New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

i want that

'ew, why is your finger in your ear?'
'nothing'

it would have been a bazillion times better if the pinky was in your mouth and the thumb in your ear so you were basically having to mime "on the phone" to be on the phone

otm

it's not being driven by technology changes, this. if it were they would have moved to the mini-USB port that everyone else is standardizing on (it's law in the EU)

Micro-USB actually (which is different and smaller than mini-USB) - Apple complies with that law by offering this 30-pin-to-mini-USB adapter:

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(more info and views). It's an £8 accessory, and only sold in the EU. And it only charges or syncs the phone, no other uses like playing music through it.

The existing large connector lent itself well to docks - it's easy to shove an iPod or iPhone onto the large connector, and I'm wondering if that will be as easy with the new small one. OTOH, let's acknowledge that the standard dock connector cutout proved to be seriously problematic in that every update of the iPhone and various iPod models required a diffently-shaped dock adapter, eventually leading to about 25 different adapters to accomodate everything Apple made over the years (and that's if you don't use a case - if you do, it requires yet another dock adapter). Many accessory makers moved away from the original standard-sized dock cutout design and used various other means to adapt to differently-shaped iPods and phones, like a dial to adjust the depth of the socket. But I probably speak for many in that I've mostly ditched the dock adapters entirely so that anyone can put their iPod or iPhone on my speaker or car adapter, just be careful when inserting it. But that's less than ideal too, as you can't press too hard on the click wheel or touchscreen without bending the device backward and straining the connector. I think Apple may have noticed the trend away from docks and toward USB outlets that accept cables, particularly in cars, and of course iPads never fit in any standard iPod dock even with the same connector since it is far too wide.

I think Apple is also pushing AirPlay to send music to a speaker, car, or TV, rather than attaching cables. You can also stream over Bluetooth too which is more established and non-proprietary, but you lose some sound quality that way. And any wireless transmission eats away at battery life whereas plugging in a cable recharges it.

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that probably equals the length of the new iphone

http://gigaom.com/mobile/kyocera-ceramic-transducer-makes-you-hear-voices-in-your-head/
tlg is on it

r u a cyber punk?

you know it

wait'll you have a microphone and speakers in your head and sunglasses soldered on your nose

it is painful to use ms office instead of iWork on a rmbp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFhjDX-DUew&feature=player_embedded

this is probably the wrong thread for this question, but does anyone here have experience w/ installing windows on a mac w/ boot camp and know a quick and easy way to do it?

I don't have a good answer for this, I bought VMWare Fusion and installed Windows on that instead

which version of Windows? You can install 8 from a USB stick, which is a breeze. XP I still haven't managed to get installed (partly because I only have a bluetooth keyboard these days)

But also -- unless you're doing games and need all the powers, VMWare Fusion is really very good now

i don't have any version of windows yet, so i'm going to have to buy one. do they sell them already on the USB stick?

i'm doing games + need all the powers

ha again, I have no good answer for that because I have an MSDN subscription and downloaded an ISO directly to a USB stick

Mordy, if you have an optical drive, it's as easy as sticking the disc in, running the boot camp assistant, and clicking through the buttons

but yeah, same would work for a usb stick

i don't have an optical drive

You can use Disk Utility to put a .iso image on a usb stick, then

Actually Boot Camp does that for you too
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/windows-8-macbook-air/

boot camp is like a camp thatll show you how to boot windows so id just boot it up basically

ha

is it just me or is the RMBP screen very very very hard to keep clean?

that's my impression

does it smear?

all I know is that I've got what look like rainspots all over my screen and I have no idea where they came from

EXACTLY

that's from spittakes at ilx iirc

me TOO!

insect droppings?!?

and then when i use my screen cleaner and microfiber i have to go at it for like half an hour to get all smears and prints off

is that just a side effect of this thing having such a bitchen screen?

it's a new process where the glass is directly uh glued to the lcd or something right?

man my matte screen is all awesome

I should put this in the hate apple thread, but I've been having a prob with my laptop kind of freezing on wake. I think it's either trying to start time machine before the wifi wakes up and is hanging, or who knows. The system logs haven't been useful.

googling makes me think this might be Transmit, or another app trying to use bonjour on wake. idk, it is just irritating.

btw, I finally figured out that my computers were seeing the 802.11n signal at 2.4GHz before the 5GHz one and were connecting at that lame frequency. Told my airport to transmit a separate name on that channel, connected the devices that can use it, and my network is working much more interference-free. very recommended.

been having this issue since I updated to mountail lion - intensely annoying. I found a fix yesterday that sounded promising (involving playing around with wifi settings) - will report back if anyone else is interested.

RAM issue? xp

is this where we're liveblogging iphone 5 launch or

oh, certainly not.

I removed Transmit's menu item from my startup stuff and it seems ok now. I think it's some issue with apps invoking bonjour stuff on wake and it locking the network interface up.

sure! I will be stealthily watching from my training thingy

prepared for stet connector roid rage

gird your mountain lions

I'm hoping for a refactored iTunes that's more component-based so we have a music app and an iPhone/iPod/iPad sync app

if this is just a stretched 4s I think i'll probably be too lamed out to care abt the dock

if this is just a stretched 4S I will be super psyched and feel totally justified in my decision to stay on the 4

(I just don't want the basic shape to change; I love the "original iPhone and Blackberry Pearl had a baby" shape of the iPhone4)

their biggest challenge is LTE, they have to deliver on it in order to compete but it will murder battery life which is already not too great

I am hoping it comes with tweezers, scissors & one of those little saw things you can use to cut ropes when you're trapped by trolls in a dungeon