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My guess is AirPower is to Qi as the W1 is to Bluetooth. AirPower mats will work with Q1 compatible devices (like AirPods work with bluetooth) but AirPower mats will somehow work better with Apple devices than non-Apple devices. But I'm not quite sure how much room for differentiation there is in wireless charging (unlike Bluetooth which had multiple dimensions for improvement: range, battery life, ease of pairing, dropouts, etc.).

At $150, the next generation of AirPods better ship exclusively with the inductive charging case or people will be looking at $150 + a case to get the triple-play benefit. $150 is going to be a tough sell all around but $150+ to get no-plugs for AirPods, phone and watch is going to be even more difficult.

Persuasive argument about why a screen expands the benefit of a smart speaker. I still wish Apple let the screen on the top of HomePod show some simple things such as the amount of time left on a timer or the source of music playing rather than just animating the Siri waveform. I understand why Apple doesn't want a cluttered or complicated screen but they installed a real (if small: 272x340) screen that HomePod barely uses.

CGX (subsidiary of RR Donnelly, the professional printers) apparently printed the Apple photo books. http://thedeadpixelssociety.com/apple-closing-photo-print-products-service-by-sept-30/

It took me years before I saw the parallel: "App.. Store" & "Apple Store"