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May 27, 2024514: European Beard
It's time for a Vision Pro check-in. How are we using it, and how should Apple sell it? Also, some EU app marketplace developers just want to go home.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback Kobo Libra Colour Review: Color, but at what cost? – Six Colors Daylight Computer Two e-readers that made me reconsider why I use e-readers – Six Colors Cortex #155: State of the Hardware 2024 - Relay FM Apple iOS 18, macOS 15 AI Features: Project Greymatter, Privacy, OpenAI Deal - Bloomberg Microsoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcements - The Verge AltStore Goes to Absurd Lengths for Third-Party iPhone Apps - Bloomberg Riley Testut: Notarization Issues - Mastodon ATP 588: Sync Up Your Cycle — Accidental Tech Podcast Setapp Mobile shows the good and bad of the alternate iPhone app store - The Verge Apple may soon have to allow third-party app stores in Japan too - 9to5Mac Apple Fights €1.8 Billion EU Antitrust Fine for Curbs on Spotify - Bloomberg Apple Asks Judge to Dismiss U.S. Antitrust Lawsuit - MacRumors Vision Pro immersive new Paris video releasing this week - 9to5Mac ‘What If?’ for Vision Pro to arrive next week – Six Colors
1 hr 30 min
May 20, 2024513: I Do Not Rock Anything
Myke returns to the show to give his personal iPad Pro review, and we discuss Apple's accessibility announcements, worrying Apple AI reports, and some mystifying rumors about future iPhones for this year and next.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback Et Cetera - Corner of the Sky #46 - The Incomparable Relay FM 10th Anniversary Extravaganza | Hackney Empire Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking - Apple Apple accessibility preview: More for Speech, CarPlay, and Vision Pro – Six Colors Apple to Power iOS 18 AI Features With In-House Server Mac Chips This Year - Bloomberg Apple Closes in on Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone - Bloomberg What Is Apple Doing in AI? Summaries, Cloud and On-Device LLMs, OpenAI Deal - Bloomberg iPhone 16 Pro Max Looks This Much Bigger Beside iPhone 15 Pro Max - MacRumors Kuo: iPhone 16 Pro Max Could Feature Longer Battery Life - MacRumors Apple Plans a Thinner iPhone in 2025 — The Information iPhone 17 rumors: New design, 'Slim' model to replace 'Plus’, more - 9to5Mac ‘iPhone 17 Slim’ rumors point to a redesigned model in 2025 - The Verge 'iPhone 17 Slim' Could Move Rear Cameras to Top Center in Biggest Redesign Since iPhone X - MacRumors Gurman: No New Mac Studio and Mac Pro Until Mid-2025 - MacRumors Apple COO Jeff Williams Reportedly Visits Taiwan to Secure 2nm Chips - MacRumors The Vision Division – MacBreak Weekly Apple ups its magnet game for best-ever Smart Folio on new iPads - 9to5Mac M4 iPad Pro Bend Tests: Durability Equal to M2 Model Despite Thinness - MacRumors Apple Pencil Radial Undo | Ars Technica New features announced for Apple Pencil Pro. - Procreate Insight Canopy – Studio Neat What Nobody Else Told You About Tandem OLED and M4! - Snazzy Labs – YouTube
1 hr 47 min
May 13, 2024512: Pros Are the Little Boats
The new iPad Pro is here, and Jason is joined by Federico Viticci to discuss the new model, Jason's review, and the limitations of iPadOS. Stephen Hackett also joins the show not to crush some creative dreams, but to answer your questions.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback Crush! | iPad Pro | Apple - YouTube Apple’s New iPad Ad Leaves Its Creative Audience Feeling … Flat - The New York Times Jason's M4 iPad Pro review - Six Colors Not an iPad Pro Review - MacStories iPad Pro 2015 Review: No Country for Old Macs – Six Colors The Problem’s Never the Hardware – 512 Pixels (9+) @macrumors • Apple’s thinnest device ever. #ipadpro #bendgate • Threads Ultra-thin M4 iPad Pro features new internal structure to improve stiffness and heat dissipation - 9to5Mac
1 hr 48 min
May 07, 2024511: You’re Nice to Hold
Both Jason (New York) and Myke (London) have had their hands on the new iPads and are here to report back with all the details. We discuss M4 surprises, iPad Air choices, iPad Pro use cases, and save a little time to Lawyer Up.
