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  • Siri is reborn in iOS 18 -- everything Apple's voice assistant will be able to do

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    Arghhh..... no mention of the app where Siri desperately needs to be improved - the Home App.  Right now it is terrible for voice control.  Most of the time we want to change a setting in the home we are not on our devices.  IMO that makes it the MOST important app for Siri improvements, as Siri is the most common way to interact with the Home app.
    williamlondondewmewatto_cobra

  • iPad Pro hands on: Luxury technology in an impossibly-thin package

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    Purchase of the new smart keyboards, should enable the iPad Pro M4 to dual boot MacOS.

    Once you have a keyboard and trackpad, the disingenuous dishonest PR BS from Apple, that touch devices are not suited to MacOS, no longer has any validity.

    It's just pure disdain for the customer and the product in the name of nothing but naked greed.  

    The 1TB models and up, with their larger RAM should enable simultaneous dual OS, in some sort of split screen or picture in picture mode.

    They should also allow multiple user profiles for iPadOS as on Mac.

    Then it could be justifiably called a "Pro".

    Instead, it is just an egregious example of Apple Executives laughing themselves silly and taking bets on who the next fool is that will buy both a MacBook and an iPad.  

    No doubt in the background they play the Nirvana Song "R8PE ME"
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Beats Solo 4 headphones review: Great audio quality and features

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    charlesn said:
    The lack of ANC in $200, 2024 headphones seems like a really egregious omission. And when you hear the astonishing level of ANC Apple achieved with the Airpods Pro 2--which provide minimal passive noise isolation on their own--it's hard to argue that the on-ear design of the Solo 4 would render ANC pointless. 
    Completely agree.  This is 2024.  Not just noise cancellation, but transparency and adaptive audio are also essential at this price point.  I use my AirPods Pro on the go, but often prefer to use my Beats Solo 3 for better audio.  I don’t want bulky, hot, over the ear headphones.  Way too bulky for on the go.  But without audio transparency and cancellation, the solo 3 are a comparative PITA.  Epic fail by Apple.  Nice to have Spatial Audio,  but for on the go headphones, no longer any excuse at this price point.  
    pulseimages

  • New iPad Air & iPad Pro models are coming soon - what to expect

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    I have been using the "Pro" version of iPads since they debuted in 2016.  They are slightly nice than regular iPads, but the word "Pro" has always been an exaggeration.

    There is only one way an iPad Pro could be deserving of the "Pro" moniker.  It should be able to dual boot Mac OS or even simultaneously run both OSs.  That would be Pro.  Now that both Mac and iPad have been running on Apple processors for some time, this should be an easy thing to do.

    I find both iPadOS and MacOS to be useful in ways the other is not.  My usual coffee shop working solution includes both an MacBook Air M2, and an 11 inch M1 iPad Pro. Sometimes I use sidecar, but I often find the iPad more useful in iPad OS mode, to complement the MacOS at the same time.  Sometimes an app is preferable to using a web page.  With universal clip board I can instantly copy between both devices, and of course, I can use the MacBook keyboard on both devices.

    It would be more even more convenient and portable  to be able to work this way with just one device.   A 13 inch iPad True Pro, that can be used as pure tablet, or as both tablet and MacOS, or just MacOS.  The different OSs could operate in separate windows in what could be called  "Stage Manager Pro".


    VictorMortimerAlex1Nwilliamlondon

  • Congo demands that Apple prove iPhone doesn't use conflict materials

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    JinTech said:
    I am legitimately curious if they have asked other phone makers the same question.
    It is only rational to target the biggest company first, as that is where the largest potential violations in absolute terms are likely to be.  Also puts other companies on notice.  Most bang for the buck so to speak.   Apple doesn't need pity.  This is expected when you are the biggest in your field.  I'm sure Apple would rather be targeted like this for their success, than be ignored for being too inconsequential to be of immediate relevance.
    michelb76watto_cobraJinTechVictorMortimer