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Tim Cook Talks HomePod, AR, and How America is 'More Important Than Bloody Politics' in New Interview
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"We’re actually already in the home through the iPhone you take with you everywhere. It’s in your pocket or laying on a stand"
I couldn't agree more, but ....
Apple could add more (sensitive) microphones to the iPhone so Siri would work better when the phone is upside down, in your pocket or far away. Today I typically have to speak with a loud voice. It would be nice to speak normally to Siri.
one would think that a machine should have better ears than human
I couldn't agree more, but ....
Apple could add more (sensitive) microphones to the iPhone so Siri would work better when the phone is upside down, in your pocket or far away. Today I typically have to speak with a loud voice. It would be nice to speak normally to Siri.
one would think that a machine should have better ears than human
I had a Compaq designed HDD based MP3 player before the iPod and it was awesome. The iPod was a marked step in design and wow factor due to Jobs brilliant scoop of the matchbook sized HDD and realizing where to use it. Same with iPhone, it was a very cool UI but didn't do all that we were doing with WinMobile and custom XDA dev roms. But it got more and more functionality and over I came due to the simplicity. This speaker may sound spectacular but I have a house full of Alexas, that work with so many cool 3rd party apps and systems that I won't be jumping for this. Even a $49 Dot, coupled to the home stereo, invoked with a simple voice request "Alexa turn on the Stereo", allows Samsung smart things and harmony to bring the whole house on-line with sound. And they very are easy to work with to do these things. Unless Apple supports Spotify, Pandora, iHeart and all the 3rd party stuff, they can supply their fanboi's for now.
Cook is so worried about climate and the environment yet he has no problem with uncontrolled immigration into this country which is not only reducing wages and increasing housing costs but also wrecking our environment and living conditions.
Yeah, you care so much about America, give me a break
Yeah, you care so much about America, give me a break
First, he didn't say that, at all. Second, *everyone* thinks they're right and others are wrong - of course.
Proof?
Let's say immigrants are ruining our environment, what difference does that make? They would ruin the environment elsewhere.
Climate change is a GLOBAL issue. It doesn't matter where the environment is being ruined.
Somehow there's room in that ~$45 billion of annual profits to remain here and, you know, barely eek out a small profit also.
The same as it costs right now. Yes the profit will be less for Apple but we have to think of the greater good here.
But let me paraphrase your question. With the insanely low cost of labor and manufacturing in China, I could also ask, why aren't the electronic devices cheaper? Does that make sense?
This model of low cost producing goods and manufacturing electronics in poor countries and then selling them in the west with premium prices has to stop cause it is doing harm to the US industry and it is based on exploitation of underpaid men and women, even children in most cases so we can have our shiny devices.
Just start producing goods and electronics here in the USA with humane and decent conditions for the workers and keep the same prices, even if that means less profit margins for the companies that produce them.
I find it utterly fascinating that you know all about what the HomePod will and won't be, based on a teaser introduction at WWDC.
I, for one, suspect that there's additional tech built into them that won't be mentioned until later this year.
He is partially correct, in that Apple's competitors will put out half baked products, which Apple will not do. Having said that, it does not explain some of the products which have fallen behind.
He said he cared about America, and it matters to many of us that it's happening here
No, but climate change is the biggest environmental hurdle we all face right now.
How do you know he meant with respect to the US's environment? I highly doubt that's what he meant.
I've done my research and yes I wouldn't post if it's not true. Obviously my statement is true however it's completely legal. If you don't know what I'm talking about just Google about Apple tax avoidance. Reliable sources will right on the top of the results. It's probably one of the most discussed topic in this forum if you're new here.
You do know that companies need to earn money in order to pay their own workers in retail, R&D, marketing, production and so on? If you would "just produce goods locally for the same price", some of these people mentioned above would lose their jobs. Not sure if that is what you're meaning with "helping the US" though. And if we were in Apple's shoes, let's admit it, we wouldn't change a damn thing.
A display identical to (and thus matching) the coming iMacPro, released around the same time would be sooo nice.
Imagine the screen real estate with two new TB displays flanking a new iMacPro.....
Lol, I love these comments. In case you weren't aware, Apple is one of, if not the largest tax payer in the entire country. Pretty sure they pay their "share of taxes."
When you do your taxes, do you pay more than you owe? Probably not. And you'd be a fool to do so.
It's probably not worth debating the "make your products here" dogma, but all I can say is that final assembly is not the entirety of "making your products." As an owner of a contract manufacturer (much like Foxconn), I have much to gain by seeing more manufacturing done in the US. Mostly in having a larger pool of skilled workers (the biggest problem we face as small companies doing custom metal fab). But I'm also not delusional thinking that America is the ideal location for final assembly of electronic devices. There's a reason why 95% of consumer electronics are assembled in China.
Tax avoidance ≠ tax evasion.
One is merely bad for the country. The other is also illegal.
That may be so, but it's largely irrelevant to the question of whether they played by the rules.
Contortions like double Irish with Dutch sandwich exist precisely so a corporation doesn't pay "their share", if you define "share" by what the lawmakers had intended. They're loopholes. This typically isn't in a citizen's interest, because a citizen is far less likely to be able to afford an army of tax avoidance lawyers, and because it ultimately places even more of the tax burden on the citizens.
Except it can be argued that they pay less than they owe.
Yup.
But they would still earn money...Just less than what they earn now. Its not like they will go bankrupt. Yeah, I know the reality is that companies will never accept less profit but I'm just pointing what's the right ethical thing to do..
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Revering the constitution and licking up to the globalists does not compute. Those climate change hoaxing globalists will make your revered constitution obsolete. Actually, they already have.
Mr. Cook seems to be a genuinely nice guy, he also runs an operation that requires a substantial capacity for critical thinking and at the same time he is supporting the agenda of the globalist Kazarian mafia. What gives? The normal MO for such control is threats and/or black-mail. Or an acute case of cognitive dissonance.
Mr. Cook seems to be a genuinely nice guy, he also runs an operation that requires a substantial capacity for critical thinking and at the same time he is supporting the agenda of the globalist Kazarian mafia. What gives? The normal MO for such control is threats and/or black-mail. Or an acute case of cognitive dissonance.