Dieter Bohn joins the show to talk about his excellent new documentary, Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone -- a history of Handspring and the creators of the original PalmPilot.

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• (That same link has Dieter’s bonus material, too, including his corrected version of Ed Colligan’s infamous December 2006 quip about the then-imminent iPhone.)

• PalmPilot

• Jeff Hawkins’s wooden prototype for getting the size right

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Apple’s 2021 year in review, with special guest Rene Ritchie.

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• John Ternus becomes SVP of hardware; Dan Riccio takes over VR/AR.

• iOS 14.5 and unlocking with Apple Watch while wearing a mask.

• HomePod canceled.

• “Spring Loaded” event.

• Epic v. Apple court case.

• WWDC 2021.

• Child safety initiatives.

• “California Streaming” event.

• Rene’s review.

• Rene’s review.

• Apple Watch Series 7

• Rene’s review.

• Rene’s review.

• Federighi’s anti-sideloading keynote at Web Summit in Lisbon.

• The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience.

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Emmy Award-winning Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include: Apple’s new iCloud “legacy contact” feature, the current state and future of VR headsets, Elon Musk, and more.

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Merlin Mann returns to the show to discuss two brief topics (with a few asides): my dream of opening a steakhouse, and Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back.

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• “And Your Bird Can Sing” (Take 2) April 20, 1966.

• Farhad Manjoo: “This Is The Greatest Hoodie Ever Made”.

• DNA Lounge.

• “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle”.

• Hop Sing on Twitter.

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Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show to discuss the past and future of Apple-centric reporting.

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Special guest David Smith returns to the show to talk about Apple Watch Series 7 and the state of WatchOS, Apple suing NSO Group, and more.

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Dithering CEO Ben Thompson returns to the show to go deep on the concept of the metaverse.

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Special guest Daniel Jalkut returns to the show to talk about the new MacBook Pros.

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Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to discuss the products Apple has released this week.

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Special guest: Nilay Patel. Special topics: the iPhones 13, Apple Watch Series 7, kids today and the file system, the Lightning / USB-C debate, and, of course, our speculation about next week’s “Unleashed” Apple event.

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