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What's Apple's Vision Pro killer app?
While your points are valid about the article source, it’s an unfortunate convergence where it amplifies the reality that the vision Peo really has no killer app. Even someone known for lengthy deliberations is unable to get a bead on it.mattinoz said:
Let's not confuse a pundit known for being overly wordy and who often misses the point even when it is historically recorded, with Apple, who do keep their cards close to their chest even internally. So staff being confused about what the end game isn't a sign that there aren't people in Apple very much with an end game in mind.9secondkox2 said:Unfortunately, this article is an example of the VP problem.If you need miles and miles of text to evangelize the product and “explain” why all the stuff thrown at the wall is somehow collected into a killer app, then none exists. “Oh, the killer app is everything all together!” Nope. Sorry. Doesn’t work like that.This has been the problem even in internal testing. Apple’s own staff had concerns. Now, outside of fanboys or developer evangelists, it’s a big question mark and rightly so.Downplaying customer price concerns over a non essential product is also troublesome - especially during inflation.The VP HAS POTENTIAL and can become something great - if Apple can figure out why they made it to begin with.So far, they’ve simply just built a better headset. Will it be enough to actually become a viable “platform?” We will know in two years, after the initial early adopter phase is over.
Look around. Those who are in the space of practical training are normally rabid self-promoters, yet for a few months now, I know a couple who have been oddly quiet and would make great demos at the launch event. I think Apple have a good idea where there are markets where the price point represents a saving and an improvement on traditional methods and where there is so much value in those systems that a cheaper system would increase the roll-out of them, soaking up all the units Apple can produce.
Add to that the massive improvements in scanning of 3D environments for all sorts of technical uses, and it is easy to see the 2 coming together in interesting ways to be the "killer app" that would take it mainstream once there is the production to allow that.There have been numerous products in history that have failed due to not really having a reason to be, no matter how good they were at the stuff they did.In this case, apple has built a better headset. Nothing less, but also nothing more. Fine for the headset crowd, passable for everyone else.In contrast, other products didn’t need any explanation. The Walkman, the Nintendo NES, the iPod, the iPad, the Apple Watch, though the store rollout was pretty idiotic), the Mac, the iPhone, the tv, the radio, etc. all nailed their arenas and needed no explanation. They just did what needed to be done and everyone’s lives were enhanced greatly.Meanwhile, the headset phase came along and was predicted to be the next big thing… but wasn’t. Who’d have thought people weren’t crazy about strapping a computer/display to their faces. Now we are telling them to not only do that, but wear a wire and brick too? Ahem…
The VP is a better headset. It’s neat. I imagine it will be fun to use for an amount of time, and does what it does well, per reports. But what it does just isn’t all that. And that’s pretty much the story.The iPod was a cultural phenomenon in the tradition of the Sony Walkman, but more so. The iPhone blew the doors off of anything and everything before or since. The watch is the ultimate wearable, allowing its users to take command of their time, communications, and health. Each of these things can be active or passive. They’re actively useful, yet out of the way when not needed.The Vision Pro, just doesn’t fit any of that. And it can’t be passive. You actually need to remove it. And to use it, you have to gear up. It’s a bit of a chore. And that’s just not good no matter how you spin it.
Once apple gets with Oakley or something and makes this a pair of shades, it’s a different story. But we aren’t anywhere near there yet.They really should have waited however long and done that. Then there would be no need for explanation. No need for evangelizing the product. It would sell itself.The key to knowing there was a problem was apple feeling the need to announce the thing a year prior to launch and then do the PR rounds. That’s not ipod, iphone, etc. those were secrets (though the usual suspects hammered the rumor mill) until launch. Then they went on sale shortly after.The only commercial the iPod needed was some dancing sillhouettes and before that, a simple tagline - “1,000 song bags in your pocket.” Miss that level of focus and genius.The Vision Pro? Needs a year of constant evangelism, communications, and hype. Be interesting to see how this plays out
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Apple's Tim Cook was among Chinese President Xi's dinner guests
Xi shouldn’t even be allowed to step foot here.It’s ridiculous that America (and Apple, Google, etc) looks the other way to his human rights atrocities and dictatorial ambitions just because of money.Now he wants to forcibly devour a nice profitable and free country to make it his own. Wars have been fought for less. We used to be the international policeman. But now the chief is dazed and confused most of the time and refuses to take the rich criminals to task.Xi has formed strong bonds with Russia and our California, federal, and tech leaders (newsom, Biden, and cook) welcome him? Would they do that with Putin? Only if he had more money to offer, apparently.Newsom even magically found a way to cure the years-long homeless issue and clean up the streets of San Fran in weeks to roll out the clean carpet for Xi. For XI! Wish I was making this up. Couldn’t do it for the residents snd constitents. But for sn evil dictator with money? No prob.
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Apple pauses iOS 18, macOS 15 work to stomp bugs now
I used to be able to use sidecar to easily and wirelessly extend my Mac screen to my iPad Pro.
then it mysteriously became intermittent. Then all of a sudden I needed to download an update to keep it working after an is update. Now it never works. I need a thunderbolt cable that only works sometimes. ReformT and reset resulted in the same degrading process. What the heck, apple?Resorted to using Duet. And strangely it has been the more reliable option.Please fix. -
Apple bails out of troubled Toronto retail construction project
They even stole the name from a residential developer. “The one” was pretty much the most expensive house in the world.These folks sound like a nightmare.Originally supposed to be in 2020 then the pandemic delayed to 2021. Now it’s two years later?They want to blame apple for the whole delay, simply because they were waiting on apple’s fancy windows?Come on dude. The entire building could have been built and a glass facade added at the end. It wasn’t foundational or structural.These folks clearly can’t manage a project, never mind their company. Sad sad story.
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Apple debuts third-generation Apple Pencil with USB-C charging
The other 2 pencils are lightning and wireless based. Because the ipads they paired with were built for that.Stabitha_Christie said:This a pretty poorly written article.Apple isn’t replacing either the gen 1 or gen 2 Apple Pencil with this one. Both the gen 1 and 2 are still being sold. They are adding a lower cost option to the line up and not it’s not terribly surprising that the lower end version doesn’t have all the features of the higher end versions.They also aren’t calling it a generation 3 pencil. That’s something Apple Insider has made up. Apple is calling it Apple Pencil (USB-C). They
specifically avoided calling it Gen 3 to avoid the confusion Apple Insider has created.Just delete the article and start over.
New idevices are usb-c from now on. Apple has to provide usb-c accessories if they aren’t contact based or contactless. It’s basically the only way to charge unless you have an older lightning cable (first gen) or go buy one. So it is basically the replacement. And prices low because it doesn’t have the functionality to make it useful as anything other than a UI stylus and basic sketch/text tool.
