Bring Your Own Device

Nati moves into his house which marks a year of making BYOD Podcast! For the anniversary Greg and Nati talk about what they have learned during the last year, a bit about their recording equipment, and what have changed about their view about Apple.

Also we talk about some interesting tidbits from Apple's earning call, and how do we feel about Apple's exit from the router market (hint, we don't care).

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Follow Up

• Nati finally finished building (not by himself of course) his house! 😊 🎉

Topics

• Our one year anniversary 🎉
  • What we have learned during a year of podcasting
  • Some surprise guests that congratulate us 🙌

• A general talk about Apples earnings
  • Why people care so much? 🤷‍♂️
  • Some interesting points:
    • Apple's wearables section is growing
    • Small reference to the iPhone 5c's performance
    • iPhone X is popular
    • Services grew (again) and Apple directly talked about iCloud storage
    • Health is an intense area of interest...
    • The crud surrounding dead iPhone X

• Apple (officially) stops making routers
  • Nati got an Orbi and it's pretty great

Timothy Buck joins Nati to discuss about product management and companies incentives. Also, we discuss about Apple's iPhone strategy and how the iPhone SE and the iPhone X impact it, as gateways to Apple's ecosystem and the overall direction of the iPhone line going forward.

In addition, Timothy gives his opinion about the place of the Mac in Apple's product line.

Special Guest: Ben Basche

• Twitter: @TimothyBuckSF
• Medium: https://www.timothybuck.me/writing/
• Unco podcast

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36 (Was actually off to save the world)
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

FollowUp

• First Look at new SE

Topics

• Apparently, the iPhone X is 'dead'?
  • Several suppliers cut
  • Samsung orders cut
  • Too expensive?
  • 8 million produced in Q2

• Tim Cook says there would be compromises if they merged Mac and iPad

Ben Basche joins us with a eulogy for his lost iPad Pro, as we talk about leaks and Apple's culture of secrecy through the lens of story-telling. We also dive into Apple's latest struggles with software quality, the value of the company's services and the power of ecosystems and how they evolve from the DNA of a company.

Special Guest: Ben Basche

• Twitter: @basche42
• Medium: https://medium.com/@basche42

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

FollowUp

• Gold iPhone X appears at FCC
• New SE

Topics

• Leaked memo calling out leakers
• Apple's lack of SW innovation
  • iOS notifications
  • Bugs in iOS
  • MacOS stagnancy
  • Concentration on other things
    • project marzipan
    • Services
    • Apple news
• Finding my tribe: a love letter to Twitter

Nati is trying to teach his dog to do the dishes, without success and Greg is doing some microphone acrobatics, as we talk about iTunes not being killed, why every change Twitter is doing gets so much criticism, (PRODUCT)RED iPhones, and smartphones getting an increasing amount of multiple camera lenses. Also, we talk about Android manufacturers lying about security updates.

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Follow Up

No follow up this time 😊

Topics

• iTunes isn't being killed (again...)
• Twitter poised to kill 3rd Party apps
• Red iPhone 8(+)
• • Why no iPhone X?
  • There were rumors about a gold iPhone X

• iPhone Could have three cameras by 2019
• • reported by Economic Daily News Economic Daily News

• Numerous Android OEM found to be lying about security patches

We play with the idea of AI taking over pro applications, just before we discuss Apple's recent push in AI with new key hirings, and when will these moves bear user-focused fruits. Also, we try to understand Apple's latest iOS development schedule as WWDC is around the corner, whether Apple's Mac Pro announcement timing is good or not, the rumors about Apple going the ARM way with the Macs by 2020, and what the heck is going on with developers and Watch apps.

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Topics

• Apple hires Google's A.I. Chief
• • Apple is hiring more engineers to work on Siri
• Breaking! New Mac Pro coming 2019 shaped by 'pro workflow' team
• Apple to use it's own Chips/ CPUs in Macs by 2020
• • Intel's move to AI
• Instagram pulls its Apple Watch app

Greg is messing with his setup just before the show (again). But that doesn't stop us from discussing the Apple education event which was boring because of us, and the story Apple tried to tell and how the Pencil fits in. We also talk about event storytelling, and whether Apple's efforts will help them to regain the education market. We ramble for a while about Apple Watch bands before going into Facebook's shady privacy policies, how will the China-US relationship affect Foxconn acquisition of Belkin and what would you do with a 512GB smartphone.

