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New 'HomePod' Hub With 7-Inch Screen on Track to Launch This Year
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HomeOS - the LAST thing they need is another OS when their software has gotten horribly buggy in recent years.
I will take the over on that. Especially since Google already seems to have a likely similar product that starts at $549...
IMO the only way we could get a $300 number would be if Apple made it a two-part device like tablet plus dock, and one could buy just the dock component separately. But I doubt that because that would make a kludge for marketing purposes. IMO Apple will market a device that clearly presents as something distinct [hub or whatever].
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I’m gonna go with 449
But something we will be able to find at the Costco, target and Best Buy’s of the world for 399 and lower before too long
But something we will be able to find at the Costco, target and Best Buy’s of the world for 399 and lower before too long
Routers. We want new Apple AirPort WiFi routers.
We don’t want a wall-mounted iPad Micro locked to the Home app…
We don’t want a wall-mounted iPad Micro locked to the Home app…
I’d prefer this to be a HomePod with MagSafe support so I can chuck my phone or iPad down when cooking or whatever. I wonder if current iPads would work with such a device using the Magic Keyboard magnets?
I’d prefer Apple intelligence chips built into the HomePods themselves. They’re already pretty slow at responding to requests, this is only going to be slower
This reads like the computer of the future as we saw it in the 1970's.
I don't know what you mean?
These are all things I do today
I guess I'm a product of the 1970s?
No need speculate, as described we don’t need this but I am thinking something is missing to make sense …
Just curious, but who/what is the "we" you are referring to. Are you trying to speak for me/us?
And be able to give commands to play Apple Music, that means it needs a set of 4 speakers, so Siri will not have an excuse not to show you on the screen, like name of song and any question ask.
Or you could get a $99 Nest hub or Echo Show and grab your iPad when you need it for the Apple notes/photos. I do think there is room for improvement for an improved family kitchen device, but unless Siri gets a serious brain upgrade I don't think Apple's offering will get much traction.
Some of us don’t want any Amazon or Google devices in our house
I am not Apple apologist but my Macbook Pro 3, Mac desktop, iPhone pro max 15, Apple watch Ultra 2 and iPad Air5 as well as all other Apple devices in my family work just fine and updated regularly.
No kidding.I see the rendering inspiration was a Magic Trackpad 1
I don't even know who would want this thing, or "why" ... but none of it will matter if it's overpriced
I'm a little skeptical about Apples ability to do something new like this and price it to actually sell
Rant…
I’ve always saved up for their better stuff, but increasingly, there is more and more that just doesn’t justify the price. HomePod, too much for what you get. AirPod maxes. Upper end iPad Pro 13 inch - I wanted this one bad but the price got me to shrink to a 11” for the utility. Never bought a Magic Keyboard - Even though I wanted one. The iPhone is the only thing I go to the pro max for. And I did do an ultra Apple Watch but I never bought a current gen ss version of the apple watch before either - always 1 or two years old ss or aluminum. Vision Pro? Lol no way at those prices.
I get that pricing me out means they are getting the most out of me. But that sometimes makes me feel like I’m being milked for everything I’ve got. I love the devices I get. And I doubt I would leave the walled garden. Alas…
Rant over…
But I agree… while I could see purchasing this, it would have to be priced competitively to meet a need for me an iPad I paid $800+ for somehow didn’t.
In your usage scenario, and of those of many others, you require multiples of this device. You want a standalone, permanent device in the kitchen, living room, maybe upstairs, in the study, etc. If you only buy one you need to carry it around to the different rooms, then you just have another iPad with a stand. Will you really run downstairs into the kitchen to change the light settings in your bedroom? No, you take your phone out of your pocket or do it via your watch. Need a second FaceTime device? Use your phone. Would you really buy this for your kids instead of an iPad where they can actually do other things with?
Personally, I see very little use for this, in its current suggested usage, but I was wrong before and the Apple Watch did become its own device. So, let’s see.
