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Post by sponge on Jun 13, 2016 12:49:54 GMT -8
Siri on the Mac is interesting. It will try to get us use it more often like a secretary.
Lots to learn in how to take advantage of it and also not sure everyone needs that much help.
The improvements in speed for WatchOS without hardware bodes well for the future. Better battery and unlinking from the iPhone.
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Post by BillH on Jun 13, 2016 13:05:43 GMT -8
I'm hoping the Swift Learning app for kids will be HUGE. I think that's a big deal. Continuity being expanded is a big deal to ME. Sling on AppleTV may turn out to be a pretty big addition. I'm waiting to hear what the developers thought of the announcements. It's been discussed numerous times that this isn't the venue for hardware introductions and nothing here precluded Apple from introducing new Macs as early as tomorrow or in conjunction with software releases..
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Post by archibaldtuttle on Jun 13, 2016 13:35:00 GMT -8
Basically what I was reacting to is that there's nothing to "change the narrative" here. Apple's best days are behind it, etc... And if there's one thing that AAPL needs, it's to change the narrative...
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Post by SomeJuan on Jun 13, 2016 13:51:14 GMT -8
Several good things about todays keynote, Watch 3.0 looks very promising across the board, new IOS w API's for Siri, Maps, VOIP and Messages, and several of the new Photo capability's look good, or at least promising. macOS looked polished, new Siri (please lord, let it be good, and not be misunderstood), continuity across devices looks much better, and Apple Pay over the web, but silent on updates to Photo's was a bit disappointing. The enhancement to maps was welcome, though wtf is street view not doing rearing it's head, how many years do you need them vans on the road! iMessage enhancements look great, with some crap thrown on the wall for good measure.
iTunes, hmm, could be a winner, but then anything is better than the cluster f&$k that currently exists. Poor choice of music and presenter, but what the hell do i know. (She seemed stunned at lack of participation to rap, lmfao)
Apple TV, meh, with exception to cable provider authentication across devices.
Apple Pay, great we can pay on web sites, when and if said web sites redo their websites, and sign up to take Apple Pay, which is still wholly lacking, yawn. I can iMessage a payment from Square Pay, but not Apple Pay, WTF! Ridiculous...
Swift 3.0 should be really good, and Swift Playground even better, golf clap.
HomeKit could be good, if i had anything in my home i could control, i don't currently, and no immediate plans to add them. Meh.
Serious ommisions...
No Apple Pay support in iMessage, no P2P Apple Pay, &$%#¥£€$₩¢! No street view in Maps No talk about how much i will have to pay in additional icloud tax to handle all my syncing, im already out of space and yes i have an upgraded plan. No introduction of iMessage on Android, i guess we should blow that rumor goodbye, and say hello to WhatsApp, the former and new world order in chats. No hardware announcements to backup Tim's never-ending mantra of '"our product pipeline is looking great", here is an idea, let's wait till a billion eyeballs are not on Apple, and just do a silent rollout on the website, marketing 101 for christ's sakes, even if said products are a month out! Perfectly incongruous timing on Terry Gou's leak that iPhone uptake will be in decline till 2017, brilliant! Hey Tim, put a leash on that man.
Overall, maybe a 5.2 on the richter scale, was hoping for an 7.5
Is my math or hearing impaired, or did Tim say there are 13 million developers and 2 million apps, with that number of developers i would think the number of apps would be much higher, i guess it takes a village of swift coders. 13 million developers at $99.00 per year is some serious cash.
Congradulations to Microsoft and their $60.00 per user purchase of LinkedIn users to datamine, and market to. Will be fun to watch im sure, popcorn anyone?
Cheers to the longs (whispered in golf announcer voice)
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Post by SomeJuan on Jun 13, 2016 13:54:48 GMT -8
Basically what I was reacting to is that there's nothing to "change the narrative" here. Apple's best days are behind it, etc... And if there's one thing that AAPL needs, it's to change the narrative... +1
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Post by chinacat on Jun 13, 2016 14:53:06 GMT -8
Watch OS upgrades should really bolster the case for why you need an Apple Watch I am not a Watch owner, and not likely to be, but I also thought that the interface and speed improvements seemed substantial. I would be interested to hear what current and possible future owners think. Not sure that "finger-painting" input is really the answer, although I can see how it might serve character-based languages well. Does seem that the new continuity features will put even more pressure on the iCloud infrastructure. I hope it is being strengthened appropriately.
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Post by gtrplyr on Jun 13, 2016 15:11:56 GMT -8
Still waiting for Apple to fix the defect on my Apple Watch that shows the stock price in the red day after day ...... ARGHHHHHH.
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Post by nagrani on Jun 13, 2016 16:00:14 GMT -8
Meh. Sold all my Apple last week and rolled into tesla. I see many of the attributes of Steve jobs in Elon musk and looking forward to another great run. Cheers to all on this board. Will roll back from time to time
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Post by firestorm on Jun 13, 2016 17:51:34 GMT -8
Meh. Sold all my Apple last week and rolled into tesla. I see many of the attributes of Steve jobs in Elon musk and looking forward to another great run. Cheers to all on this board. Will roll back from time to time I think this is a good move. Tesla has a lot of volatility; if you are lucky, you can surf the rises and bail at the bad news, then buy again several months later. As with Apple since the second coming of Steve Jobs, there are a lot of nonbelievers who are deniers in this stock. I happen to believe that the transition to electric cars will happen more quickly than almost anyone predicts, for a variety of reasons.
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Post by BillH on Jun 13, 2016 19:50:17 GMT -8
Meh. Sold all my Apple last week and rolled into tesla. I see many of the attributes of Steve jobs in Elon musk and looking forward to another great run. Cheers to all on this board. Will roll back from time to time I wish you all the best Nagrani. Go Tesla. I agree with your being impressed by Elon Musk. I've felt much the same. I get off the bus a bit given how tough it is to make descent margins in the automobile business along with it's requirements for large capital investments.
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Post by mrentropy on Jun 13, 2016 20:16:47 GMT -8
Meh. Sold all my Apple last week and rolled into tesla. I see many of the attributes of Steve jobs in Elon musk and looking forward to another great run. Cheers to all on this board. Will roll back from time to time I understand your frustration with AAPL, but Tesla is worrying to me. The operate at a massive negative cash flow. They've recently had to have another stock float to finance the operation. Elon has quite literally never met a target he has set. The moment the stock starts to sag and they don't have access to capital any more, it could get very ugly fast. They are living off of Elon's charm offensive now, but as good as they may be technologically, I don't think they are, or can be, financially viable.
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Post by firestorm on Jun 13, 2016 20:33:30 GMT -8
Meh. Sold all my Apple last week and rolled into tesla. I see many of the attributes of Steve jobs in Elon musk and looking forward to another great run. Cheers to all on this board. Will roll back from time to time I understand your frustration with AAPL, but Tesla is worrying to me. The operate at a massive negative cash flow. They've recently had to have another stock float to finance the operation. Elon has quite literally never met a target he has set. The moment the stock starts to sag and they don't have access to capital any more, it could get very ugly fast. They are living off of Elon's charm offensive now, but as good as they may be technologically, I don't think they are, or can be, financially viable. I could see Apple or another company investing in Tesla if there was a financial threat (ala Microsoft investing in Apple when Apple really needed the money) in exchange for some battery or manufacturing technology. I just don't see a fundamental threat that cannot be overcome. Of course, there were doubts for years, after the second coming of Steve Jobs, whether or not Apple could make it. Those of us who invested through that period got lucky, and I hope it works out that way with Tesla.
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