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1 hr 58 min
April 29, 2024510: Jason Is Cool GOTO 10
We're trying to puzzle through some strange rumors about next week's iPad launch event. Also, the EU brings the iPad into the DMA party, Apple locks the Apple IDs of many people (including Myke!), and we shout out the OG Knowledge Navigator.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Limited Edition Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback Upgrade on YouTube Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs - Wikipedia Emulate all the things, Apple – Six Colors Ross Young: New iPad Air won’t feature mini-LED after all, but a new mystery iPad is coming in Q4 - 9to5Mac Emulate all the things, Apple – Six Colors The EU Pulls iPadOS Into the DMA Fray - MacStories Apple's iPadOS under the Digital Markets Act Apple’s OpenAI Talks Intensify as It Seeks to Add AI Features - Bloomberg Report: iOS 18 to update many of the built-in apps, home screen updates, 'modular' design tweaks - 9to5Mac Apple Rivals Retool; iOS 18, M4 iPad Pro, Vision Pro 2, and AI Details - Bloomberg Upgrade #505: Abolish Drafts: The 2024 iPad Draft - Relay FM The Upgrade March 2024 iPad Draft – Scorecard Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation - 9to5Mac Apple Knowledge Navigator Video (1987) - YouTube Knowledge Navigator - Wikipedia The Conscience of the King - Wikipedia “The Karidian Company of Players” – Cotton Bureau The Star Trek Transcripts - The Conscience of the King
1 hr 26 min
April 22, 2024509: Save the Fines
The world's foremost e-reader podcast returns, but we also take time to talk about the appeal of retro game emulators, iPad and iPhone rumors, and the possible end of Apple's leather replacement material.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback Baseball (TV series) - Wikipedia Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? - MKBHD - YouTube Connected #498: He Sees You When You're Sleeping - Relay FM The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed... For Now - MKBHD - YouTube 'For All Mankind' season 5 and new spinoff series 'Star City' coming to Apple TV+ - 9to5Mac S4 Exit Interview with Ben Nedivi & Matt Wolpert - NASA Vending Machine #31 - The Incomparable 12.9-Inch iPad Air Now Rumored to Feature Mini-LED Display - MacRumors Six Rumored iPhone 16 Camera Upgrades Coming This Year - MacRumors iOS 18: The latest on Apple's plans for on-device AI - 9to5Mac Apple Reportedly Stops Production of FineWoven Accessories - MacRumors Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe - The Verge Riley Testut launches Delta game emulator on App Store for everyone, AltStore marketplace for EU - 9to5Mac Riley Testut – "Thank God the CTF only applies to downloads in the EU" - Mastodon PlayStation, GameCube, Wii, and SEGA Emulator for iPhone and Apple TV Coming to App Store - MacRumors Why Dolphin Isn't Coming to the App Store - oatmealdome.me How to Load Your Game Boy Games Onto the iPhone to Play in the Delta Emulator - MacStories Riley explains Delta and AltStore How Nintendo’s destruction of Yuzu is rocking the emulator world - The Verge Micronauts (comics) - Wikipedia Load fonts onto your Kobo eReader – Rakuten Kobo calibre - E-book management Kobo Libra Colour | Rakuten Kobo
1 hr 36 min
April 15, 2024508: You’re Judging It Wrong
Skepticism about the future of the Vision Pro and brutal reviews of the Humane Ai Pin make us discuss misguided expectations and the power of the smartphone duopoly. We also attempt to decode reports of new M4 Mac chips.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback Jason in his Snell Jersey – Instagram Riley Testut - Mastodon Apple Removes Game Boy Emulator iGBA From App Store Due to Spam and Copyright Violations - MacRumors Here's why Apple removed the first Game Boy emulator from the App Store - 9to5Mac The first Apple-approved emulator for the iPhone has arrived... and been pulled - The Verge Want Apple to change? Regulation works. – Six Colors Apple to expand repair options with support for used genuine parts - Apple With Kotek’s signature, Oregon now has one of the nation’s strongest ‘right to repair’ laws - OPB One in seven iPhones now made in India, reducing dependence on China iOS 17.5 expands Puzzles collection with leaderboards and new 'Quartiles' word game - 9to5Mac Lex's Games by Lex Friedman Apple Readies M4 Chip Mac Line, Including New MacBook Air and Mac Pro - Bloomberg