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Kuo: USB-C on 2018 iPad Pro, Touch ID on 2018 MacBook, EKG and Ceramic Backs on All Apple Watch Series 4 Models, More
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Glucose monitoring can be done via IR laser. Princeton has demoed w/ QCL (works well but expensive). Apple is probably investigating solutions that use two or three cheaper near IR frequencies.
Apple has multiple patents for this tech (use of lasers for mobile glucose monitoring).
Call me stupid. But why do you need a USBC cable which then turns into a lightning cable to charge an iPad? Why don’t you just have a charger with a lightning cable and have it do the same thing? Where and why does USBC have to fit into it?
Confused.
He designs Apple software and hardware to his personal "visionary" minimalist preferences, so why not the same for Airpods vs. his ear holes?
USB c is the male end lighting the female.
Usb to brick lighting to iPad. No new cables needed for users
Usb to brick lighting to iPad. No new cables needed for users
Most of you arguing about USB C vs Lightning and which you would prefer for the ipad have it wrong. There's a reason it would only be ipad and not iphone + ipad.
If they're adding USB C it's because they're pushing the ipad as a computer replacement and they want in on-par with the macbook. I wouldn't be surprised if the "air" successor was an ipad with keyboard case and usb C (basically a direct surface pro competitor)
If they're adding USB C it's because they're pushing the ipad as a computer replacement and they want in on-par with the macbook. I wouldn't be surprised if the "air" successor was an ipad with keyboard case and usb C (basically a direct surface pro competitor)
I use a USB-C to Lightning cable and a 29w USB-C charger for my 2015 iPad Pro and it significantly reduces my charging time. Using a plain old 12w USB charger (USB to Lightning) is just painfully slow now, cannot stand it anymore.
Are you saying that once you insert Airpods in your ears, they always stayed in the same spot several minutes later, and you never found yourself pressing on one or both Airpods in order to tighten them? Or if you did try pressing on the Airpods, they didn't budge?
Once I push the Airpods back into my ears, I found that outside noises became less apparent, and the sound from the Airpods was fuller. Then the sound quality changed a few minutes later because the Airpods loosened again...
Classic case of confusing correlation with causality.
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Nope. "Firewire" is an Apple trademark, but the connector itself was an industry standard connector called IEEE1394. Other companies also had their own trademarked names for it, for example Sony calls it iLink, and Texas Instruments called it Lynx.
IEEE1394 wasn't just used by Apple, it widely used everywhere from camcorders to PCs. The digital video industry was absolutely awash with the connectors. I even had a home VCR and a TV tuner with these ports.
Apple was 1 of 10 companies getting royalties from IEEE1394, including Canon, Hitachi, Philips, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, STMicroelectronics, and Toshiba. So calling it "Apple proprietary" (like the 30-pin dock connector and Lightning connector) is quite misleading.
Frankly, Firewire was also way the heck better than USB. Never once did I wish my devices were using the significantly slower and weaker USB interface.
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The only info missing is if Apple will release info about the ipad Pro this wednesday, guess we have to wait and see..I sure hope so still want to get in on the student beats headphones deal with an ipad pro purchase
The vertical slit design of the Airpods ear tips shows 2 dimensional thinking while people's ear canals are 3 dimensional. That's why the round "mushroom" tips of other in-ear headphones (including that company named Beats) have better retention and sound isolation. Did Apple go with this vertical slit design just so they could make the case a few millimeters thinner?
The smooth plastic material of the Airpods is also not too good for ear retention. Couldn't they have made the tips with some silicone or rubberized material for better grip inside the ears?
I noticed that Amazon is selling aftermarket silicone coverings for the Airpods:
https://www.amazon.com/EarSkinz-Air...6618799&sr=8-3&keywords=airpods+silicone+tips
Problem with these is they don't fit inside the charging case. If people must resort to buying these in order to have Airpods that stay inside the ears, at least the case should be designed with some extra space inside to accommodate these accessories.
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It doesn't, but I suppose it's the most convenient standard today that allows for high-amp charging and allows the same cable to be used for syncing with the new Macbook Pros.
In theory they could make the power brick have a lightning female port, and provide a male to male lightning cable, but that would be odd and useless for use as a sync cable.
Are you theorizing? Because from experience I can say that ear retention is excellent. I jog with Airpods and they don't fall out. I go to sleep with Airpods and 9 times out of 10 both Airpods are still in my ears in the morning.
In fact Airpods have been a radical improvement for me, especially jogging. Previously almost every kind of earbud would fall out due to the weight of the cord combined with motion and foot impact. If they had earhooks, sure, they wouldn't fall completely off, but they'd still pop out of my ears.
And Airpods are so light it's like I'm not wearing headphones at all...that's a great feeling when exercising. Having stuff bouncing around or weighing you down is a drag.
I can't think of a time I've ever been this satisfied with headphones. It's quite honestly one of the best purchases I've made in my entire life. My one complaint is that there's no quick and easy way to change the volume from the headphones themselves.
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Being able to read external drives in the Files app would be great, but I think the other big advantage is adapters/cables. I have a MacBook Pro (USB C ) and a Surface Go (USB C) and an iPad Pro. I teach and I often have to plug into projectors in different rooms. It would be nice to only need to bring USB C adapters and not have to worry about bringing lightning adapters too.
I can put the AirPods in my ears, stretch and go run for an hour, and they won't have moved.
There's a challenge between adding stuff that will be helpful to people who wouldn't otherwise get an ECG done, vs dumbing down the accuracy for people who would otherwise get a multiple lead ECG done.
It's a conundrum.
I think overall I fall on your side ... people who really need tracking will do less despite knowing they shouldn't. But conversely I'm really not sure how many currently untracked people will get a benefit.
Yeah, I agree. The lack of easy connectivity is one of the iPad's weaknesses compared to something like the Surface.
There's also not the same space constraints that there are on the iOS devices. If the iPads go USB-C I'd say rather than USB-C coming to the phones, the phones are more likely to lose the port entirely and go entirely wireless, for better and worse.
I predict usb-c on iPad Pro is a misunderstanding and “all” that is happening is that a hi power, fast charging usb-c power supply and usb-c to lightning cable will come with them. Lightning port will remain.
I bought an Apple watch S3LTE SS and I'm really liking it except for the lack of watch faces and no built in EKG, but if the new one has built in EKG then I will think about changing. If I can get a decent price on my current watch I'll def do it.