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Ming-Chi Kuo Says Apple Likely to Unveil 10.5" iPad Pro and Touchscreen Siri Smart Speaker at WWDC
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As non-US buyer Apple priced me out with 9.7" Pro. The 10.5" is for sure a no-go for me price wise. It will be in notebook territory.
I agree, I think the only reason Echo's sell at all is due to the novelty factor and the extremely low price point. It's an easy impulse or gift buy. I also think the way it links to Amazon's store is a nice feature that Apple can't match. Inevitably the Siri version will cost twice as much and I don't think it will sell at nearly the same volume. Then again I also thought Watch was pointless too, so who knows.
Good point. At the same time, you'd want the Wi-Fi to broadcast from a central location (unless I'm misunderstanding the hardware terms here), and this sort of thing would do well in a central location. I dunno. Networking kinda confuses me.
Yes I agree, as centrally located as possible. But that is part of the issue, if you have cable internet, for example, your cable modem would need to be near a cable outlet. This might work in some homes just fine. Most of my friends with listening devices, however, typically have them in the kitchen. I am not sure why, but they do, on the counter or island, where you wouldn't typically find a cable outlet and wouldn't want to see a cable modem taking up space. Maybe those with DSL would have a phone jack in the kitchen. I might be over-thinking it.
Yes, sounds good, but will there be stripped down additional devices that connect to the apple home, so you can have mics and speakers in other rooms, without having to buy another full featured apple home?
Apple home express?
I would love it to have w-lan, so it can be a ridiculous fast router too.
Apple Home Mini or maybe there will be an Apple Home Hub and two clients and they also serve as an Airport base station/extender for creating a mesh network like Google WiFi...now I might be entering fantasyland but one can dream. If that came out, I would buy it immediately on the first day of availability.
Comes down to the individual .
In my case if I use my phone to activate Siri , asking what the weather is, I'm fine with a list result
If I activate Siri from my AirPods , I'm not fine with a list on the iPhone , if expect modified behaviour , that of a AI speaker.
Using my AirPod example, in my opinion it's a very poor experience , cause I here Siri saying here is the result, and I have to find my phone.....which contradicts me getting wireless headphones
Anyway , you are happy with Siri , I'm not. We are not going to convince each other .
I'm with you. I don't see the point of this speaker for the reasons we mentioned (especially, as you point out, without the Amazon store), but I could be completely off. Maybe there is a huge market for it with Apple TV, Apple Music?
Basically you WANT Android Nougat in a ipad.......thats what your description leads to ....but I wholeheartedly agree!!!
All the Touchwiz people have had these forever now.....thank you Touchwiz and your innovations leading to android nougat
Maybe a 10.2 will have the exact same form size as the 9.7 so that ipad shells and 3rd party accessories will fit. So less bezel? I excited bc I'm in the market for iPad and 12.9 is too big and 9.7 is not bad..but I would like to do some word processing on it and a bigger screen would be nice for that.
Rumors are already out.Apple is going to kill 7.9 iPad, Let me make it clear for you
:- https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-rumored-to-discontinue-ipad-mini.2045927/
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You're Wrong again and are completely inaccurate. I have no idea why you quote me without researching what Facts are and not rumors. You posted a link to a "Rumor", this isn't a confirmation of anything at all.
"BGR" is the source that is making the claim in the link you provided, that the 7.9 iPad mini will be discontinued. They are a NOT a verified source, they have a horrible track record of being accurate and post bogus click bait articles. Macrumors is posting this, because it qualifies as a rumor.
Now, please read the question I am asking you below and I have only ONE question for you......
Did Apple confirm this rumor about the 7.9 iPad Mini being discontinued?
The answer is NO and Apple has not "Killed the 7.9 Mini". Nothing has been proven until Apple confirms and any other source indicating is completely false until verified otherwise.
If you reply to this post, please answer the question I asked you. Then we can actually have something to discuss that would be of pertinence. But, I assume you won't be Replying to my post.
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Except for an essentially bezel-less design and maybe more ram I don't think you'll get what you listed.
Well I have an Echo and a couple of the hockey pucks and I can assure you that I use them everyday and they are valuable to me. I call out the timer when I'm putting something in the oven. I call out to put something on my grocery list or to ask for the weather or to read audio book or play a song at a whim. It's quite excellent and I'm glad I have them. Quite useful and hands free for me which I cannot say the same for Siri.
