230: ‘Flabbergasting’ With Nilay Patel
The Talk Show With John Gruber
09/24/18
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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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229: ‘iPhone 🍸’ With Rene Ritchie
September 4, 2018
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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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231: ‘It’s a Deep Notch’ With Dan Frommer
October 16, 2018
•147m
Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include Apple Watch Series 4 and the notion of third-party watch faces, Google’s Pixel 3 phones and Pixel Slate two-in-one tablet/notebook, and Bloomberg’s disputed “The Big Hack” story.
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Links:
- Points Party — Dan’s email newsletter on credit card and airline rewards programs.
- Bloomberg’s disputed “The Big Hack”.
- Custom watch faces by Steven Troughton-Smith.
- David “Underscore” Smith’s retro watch face.
- The Verge hands-on with on Photoshop for iPad.
- The new “Palm” phone.
- Punkt’s minimal MP02 phone.
- Panic’s late great Status Board app for iPad.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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