Some, and perhaps all, Apple Watch Ultra 3 owners are having trouble setting up cellular service on the smartwatch. And Verizon says it’s due to a smartwatch glitch. I’ve been trying for three days trying to set up cellular connectivity on my Apple Watch Ultra...
Apple’s first iPhone sold 1.4 million units in its opening weekend, reshaping the smartphone market overnight, while the iPhone 15 generated an estimated US$200 billion in revenue within its first year on the market. Inspired by Apple’s announcement of the...
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Apple has filed for a patent (number 20220044018) for “visualization of non-visible phenomena.” It involves keeping the rumored augmented reality/virtual reality “Apple Glasses” cool and comfortable while in use. About the patent filing Apple’s patent filing involves...
In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said he expects FaceTime in Apple’s rumored augmented reality/virtual reality headset (“Apple Glasses,” perhaps) will revolve around Memojis and SharePlay. Animojis allow a user to choose an avatar (e.g., a...
When I look at the 2022 Academy Award nominations, I have to wonder, “Who are the Oscars for these days?” Once they had a populist appeal; now they seem geared toward film critics and Hollywood elitists. Here’s the list of Best Picture nominees: “Nightmare Alley,”...
I’m still not ready to totally replace my MacBook Pro with an iPad Pro for working on the road. But that day may be getting closer. The Apple tablets expected to debut at next week’s “Spring Loaded” Apple Event could nudge me closer in that direction — especially if...
The 2021 iPhones won’t arrive until late summer or early fall, but, hey, let’s look ahead to Apple smartphones for 2022 and 2023. In a note to clients — as noted by MacRumors — usually-reliable analyst Ming Chi Kuo offers predictions about both years. He says that...
Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,979,685) regarding “focusing for virtual and augmented reality systems” that involves the rumored “Apple Glasses.” In the patent data, Apple says that when a user views images through a virtual reality system, the user may...
Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,976,178) for “systems and methods for generating an interactive user interface.” It involves vehicles, but also other machines, especially those that involve robotics. In the patent filing, Apple notes that autonomous...
Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,974,688) for “extendable bumpers for vehicles.” Naturally, car bumpers are usually located at the front and rear of the vehicle and they’re designed to, among other things, reduce the...
In addition to reporting that Apple plans to combine an Apple TV set-top box and an HomePod into at least one product, a Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman says that the tech giant is also considering a HomePod that could have an iPad attached via a robotic that tracks...
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IK Multimedia’s iRig 2 is a cool sequel to the original iRig, whicih allowed guitar and bass players to plug into their iPhone and use their mobile device to play, practice and record with apps like IK’s AmpliTube, Apple’s GarageBand and thousands more.
Canon’s (www.usa.canon.com) US$199 imageFORMULA P-208II Scan-tini personal document scanner is ideal for stationary users and “road warriors” in professional services, financial services, healthcare and other areas.
It provides general purpose scanning of various items, including receipts, business cards, photographs, bills, contracts, reports, letters and plastic cards. The scanner can be moved from location to location as easily as it moves paper-based information to Mac OS X and Windows devices.
PowerSkin has added two new battery packs to its Ink’d program. With Ink’d consumers can create custom designed battery cases and external battery packs by using their own image, logo or photo.
Sonnet’s (www.sonnettech.com) has rolled out the Echo Express SE I, the latest addition to the Echo Express line of Thunderbolt 2-to-PCIe expansion systems.
Like the other members of the Echo Express family, the SE I enables the use of a wide variety of high-performance PCI Express (PCIe) cards — originally designed for use in desktop computers — with any Mac or Windows computer with a Thunderbolt port. The new single-slot model supports nearly every Thunderbolt-compatible PCIe card on the market, including double-width cards (PCIe card plus daughter card).
Micromat’s (www.micromat.com) new version of Techtool Pro (version 8) for Mac OS X offers a number of significant new features. Of the new features included in version 8, the most significant is the component tests. Depending on the model of Macintosh, it can now check up to 150 new components, sensors and voltage levels of which the app previously couldn’t test.