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Apple's headset drastically changed over time & top execs are skeptical
Think of it as a hobby for Apple in the short term similar to the Apple TV box.Sometimes Apple has to have an evolving product in the market.The key will be content and how it’s shown—and that’s where Apple will excel. Not just entertaining content, but massive real world content. They may be able to improve Street View information overlays and a better 3D experience, starting with just a couple of cities and building on that.Crowd sourcing content might also contribute to an expanding hardware and content ecosystem. You might be able to contribute environment data using the device’s onboard cameras and GPS and other sensors adding in machine learning, combining multiple user’s data to create an ever increasing detailed view of the world around us.I expect the first year to be mostly developer sales with a high price tag or subscription that is partially returnable upon exchange of unit for version two. This will be a slowly gaining set of assets that will accelerate in the second and third year.It will still have some wow factor on release. In addition to developers, well heeled Apple enthusiasts will also afford the risk of version one.Another thought is leasing or subscription of the devices, and getting credit against the lease or towards early payoff by credit points scored in a game of collecting the real world data. That would be gaming motivation and financial motivation.There’s also great curiosity in why so many iPad Apps are easily adaptable or already ok to use on the device. What’s that about?????I can’t wait to see the introduction but I will wait. It’s only weeks away.
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Apple's long-rumored all-glass tactile keyboard may be real sooner rather than later
Most of the comments seem like you may be young and missed out on some of the major developments in computing and interfaces.
In the 1970s, you might’ve said “ you mean to tell me that someday we will be able to rub on really thin glass and it won’t break? Oh, come on now, you say that there will be an image under this very thin glass that’s lit, and by rubbing the glass you can move this page of information around? What did you say? I think I heard you say that I will be able to push elements that are on that page and rearrange them around like they stuck to my finger? You must be on LSD. Oh no, you didn’t just say that you could use two fingers to pinch a photo to make it smaller that’s behind this glass? You’re beyond LSD, your mental. I just can’t see myself using this. It sounds like you’d have to go to college to learn how to use it”
You might’ve said this stuff in the 1990s, maybe even in 2006, prior to the preview for the iPhone. There were many cynics even after the iPhone was previewed. Many indeed.
I prefer the perspective that this research on new technology, makes me curious. Dismissing it at this early stage seems to lock it out of possibility in our minds. After all, with one of the most respected technical universities, Carnegie Mellon, and the largest tech company in the world—that has been known for innovation—have both been working on it for years, maybe there’s some sliver of hope that this will be useful. Sure it’s possible this may not work, and it might be a high probability that this might not work, but how can we know that at this point.
Again I say: dismissing it offhand at this early stage locks it out of our mind for possibilities for the future.
Stay curious—a good suggestion by Steve Jobs. Stay in a permanent state of curiosity, wonderment, gratitude, and awe. It’s a wonderful way to live your life.
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After years of silence, Apple finally reveals how many App Store users it has in Europe
Cool. I learned a new word: “synecdoche“.haikus said:
Perhaps the author decided to use “Europe” in the context of this article as an synecdoche for “European Union”, after mentioning the EU once.syn·ec·do·che | \ sə-ˈnek-də-(ˌ)kē. | sin-ek-doe-kayReferring to a whole entity by using a term that refers to a part of the entity. E.g. head: What was the head-count at the event (people). Boots: how many boots on the ground (soldiers). Suits: there were a lot of suits in the room (business-persons). Boards: she’s a great actor on the boards (stage).
Minor quibble—or question?: The EU would be a part of Europe vs Europe as part of EU.Yet I still got the meaning in the first post with that Europe reference.haikus, I’ll look for more of your posts. I’m curious what I might come across.
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USB-C on iPhone 15 might still require MFi certified cables
For those poo-poo’ing the rumor or especially slamming AppleInsider for publishing an article on it, where is your imagination?It’s conceivable Apple could still allow generic USB-C cables to work, but also provide a cable that could work both as a conventional USB-C cable ( in both cases compliant in both letter and spirit), AND also provide an embedded chip that provides an additional convenience to Apple device users.Perhaps it could monitor uptake by the device, recognize the input current throughput as well as the particular Apple device and battery along with data on specific battery and provide information regarding effect of fast charging or in the future a third tier of still faster charging. This information could be used on device to provide the user the cumulative hours of fast and faster charging and the estimated decrease in battery life. The device could provide temperature history of heat emitted and imposed on the battery in the calculations.This would give the user information on not overusing the convenience of the faster charging modes.Sometimes faster charging is a necessity as in only a certain available window of time to charge before being away from a charging opportunity. Sometimes it is just convenient and a choice. It’s better to be an informed choice.Re faster charging, I had experienced the difference of 7 watt vs 20 watt charging speed. I’d thought impedance limited anything faster than 20 watts. I only had my MacBook Pro 16” 100 watt charger available along with a USB-C to Lightning cable available in several instances of needing to charge my iPhone. I was surprised at how fast my phone charged up to 50% and beyond. And it really got warm. After 3 episodes, I’d swear it was significantly faster than my 20 or 30 watt chargers. But I didn’t measure, so it’s anecdotal.Yes, this capability may be possible with firmware and software now or in the future within the device and not the cable. But perhaps older devices would benefit. Or a with a future 3-tier or more speed of charging.It would be an e-waste reduction if the user had feedback to only use when they decide it’s useful given the feedback of the cumulative history and predictive estimates of using a certain tier of speed vs the need to “get out the door” and independent of a charging source.While future devices could incorporate all this and perhaps current devices via firmware, maybe an iPhone 10 or 11 might not work well with a firmware update for this level of monitoring and the cable as an option would be a convenience.If I’m off base on my imagination here, I still think slamming AppleInsider is not necessary. It’s food for thought if you just realize we don’t know what’s in development in battery technology and user feedback interface plans.
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Brydge ProDock review: A vertical Thunderbolt 4 docking station for modern Macs
Can one of the Thunderbolt 4 ports be used as a USB 3.2 Gen 2 (or USB 4.0?) port? Wasn’t that a premise of Thunderbolt 4.0?
