229: ‘iPhone 🍸’ With Rene Ritchie
The Talk Show With John Gruber
09/04/18
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Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a deep dive into what was revealed (and what wasn’t) by Guilherme Rambo’s release last week of product marketing images of the apparently-named iPhone XS and Series 4 Apple Watch.
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Links:
- 9to5Mac: “This Is iPhone XS”.
- 9to5Mac: “Apple Watch Series 4 Revealed”.
- 9to5Mac back in 2007, with a pre-release product marketing image of the fat iPad Nano.
- Away’s free pop-out assembly for the battery in older versions of their carry-ons.
- Edward Tufte’s extraordinary books on information design.
- Phil Schiller introducing the iPhone 3GS in 2009 while Steve Jobs was on leave.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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228: ‘Smallen Up the Bezels’ With Jason Snell
August 24, 2018
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Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics do include mechanical keyboards, but do not — I swear — include baseball. Also: speculation on what Apple might do with the non-Pro MacBook lineup.
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Links:
- Yours truly asking Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, and Bob Mansfield whether they used the bumper cases at the Antennagate press conference.
- Matias Laptop Pro Wireless Keyboard.
- Das Keyboard.
- WASD keyboards.
- My favorite iPad (and iPhone) stand: Anker’s $11 Multi-Angle Stand.
- Keyboard Maestro.
- Jason writing for Macworld back in March: “MacBook Air: Why Won’t It Die?”.
- Phil Schiller deftly shows how the 13-inch MacBook Pro is smaller than the 13-inch MacBook Air in October 2016.
- Daring Fireball: “Let’s Really Think About This ‘New Low-Cost Laptop to Succeed MacBook Air’ Thing”.
- Iconic photo of Missouri Journalism School lecture hall filled with students with MacBooks.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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230: ‘Flabbergasting’ With Nilay Patel
September 24, 2018
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Nilay Patel returns to the show to talk about the iPhone XS and XS Max. We got so caught up talking about cameras, we never even mention headphone jacks.
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Links:
- Nilay’s iPhone XS review.
- My iPhone XS review.
- Apple’s video from the iPhone XS and Series 4 watch event.
- Twitter thread on Steve Jobs’s amazing (in hindsight) introduction of the iPhone 3G in 2008.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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