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ManyMacsAgo said:

sog35 said:

This makes me laugh.

I remember last year when Google/Facebook all were spewing that phone hardware isn't that important. Its the software.  LOL. Duh, a software company would say its software is most important. WRONG BITCH.

Hardware is equally as important as software. They both need to work together.

There is so many years left for hardware innovation. It will never end.

Apple will keep shriking the bezel for the rest of the decade. AR will be huge and will require more and more horsepower from the CPU.  In the next decade we will be seeing foldable screens on iPhones.

Don't believe the lies of Google and FAcebook that say hardware don't matter.

So, if neither hardware nor software are important to Android users, I wonder what is important?

The absence of an Apple logo.

I always wonder how these analysts get their inside information. Who does Kuo hear about immature algorithms and design and thermal issues from?  Granted, he isn't right a bunch of the time but sometimes he's fairly accurate.  It can't be as simple as just calling up the company one is wondering about and asking a few questions.

9secondkox2 said:

Who even talks like that anymore?

I work with a bunch of mid-20s to early 30s people and they definitely talk like that (I'm assuming you're referencing the "chill" part of it).  One of the early complaints that I heard about Apple Music compared to Spotify, which several of my coworkers use/used, was that Spotify had a "Chill" playlist for them and they couldnt' find such on Apple Music.

Edit:  I just checked Apple Music and, sure enough, I get the My Chill Mix playlist as well.  I'll have to check it out.  There's only one artist that I recognize in the 7 that are listed on the front page so this may be interesting.

bruckheimer said:

Can't wait until they provide support for Honeywell products.

I have a HomeKit enabled Honeywell thermostat.

macxpress said:

I see Apple Watch continuing to grow for a while. I see more and more and more people with them and everyone I speak with likes them. They may not know what it can do right away but they see the light eventually.

I agree. And I see more and more people with them as well.  My wife asked me to pick up some eye pencil from Sephora on Monday, two of the girls working there were wearing Apple Watches (and they were the only two I interacted with, their watches were not the same color and had different bands, too, so I don't believe they are company assigned for work purposes).  Last month we were at Hershey's Chocolate World and I saw many many people wearing them.

The comment in the article about "true waterproofing" kinda bugs me.  I have the original Apple Watch Sport (and a Space Black Stainless Steel version) that I got on launch day, April 24, 2015.  I wear the Sport to the gym a few days a week, when I wash my hands and shower every day and swimming in pools and in a lake.  I've even worn it water skiing.  It works just fine.  Sure, maybe I can't go diving with it but I swim deep enough in the lake and it hasn't had any adverse effects (with the exception that Siri cannot understand me if the watch was recently under water).  I understand that it is supposed to be only minimally water resistant but I feel like even the original is resistant enough for most people's every day use.

williamh said:

I tried an Amazon Alexa device when I was out house hunting a couple weeks ago.  Note to home sellers: I could have ordered a bunch of stuff for you. The general idea behind these devices is pretty good.
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I surely don't use all the capabilities but it's hard to know what the capabilities are.  Check that.  I asked Siri "What can Siri do?" and got a list of things I mostly don't want Siri to do.  There are a few more uses for Siri I ought to try.  Siri doesn't seem to work that intelligently.  I never use it on my Mac. 

My friends have an Echo and I'm not particularly impressed by it.  It sits in their kitchen and is basically useless outside of there.  Music sounds decent through it and it seems to "hear" fairly well.  But when they were demoing it for me it didn't work well.  It managed to give tomorrow's weather and the score of the previous day's game but when they asked it to play music it kept playing the wrong artist or incorrect genre.  And it got really confusing when they would both accidentally speak to it at the same time.  Currently, Alexa is less capable than Siri in a number of ways, like follow-up questions and more detailed answers.

If you have an iPhone you can also invoke Siri, not say anything and then get a continuously updating list of what Siri can do.

I have found some uses for Siri on the Mac.  I find it very convenient to say to Siri "Show me photos of (my daughter) from May 2015" and Photos opens and shows me my daughter's photos.  Super!  I'm mildly disappointed that Mac Siri cannot currently handle HomeKit requests, even though it is apparently aware that I'm making a HomeKit request and is aware that it can not follow through.

I'm also curious why in your experience Siri doesn't work intelligently.  I use Siri daily on my iPhone and Watch and for what I do it's great.  Here's a brief list of things I request: Play music by (artist)
Set a timer
What is the current temperature
Set the bathroom to 30%
What date is 60 days from (any day)
What is $199 plus 6.25% (sales tax, also good for tipping)
Turn on the stereo
Goodnight
Goodmoring
Give me directions/how long will it take to get to work

Again, these are things I use daily or quite frequently (the tax and tipping less so) and work every time.  Siri also works great on the follow-up questions (like, who is the President of the United States? How old is he? Does he have children?) but I do those types of things less frequently.

I'd like to know what it is you try to use Siri for that doesn't work to your satisfaction.