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Topics

• Apple event quick roundup
• • They have ruined the Sport Loop colors 🤦‍♂️
  • Bob Burrough‏ on the iPad and Apple
• Let's talk Facebook
• • Chaos Monkeys
  • Reply All: Is Facebook Spying on You?
  • Facebook and Onavo
  • Tim Cook on Facebook and Privacy
• Foxconn buys Belkin
• What would you do with a 512GB smartphone?
• • Huawei Porche Design Mate RS
  • P20 has 3 cameras
  • P20 official with gingerbread toggle

We ranked our favorite Apple products from the last 5 years, which seems to be a bit controversial. Also, we talk about Apple doubling down on owning the core tech of their devices, and how Chinese Android vendors are trying very hard to showcase advanced tech, but eventually go with the heard.

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Follow Up

• AirPods
  • Vlad likes AirPods
  • How would Apple improve the AirPods with a 2nd gen?

Topics

• 5 best Apple products you have purchased over the last 5 years Greg's picks /Nati's picks
• 1. AirPods / AirPods
     • Why Hasn't Samsung Ditched the Headphone Jack Yet?
  2. iPhone X / MacBook Pro
     • Apple patented a keyboard that can't be defeated by crumbs
  3. iPad Pro / Apple Watch S3
  4. HomePod / iPhone X
  5. iPhone 7 / iPhone 7

• Apple and micro-LED
• • Apple wants to make its own microLED screens
    • The Cook doctrine
    • What's microLED?
    • Apple acquires LuxVue in 2014
  • Running forward with tech
• Chinese Android vendors are beefing up the game
• • Huawei P20 to have a 40MP triple camera
• Everyone goes with a double smartphone line

Gui (AKA Mr. Rambo) returns and pushes his luck again about his MacBook Pro's keyboard, and revealed that Apple has a special way to calibrate 3D Touch on iPhone screens. Also, Greg and Gui talk about the HomePod experience and AirPlay bugs, which takes us discussing Siri - as a failed software project.

In addition, we talk about Apple's next events: WWDC and the education March event, and Nati exploads about Apple's review process, as Gui helps with some "App Review therapy".

Special Guest: Guilherme Rambo

• Twitter: @_inside
• Rambo's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/_inside
• iPhreaks Podcast: https://devchat.tv/iphreaks
• Stacktrace Podcast: https://stacktracepodcast.fm

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Follow Up

• Gui wants to talk about his adventures with his HomePod
• Siri and Alexa
• • Report: Siri team didn't learn about HomePod until 2015, after Amazon Echo debuted

"It was supposed to be a way to orchestrate the internet through conversation."

• Echo follow up mode
• Inaudible ultrasound commands can be used to secretly control Siri, Alexa, and Google Now

Topics

• WWDC announced
• • Wild speculation about the image has started already 🙄
• Apple EDU event
  • Could this be the March event everyone is expecting?
  • What will we see?
    • New iPads
    • ClassKit and Classwork
    • New Apple Books
    • New Mac's
    • Airpower
    • Airpods?

We start with a non-follow-up (not on the list) about the Galaxy S9 and Samsung fans, bringing positivity to the world (via neural hacking), before diving about new iPad rumors, a cheaper MacBook Air and Watch apps.

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Follow Up

• More talk about overly critical bias
• New iPads look more likely than ever
  • Face ID - do we want to talk about this again?
  • A new iPad Pro - with a slimmer bezel and no home button and the "Face ID" function in the June-ending quarter

Topics

A cheaper MacBook AirWatch apps

• Gruber wants to get rid of Apple Watch Apps
• This shows a larger bias at work with 'old school' tech journalists
• This is a response to Marco post

Greg's raspberry pie and (expanding) home automation setup still works well, so we talked about the rumors about the 2018 iPhone line, and the baffling cheap(ish) entry-level iPhone X-looking, big-screened device. Before going into MWC and the new notch trend, from Android vendors blindly copying the iPhone X's notch without a good reason.

Also, Nati can't stop praising Samsung 🤨 and will Apple's wearables push will continue with over-the-ear headphones?

Hosts

• Greg Morris - @GR36
• Nati Shochat - @natisho

Follow Up

• These large screen low-end phone rumors won't go away

Topics

• Apple-branded headphones?
• MWC 2018 and The race to the notch
• • LG's G7 seems to have a notch and a chin
  • Huawei goes all in the notch with the P20 line
  • Everyone is copying the notch
  • • The race to copy the iPhone continues
  • Got to hand to Samsung for not falling into cloning the iPhone