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- ernexbcn0
Their fancy speaker isn't selling like they wanted, it kinda makes sense, Siri is the worst voice assistant of the 3 big ones and this thing doesn't connect with other music providers.
- yep, massive fail.
they just hired top Google AI dude to overhaul Siri so perhaps they will start to catch up soon.fadein11 - Why would anyone buy that – you're locked into their infrastructure, their ai isn't as good as either Alexa or Google and for sound quality...Wolfboy
- ... there's a smart Sonos speaker. Apple do good products when they bring something new to an existing table, but this feels totally half arsed.Wolfboy
- Apple first with Siri, but then so slow to innovate. Amazon saw the potential and beat them to it. Now apple trying to claw there way into the market...shapesalad
- Doesn't matter they got billions in the bank. They could pay all their staff $1m and close up shop. Why companies nether exit like this?shapesalad
- Apple bought Siri, they never managed to develop it, and now they've fallen behind.
https://techcrunch.c…zarkonite - If Apple wants any success in this market they need to license out airplay 2 like whores and get it on as many 3rd party devices as possible.monospaced
- The sound is supposed to be incredible. The hardware is fantastic, they just need to get Airplay 2 in order.Gnash
- The whole 'personal assistant' is still at the gimmick stage, anyway.Gnash
- If the assistant is just a gimmick why buy this product? far better gimmick free speakers out there.fadein11
- I think he's saying all personal assistants are at the gimmick stage so far. That I agree with, for the most part.monospaced
- but what's the point of a homepod if it doesn't work properly, just buy a bluetooth/wireless speaker (loads of options).fadein11
- Let's see how it goes but it does seem an odd product right now and the sales figures confirm that.fadein11
- I believe it works very well, actually, and the reviews on the sound are that it's spectacular, especially at how it adjusts to the room.monospaced
- it's certainly got major issues though, specifically with the assistant and the one account it's attached to, and of course its limitation to Apple Musicmonospaced
- yep, massive fail.
- zarkonite0
So I've been using an iPad with pencil at work for sketching and stuff... I'm still not sure how to handle carrying the pencil around, do any of you have tricks/gadgets?
It's kind of too long and flimsy to store in my pockets, it's not magnetic like the microsoft surface one, and frankly it's too expensive to consider it "expandable"...
- I just toss it in the bag with other pens. Or in the little pen holder pouch in my messenger bag. At home it sits in the pencil jar with all my other drawing stmonospaced
- I have a Killspencer case for the iPad Pro which includes a loop for the pencil which works wellMondoMorphic
- I have a case/bag that I put the iPad in with a zipper. It also has a pocket in the outside for the pencil.ArmandoEstrada
- https://www.amazon.c…ArmandoEstrada
- Cool, nice suggestions. thanks!zarkonite
- https://odditymall.c…sted
- That's a conversation starter.zarkonite
- Just throw it in the backpackpango
- https://i.imgur.com/…sted
- Have you already filled up your default pencil holders? https://i.imgur.com/…monNom
- Any apps with palm detection for sketching?Hayoth
- I slide mine in my anus.robthelad
- Hayoth: I've been using Adobe Sketch, it's pretty good at palm detection. I haven't heard any complaints online in the reviews that I read about using the iPadzarkonite
- as a sketching device. Are you having problems?zarkonite
- Shameless plug time: Grapher, our iPad folio case has a side pocket for the pencil: http://cocon.es/grap…raf
- Hayoth-2
Seen any good deals on iMacs?
- if you live outside NY and NJ, https://prices.apple…ArmandoEstrada
- Save on tax off BH or AdoramaArmandoEstrada
- Adorama turns out to be an amazing deal on iMac Pro. -$500, plus no Tax, plus free shipping. Like $1k off.fyoucher1
- zarkonite0
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/…
"We don't believe in sort of watering down one for the other. Both [the Mac and iPad] are incredible. One of the reasons that both of them are incredible is because we pushed them to do what they do well. And if you begin to merge the two... you begin to make trade-offs and compromises."
