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  • Surrender, Detroit! Automakers should give in and develop native apps for CarPlay

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    A little touch screen is not ideal, whether its an Apple one or a manufacturer one. 

    When Apple's AR/VR headset is ready in a few years maybe you could use that to drive your car. And if you order it from the Apple online store they can engrave MAVERICK in it for you.
    watto_cobra

  • Over 4 million people participate in Apple's software beta programs

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    I think such large scale betas have their place, because some things will always vary more in the real world than in the lab.

    One benefit I have seen is in Windows, where devices that had no driver in Device Manager for years suddenly got one on my box, presumably because thousands of other machine's beta telemetry also reported a missing driver. Micrososft just never knew.

    Apple's hardware is far less varied so I wouldn't expect them to get many driver benefits. But for example mobile carriers, different transmission conditions and strengths - a large scale beta would be great for debugging wireless. 

    Or the Metal API which is constantly being updated, millions of people trying millions of games would find edge cases/rendering bugs that would surely be missed in the lab. Or sync. Cloud sync is a tough nut to crack, millions of people will to risk their calendars and contacts that contain years of mixed up entries and duplicates, very valuable for testing with.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple R&D spend increases to 7 percent ahead of expected big fall launch cycle

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    R&D successes don't have to be amazing things, just look at the AirPods.

    I was thinking Apple could leverage their good reputation for security and privacy by releasing a door lock that you open with your phone.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple reports best June quarter ever with $53.3B in revenue on 41.3M iPhone sales

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    I think they'll do even better this year once they release the big iPhone X's.
    watto_cobra

  • Tensions between Apple and China continue as state media rips lack of Messages censoring

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    georgie01 said:
    I suspect (or hope) Apple would leave these areas of business in China before completely sacrificing their ideals. Their stock would take an initial dive but the company itself would remain overall healthy.
    What about supply chain and manufacturing? It takes years to move from one country to another, isn't it? I don't see it as a practical solution to move completely out of china. On all fronts (effort, time, cost), it would be a HUGE undertaking for even Apple to pull it off.

    One recent article on this site was about how Apple is now procuring all the little components (screws, fasteners etc) themselves and supplying them to their assembly contractors, rather than letting the assembly contractors procure that stuff themselves.

    The article said it was about cost reduction and responsible sourcing, but it would also gives Apple a full picture of every little supply chain thing that goes in to their products, the first step to being able to move it all.

    Not saying they are going to, but if you were making contingency plans, simply identifying the scope of the work would be a first step.
    radarthekatcornchipwatto_cobrajbdragon