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  • Apple Marina Bay Sands in Singapore unwrapped, opening soon

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    NicB said:
    Beats said:
    I was blown away the first time I saw pictures of this Apple Store. The most beautiful one yet.


    Also is that an actual bar or cafe up there? Is that on the Apple Store property? Can't figure that picture out. Looks like a "mall"entrance but I see no mall.
    It appears you go through the mall ‘entrance’ to cross the bridge and into the store.

    The interior entrance from the mall leads to an underwater passage that either ends up at the bottom level of the store, or up a set of stairs or elevators into the sphere, if the adjacent Vuitton store serves as the template.  It also sits on the water.

    The bridge just leads to an alternate exterior entrance.

    Another story has mistakenly speculated that it floats, but it's a permanent structure.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Marina Bay Sands in Singapore unwrapped, opening soon

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    In next season's Westworld, Rehoboam has come back even bigger and better…

    Seriously, though, if the show returns to Singapore for more shooting, it would be fun to see them work the store into a shot somehow.
    doozydozenBeatsradster360watto_cobrajony0

  • What to expect from Apple's 10.8-inch iPad or 'iPad Air 4' on September 15

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    I don't give as much credence to the piece with the schematics being the base iPad than to the tweet with the iPad Air booklet.

    The former offers nothing except a set of indecipherable, albeit authentic-looking, drawings and the claim that they represent the iPad.  It would be very simple for anyone to download Apple's Guidelines PDF, take the iPP drawings, crop and scale them to obscure any details, and then claim it as a leak.

    The booklet could still be fake, but would at least get credit for effort.  The notion that a new Air would be a sort of Pro-lite, omitting Face ID, but mimicking the form factor is more logical than the claim that the plain iPad would get Face ID before the mid-range Air even does, as those schematics imply.

    Apple's strategy with their budget models has been to recycle old form factors with up-to-date internals, especially with the iPad line, most of which carry forth the Air/Air 2/Mini casings.  That the base iPad would take such a large leap to so closely resemble the Pro is unlikely.

    I'm ready for the Air 4, but if Apple prices it too close to the Pro, it will be a tough decision.  But Apple's very good at getting shoppers to step up with their product segmentation and pricing.
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Next iPad may look more like an iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard support

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    Before anyone screams "fake!" and says it's impossible to obtain such schematics, do know that Apple openly publishes these drawings as part of their Accessory Design Guidelines for Apple Devices.

    It is the bible that case manufacturers use to design their products, with dimensions, sensor locations, warnings, etc.

    These drawings in particular are too small to determine whether they're authentic, just recycled from the first iPP 11" and passed off as new, or faked, but like the recently revealed "Air" booklet, do generally fit the pattern of Apple's documentation.

    Once any new devices are revealed, and R13 of the guide is published, the score can be tallied.
    h4y3sthtJapheymuthuk_vanalingamGeorgeBMacwatto_cobra

  • Review: Nomad Base Station Pro is the free-placement wireless charger we've been waiting f...

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    I was beginning to wonder if this was vaporware, after being announced last fall, then shown at CES, but nothing since then.

    Glad to see it may ship as a viable product.

    $229 is steep, but this is a first-generation, leading-edge product from what is positioned as a premium brand, and something even Apple has not managed to achieve with AirPower, as of yet.

    Given the complexity of the AirPower design, such "free placement" charging mats aren't going to be for everyone, least of all those happy with the $10 plastic discs sold on Amazon, or a cable.  It will be a pricey segment that appeals to a particular niche, and Nomad surely priced the Pro with the AirPower in mind.

    Assuming they have demonstrated a viable product, the trick for Aira will be to get other licenses on board at lower price points, and expand their market share and appeal.
    watto_cobra