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  • Apple's video service could sell networks like HBO & Showtime for $9.99 each

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    Makes ZERO sense whatsoever. These services don’t have enough to offer at the prices they already demand, nor at $9.99. 

    $9.99 for HBO + Starz + Showtime would be reasonable and compelling. 

    This, however, is laughable and makes tomorrow seem like it’s shaping up to fall flat on its face. And frankly I hope it does. Apple is in a delusional place these days. 
    larryamac_dogtrashman69deminsd

  • Apple's AirPower charging mat launching 'in late March,' possibly in large quantities

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    eliangonzal said:
    So, whaddya think? $299? $399? It would be extraordinary if this retailed for $199. 
    I don't think anyone expects it to exceed $199. I think $199 exactly is the single highest-likelihood price point. There is also no chance I would buy it if it exceeds $199.

    For the value it offers, I would consider $149 to be fair, and $199 to be Apple-fair. Anything beyond that would be absurd and offensive.
    StrangeDays

  • Your Mac could wirelessly power keyboards and mice at a distance in the future

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    deminsd said:
    mjtomlin said:
    Apple has been "working" on this tech for several years now. In fact, this patent was filed in 2015.

    This is my idea of real wireless charging. Setting a device in a fairly specific location to charge is less then ideal, in fact it's worse than wired charging, because at least you can still pick the device up and use it while it's charging.
    Not so with the Magic Mouse, where Apple, in their infinite wisdom, decided to put the Lightning charge port on the BOTTOM of the mouse instead of at the head so you can still use it while it's recharging.  The product of highly paid engineers.
    The comment of highly uneducated bloggers. 
    StrangeDayswatto_cobra

  • Your Mac could wirelessly power keyboards and mice at a distance in the future

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    ravnorodom said:
    mjtomlin said:
    ...in fact it's worse than wired charging, because at least you can still pick the device up and use it while it's charging.
    I have Apple Wireless Mouse 2. You can't charge it while using it. It baffles me tremendously. I still have Apple Mouse 1 as a backup.
    There is nothing baffling about at it all. The mouse needs to be charged maybe once a month, for a few minutes. The entire design of the mouse would have been compromised by doing something as ridiculous as putting the port on the front of it, just so people like you could do something they don’t need to do in the first place.
    StrangeDays

  • Your Mac could wirelessly power keyboards and mice at a distance in the future

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    jmgregory1 said:
    It's funny, I just had to replace the batteries in my iMac's trackpad yesterday.  For whatever reason, it's been burning through AA batteries and I thought that it would be great to have a more seamless process for keeping it charged.  For the small amount of charge needed to run a keyboard and trackpad or mouse, the wireless charge may actually be enough to keep the devices running with just a very small battery to make startup happen faster.
    Yea but what you’re using isn’t even current. The newer Magic Trackpad is a dream. Entirely force touch, and recharges via Lightning, maybe once per 2 months. Keeping a lightning cable dangling nearby isn’t exactly uncommon or inconvenient either. 
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