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  • Tim Cook isn't going to get fired, and Steve Jobs isn't rolling over in his grave

    radarthekatradarthekat
    All we need recall is that Steve had Tim on board when he lifted Apple to the heights of respect Apple attained with the iPod and iPhone and Mac, but Tim didn’t have Steve on board, other than spiritually, when he continued to lift Apple to the heights of global respect in the face of perhaps more criticism and doomsaying than any modern enterprise has ever faced.  Tim is the soul of Apple, and that’s a very good thing,  
    dewmebaconstang

  • Apple is right to ditch folding iPad plans in favor of the iPhone Fold

    radarthekatradarthekat
    I can’t but think back to the original iPad/iPhone development and release order.   Apple initially set out to make a tablet, but then set that aside to release a phone first.  Is history repeating itself?  Perhaps, and maybe for the same reason.  Go where the market is.  There’s certainly a market for foldable phones, whether or not some of us fail to see the killer app/use case.  

    But maybe Apple has finally seen the technology available or to create a folding phone worthy of the Apple brand and quality., I sure hope that’s the case if they go ahead with this venture.  And I still think that two screens, with a hinge that protects the mating edges until the last millimeter when it steps out of the way to let the two edges meet, without a visible seam between.  Both screens could be inflexible touch gorilla glass, not seam, not bump, not need to flex.  Just a very highly precise mechanism, one that Apple could certainly engineer and manufacture. 

    But that still leaves us with that missing use case.  
    watto_cobra

  • CarPlay Ultra's first trial reveals a deeply integrated, Apple-like experience

    radarthekatradarthekat
    With data from the car l, like remaining charge (EV) and range, Apple can not play a trump card by creating Ramirez hailing dispatch system that any Apple CarPlay Ultra equipped car could join, whether ICE or EV, driverless or human driven.  A car’s location and remaining range can be used to determine whether the car can serve a nearby ride hail request and still have sufficient range remains to make it to a fuel or charging station after the end of the ride, or continue to take subsequent rides.  Great thing about this is that Apple would not be liable for crashes or injuries as the car’s autonomous system, or human driver, would be responsible for serving the rides. 

    Also, I do wish Apple would buy Mazda, or partner with Mazda to create a joint venture to build cars that show off the full CarPlay Ultra capabilities.  Plus it would get Apple back into the automotive game where they could use some of those patents while having the excellent Mazda design and engineering and factories to build cars at affordable prices. 
    Anilu_777dewmewatto_cobra

  • Lawsuit hopes to return 15 months of commissions to developers after App Store ruling

    radarthekatradarthekat
    Seems like Apple will need to find a way to charge developers for something. APIs, Interfaces, I don’t know.  Just doesn’t seem right that anyone should get a free ride on all that Apple has built, unless Apple wants to give them a free ride, like they do with free apps.  
    ihatescreennameswatto_cobra

  • Trump vs. China: How the tariff war has hit Apple so far

    radarthekatradarthekat
    qwerty52 said:
    randominternetperson said:
    qwerty52 said:

    After all, it is tragic that this guy is doing his best to destroy one of the best COUNTRIES in the world, and it is a disaster that he even dosn't get it of what he is doing.

    Fixed it for you. But companies also works.

    Trump will get his wish to go down in history. One of the most impactful humans ever. 
    Yes, I agree. But the question is: For good or bad ?
    Is that really in question?  
    Xedqwerty52Aulani