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  • Editorial: HomePod is as powerful as the iPhone 6, so let's have an App Store for it

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    bohler said:
    I‘m pretty sure that Apple will kill the product soon which is an utter shame! they haven‘t even bothered to sell it in most countries around the globe...looking at recent fails including the laptop keyboards, charging mats, Apple car etc it seems as if Apple is more interested in debt funded share buybacks and financial engineering then its customers
    Nope, you're wrong. People love to compare this to the iPod Hi-Fi, but it's not. The HomePod falls squarely in the service delivery category and, as such, compares more to the first Apple TV ($299 for the 40GB and $399 for the 160GB, then they discontinued the 40GB and cut the 160GB to $229; it was on the market for three and a half years) in that they're using it to see how they want to move forward. They aren't worried about sales right now, they're interested in how it gets used. And, unlike the first Apple TV, there's a lot of flexibility with this device (there's no pressing need for updated specs, or to branch a proper version of the OS), Apple isn't futzing around with music service (as it has with video), and they can leave this on the store as an upsell after they reveal an Echo Dot-like "HomePod mini" (I just hope anything like that has an optical out). I think we're going to hear some interesting stuff in June about audioOS (and, yeah, I think an App Store is a given with either audioOS 13 or 14).
    racerhomie3n2itivguywatto_cobra

  • macOS 10.15's standalone Music, Podcasts & TV app details & icons revealed

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    I wonder--are Windows users going to get separate apps? This is the perfect opportunity to push out a better experience on there, but I'm assuming the Marzipan code isn't going to go over to Windows easily. And where will the iOS device management options (encrypted backup, sync with your local machine, etc.) sit?
    visualzone

  • Evidence of standalone Music, Podcasts apps for macOS surfaces, signals iTunes breakup

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    socalbrian said:
    "perhaps even Books"
    Doesn't macOS already have a standalone Books app?
    I think they're referring to the audiobook support.
    chasm

  • Netflix drops AirPlay support citing unnamed 'technical limitations'

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    Dave Kap said:
    Why would anybody stream Netflix from their device to their Apple TV?  Why not just use the Apple TV app or the Netflix app on their TV?
    With AirPlay 2's licensing opening up, you could use a Samsung or LG TV as the targets. Now, why would that matter? I don't know. Maybe there's something about the data-gathering available to a content provider on a smart TV that Apple doesn't offer on iOS?
    MORGiON

  • Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat, citing quality issues

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    StrangeDays said:
    Ugh. Disappointing. 

    Now I need to return my wireless-charing AirPods for the normal...if a mat can't do all three devices it isn't worth it to me.
    Get the Nomad Base Station. It has three coils and a spot for the watch.
    redraider11fastasleepchasm