Wasn’t expecting this this year anyways… I mean they just released the new home pod
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Apple's HomePod With a Screen Delayed Until Next Year at the Earliest
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Certainly not the same trajectory as Apple during early 2000-2001 when Steve said, “We will innovate through the downturn.” after the PowerMac Cube flopped.
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I love the way we talk about this as "fact"....
"Oh that thing we said there was going to be now is delayed"... etc etc etc.....
We dont know at all that there is a HomePod with a screen "definitely" coming let alone a release window let alone an update to that fictitious release window!
.. anyone remember the YEARS of "fact" that Apple was about to launch their own TV..... even if they were toying with the idea it was clear that releasing an entire TV set was not really a sensible thing to do...
... yet the 'facts' persisted over and over and its was often 'due for release then delayed' - and of course never materialised...
"Oh that thing we said there was going to be now is delayed"... etc etc etc.....
We dont know at all that there is a HomePod with a screen "definitely" coming let alone a release window let alone an update to that fictitious release window!
.. anyone remember the YEARS of "fact" that Apple was about to launch their own TV..... even if they were toying with the idea it was clear that releasing an entire TV set was not really a sensible thing to do...
... yet the 'facts' persisted over and over and its was often 'due for release then delayed' - and of course never materialised...
Infinite R&D spend isn't good either. Just ask Xerox.
Wait - whose OS would you rather have than Apple's on your devices?
I can see why Apple doesn't want the iPad to be the home hub, because they want to make a bad iPad with good speakers to replace it.
No one's, it's not because I say that Apple is terrible at software that other companies are inherently better - Apple just needs to get better.
I see two problems with this:
1. There is simply no way to verify whether a rumor is true or not, so we just need to believe the rumor in order to determine if something was "late". Blindly believing a rumor doesn't seem like a smart way to go.
2. Whether in a big company or a small one (or a family), plans change ALL the time.
There's a saying that no plan survives contact with reality. That doesn't mean that something was screwed up, but rather sometimes priorities change or an unexpected problem crops up.
Boy I sure hope Apple can live through these tough times by making the $3000 goggles a success 🙄
Gurman’s most recent timeline has the M3 launching at WWDC, which is ahead of most pundit’s timelines and one year after the launch of the M2. That’s hardly a delay.
I don't want it mobile, I want it part of my entertainment system in my living room the same way my appletv is now.... an iPad doesnt replace an aTV....
Apple would be a $5T company if it weren’t for these pesky expensive customers wanting stuff.
People who truly care about APPLE, as a culture, a community, should be really concerned. By my count, Apple hasn’t shipped anything innovative since the AirPods Pro, and even they’re now stagnant. The only other “innovative” tech was Apple Silicon, and even that is now on a rocky, delayed path. OS development is a literal sh it show. Going back before the AirPods, Apple hasn’t done anything “new” since the original HomePod, and that’s even a stretch. (Since competitors had been doing smart speakers much more affordably (Amazon) or more broadly (Sonos).) 5 years of garbage MacBooks, and the iMac chassis hasn’t significantly changed in 15 years… Tim Cook has been a disaster; makes money, but little else.
(Before you downvote me or start typing out a snarky post to refute me, just think on one perfect example: 40 years ago, the auto industry—led by the nascent, hungry Japanese manufacturers—learned how part interchangeability could significantly drive down costs while also significantly ramping updatability. Reusing something as simple as a great door handle design was “innovative” and drove the Japanese car revolution. Apple can’t even see fit to interchange motherboards between the Mac mini and iMac, or iPhone and iPad, in order to effectively ship yearly bumps. Ever. Even the batteries have changed year-over-year in similar devices. And Cook is supposed to be a “supply chain expert”. Uh huh. Apple has burnt $BILLIONS on re-tooling, and most of their products end up in landfills within 5 years. This isn’t a good thing. There is ZERO REASON Apple should be unable to release an entire ecosystem of “HomePod” devices at this point. With their eyes closed. But… instead… we got a re-hashed, over-priced HomePod based on a concept that nobody wanted the first time around. Their failure of creativity at scale is stunning.)
People who truly care about APPLE, as a culture, a community, should be really concerned. By my count, Apple hasn’t shipped anything innovative since the AirPods Pro, and even they’re now stagnant. The only other “innovative” tech was Apple Silicon, and even that is now on a rocky, delayed path. OS development is a literal sh it show. Going back before the AirPods, Apple hasn’t done anything “new” since the original HomePod, and that’s even a stretch. (Since competitors had been doing smart speakers much more affordably (Amazon) or more broadly (Sonos).) 5 years of garbage MacBooks, and the iMac chassis hasn’t significantly changed in 15 years… Tim Cook has been a disaster; makes money, but little else.
(Before you downvote me or start typing out a snarky post to refute me, just think on one perfect example: 40 years ago, the auto industry—led by the nascent, hungry Japanese manufacturers—learned how part interchangeability could significantly drive down costs while also significantly ramping updatability. Reusing something as simple as a great door handle design was “innovative” and drove the Japanese car revolution. Apple can’t even see fit to interchange motherboards between the Mac mini and iMac, or iPhone and iPad, in order to effectively ship yearly bumps. Ever. Even the batteries have changed year-over-year in similar devices. And Cook is supposed to be a “supply chain expert”. Uh huh. Apple has burnt $BILLIONS on re-tooling, and most of their products end up in landfills within 5 years. This isn’t a good thing. There is ZERO REASON Apple should be unable to release an entire ecosystem of “HomePod” devices at this point. With their eyes closed. But… instead… we got a re-hashed, over-priced HomePod based on a concept that nobody wanted the first time around. Their failure of creativity at scale is stunning.)
They tried that back in the 90's with Mac clones and MacOS 7. Didn't work and when Steve Jobs became CEO (again), he cancelled all the clone maker's licenses.
Although I will say that I owned two clone machines (Power Computing), and they were both pretty awesome.
Which is, of course, why they're pouring money into chip design and beating everyone else on performance/watt, which is important for the majority of their product lines, and why the iPhone is the dominant phone in their home market, and the most profitable phone overall. Mac shipments have spiked while the rest of the laptop market in particular has tanked. What possible reason would Apple have to abandon hardware?
those two hated each other, and couldn't be in the room together.
I do miss Forestall though.
Exactly this.
I'd love to switch away from Google and let Apple fully take care of my smart home, but 2 things have to happen first:
1. Siri has to be totally revamped for the AI age and become at least comparable with Google Assistant (absolutely mind-boggling how Apple is so far behind, my only hope is that they are secretly working on something big and truly next-gen)
2. I want home control devices with screens that display information, weather, doorbell/camera feeds etc. (HomePod/iPad combo, standalone, whatever)
Hey Forstall could bring back extreme skeuomorphic design and have HomePods in the shape of houseplants.
How does a device that hasn't been announced, that is still in the R&D stage, and may never be released, get "delayed?"
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Agreed! Apple should just take 2023 off and catch up with the delayed timing and resume operations next year in 2024 😂
Yup and when some issue hits the fan he’ll as per usual refuse to apologise because his own perception is that he’s the second coming.
