New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

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Didn't use my mini much, but use my Air constantly. It's that which pushes me in the direction of the 6+

stet, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link

I use my mini way more than I ever used my ipad 2. lightness is the key, can hold it one handed easily which is crucial. been reading a lot on it (retina helps for that, iBooks is gorgeous)

droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link

I would prob use a mini more than my iPad 2 and def more than a big ol phablet

gbx, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link

but comic books

ugh (lukas), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link

yeah the main thing drawing me to a 6+ is being able to read kindle/ibooks without my iPad. can't really stand to do it on current iPhone.

ryan, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link

as Apple calls their tablet a Pad I have decided that instead of a phablet, the bigphone is called a phad

⌘-B (mh), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/PADD

my friend, Gater (Clay), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link

pad is for longer-than-six-minute gaming, comics, on-the-go writing, magazine/newspaper reading, in-bed netflix/tivo/hulu/mubi, insomnia
phone is for email check, pocket, brief gaming and occasional gaming addiction, reference material, texting, calling, photos, spotify playlists, insomnia
desktop is for work, ilx, emulation, music, writing, steam, battlenet, insomnia

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 September 2014 05:03 (nine years ago) link

which is for masturbating tbh

Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Thursday, 18 September 2014 05:07 (nine years ago) link

dude i already said the desktop was for ilx

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 September 2014 05:12 (nine years ago) link

iPad is also a good iOS business tool in offices. It's cool with everyone just showing up to a team meeting with iPads and taking turns doing AirPlay to an Apple TV to show designs, slide decks, what not.

I find people staring down at their phones in a business setting to be unspeakably rude whereas sitting there in a meeting reading email on your laptop or iPad somehow doesn't seem rude. Also, iPhones seem less commonly provisioned by employers, whereas I can see iPads being a go-to iOS device to give your staff if you really need them to have something.

I have an iPad 2 which is still going strong three years on. I use it practically every day as a couch device and I bought my wife an iPad Mini w/retina recently as well. In a relationship context, staring at your phone while on sitting on the couch with your partner is rude, so iPad still wins here. Sitting on the couch with a laptop would also seem rude in a slightly different way ("oh, are you still working?" my wife would ask). I use the iPad for web browsing, recipes, Feedly, games, sometimes streaming video from my MacBook Air in the other room. I transition from living room to kitchen, and often read a bit in bed.

When I am at home the phone sits on my desk and I check it only a couple of times after coming home from work and almost never after 9 or 10 pm.

fields of salmon, Thursday, 18 September 2014 08:26 (nine years ago) link

ya im not saying the ipad is dead def still has a ton of business and decorum conscious internet addict use cases but these big phones + people not reuping as often as phones + people not reuping at all are gonna take the glow off of a device that had the most crazy explosive growth of any new product category ever

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link

btw the new small kindle fire costs $99 and is pretty nice, crazy

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link

this is a very good idea too imo http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Edition-Display-Wi-Fi-Kid-Proof/dp/B00LOR524M

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link

yeah I also have an ipad 2 that I use a lot and that I could see lasting me for another 3 years

iatee, Thursday, 18 September 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link

yeah, i bought a first gen kindle fire just to see if i liked the style of device, and then got an ipad3. the ipad's way way nicer, but i use the hell outta the fire still, since it's very portable and sturdy. the ipad stays at home really, but between me and the kids, the fire goes everywhere.

music for cryonic suspension (Hunt3r), Thursday, 18 September 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link

...I kinda think this cover wasn't in the company's game plan:

http://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tim-cook-bloomberg-cover-01.png

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:26 (nine years ago) link

one of the best pieces of graphic design ive seen in a long time

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link

are the iOS8 notifications getting very small or what? ... or is it just me getting old?

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link

maybe u have to get a bigger phone lol

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link

did your global UI text-size setting reset when you upgraded? idk if notifications respect that or w/e. also not upgrading my 4S b/c that'd be madness

Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link

Bloomberg Business Week has been absolutely KILLING IT with their covers btw.

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link

yeah they do really good design work altogether but this one is next level

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link

I loved this one

http://payload308.cargocollective.com/1/10/339773/8466521/youtube-final-cover.jpg

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link

hmm.

Nhex, Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link

was trying to place that artist its very reminiscent of someone from the 80s/90s or maybe just a popular style of the time but i guess hes a new guy http://kyleplatts.tumblr.com

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link

compare to these pieces of deathless art:

http://www.economist.com/printedition/covers?print_region=76981

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link

BW covers killing it for the last year or two, who is in charge there?

caek, Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link

xxxpost kinda reminiscent of kaz and michael dougan and some other folks

arthur treacher, or the fall of the british empire (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link

the Youtube lettering a ron rege vibe

arthur treacher, or the fall of the british empire (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link

http://www.coverjunkie.com/uploads/1403857724.jpg

is there a better thread for posting these things, like a magazine cover thread?

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link

Never forget

http://38.media.tumblr.com/ca56b06366ef16ca86a84d24427f90d4/tumblr_mz55e52NFV1rge63io1_400.gif

Swear I thought lagoon had made that one on his own for a laff.

pplains, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxxHCYDIMAEWiLd.jpg

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link

yeah the bitcoin one

caek, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link

no idea what's happening in that illustration but it sure as hell seems racist

Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link

hey, at least there's one white person in there, amirite?

Nhex, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link

Is there?

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link

btw I posted the Apple cover on Facebook and one of my friends thinks it's homophobic, which threw me for a loop

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link

I think that's a squirrel, nhex.

pplains, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link

I guess I can strain to see that but I think it's more in line with the google one -- not so much "homophobic" as poking fun at the new gentle face of capitalism that you find in the tech world

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link

btw I posted the Apple cover on Facebook and one of my friends thinks it's homophobic, which threw me for a loop

― 💪😈⚠ (DJP), Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:58 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya interesting i cld see it kinda

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link

ned's pic took me a minute

the late great, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link

bc Bono is just that stealthy

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link

btw I posted the Apple cover on Facebook and one of my friends thinks it's homophobic, which threw me for a loop

― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:58 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I sorta got that vibe, maybe not homophobic but like the world's shittiest art director was like "what's something about Tim Cook we want to convey with this cover? He's gay, that's a thing."

Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link

I sorta got that vibe, maybe not homophobic but like the world's shittiest art director was like "what's something about Tim Cook we want to convey with this cover? He's gay, that's a thing."

This was my first impression.

Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link

obvs what they would say re their intent is its a nicer shinier apple post jobs

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link

crisper?

lag∞n, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link

My impression "HA HA these fucks already paid me, SUCK A DICK"

Nhex, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link

I def got a 'ehh this is borderline-offensive' feel when I saw the cover

iatee, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link


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