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  • Intel exits 5G smartphone modem business on heels of Apple-Qualcomm settlement

    davidmalcolmdavidmalcolm
    I will choose to believe that QC came to the table and gave them a fixed licensing deal. Apple was not going to budge on the whole % of device cost, which makes tons of sense. Qualcomm can pull that garbage with other companies because those other companies are selling much cheaper devices. Also I bet there's no way that Samsung pays for a percentage of the cost of the device. I think in the future Apple will start building cellular modems into the A series chips and you'll start to see MacBooks, even iMacs and HomePods with cellular modems in them. I suspect in the future we'll see cell carriers try to replace landline connections.

    I also wouldn't be surprised if Apple pitched their own NMVO or some sort of deal with carriers where you could sign up to put your Mac online temporarily on your cellular plan when your home internet goes out. For a lot of people this wouldn't be a selling point but for some people with crappy local wired connections it could be a big selling point. Also in big cities it might make sense for some people to even put their whole home on a fixed cellular internet plan. (Assuming carriers start offering something much closer to unlimited data.

    I'm really hoping that Apple got the better fo QC though, their business practices are just awful.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple investing more than $500M on Apple Arcade launch, report says

    davidmalcolmdavidmalcolm
    Honestly given how much developing a good game costs, they should be investing as much as they're putting into video.
    n2itivguy1STnTENDERBITSAppleExposedboltsfan17

  • Apple's Tim Cook calls sports a 'great unifier' in call to ESPN

    davidmalcolmdavidmalcolm
    Ugh. Sports is a great scam. A bunch of wealthy people getting richer while people cheer for logos while the players are switched out. Often promised fame. But one injury and those players are sidelined and left with bills and no figure. 
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  • Logitech launches backlit Slim Folio Pro keyboard case for 2018 iPad Pros

    davidmalcolmdavidmalcolm
    This case looks pretty good. When I buy my 12.9 next year it will be between Brydge and this probably.
    watto_cobra

  • The new TV App is coming to third generation Apple TV hardware

    davidmalcolmdavidmalcolm
    That box has an A5 Processor. The Apple TV App honestly doesn't do that much. They probably just need to tweak the UI a bit, maybe use slightly lower res images or something. The A5 was a trooper of a processor and there are TONS of these boxes out there.
    john.bwatto_cobra