Episode 172 May 7, 2024

Apple Event 5/7/24

iPad Air -

Camera to side

Center stage

Spacial audio more base

M2 processor

Pencil hover

Up to tb storage

$599 & $799

Order today, ships next week

iPad Pro-

Ultimate iPad experience

New design thinnest Apple product ever!!!

Silver, space black

OLED Display double panel (tandem OLED)

XDR display

“Ultra retina xdr”

Nano textured glass option for glare

M4 processor

  • 2nd gen 3nm tech

  • Next gen cpu 4-6 (10 core)

  • Next gen 10 gpu (10 core)

  • 4x speed of M2

  • Neural engine improved

  • 4x faster than iPad w/M2

Pro Apps

Shaper 3D

Z brush

Final Cut 2 & Logic Pro 2

Live multicam 4 cameras

Final Cut camera app links to Final Cut

Logic Pro 2 session players AI instruments

Chroma glow simulator for tube amps

Team splitter creates accompaniment from vocal

12mp camera 4k video

Better scanner

Front camera on side & Face ID

New Magic Keyboard

Aluminum palm rest

Larger track pad

Haptic feedback

New Apple Pencil Pro

Squeeze

Double tap

Haptic engine

Orientation sensor (gyroscope) “barrel roll”

“Find my” if you loose it

Magnetic charge (Pencil 2 discontinued)

Procreate support

Procreate Dreams animation/drawing app

Works with iPad Air as well

Thinnest Apple product ever!!!

$999 $1299 iPad starting prices

$249 $399 keyboards

$129 pencil pro

Order today, ship next week

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

Episode 171 April 29, 2024

Apple plans “Let Loose” special event for May 7th, speculation of new iPads and Pencil; Vision Pro production order down: iPhone market share in china down 6%; M4 Mac Studio, the ultimate Mac; Apple Arcades growing importance; GPU aren’t really for graphics any more; Apple neural engine is a specialized gpu, purpose built; DARPA RACER; Memory and Storage may converge at Phase Change Memory; QDEL may be thew the new OLED before Micro LED rules the world; and WAY too much political talk.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

Episode 170 April 22, 2024

Apple AI on device, and acquisitions, Tesla drops cost of self driving system and you can rent it, Taylor Swift has new album, iPad Air in short supply, Can an LLM fit on a device, finewoven is a flop and going away, but leather won’t come back. iPhone 17 may shrink screen, Apple is in running for NBA broadcasts.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!