but not one I can speak into?

It's labelled with L and R for the Left and Right sides. How are they going to market that in countries where English isn't known or spoken widely?

George has  大号 and [R on his. Maybe ask him where he bought them.   

I don’t think 230 should be repealed, nor do I think these social media giants should be able to censor any opinions conservative or progressive, capitalistic or communistic. Let people educate themselves and decide for themselves.

Ironically enough we had to listen to communists, oops I mean progressives, for years tell us everyone has their own personal truth, or some other rubbish like that. Now they want to take that away.

Any correlation to too much lockdown in that study?

raulcristian said:

So, if someone steals your watch and your iphone that person can unlock your phone easily?

Looks unsafe to me.

I guess that could be a valid concern in a way. The beauty is you don't have to turn it on if you don't want. This makes it easier for those of us that live in nanny states that force us to wear a face diapers.

arlor said:

The only thing I'm sure of about this product is that it won't be called Apple Glass. It would directly copy a competitor's product name, and the whole "Glasshole" coinage is available for Apple customers just as much as it was for Google customers. 

Apple iGlasses (obviously my best name)
Apple Eyes
Apple Eyewear
Apple Sight
Apple iSight
Apple Shades
Apple Specs

The only thing I’m sure about is that it won’t be any of those terrible names. 

wood1208 said:

Basically getting ready for Christmas gift release for IOS, TVOS and watchOS.

Yep, nothing like pounding the update servers on Christmas day...

wigby said:

razorpit said:

lymf said:

We will know in 24h, but if beats pricing is midrange I'm scared of the high end pricing

Agreed. I'm happy with the ~ $20 bluetooth headphones I find on Amazon. While there certainly is room for improvement, $20 vs $200 is a no brainer if you are out and about using the headphones as intended (advertised). As it stands now if something happens to a pair of my cheap headphones "1-Click Purchase"is a no brainer.

I've bought about a dozen Bluetooth headphones/earbuds over the years. When it breaks or gets lost or battery goes bad, I simply replace them. But I'm also paying $800/year for my phone not including data. I think it's time I upgrade my audio and have a nice pair of wireless earbuds. Leave the cheap wireless audio to the kids. I'm a big boy now.

Spending ~ $300 for wireless earphones (if these are targeted above the already terrible Beats) makes you a big boy? Sounds like you have some personal issues.

Come back in a year and let us all know how many sets of $300 ear buds you bought to replace the ones that were destroyed/lost/etc. while biking, jogging, hiking, working out, going through the washing machine, used by the kids, eaten by the pets, etc.