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Apple decision to skip congressional hearing on China draws swift rebuke
Microsoft was there.anantksundaram said:Why was Apple the only US tech company called?.
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Editorial: Amidst cries for a cheaper HomePod, Amazon now has a higher-end Echo
That is interesting. I have read that description quite a few times here on AI (thorough I haven't seen any technical details from Apple). That solution would mean that a single Home Pod has a rather small "sweet spot" where you'd get a balanced stereo sound, while those to the right or left of the speaker will get single channel (left or right) sound - effectively worse than a true mono mix.StrangeDays said:
Correct. HP does left and right channel separation and if near a wall bounces channels to different sides. Not mono.foregoneconclusion said:
Incorrect. Seven tweeters = stereo reproduction in highs/mids. One woofer = mono reproduction in lows. So although HomePod is not capable of delivering true stereo (more than one channel for both tweeters and woofers) with a single unit, it's not a mono speaker.aressaress said:This review states, "Each HomePod unit by itself delivers wide, stereophonic sound." That is absolutely untrue! One HomePod delivers only MONO sound.
This was explained by Apple at launch and on their product page:
“Place HomePod anywhere in the room. With spatial awareness, it automatically analyzes the acoustics and adjusts the sound based on its location. Direct sound, including the main vocals and instruments,
is beamed to the middle of the room, while ambient sound is diffused into left and right channels and bounced off the wall.”
Surprising.
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Apple's wireless Tile-like tracking technology exposed in iOS 13 build
So that's why they removed Tiles' possibility to track positions....
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Apple reportedly kills project to turn iPhone into 'walkie talkie'
As far as I know, an unassisted peer-to-peer channel is already part of the 5G standard (release 14 or 15, I think). So, instead of implementing their own proprietary solution, Apple should promote this.
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Editorial: Apple's Q319 earnings destroy a mountain of fake data and false reporting
Which Chinese manufacturers are making Android wearables "in huge numbers"? Serious question.avon b7 said:
I am not sure where you want to go with that comment. Tim was comparing the Apple wearable business in revenue terms to Fortune 500 companies.rundhvid said:"we continue to see phenomenal demand for AirPods, and when you tally up the last four quarters, our Wearables business is now bigger than 60% of the companies in the Fortune 500."Hats off to all employees at Dell, Samsung and the rest of the tech-industry for staying motivated and performing their duties all day long, year-after-year, when the companies they work for are being embarrassed to no end by Apple and their highly successful way of executing product-design and manufacturing. It’s not like Apple is extraterrestrial or something—they have iPhones, Watch etc. and the corresponding Android products are not that different—it seems like a fair fight. Yet it isn’t, because there are real differences between the products which translates into distinctly different user-experiences.
I truly cannot comprehend how executives and managers involved with strategic decisions in Apple-rivaling companies (an oxymoron, perhaps...?), are able to fully commit to their new product with true belief in the claimed performance and predicted impact on the market—without feeling a little uneasy or outright thinking “why bother?“
I don't see a connection to Samsung, Android etc.
Android wearables sell in huge numbers and are growing thanks to the Chinese manufacturers.
We (the company I work for) have been looking into porting some of our products, but lately the wearables part of the Android market has seemed dead as a rock. And no news at all at the latest Google I/O, which is a bad sign..
