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[SPEAKER_00]: a factual data creation facility production.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In a world where some podcasts make millions of dollars, I bring you the OF&T podcast, which isn't one of them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now here's your host, Jim Schafer.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome to the OF&T podcast episode 339, which I'm calling OS 27 Arrives.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As you've probably heard, last Monday, Apple released OS 27 for all of their devices.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Though this update was kind of hyped up, besides formats and creases, I've noticed a little difference between this or OS 26, when I'll take performance improvement any day over a buggy software release.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I have some new hardware in the house with a surprise on a rival on tap in the tech I'm using section.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Enough of this blather.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Let's get started.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh yeah.
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[UNKNOWN]: Oh yeah.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Three, two, one.
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[SPEAKER_03]: This week's tech news.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hits up.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This will be mostly an apple episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Aren't they all?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I try and cover Android as much as I can, but lately there hasn't been much to cover.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I try and weed out the normal stuff and just report on what I find interesting.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Let's start off with this one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There are rumors around the internet that apple may be holding another event on October 27th.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Devices that we could be seeing are a touchscreen MacBook Pro, which I'm not even slightly interested in.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You can't afford one anyway.
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[SPEAKER_02]: New home pods?
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[SPEAKER_02]: An Apple TV streaming box and Amazon Echo competitor that looks like an iPad stuck onto a home pod, at least according to Render's I've seen, and maybe just maybe a home security camera.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Speaking of which, Mac Roomers is reporting that in order to fully use said camera, you'll have to subscribe to an upgraded iCloud service.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For a single camera, you'll be paying $10 per month for a two-terabyte iCloud subscription.
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[SPEAKER_02]: $30 for a 6-charabyte iCloud subscription if you have two cameras, and a whopping $60 for month for a 12-charabyte iCloud subscription if you intend to use up to five cameras.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No, thank you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm paying less for a two-camera setup which includes window and door sensors and a live alarm monitoring service.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So much for Apple undercutting long-established security
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[SPEAKER_02]: You can set up a home security system with Amazon minus D-Live War Monitoring for much less than what Apple wants to charge.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Our old pal Mark Garmin predicts that most iPhones in the future will be foldable in his latest Power on Newsletter.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think the Garmin has overreached here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Just a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I agree.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He sees a large display iPhone dual max along with a foldable format iPhone SE-like phone on the horizon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He bases his theory on foldable phones becoming the, in his words, do it all computing devices of the future, not at these prices they won't.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Exactly.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When those unwieldy tri-fold phones started appearing, I said that this format would be perfect for consumers residing in so-called developing countries.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Where'd the phone would be a person's only computing device, but they're just too expensive?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Unless some future technology allows for the prices of these things to be drastically reduced, I just don't see this happening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, you did subscribe to German's newsletter.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's through Bloomberg and is bundled with other newsletters for 12 bucks per month.
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[SPEAKER_02]: According to Android Authority, Google has set the date for Google Book free orders.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Starting on September 21st, which is tomorrow, you'll be able to plunk down some of your hard-earned cash on one of these laptops that are running the Big G's new Aluminium operating system or whatever they're going to call it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I thought that Google was hosting an event in order to introduce these Google books to the public.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's what I had heard too.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was supposed to take place last Tuesday and by invite
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[SPEAKER_02]: If it did take place, I sure didn't hear anything about it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No.
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[SPEAKER_02]: According to engaget.com, Google has started sending out invites to a Google book event to be held on October 5th in New York City.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So perhaps those early reports got their wires crossed on that date.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Those reports were based on a leak from HP which will be making Google books along with Acer, ASUS, Dell, and Lenovo.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This October 5th event is to be called Opening Night.
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[SPEAKER_02]: By sending out invites and actually having a name for the event, I'm confident that this one will actually happen.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know about you, but I'm kind of excited to see what Google is bringing to the table.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I hate to be a Debbie Downer here, but I feel we'll be left disappointed.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I sure hope not, but if it's going to be just another AI extravaganza, this event may indeed turn out to be a disappointment.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As far as chipsets at Power Android-based smartphones, the company MediaTek has been known to play a third-fiddle amongst chip manufacturers, don't you mean, second-fiddle?
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[SPEAKER_02]: No, I mean third-fiddle.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's been the Qualcomm Snapdragon Samsung Exynos and the Media Tech chip so far as being the choice of phone makers and consumers alike.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I've never had a phone powered by a Media Tech chip set, but I did check out an old Sony experience that was powered by Media Tech many, many years ago now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For normal usage, the chipset was just fine.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As far as things like gaming or multitasking, the Snapdragon and Exynos lift media tech's offerings in the dust.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, that may be a thing at a pass though, because starting a couple of years ago, tech news sites began reporting that media tech was uping their game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: and a recent article from Android Police confirms this.
