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Cuban Missles said:
I wish that Apple would surprise us all for Black friday with
1. An improved Photos App that worked the same across all platforms (no, it doesn't).
2. An open iMessage App so we can use that versus Whatsapp to talk to those annoying-not-in the-walled-garden friends.
3. An office suite that would actually compete with MS.
4. An iPad that actually could replace a laptop.
5. A music app that still supported music owners.
6. Airpods
7. Laptops that were actually priced so that normal people could afford them
8. And of course more watch bands and emoji
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4. An iPad that actually could replace a laptop.
This is not gonna happen...otherwise how are they going to sell those $4000 MacBook Pro?
I am still looking forward to the next iPad to replace my perfectly functional iPad 3 though (the one that Apple screwed us over by launching the iPad 4 in less than a year)
 
Final Fantasy Tactics is a great game, with an extensive list of achievements...

Not that you'd know, since Apple has apparently removed all mention of Game Center from it's App Store. Now you don't know which games have Game Center/achievements and which do not. You can't even see which achievements you have in some games, like in Tomb Raider I.

It's a bit upsetting, puzzling, and unnecessary you have to kill Game Center Apple, but if you're gonna do it, do it fully. Not with these messy half-measures.
 
Cuban Missles said:
I wish that Apple would surprise us all for Black friday with
1. An improved Photos App that worked the same across all platforms (no, it doesn't).
2. An open iMessage App so we can use that versus Whatsapp to talk to those annoying-not-in the-walled-garden friends.
3. An office suite that would actually compete with MS.
4. An iPad that actually could replace a laptop.
5. A music app that still supported music owners.
6. Airpods
7. Laptops that were actually priced so that normal people could afford them
8. And of course more watch bands and emoji
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1. What specifically (I'm scared to ask as I'll probably see what you're seeing and get annoyed). One of the reasons I love Photos is that is mimics itself across my devices. With the plug-ins it covers my usage well.
2. In Europe everyone I know uses Whatsapp and Telegram. I actually prefer Telegram to iMessage. But would be nice I guess. Apple Music for Android gives some hope...
3. For my home use it already does. At work I use MS Office (on Windows). Horses for courses. I'm glad for the simplicity and better UI of iWork at home and the added power of Office at work. Add to that I prefer Keynote over PowerPoint, Word and pages is a tossup depending on what features one requires. However Excel stomps all over Numbers.
4. Already does for many. What do you want it to do specifically (this is why lists like yours add noise and little value - give details of where the products fall short for for your use case). My parents love their iPad and is their laptop replacement. I have to admit my MBP is used for very niche uses that really can't be accommodated yet by the iPad (Xcode specifically for me). I wouldn't want to do high level Photoshop or coding on the iPad - and neither does Apple expect us to (yet).
5. Cesium is very good as an offline player. I'd say as good as if not better than any Music app iOS has ever shipped with. I'm all in on streaming (have been since Spotify launched in the UK back in '09 - and now I use Apple Music happily alongside my local music) so I don't want much to change (I think I preferred iOS 9's UI to 10 though).
6. Would be a nice surprise. But hopefully when they ship they do without issue. Really want to try them out.
7. The MacBook Air in the UK starts at £949. The Retina MacBook £1,249. Seems about par for Apple's entry level historically. (Also the weak £ has screwed us recently with Apple pricing).
9. Joking aside Apple should keep up with the Unicode standards for emoji.
 
CarlJ said:
Well, I don't know about all that other junk on your list, but I'm totally on board for more watch bands and emoji. Can we get watch bands with emoji printed on them?
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That's not nearly Apple enough.

Apple would make the watch band a bendable OLED screen and have the watch be able to change the emoji on the watch band.

And sell it for $200...
 
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KALLT said:
It is clearly labelled as Apple Music in the App Store. A subtle and silent, but notable rebranding of the app.
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A subtle hint that only confuses people all the time for no reason.

Music app versus "Apple Music" is a nuanced differentiation to begin with and when something is "available on Apple Music" it's never quite clear what they mean exactly.

Only streaming? Can I buy it too on the iTunes Store?
In iTunes maybe?

Now that the app is called Apple Music it's even worse and quite redundant, because I don't see "Apple Videos" or "Apple Notes" being mentioned much, do I?

What an it irritating company Apple has become...

Glassed Silver:ios
 
I'm not seeing the 30% off VMware Fusion. I see 20% off Fusion Pro, but I want just the regular and I'm still seeing that at $79.99. I'm going to keep tracking that and hope it does go on sale soon.

Update: The sale just showed up for me.
 
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... This thread has gotten totally off-topic.

I came here for comments on the Parallels bundle and got sidetracked.

Anyways, I was about to buy it to get version 12. Hate to pay it, but about time to move up from version 9.

