Episode 193 Oct 14, 2024

Honda 2 Motor hybrid; Desalinization breakthrough: AI can be dangerous; No Apple ring on the horizon; TEMU bad; Home Pod Minin is 4 years old; Apple study shows issues with AI; M4 iPads might get price cut; MDN is offering a subscription podcast to do what we do free; Apple debuts immersive film; Apple Watch now show “Vitals”; Beats Pill speaker on sale; Air pods Pro 2; OS 18.1 to ship October 28th and Quarterly earnings report will be out on the 31st; What will be left out of the Apple SE phone update? Probably not AI.

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

Episode 192 Oct 9, 2024

iOS18.0.1 go get it. Verizon has hard times; iOS 18 bug complaints; Home Depot magic door; Photographic styles; the A18 and A18Pro are very different; Vibration Sensors; LG gets into smart home; Open Source AI; Human Detection; Battery Tech; China Sub sinks; iOS 18.0.1 also fixes mic and passwords security issues.

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

Episode 190 Sep 26, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg and the Meta Show!

Meta announced a new virtual headset, the Meta Quest 3s, is a less expensive and slightly less capable version of the existing Meta Quest 3. At $299 and $399 the 3s for 128 and 256 gb storage, the 3s has the same processor as the 3, and can run all of the same software. New AI functions will enhance both Meta Quest headsets as well as the Ray-Ban smart glasses, but that is coming “at a later date”. He also showed off project ORION, a set of holographic augmented reality glasses.

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Episode 189 Sep 23, 2024

iPhone 16 purchase and Apple Watch too. Thank you Bella! Shohei Otahni 50-50! Meta connect is this week; new features of iPhone 16’s; Camera control not perfect; EU wants to control everything; iPhones A18pro is faster than M1 in some benchmarks; iPhone 15 Pro Max gains an hour of battery life; CA drivers license is now in Apple Wallet but who cares; iPhone support manual is available; iPhone 16 has electrical release adhesive; new Siri may be here sooner than later.

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Episode 188 Sep 16, 2024

OS updates today! Features in iOS today and in October; AppleIntellegence; Series 10 vs Ultra 2 watches; New features today; A18 chips is much faster than A17 (iPhone 15); FDA authorizes hearing aid feature; Vision Pro keyboard may be a vector; lightning is almost gone from the Apple lineup; Apple Intelligence will roll out over months, but first will be in October; iPhone 17 early rumors are too early.

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Episode 187 Sep 9, 2024

Apple iPhone event 09/09/2024

Apple Watch 10

  • S10 system on a chip

  • Larger screen than Ultra

  • Wide angle oled

  • New polished black aluminum (iPhone 7 had this)

  • 2 new watch faces

  • Thinner more rounded (thinnest)

  • Titanium instead of stainless steel

  • Sleep apnea detection

  • Depth app new

  • Tides app

  • Water temp app

  • Order today, ships sep.20

ULTRA 2

  • Same watch

  • New Black titanium

  • Millenese loop bands

Order today, ships sep.20

(25 min)

Air pods 4

  • Short stem

  • Designed to fit all ears

  • H2-processor

  • Better bass

  • Open ear design

  • Immersive audio

  • Senses head nodding

  • Better voice isolation for phone calls

  • Smallest case ever

  • USB C

Air pods 4 dictate noise cancellation

  • Transparency mode

  • Noise cancellation

  • Transparency mode allows pass through

  • Conversation awareness will drop volume auto magically

  • Wireless charging

  • Speaker in case to help with “find my”

  • USB C

All fiber base packaging, no plastic

Order today, ships sep.20

Air pods max

  • New colors

  • USB C

Air pods pro 2 iOS 18

  • Better noise cancellation

  • -Prevention

  • Hearing protection for loud environments

  • -Awareness

  • Hearing test clinical level, secure in health app

  • -Assistance

  • Clinical grade hearing aid feature, personalized (this fall)

(39 min)

iPhone 16

  • AI stuff

  • Parallel cameras (2)

  • Has action button and camera button

  • 5 colors

  • Blue, green, pink (ultramarine, teal, & pink)

  • Ceramic Shield screen

  • 2000 nits to 1 nit

  • Camera control

  • A18 (skips a17)

  • Increase memory bandwidth

  • 3nm tech

  • 16 core neural engine

  • 6 core cpu

  • 5 core gpu

Apple Intelligence

  • Used to integrate personal data

  • On device and “private cloud compute”

  • Custom built servers

  • Not stored or shared

  • Independent verification

  • -Express yourself

  • writing tools

  • -memories

  • Intelligent search for images and videos

  • -prioritize and summarize

  • Intelligent notifications

  • Siri “new era”

  • Expansive knowledge

  • Screen awareness

Next month first features in beta

iPhone 16 only

  • Use camera to “learn more” about things places.

  • Add event to calendar

  • Etc.

  • Third party tools tied in… chatGPT and others

  • Camera experience

  • Control is sapphire crystal w stainless steel trim. Taptic Engine and touch sensor

  • 3rd party integration “instagram”

  • 48 main camera

  • Spatial images and videos

  • Wind noise reduction for video

  • Photo clean up ai editing

  • Hardware acceleration ray tracing

  • Better for gaming graphics

  • Battery life “big boost”???

  • Emergency sos live video

  • Satellite messages

  • Roadside assistance?

  • USB-C

  • Regular $699

Plus $799

iPhone 16pro

  • Larger displays

  • New heat management for sustained cpu use, larger battery,

  • AI - same as standard phones

  • Only on 16pro

  • Pro chip!

  • A18pro

  • Faster, more efficient 3nm

  • 16 core neural engine

  • 6 core gpu

  • 6 core cpu 2 perf 4 efficiency

  • ML engines

  • New video encoder and image processor

  • Camera features

  • 48mp “fusion” camera

  • 48mp ultra wide camera

  • 5x telephoto on both sizes

  • Photographic styles

  • Video updates

  • 4k 120fps slow motion

  • Framing assistance screens

  • Audio recording improved

  • Spatial Audio capture during video

  • Audio mix feature

  • Voice memos coming later with layers

    (93minutes)

  • New cases

  • Have special spot for camera button

  • No plastic in packaging

  • WiFi 7

  • 6.3 and 6.9 inch

$999 & $1199

iPhones available

Preorder Friday 13th

In stores next week Friday Sept. 20

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

Episode 186 Sep 2, 2024

Bob Zimmerman is from Minnesota! Electronic Drivers licenses; Apple ordered more iPhones than usual; Your fist apple product experience; The EU is forcing Apple to let users delete core apps; iPad mini may get an update next week too; The Mac mini may get more mini; Lots of changes in iPhone land; M4 Macs probably in October-November; What might be new with Apple Watch; Disney and DirecTV are at war.

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