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Headphone Port

While it’s a bit early to call the death of the headphone jack just yet, we sense that Apple’s interest in thinner, sleeker designs means that the 3.5mm connection is likely living on borrowed time at this point. via PC magazine Here’s my prediction: Apple will indeed drop the standard headphone port on the iPhone 7. Or 8. Or at some point. Guaranteed to happen eventually. There will be an immediate uproar from the tech community when this phone is announced (despite the discussions we’ll…

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iPad Pro: Early Thoughts

Just throwing out some early impressions of iPad Pro, after having used it only a day or so. It’s heavy. Not heavier than you expect heavy, but as heavy as you expect, which is different from the most recent iPads. After a year of holding an iPad Air 2, this is surprising. If you’re used to a 3rd-gen iPad or iPad 1, it’ll feel right at home. This is not a hold in one hand, tap with the other device. At least not for long periods. It’…

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More Space, More Buttons

Seeing this tweet a lot today in my timeline. Here's another way of looking at it. Original iPhone screen in the empty space between the apps on the iPad Pro. pic.twitter.com/MwVLiwp8cL — Dennis Munsie (@dmunsie) November 11, 2015 The comparison is wrongheaded, because the people sharing it are confusing points with pixels. The original iPhone screen did indeed have 320 horizontal pixels. It was also a 1x screen, which means it had 320 points, as well. The iPad Pro’s screen, on the other hand, is a 2X…

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Setlists 2.0

Setlists 2.0 finally hits the App Store today. It’s a huge update that involved not only tons of under-the-hood improvements to take advantage of Apple’s latest iOS technologies, but also the addition of a large number of our most requested new features. To say it was a massive undertaking is an understatement. The team really outdid themselves on this one. I can’t wait to use it on stage during the next few Airplane Mode gigs. The most interesting aspect of this update for most of my…

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Chasing Accolades

As I listened to 14 different people tell me about their Apple Watch, I observed a pattern. Those whose job it was to think about the Apple Watch or who were early adopters who thought deeply about tech and the tech products they buy, were all much more critical of the watch. You could tell they evaluated it and thought about it deeply from every angle by their responses. Then I talked with teachers, firefighters, insurance agents, and those not in the tech industry and not hard-core techies. These groups…

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