Sure Tim... that's what they say officially but then they go ahead and implement feature after feature across both platforms.
- shapesalad1
wish there was a mac 27" drawing monitor that wasn't an over priced wacom:
- zarkonite0
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/…
"Apple exits Wi-Fi game, AirPort routers discontinued after stock sells out"
- too bad. I like themGnash
- Kind of obvious. They don't want you to turn your home stereo into an AirPlay device with Airport Express.
HomePod is your AirPlay device now.rafalski - @rafalski, DERP, that makes no sense: AirPlay is built in to tons of A/V receivers and many other devices besides HomePodmonospaced
- I AirPlay to my stereo systems every single day, all day, and have been doing so for at least 6 yearsmonospaced
- long list of well-established hi-fi manufacturers signed up to AirPlay 2.
Naim, Bose, B&O, Devialet, Dynaudio, Bowers & Wilkins, Bluesound, Libraton and Denonmonospaced - You're proving my point listing pricey gear. Airport lets you turn anything, even a set of powered speakers into an AirPlay device (as I'm doing in one room).rafalski
- Now even if there are cheaper Airport capable devices, for many the choice will be either something premium or — Airport Express gone — the HomePod.rafalski
- There’s tons of cheap brands that support airplay. This is for airplay 2 which was just announced. Of course high end is first in line ffs.monospaced
- All I’m saying is that you can use airplay for your audio without having a HomePod or Apple router, and it’s simple as fuck.monospaced
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oh fuck it Ill post it...
Apple is reportedly making a standalone VR and AR headset with two 8K displays
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The headset will reportedly be available as soon as 2020- i just want a more affordable pro desktop systemGnash
- And what computer is it going to run on? they sure as fuck don't make computers that can handle VR...zarkonite
- i was going to say the same till i reread “stand alone”LMFAO
- We'll all be dead by then. :-)PhanLo
- if they can't make a computer that can do VR, they're not going to make a miniature version that can! and don't get me started on the double 8k claim ;)zarkonite
- they make miniature computers already that perform almost as well as desktopsmonospaced
- studderine0
my new Macbook Pro is slow as fucking shit
- fuckstudderine
- why?Gnash
- https://www.ifixit.c…..
hm?sted - https://youtu.be/RHh…vvvv
- Gnash, not sure. I have the MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017).studderine
- hmmm... have you tried turning it on? is it on? are you sure it's on? it's on right?
- Apple Geniuskona - I'm running sierra on a 2011MBP and it's still happily going on. last year I maxed ram and added an ssd. gave it new lifeGnash
- by now i'm sure it's done indexing. Look into Activity Monitor and see if there's some odd background crap going on.Gnash
- Also, do a "safe boot" then restart normally. Safe boot rebuilds the desktop file and trashes a bunch of preferences and caches. it's totally safe.Gnash
- https://support.appl…Gnash
- Also. If you tend to keep lot's of folders or files on the desktop, don't.Gnash
- shapesalad8
- Last few macs I bought were refurbished from 2014. Now that they solder/glue everything in, I'm more than done.shapesalad
- crApple!utopian
- My iphone is always having issues. Been an Apple user for 20 years - never again!matski
- Android devices never have issues. Never ever. Only iPhones.monospaced
- Squiddy4
seriously, what are they doing at Apple these days?
