203: ‘Unused VIPs’ With Serenity Caldwell
The Talk Show With John Gruber
10/21/17
•122m
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Serenity Caldwell returns to the show. Topics include watches, the problems with the current MacBook keyboards, iOS 11 battery life, my massive windfall from the iBooks antitrust settlement, and more.
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- Serenity on the 38mm Apple Watch and the lack of smaller smartwatches from other companies.
- Casey Johnston on the current MacBook keyboards.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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September 30, 2017
•97m
Special guest Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include Apple Watch Series 3, our mutual fear of heights, Velcro, and more.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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204: ‘Flaunting That Notch’ With Rene Ritchie
October 26, 2017
•103m
Rene Ritchie returns to the show on the eve of iPhone X pre-orders opening. Topics include iPhone X (duh), Google’s Pixel 2 and the goofy OLED display on the “XL” version, Face ID FUD, and more.
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- The Verge’s Vlad Savov on the Pixel 2 XL’s ‘awful’ display.
- Horace Dediu calling bullshit on claims that iPhone 7 is outselling iPhone 8.
- Rene calling bullshit on Core ML as a privacy hole.
- Yours truly calling bullshit on Face ID FUD.
- The iOS 11 Calculator bug where animation blocks input on the operator buttons.
- Guilherme Rambo confirms: “I can confirm that the iOS Calculator app is written in Swift.””
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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