New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

(Now I have a case)

baah using the lightening port for a headphone jack seems like such a shitty idea, just keep the goddamned jack you don't need to invent an new kind of headphone cable you fucks

Lightning* port obv

So sick of carting adapters around. It's bad enough with laptops -- by the time you have all those you need, the laptop is even bulkier and less wieldy than it would have been if they'd just included the damn ports. Lightning for audio-out is the worst yet: the number of unanticipated places it's useful to be able to plug straight in is huge, so I'll end up toting the adapter everywhere.

What does it get them anyway, except more MFI cash? They can make it thinner if they like - the iPhone still isn't as thin as the iPod Touch -- and they can make it waterproof too. Fuckers.

I remember when Nokias didn't have standard headphone port either, and that was shit. Didn't Nintendo try to have proprietary audio-out on a DS once? That didn't last.

Oh yeah - I had a Sony Ericsson that you needed a dongle adaptor to use regular headphones with. Crazy times.

When do we think new Mac Minis are coming? Does Apple care any more?

the iPhone still isn't as thin as the iPod Touch

― stet, Friday, January 8, 2016 6:41 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

this is a really good point

if they go 3.5mm-less i might just go abck to whatever 4" form factor they release

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/01/08/rumor-apple-to-debut-bluetooth-earbuds-alongside-iphone-7-with-truly-wireless-left-right-earpieces

I'd lose these so quick.

I love the idea of wireless headphones, but recently switched back to wired from some bluetooth ones. It was just annoying to keep them charged

Just when the current earpod line is actually sounding good, Apple has to turn them into walkie talkies. Fuck.

For serious iOS development, which one of these versions of Xcode do I want? The beta one? The regular one? Which one do most developers use?

https://developer.apple.com/xcode/download/

You don't need to use a beta unless you are an established developer trying to be ready with new OS compatibility and features for a commercial product on day 1 of general availability.

grab regular unless you're developing stuff specifically with unreleased features, like a future version of mac/ios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wnLQSW8C_k

new apple screen protectors

kudos to belkin on worming their way into the apple store

To actually set the date back that far manually is quite laborious, requiring lots of scrolling, saving the time and then re-entering the time and date settings to scroll some more. Users are not likely to do it by accident, although pranksters have taken to bricking Apple Store demo units.

But there is a possibility that a malicious attacker could trick an iOS device connected to a network set to automatically adjusting its time settings into setting the date to 1 January 1970 by pretending to be a time server. A hacker could brick every 64-bit iPhone connected to a public Wi-Fi network, for instance.

Users curious about the bug have reportedly bricked their devices trying to disprove the reports on Reddit, ending up having to have the iOS devices replaced by Apple. The Guardian suggests that you do not try it.

how much for the protector and application?

hey y'all, can someone legit explain the point of making phones thinner and thinner to me? Bcz it seems to be what Apple is hellbent on doing but they've already got a product that is so thin that it's become difficult to use. What is the appeal of thinner and thinner? do people truly want this?

eventually it will be bendable/foldable i think is the end goal

We had the same thin-obsessed execs at Amazon. Not sure what it's all about. The latest Kindle (Voyage) is basically sharp on the edges, which is uncomfortably thin. The iPhone 6/6s have that stupid camera lens bump, which could have meant like 50% more battery life if they had just made the phone as thick as the camera module.

that is so crazy to me, like how much thicker is the bump than the rest of it??? it seems like making it microns thinner and having a bump is SO much more of a nuisance than making it a hair thicker and having everything be flush

With more battery!

I think thinness still signifies cutting-edge in consumers' minds (no pun intended). As the market matures there are fewer of those signifiers left.

I kind of like the rumors about a 4" iphone, the SE or whatever

hoping it will be advertised with a callback to
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/19d9j2554v11mjpg/original.jpg

We had the same thin-obsessed execs at Amazon. Not sure what it's all about. The latest Kindle (Voyage) is basically sharp on the edges, which is uncomfortably thin...

― schwantz, Monday, March 7, 2016

OTM. I lost my paperwhite and figured I'd step up to the latest and greatest, but it feels like a step back.

thinner the better yo

Definitely feels like thinness = number of blades on the razor so far as empty consumer status signifiers go. The prospect of folding screens is all very well but we'll need new tech for that, they can't just keep hammering it thinner until it bends.

the iphone ALREADY bent

I'm cool with thinner. Make it so you can't see the phone outline in my pocket.

plumbing new depths in keynote openings here

dropping a bunch of recycling and data science on ppl, hah hah take that gadget nerds

for some reason I thought Tim Cook was british. first time I've watched one of these with himzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

ppl going "woo!" at watch bands but no enthusiasm for ncaa tournament

thrilled at small iPhone

heck yeah get one in gold

btw night shift is pretty good, been using it in beta on ipad

these guys suck as presenters

they should hire ballmer strictly as a presenter

they can't even read off the teleprompter without awkward pauses.

I'm probably gonna get one of these new iPads, thanks to Finnair for canceling a long-haul flight in january so that by EU law they had to give me 600 euros

rly into this ambient light sensor idea

why don't they just make these updates to the regular iPad, f a pro imo

taking pictures with a tablet should be illegal

im guessing that they're gonna pull a switcheroo and say that it's actually just the updated mainline ipad

camera bump on the fucking ipad? so much for drawing on the damn thing

happy about the small phone but the names is indicative of their current lack of imagination. also fk 16gb that's disrespectful.

a 64gb model will be available too, but yeah please stop pretending that 48gb is worth $100, Apple

yeah - such bullshit that they went with baseline 16gb again

why are they so mean

i'm glad they brought back the Small iPhone With 3.5mm Headphone Jack right before they get rid of the 3.5mm Headphone Jack for Big iPhone