- The brainwashed Apple fan boys here are voting you down!utopian
- they're having an existential crisis because the iphone x has "weaker demand"dorf
- you put that in quotes because it's fiction, right?monospaced
- they're rummaging around the doughnut trying to find a new idea.hans_glib
- Making insane profits and the best selling phones on the planet.monospaced
- autoflavour0
so literally the day after reading about how the new butterfly keyboards are failing at a rate of 1 in 5, my tab key started to play up. fortunately I was able to use some compressed air to clear it out.
just received one of those keyboard cover things, but it feels like you are trying through a condom.
fail
- i'm still using a g4 keyboard....hans_glib
- externally Its fine, but when its on the laptop.. I need this 6 month old laptop to last a bit longerautoflavour
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lol Apple FTW
- He's screwed.shapesalad
- This guy makes good videos.monospaced
- if he knows it's a flaw and it will break, why would he keep screwing with it?kona
- He didn’t have much of a choice.monospaced
- omg this is so boringnb
- that poor apple fanboy! did you call to console him wexy?imbecile
- what is your obsession with trying to doxx me here? it's not only uncalled for, it's about the lowest, cuntiest thing, and you should be embarrassedmonospaced
- even worse, you contribute nothing and only come here to be an absolute fuckwad ... I can only imagine you're despised by most people around youmonospaced
- keep it up and you'll die alone and pathetic, all because of your need to be a total dick to a stranger online, FOR NO REASONmonospaced
- fucking lowlife scum, that's what you aremonospaced
- lololimbecile
- you might want to seek help, that can't be good for your blood pressure :Dimbecile
- oh and... https://www.qbn.com/…imbecile
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Anyone else excited for WWDC18?
Can't wait to see what's in store for macOS & improved Siri.
And hopefully some nice upgrades to MacBook Pro's & iPad Pro's.
- Nope, zero fucks.zarkonite
- I used to get excited for these, but I'm in the zero fucks camp now. I haven't turned my ipad on in probably a year, and it was my last Apple device.section_014
- Nope. Think I'm too old, skint and annoyed with Apple to care anymore.Hayzilla
- All the updates/upgrades are bullshit, I would get excited if they put more ram in the MacBook, but besides that I could care less.syst_m
- ^ Couldn't care lessHayzilla
- Used to get excite too. But when they showed us animated emoji's and no real improvements on anything, I've become indifferent to it all.dopepope
- Even the bingo cards aren't fun. Anyway I have a tenner on (10.14) OS X: El SegundoSquiddy
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- my fridge broke twice, vacuum cleaner scratches the floor, new car makes a strange sound etc etc.inteliboy
- though none of that would bring in those lovely apple nerd outrage clickbait dollars.inteliboy
- If I were him, I'd keep my 1st world problems to myself and keep my punch worthy face off the internet.shapesalad
- ********0
"And even though I struggle to see how useful the Mess Up option would actually be on a day-to-day basis, with seemingly every new gadget or app so hellbent on improving speed and efficiency, it’s rather refreshing to see a feature that does the complete opposite. Congratulations Apple, you’ve made tech fun again, even if it’s only for a hot second."
- dyspl0
this cunt of a phone just erased all of my passwords. imessages, gmail accounts, apps accounts... everything.
next phone won't be an iphone, I'm over that shit.
