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Now now, it's not like Appleinsider TOLD us what OS it runs.  Given that it has a stylus and a pointing device I doubt this is a Chromebook.  Possibly some as yet undebugged version of Android?  Windows?  CP/M?

Might have been helpful to know what the the hell Google actually released here.  All we have are press photos, dimensions, and price.

Uh, just because a chip has FM radio capability doesn't mean that the rest of the design ENABLES this.  Lotta good an FM radio chip inside a phone is going to do when it doesn't have an antenna and is inside an aluminum box.  The interface to enable the radio work would also require hardware that most likely isn't present in the phone.

This is NOT like Tesla enabling higher capacity in low-end Tesla Model S vehicles-- those vehicles were DESIGNED to be software-enabled and already contain the larger battery pack.  You can't software-enable adding an antenna to a chip.

Maybe Pai should leave the engineering to engineers and go back to doing something he's qualified for.  He seems to be good at enabling Comcast to suck even more money out of my wallet by removing those pesky laws designed to protect me.

SpamSandwich said:

My question:  Isn't the original Apple Watch now known as the Series 1?

The article isn't confusing, Apple's Marketing people are idiots.  The Apple Watch breaks down as follows:

The Original Apple Watch (first generation) has no name except "Apple Watch".
The second-generation Apple Watch is the "Series 1".
The third-generation Apple Watch (the waterproof one) is the "Series 2" even though it came out at the same time as the Series 1.

So, what is happing is that the first-generation Apple Watch is being replaced or repaired in some cases using second-generation Apple Watch parts and refurb units.

macxpress said:

guelahpapyrus69 said:

JinTech said:

An observation and a curious question...

1. Besides the roads to the parking garage and the garage itself, it appears there will be no pavement/gravel at this campus. 

2. Does anyone know what the shack (compared to the campus) is next to the gym? As pictured below.

The old "shack" is a barn that was original to the property. They took it apart board by board and reassembled it at that location. I'll look for a link to it. 

Hmmm interesting! I wonder what Apple will do with this? Amazing it hasn't been torn down by someone else before Apple got a hold of this property. 

According to the Mercury News article linked it will be used for landscaping and sports equipment; it will once again be a working building.

I'm wondering if they will put solar panels on its roof; that would be very interesting.

shapetables said:

"Hey Siri, send me the location of all iPhones running drone control apps near me."

OK, here are the iPhones controlling drones near Apple Park. Like me to lock them for Genius-Bar-only recovery?

"Yes."
OK, done.
<drones begin crashing out of sky into trees and embankments>
  

They haven't installed the antiaircraft guns yet.  

We've seen drones go by close enough to see inside the buildings so I would assume there will have to be some kind of control over them at some point.

some kind of net-shooting gun might be both legal and creative...