As I get to the package purchase page I see it is only an upgrade, not the full version 12. And it only upgrades from version 10. I can not even use it since I am on 9.
 
Final Fantasy Tactics? According to the Apple Store description, Square are saying it's incompatible with anything over iOS 8... can anyone confirm before I buy? I'm running latest iOS .
 
Cool, I was a fan of Final Fantasy Tactics back in the day, and I don't have a Playstation anymore so I haven't been able to play it in awhile. I think I'll pick this one up.
 
Plutonius said:
Why wouldn't they ? An iPhone is pretty useless without apps.
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I've actually met some folks who buy an iPhone and either use it only as a phone, or only get a few freeware apps, and that's it. I'd argue that they really could've gotten by with any cheaper phone, or even a "dumb phone", but they did have models from 2 to 3 years ago, so I'm sure they still saved good money.

They were the exception than the norm. While many people use apps, articles state (and I feel this way too) is that many people are "app-ed out". They're sick and tired of them. They have enough apps to do what they'd like to do and that's it. So as few as 3 to 4, or enough to fill one page, but that's it.
[doublepost=1479930511][/doublepost]I checked, and it turns out I already have FF Tactics: War Of The Lion. Normally, I'd say hindsight is always 20/20, but there was no way to know that it would go on sale even cheaper. I got it "just in case". I haven't touched it since I bought it, but to be fair, I have been working on Final Fantasy 4 and FF4 The After Years.

Lumines should definitely be worth $1, as well as the Heroes and Space game. I already have Talisman, but yet to touch it like with FF Tactics.
 
ILuvEggplant said:
90% of apps downloaded arent used.
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I would agree with that. The 10% still need to be downloaded though so people will still need to download.
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ackmondual said:
I already have Talisman, but yet to touch it like with FF Tactics.
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Talisman is an excellent board game on the iPad but I would never buy it just for the iPhone. I also prefer playing it it on my iPad rather then on my computer in Steam. Another great board game I would recommend even for an iPhone is Catan.
 
GaymerAdam said:
Final Fantasy Tactics? According to the Apple Store description, Square are saying it's incompatible with anything over iOS 8... can anyone confirm before I buy? I'm running latest iOS .
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I'm playing it on my iPod touch 6G with iOS 9.3.5, and it runs perfectly
[doublepost=1479978477][/doublepost]Except game center achievements come in from the sides, instead of from the top. But that's pretty much irrelevant.

I do wish they made the game 16:9, properly, instead of having those black side bars. iPad version is fine though.
 
Poochi said:
Buying myself Windows 10 to "enhance" my mac gaming capability... since Apple is so incompetent in serving the gaming community (and Mac Pro and Mac Mini are beyond embarrassing at this point)
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And this is related to this article how?
 
Cuban Missles said:
I wish that Apple would surprise us all for Black friday with
1. An improved Photos App that worked the same across all platforms (no, it doesn't).
2. An open iMessage App so we can use that versus Whatsapp to talk to those annoying-not-in the-walled-garden friends.
3. An office suite that would actually compete with MS.
4. An iPad that actually could replace a laptop.
5. A music app that still supported music owners.
6. Airpods
7. Laptops that were actually priced so that normal people could afford them
8. And of course more watch bands and emoji
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No doubt. Especially #1 and #5. I'm currently looking for alternatives to manage my photo and music collection. Once that's non-Apple, there's little left to keep me on the platform as the UX continues the rapid downslide. I'll just be waiting until another platform looks almost as good... which I doubt is far away now.
 
There are actually over 3800 different apps on the App Store on sale for Black Friday. I know because I looked at them all--but I made a curated list of the best so you don't have to look at them. Check them out at https://markdmill.com/2016/11/23/black-friday-ios-apps-mac-apps-itunes-movie-deals/
[doublepost=1480022336][/doublepost]Lots more than that. https://markdmill.com/2016/11/23/black-friday-ios-apps-mac-apps-itunes-movie-deals/
[doublepost=1480022394][/doublepost]It's on sale in the official App stores. Awesome deal. Check it and others out here (curated list) https://markdmill.com/2016/11/23/black-friday-ios-apps-mac-apps-itunes-movie-deals/
 
Plutonius said:
I would agree with that. The 10% still need to be downloaded though so people will still need to download.
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It's still a waste of money and space to DL apps you won't use.

Plutonius said:
Talisman is an excellent board game on the iPad but I would never buy it just for the iPhone. I also prefer playing it it on my iPad rather then on my computer in Steam. Another great board game I would recommend even for an iPhone is Catan.
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I picked up Catan for Android in a recent Humble Mobile Bundle sale. I think it'd play better on a 5.5" screen vs. the iPod Touch's 4" screen. Most of the other games on there I already have for iOS or PC/Steam.
 
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