Humane Ai Pin Review: The Device Isn’t Going to Kill Apple's iPhone - Bloomberg Gurman: Forget the M3, the M4 is on the way – Six Colors Call Apple Vision Pro a flop at your own risk | Macworld Apple Vision Pro review: Eyes on the future – Six Colors ATP 582: Can't Render, Fog It — Accidental Tech Podcast Humane AI Pin review: the post-smartphone future isn’t here yet - The Verge The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed... For Now - MKBHD - YouTube Can anyone but a tech giant build the next big thing? – Six Colors GDC Vault - The Playdate Story: What Was it Like to Make Handheld Video Game System Hardware? Which e-reader should you buy? – Six Colors Ungeniused #100: Beanie Babies - Relay FM
1 hr 28 min
April 08, 2024507: Differently Social
Subtitle: When I Quote Mary Poppins Quoting Cinderella
Casey Liss joins Myke to discuss Apple's new Spatial Personas for visionOS, and their thoughts on an immersive experience from... Gucci? Also, emulators are coming to the App Store, and Myke wants to check Casey's vibe.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback Apple Watch Bands - Apple Bandbreite on the App Store Callsheet: Find Cast & Crew on the App Store Apple teases new 'Prehistoric Planet' Immersive Video coming to Vision Pro this month - 9to5Mac GUCCI on the App Store A first look at Europe’s alternative iPhone app stores - The Verge Apple Updates App Store Guidelines to Permit Game Emulators, Website Links in EU Music Apps - MacRumors iPadOS 17.5 hints at new 'squeeze' gesture for Apple Pencil 3 – 9to5mac Apple Future Products Could Include Robots and Smart Home Push - Bloomberg Spatial Persona on Vision Pro changes the game – Six Colors My Spatial Persona Impressions (Updated) – 512 Pixels Connected #496: I Tried to Put My Finger in Myke's Mouth - Relay FM ATP 581: A Different Way to Be Evil — Accidental Tech Podcast Upgrade #448: I'm Choosing Optimism - Relay FM Perplexity What to expect for total solar eclipse - Good Morning America - YouTube
1 hr 49 min
April 01, 2024506: Legacy When? Legacy Now?
Subtitle: Let's Go Snell!
We often cite anonymous reports about Apple's future, but where do those reports come from? We discuss of the value and ethics of Apple rumor coverage. Also, we've seen the latest Vision Pro immersive video and have strong opinions.
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Check out Upgrade merch! Submit Feedback The Amazing Spider-Man (2018 - 2022) | Comic Series | Marvel All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told – Wolk, Douglas: Amazon Here's What Apple Retail's New Machine to Update iPhones in the Box Looks Like - MacRumors WWDC24 - Apple Developer Apple Developer - YouTube What Will the European Commission Do With the Money It Receives From DMA Related Fines? – Perplexity When Is the New iPad Pro, iPad Air Coming Out? Apple Plans Early May Launch - Bloomberg Apple Sues Former Employee for Leaking iPhone's Journal App and More - MacRumors Michael Gartenberg's question on Leaks MacWEEK - Wikipedia MacRumors Buyer's Guide Apple’s Immersive Video problem – Six Colors MLS on Vision Pro, The Vision Pro’s Missing Content, The Vision Pro’s DRI – Stratechery by Ben Thompson PSA: The MLB app doesn’t work on the Mac anymore – Six Colors MLB for visionOS strikes out on Opening Day – Six Colors The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 397, With Jason Snell Vroom visionOS Track Demo
1 hr 41 min
March 25, 2024505: Abolish Drafts: The 2024 iPad Draft
Subtitle: You Can't Arm a Hammer
The U.S. Department of Justice joins the European Commission in contributing to Apple's legal troubles; and in a surprise, pre-emptive move, we attempt to predict the future of the iPad via a draft!
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Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback How Strong Is the Justice Department Case Against Apple? It Could Be Stronger - Bloomberg Sources: iOS 18 Lets Apps Be Placed Anywhere on Home Screen Grid - MacRumors Apple, Meta, and Google targeted by EU in DMA non-compliance investigations - The Verge U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction – Six Colors Epic Games v. Apple - Wikipedia Upgrade Draft Scorecards Upgrade Merch | Cotton Bureau The Upgrade Draft Tee
1 hr 34 min

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Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

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