Fuck you Apple®
- Not trying to defend them, because that sucks majorly. Was there nothing backed up to iCloud though? That’s saved my ass a couple times.monospaced
- you were definitely holding it wrong.dopepope
- I have no trust in iCloud, sooner or later it's going to be hacked, I don't want anything to do with it.dyspl
- backup?inteliboy
- No backups = your fault.ArmandoEstrada
- And what you do? It wont just magically do shit. Were you trying to install the beta or something?ArmandoEstrada
- Damn. Not even automatic wireless backups to a home machine. Dayum. Fuck Apple!monospaced
- This has never happened to an android device. Ever.monospaced
- I'm not at home, I have to check how long ago I did a backup. And I didn't do anything, no beta install nothing.dyspl
- The fucking thing started to light up like a Christmas tree, suddenly opening messages asking for every passwordsdyspl
- Wifi, email, iCloud etc...dyspl
- And mono, I used to pay an extra price for apple devices for simple reasons : reliability, and ease of use.dyspl
- now I can't access one of my gmail account... I've reset the password, etc... the thing won't add it. I'm not a 60+ grandma trying her phone for the 1st time.dyspl
- Their stuff is getting more and more clunky by the day... it's just not worth it anymore IMO.dyspl
- You decided not to enact auto backups, which do work and are reliable and simple. Sucks.monospaced
- Mono.... you're trying to deviate the subject. Backups have nothing to do with the phone being less reliable.dyspl
- I would backup every day, I'd still be upset by a phone acting like a piece of garbage.dyspl
- Trying seeing things a bit beyond your fanboyism...dyspl
- https://www.youtube.…hotroddy
- ^sure sure...dyspl
- I see this behaviour if I change a password elsewhere, like on a browser. Do your old passwords work anywhere?comicsans
- it’s not fanboyism ... I genuinely think this sucks ... I’ve never heard of it happening either and I’m not alone in my opinion, obviously.monospaced
- sounds like support didn't warn you that resetting the phone erases all the data. that sucks, but not the phone's fault, i don't think.Gnash
- Innovation never sleeps, ask Steve.utopian
- user's fault; don't blame Apple.chukkaphob
- Bc of iCloud I no longer believe the “lost phone who dis?”notype
- ^ lolGnash
- someone who told me they lost all #'s a couple wks ago, said hello to me the day i posted this. hmmm...notype
- dyspl-4
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gnash :"sounds like support didn't warn you that resetting the phone erases all the data. that sucks, but not the phone's fault, i don't think"well, the thing is I didn't reset the phone. it all logged me out of every apps, mails etc by itself, without any action from me...
https://forums.macrumors.com/thr…
- I misread your initial statement: when you said "this cunt" I thought you were referring to phone-supportGnash
- (this cunt "on the" phone -- is how I read it)Gnash
- No worries gnash, I realized that maybe I hadn’t been clear on my post.dyspl
- Not backing it up often enough, my fault. The iPhone breaking down like this, it’s a apple issue.dyspl
- It’s kinda crazy to see people are all up in arms when you just say that apple isn’t perfect. A cult for a fucking brand 0_odyspl
- I get your reluctance to use cloud services (i shudder at the idea of a breach) but I love how simple it makes everything within the ecosystem .Gnash
- iCloud has lost my dad his pictures many many times... so it's not perfect either. The problem here is that we used to pay extra to get cutting edgezarkonite
- design/technology on a platform that just works. Apple's value prop is gone and that's why google has 80% of the phone market.zarkonite
- oh, and when they switch to fucking cloud music they erased all my exclusive DJ sets, and replaced a bunch of songs with versions that weren't the same.zarkonite
- ^ point takenGnash
- Google has 80% of the phone market?monospaced
- like a radio edit of a song that was a live version, etc.zarkonite
- Wow, on a global level they do!monospaced
- In the USA, they have ~55% and Apple has ~45%monospaced
- There’s also the dependency on an online service, that you then pay for when you go above the given free space.dyspl
- ^ you can use iCloud for only contacts and keychain and iMessage and keep usage small.Gnash
- it's totally customizable, and 99c a month isn't that bad :/monospaced
- I’ll look more into it.dyspl
- mono: yeah globally, I'm surprised it's still that high in the US. They're being outsold about 3:1 right now in the US.zarkonite
- BabySnakes6
I am pretty happy with my iPhone 6, been running great for 4 years. I had to do a battery replacement but other than that, great little device.
That is all.
- Booooopango
- Just kidding. Other than battery issue. My iPhone 5s was fine as while.pango
- I had my 4s for 4 yrsGnash
- I enjoyed mines until the 5, the experience went gradually down for me after thatdyspl
- most phones are pretty great, sans battery. I have a 4s like new and a Galaxy S5 that is new (easy to change batteries).formed
- I do like my S8+ more, thoformed
- Still use a 4s. Fits easily into my pocket.PhanLo
- I’ve had 2 phones over the last 10 years. Both iPhones and both worked fine. On SE right nowscruffics
- Iphone SE here. Will have it till it dies.jagara