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[SPEAKER_02]: MediaTek has just released its new chipset called the Demensity 9600 Pro, which has managed to beat Qualcomm in Samsung in the race-to-age chip based on the two nanometer architecture, but not Google or Apple.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Technically true, but I've seen doubts that the 10-ser chip is actually based on a true two nanometer process.
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[SPEAKER_02]: MediaTek is a Taiwan-based company, so they probably have an in with fellow Taiwan-based TSMC, which was the first foundry able to produce chips using the two nanometer method.
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[SPEAKER_02]: MediaTek is a Taiwan-based company, so they probably have an in with a fellow Taiwan-based TSMC, which was the first foundry able to produce chips using the two nanometer method.
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[SPEAKER_02]: While Samsung has announced a new chip which will be based upon the two nanometer process,
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[SPEAKER_02]: Competition is a good thing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now if someone would give TSMC some competition, perhaps prices would start to come down.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, we're looking at you until.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And speaking of Intel, Apple Insider is reporting that Apple's main RAM chips plier, South Korea's SK Hynix, or Hynix, are in talks with Intel about the former chip fabrication king starting to produce RAM here in the good old US of A. Yay!
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[SPEAKER_02]: According to the article, these talks are still in the exploratory stage, so nothing's been agreed on yet.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thinkers crossed.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Does anybody remember Windows Phone?
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[SPEAKER_02]: No, no, come on, man.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I sure remember Old Microsoft's attempt at taking a piece of the smartphone pie.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In fact, once Nokia gave up on Symbian and adopted Windows Phone, it became my daily driver.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My iPhone 4S was my backup phone back in those exciting days.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, Google refused to port any of the company's data sucking apps over to Windows Home, which caused the mobile operating system to die slow, agonizing death.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And this is why I still hold a grudge against the Big G to this day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Anyhow, what was unbeknownst to me, is that even after Windows Phone demise back in 2017, a small group of was described as hobbyist or keeping it alive.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So are you going to jump back on board?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Unfortunately, that'll be a hard no.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Because of Windows Phone's demise, I'm then all in on the Apple Wall Garden ecosystem where I remain in trap to this day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If Windows Phone had been allowed to become a success, why doubt that I would ever have gone over to the dark side?
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[SPEAKER_02]: An article on Android 30 reports that Apple's quick share file sharing protocol has been brought over to Windows Phone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's called, live her up and according to the author of the article, it does work with some difficulties, but that's to be expected when bringing modern features to a long dead operating system.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I find myself pleased that some people still feel as strongly as I had about windows phoned and are attempting to keep it alive.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Who knows, perhaps one day Microsoft might decide on resurrecting windows phone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Updated for the modern era, though.
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[SPEAKER_03]: No.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, you never know when I'll say it again.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Competition is a good thing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We all know that tech companies like to borrow things from one another by borrow, you mean steal, steal, borrow, you know what I'm getting at?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When it comes to mobile operating systems, it seems like Android and iOS are costly swapping features and user interface design cues.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The great thing about Android is that you can, what they call skin the basic operating system.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That means a company can build their own UI over the basic Android system, making it their own, so to speak.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The problem with this skinning is that it leads to fragmentation.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Some manufacturers take this borrowing to an extreme in their usually based out of one particular area of the world.
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[SPEAKER_02]: China.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Android Authority has decided to call out honor, upon seeing the company's new Android skin, which honors calling Magic OS 11.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The article describes MagicoS as a blatant copy of Apple's iOS's liquid glass UI, making it look identical to the iPhone's user interface.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now we know where they get the magic title from.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This Android skin magically copied itself from iOS.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Nine to five Mac even republished honors teaser video on Magic OS and I took a gander at it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you stripped away the obvious honor branding, you would absolutely not be able to tell any difference between iOS and the Magic OS.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Talk about lazy UI design.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This takes the cake.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know if Honor will be bringing Magic OS 112 devices sold within the United States, but if they do, I think it would be a safe to say that the giant fruit company's team of lawyers will be instantly on the case.
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[SPEAKER_02]: See what I did there?
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[UNKNOWN]: No!
