Generation TECH

Mate Rimac is making a robot taxi too; Allstate is quietly buying your driving data; Apple is changing the Vision Pro Demo to use your photos; Apples AI features could be BIG; Apple is working to streamline its production lines; Final Cut Pro for iPad version 2 is out with new capabilities, but not background transcoding; Apple working on a Home accessory identified in beta code; ChatGPT app on Mac stores transcript in plain text?

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

Summer ramblings odds and ends, and a nuclear letter.

WWDC topics and more.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

A meandering conversation the week before WWDC and some Microsoft discussion thrown in.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

Update on M4 iPads, iFixIt tear down, It’s the Keyboard stupid!, Apple’s 100 best albums ever?, accessibility day and new features, iPadOS handicaps the iPads, Frankenstein Mac, and a Manifesto.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

Our iPads are in hand. Jack shares his buying experience and Todd contrasts his. Thoughts on screens, speed and more speed.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

Apple Event 5/7/24

iPad

iPad Air -

Camera to side

Center stage

Spacial audio more base

M2 processor

Pencil hover

Up to tb storage

$599 & $799

Order today, ships next week

iPad Pro

Ultimate iPad experience

New design thinner

Silver, space black

OLED Display double panel (tandem OLED)

XDR display

“Ultra retina xdr”

Nano textured glass option for glare

M4 processor

2nd gen 3nm tech

Next gen cpu 4-6 (10 core)

Next gen 10 gpu (10 core)

4x speed of M2

Neural engine improved

4x faster than iPad w/M2

Pro Apps

Shaper 3D

Z brush

Final Cut 2 & Logic Pro 2

Live multicam 4 cameras

Final Cut camera app links to Final Cut

LP2 session players AI instruments

Chroma glow simulator for tube amps

Team splitter creates accompaniment from vocal

12mp camera 4k video

Better scanner

Front camera on side & Face ID

New Magic Keyboard

Aluminum

Larger track pad

Haptic feedback

New Apple Pencil Pro

Squeeze

Double tap

Haptic engine

Orientation sensor (gyroscope) “barrel roll”

Find my if you loose it

MagSafe charge

Procreate support

Procreate Dreams animation/drawing app

Works with iPad Air as well

Thinnest Apple product ever!!!

$999 $1299 iPad starting prices

$249 $399 keyboards

$129 pencil pro

Order today, ship next week

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

Apple plans “Let Loose” special event for May 7th, speculation of new iPads and Pencil; Vision Pro production order down: iPhone market share in china down 6%; M4 Mac Studio, the ultimate Mac; Apple Arcades growing importance; GPU aren’t really for graphics any more; Apple neural engine is a specialized gpu, purpose built; DARPA RACER; Memory and Storage may converge at Phase Change Memory; QDEL may be thew the new OLED before Micro LED rules the world; and WAY too much political talk.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

Apple AI on device, and acquisitions, Tesla drops cost of self driving system and you can rent it, Taylor Swift has new album, iPad Air in short supply, Can an LLM fit on a device, finewoven is a flop and going away, but leather won’t come back. iPhone 17 may shrink screen, Apple is in running for NBA broadcasts.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!

An abridged episode due to technical difficulties.

Conversations on technology and tech adjacent subjects with two and sometime three generations of tech nerds. New shows on (mostly) MONDAYS!