Lol. Exactly. I’m almost afraid to think what Apple’s definition of reasonably price is.I’m sure they mean reasonably profitable.
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New 'HomePod' With 7-Inch Display, A18 Chip, and More Reportedly Launching Next Year
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I'll be a lot more excited if this concept supported all commonly supported languages at the same time without the current language issues in the iOS. IOW: English, British English, Australian English, Japanese, Pig Latin, Babitty Boopy, etc...
Will be a great kitchen counter top TV if the OS isn't neutered.
Power brick $old $eparately at Apple $tore$..
You know ...to "$ave the Earth"
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Side story - I returned a set of AP4's to Costco and it took almost 20 mins of me showing them online, including a manager, that they don't come with a USB cable now, as they thought I was trying to return them and not give them the cable back
Have you seen this device? Also the AVP is still far above what anyone else has delivered.
Wow. In other words keep what they are doing, and copy others ideas. Lots of vision right there.
"Delivered" in what way?
AVP is essentially a tech demo with effectively no content or developer support
I guess if you don't already have a HomePod or HomePod Mini, this might be of interest. But Homepods already have a display. It's called a Mac. Or an iPhone. Or an iPad. And I have all of those, too. Lots of them.
I hope there's a physical switch that can kill the camera and microphones so we can have more control of privacy.
You had my interest until " and revolve around Siri, Apple Intelligence, and HomeKit"
Apple’s recent products and qualities (and their outrageous pricing) started making me wonder if I need to start exploring that Android side…
of course I slapped myself and woke up from that dilusion for now, but slap may not be sufficient in the near future…
of course I slapped myself and woke up from that dilusion for now, but slap may not be sufficient in the near future…
To be honest, being an apple user, I wouldn't get it even if it's for $50. I have no use case for it.
Instead, give me a privacy focus secured routers with an integrated home security system + security cameras + integrated door bell + in-home video storage + iCloud subscription. I will spend over $1k for it and keep updating.
Instead, give me a privacy focus secured routers with an integrated home security system + security cameras + integrated door bell + in-home video storage + iCloud subscription. I will spend over $1k for it and keep updating.
Because they can't sell it for a baseline $599 and charge for more processing cores and upgrades to RAM and SSD for $400-$800?
I think you can get away with quite a low resolution and maintain the retina description if the viewing distance is high enough: a resolution of 1366x768 (what "HD" TV panels use to be in the 2000s) on a 7" screen would give >200 ppi which is enough for retina at a viewing distance for a desktop monitor.
I don't quite get the description of this either attaching to a desktop speaker base or a wall: what comes with this device? is the speaker base sold separately? Can a wall-mounted unit still provide sound via the speaker base that is nearby?
It sounds like HomeOS would be a fantastic OS to make compatible with iPads so people can repurpose iPads as HomeOS clients. Sure, a lot of iPads being retired today won't cope with Apple Intelligence, but they are more than capable of running a Homekit / calandar / Facetime / Music -based system and wudl surely keep a load of iPads from going in the bin. In the future, anyone retiring an iPad Pro (2021 or later), iPad Air (2022 or later) or iPad Mini (2024 or later) could load up Home OS and give their tablet a second life.
Given how important the Cloud and wireless connectivity is to Apple devices today, I'm amazed Apple has abandoned the router market to it's competitors. As you point out, an Apple router / mesh system with an A18 chip and Apple's forthcoming bluetooth / WiFi chip would enable an Apple device to run the internet conenction, manage the various nodes on the network (which could include HomePods and AppleTVs) to optimise the wifi connection, provide local Apple Intelligence support to devices on the network and act as a HomeKit/Matter hub. I'm sure Apple could find a way to monitise it further by adding Time Machine storage at a horrendous price.
I remember way back in 2010 when Steve Jobs introduced iPad. And many people characterized it as "Just a big iPhone. Who asked for that?"
We ended up trusting Steve Jobs and respecting his vision and innovation. Tim Cook, eh ... maybe not so much.
I trusted Steve Jobs when he introduced the first Mac. And Cook when Jobs appointed him CEO. An outstanding move by Jobs; especially with Apple now having 1 billion active and repeat customers who love Apple products, under Cooks leadership.
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Definitely earned with 1 billion active and repeat customers who love Apple products.