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh well, you know you've got a problem when even Android centric tech sites are calling you out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This all just follows a trend with a Chinese-based smartphone manufacturers.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's why you don't see brands like Xiaomi sold in this country.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guess the thing over there is, if you can't beat them, just copy them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Back in the days when I was infatuated with the privacy first messaging apps, the signal app was one of the more popular ones out there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I used it for a while, but signal had one problem.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It required a valid phone number in order to use the app.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I didn't like that so I looked around for a different app to use and in the process tried just about all of them out there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I tried Telegram, Viber, Wicker, and many others, Wicker.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Were you trying to be Mr.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Robot or something?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Perhaps.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Nowadays, I'd be more like Mr. Rustbot.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I finally stuck with the 3ma messaging app for various reasons.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Rima doesn't require a phone number, and its servers are located within a country that has stricture privacy laws and most other countries.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The only problem with Rima is that hardly anyone else uses it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, that could be considered an advantage.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guess it could be.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Less users would make three muffly under the radar.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Android Authority has found that signal will now let you register without having a valid phone number for a one time fee of three dollars.
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[SPEAKER_02]: prima has done this from the beginning minus requiring a valid phone number.
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[SPEAKER_02]: However, unlike prima, signal has a history of handing over user logs and or has a suspected backdoor which would allow certain agencies and governments to snoop around.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, I'm not saying that 3ma doesn't have any back doors.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm just saying that so far we haven't heard about any.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Nor have 3ma ever handed over any user logs to law enforcement that we know of.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you're planning on using electronic means for confidential communications, don't let these encrypted messaging apps low you into a false sense of security.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Tech the host is using.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I did something I said I was never gonna do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure this wasn't the first time you've done that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What did you do?
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[SPEAKER_02]: What I did was order myself a new iPhone 18 Pro Max.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I guess you can say I committed murder on my bank account.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now why would you go and do something like that?
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[SPEAKER_01]: What happened to the, I'm downgrading my iPhone rhetoric.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You've been spewing for the better part of a year now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'd still intend on downgrading my iPhone eventually, but I reasoned that, when that time comes having the latest and greatest non-foldable iPhone, would act as sort of a hedge against the rising prices we're seeing, due to its high trading value.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The second reason is, being that I purchased the latest Apple, watch Ultra 4 I might as well have the latest iPhone go along with it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And the final reason is that I enjoy having shiny new tech bubbles to play around with.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guess the fourth reason could be that I really like black phones.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I received $885 trading credit for my old 17 Pro Max.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Which means I had to fork over about 500 bucks for the 18 Pro Max.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But I didn't save money by not having to purchase a new case for the new phone, being that it's the exact dimensions of the old one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll be at a little heavier, which I don't mind.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll just swap over my case from the 17 Pro, which is also the color black.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The case that is.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When I ordered that case last year, they were out of the blue color I hadn't tended to buy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Okay.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Whatever lets you sleep better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But you're not fooling anybody here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I bet you have your eye on the 20th Anniversary Edition iPhone that's coming out next year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At this moment in time, no.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Especially after seeing some renders of this phone based on leaks.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The latest render has the 20th anniversary phone looking like my old iPhone 11 Pro with a stunted waterfall display.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I never cared for that rounded design and I was glad when Apple went back to the more squared off design like we have now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Though I placed my pre-order for the 18 Pro Max late-in-the-hole process, I was still able to get a delivery date on release day which was this past Friday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I did receive my ultra-four watch and my lovely wise Siri 12 on that delivery date.
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[SPEAKER_02]: but the iPhone was shipped separately.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When I placed my pre-order early Sunday evening, the burgundy colored iPhone Pro Max was the only model whose delivery date had slipped into October.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I've heard that most of the Pro Max models delivery dates are now laid October also, but you can still get the smaller 18-per-or-right away if you want one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Some were even able to score an 18-per-or Pro Max from their local Apple store on release day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Further proof that the iPhone duo is hogging the attention of both in Futhias then a normal consumers.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My iPhone 18 Pro Max was slated to arrive at my house by late Friday afternoon, but it just didn't happen.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Note that I've experienced problems in a past with the Apple's preferred shipping partner.
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[SPEAKER_02]: United parcel service, better known as UPS, so why would things be any different now?
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[SPEAKER_02]: My package still carried the deliver by September 18th status until about 10 o'clock Friday evening, but I had already figured out that I wasn't getting it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: From there, the shipping status changed to Saturday delivery has been requested by who I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_02]: With a delivery window between 1 and 3 pm.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Upon waking up around 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, I was greeted by a text message from UPS.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In forming me that my shipment was further delayed and they'll let me know when they could actually deliver my item.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At about 10 o'clock in the morning, it was given a delivery date of 21 September, and a time window of between, you guessed it to 1 and 3 in the afternoon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As I've said previously, I've suffered unexplained delays before with UPS concerning Apple device orders both here, up in New York.
