431: ‘Iconic Pig Lipstick’, With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
09/30/25
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John Moltz returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 17 lineup: the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, iPhone 17, and the no-number iPhone Air. Not one word about baseball, but some Star Wars talk may or may not have snuck in.
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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.
Links:
- Halide -- a great iPhone camera app with a "Technical Readout" feature that provides detailed specs regarding every camera on your phone.
- Techmeme's roundup of iPhones 17 reviews that actually were published on the embargo date.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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430: ‘Ersatz PopSocket’, With Andru Edwards
August 31, 2025
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Special guest Andru Edwards joins the show. Topics include Google’s Pixel 10 event and the Pixel 10 family of devices, AI’s effect on computational photography, foldable phones, and some speculation on Apple’s September 9 “Awe Dropping” event.
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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.
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- Where to find Andru:
- Google’s Pixel 10 family comparison page (copying Apple’s longstanding “Compare” pages to a T).
- Google’s Pixelsnap compatibility / support page.
- “Awe Dropping” Apple event: Tuesday 9 Sept.
- Me being snarky about foldable phone sales on Threads.
- Adobe’s Project Indigo — a free expert camera app for iPhone, spearheaded by Marc Levoy, who was previously at Google on the Pixel camera team.
- iPhone 4 bumper cases.
- Majin Bu’s leaked reveal of Apple’s supposed Crossbody Strap for the iPhones 17.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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432: ‘You and Frank Sinatra’, With Dan Moren
October 26, 2025
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Dan Moren returns to the show. Topics include Atlas, ChatGPT's new web browser (or anti-web browser) for the Mac; Apple's loss in a "landmark" regulatory lawsuit in the UK regarding App Store commission rates; multiple reports of poor sales for the iPhone Air; and Apple's M5 product announcements: MacBook Pro, iPads Pro, and Vision Pro.
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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.
Links:
- Sleep++, David Smith’s iOS sleep app that ties into Apple Health data, and gives what I think is a much more accurate and interesting “sleep score” than does Apple Health itself in iOS 26.
- ChatGPT Atlas: new Chromium browser for Mac:
- OpenAI’s announcement.
- Their promotion to get 7 days of higher ChatGPT usage if you make, and keep, Atlas as your default browser.
- Anil Dash: “ChatGPT’s Atlas: The Browser That’s Anti-Web”.
- Simon Willison’s initial thoughts.
- Michael Tsai’s roundup of links.
- Reuters: “Apple Loses Landmark UK Lawsuit Over App Store Commissions”.
- Multiple reports suggest the iPhone Air is not selling well.
- But it seems like Apple isn’t doing any advertising for the iPhone Air (or regular iPhone 17) at all — (yet?).
- Dan’s Six Colors coverage of the M5 speed bump updates from Apple:
- Dan’s review of the new Dual Knit Band for Vision Pro (which is now the only band included by default with the M5 models).
- My piece on the M5 announcements.
- Dan’s previous appearance on The Talk Show, from October last year, talking about — déjà vu — new Mac hardware.
- “&udm=14” — AI-overview-free Google search, from Ernie Smith. Also: My DF post about it back in May.
- Dan’s personal website, with links to his science fiction novels and short stories.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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