New iPad mini is here — but where are the Macs? (CultCast #669)
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🗓️ 18 October 2024
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This week, a new iPad mini drops — what does this mean for the Macs on the way? Also, details on all the weird Vision products Apple’s working on…
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This week’s stories:
New iPad mini 7 gains the brains for Apple Intelligence
- The iPad mini 7, the first new version released in three years, offers support for the AI features dubbed Apple Intelligence. Plus, the tablet comes with a significant jump in storage capacity and supports the new Apple Pencil Pro.
Why we might not get an Apple October Mac and iPad event
- Mac notebooks and desktops with the M4 processor are still expected to premiere soon. Just maybe more quietly.
Apple’s cheaper Vision headset might remain out of budget for most
- For wider adoption, Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper Vision headset. In the latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reveals that the low-end Vision headset “cost about $2,000 and probably use an inferior processor and cheaper materials.”
Apple preps smart glasses and AirPods with cameras for 2027
- Apple reportedly wants to repurpose some of the technology that went into its Vision Pro headset for simpler products. That includes a pair of smart glasses plus AirPods with IR cameras.
Apple Has a New Smart Home Strategy: Screens Everywhere
- Apple is finally preparing to compete for the smart home market after falling behind Amazon and Google.
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| 0:39.0 | Eliza joining me today. Colton Mac editor Louis Wallace might break through his door or wall like the Kool-aid man at any moment to drag him back into the writer's cage. Lewis is in Europe right now and so that situation is actually probable. |
| 0:55.4 | Former writer of Colta Mack, host of the Apple Corps podcast. Charlie Serrell is here. |
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