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[SPEAKER_02]: While I'm not surprised by this latest example of UPS delays, I'm still kind of ticked off about the whole situation.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, my new Apple Watch Ultra4 remains in its unopened box awaiting a iPhone 18 Pro Max to pair with it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, why bother pairing the new watch with my current 17 Pro Max when I'd have to just unparate and then pair it with the 18 Pro Max if I ever do take delivery of that phone?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I did manage to pair my wife's new series 12 Apple Watch with the 17 Pro Max that she has, and she's enjoying her new acquisition I'm happy to report.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Next month, I'll be pre-ordering her and iPhone Duo, so she did decide to get one after all.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, your persuasion game is in need of an upgrade.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In my defense, I did give it my best shot when trying to talk her out of it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But once she experienced the Apple reality distortion effect during the introduction event, there was no going back for her.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He just had to have an iPhone Duo.
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[SPEAKER_02]: With the pent-up demand for the duo, combined with the low amount of inventory available, the pre-order process should be a real cluster.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And who knows how long will take from my wife to actually receive her iPhone duo?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm thinking December-ish.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Last Monday, Mark the release of OS 27 for all eligible Apple devices.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Being bored, I am retired after all.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I started checking for the update right at 1300.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's one PM for you non-European residents and non-exmilitary types.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course it was an available at that time, so I went about my day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: While out and about, I received a notification that an update was available on my iPhone only it wasn't for iOS 27.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was for iOS 26.7.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Scrolling further down the page, there was a notification asking if you'd like to upgrade to iOS 27.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course I chose the latter, ignoring the fact that I was on a sailor connection, not Wi-Fi.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This would cost me some brief later on.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I had never seen an update from Apple that gave you a choice between versions before.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guess some consumers would rather just stick with what they have.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Upon arriving home and onto my Wi-Fi network, my phone will tip Todd when between update requested and downloading update.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Inpatient, I restarted my phone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: While waiting for the phone to reboot, I started the ball rolling for the update on my Apple TV and iPad Pro.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Before my phone even finished rebooting, the Apple TV update was finished.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Besides a few different user interface changes, I didn't know as much difference between TV OS 26 or 27.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My iPad took a bit longer to finish updating, and when it was complete, I decided to check out the new Siri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, Siri was there all right, but it didn't resemble the Siri that had been shown by people running the iOS 27 beta, and during the surprise and shine event.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Siri that was present behaved like it did before except much faster, and it actually seemed to understand what I was asking it for a change.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I then turned my attention to my lovely wife's phone in iPad Air.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Her phone updated within about 30 minutes, but her iPad took a little bit longer.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And no super AI series was present on any of her devices either.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Remembering my own iPhone, I returned to it only to find that when I tried to download the update, I received an error, and was told to try again later, which I did, getting the same result.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I just hate when that happens.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I figured that by starting the download on cellular and then moving to Wi-Fi, I had somehow confused my iPhone, so I reset its network settings.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When that was finished, I tried to download iOS 27 again, but to no avail, receiving that same error message.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's when I remembered having this problem in the past and after troubleshooting on that occasion, I figured out that it was caused by a VPN.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I checked and sure enough, my phones VPN was on.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I had to go into the settings and toggle the automatic setting to off.
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[SPEAKER_02]: After that I was able to update my phone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I also realized that OS 27 doesn't come with the new AI powered Siri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You have to sign up on a waiting list for it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: A couple of days later my turn on the list came and I now have the full new and improved Siri on all my devices.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So how is it?
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[SPEAKER_02]: As promised, the new series is conversational, but just like Alexa Plus, I find it strange having a conversation with an inanimate object, but yet you still talk to yourself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Besides me being an inanimate object, I'm a good listener.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At least that's what I've told myself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Perhaps I'll get used to talking to Siri over time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I suddenly decided against signing up for the AI Siri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He says that he has no need for an AI assistant and can just look up things for himself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's a wise man.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He certainly is.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The only reason I bothered signing up for it was to check it out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I doubt I'll be having many conversations with Siri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I already have Alexa Plus and the only things I ask are whether conditions and maybe to set an alarm.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The following day, I updated my Macs to OS27 and see little difference from OS26.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The only thing my son and I have noticed is that our devices are actually performing much better.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Also notice that the integration between devices seem to have been improved.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Prior to the update, I usually receive notifications on my phone before seeing them anywhere else.
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[SPEAKER_02]: After updating all my devices to OS 27, notifications arrive on all devices at the same time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh and I, I do like the new OS 27 wallpaper.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Next time, looking forward to the big health app update, which should arrive before the new year.
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[SPEAKER_03]: entertainment news.
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[SPEAKER_02]: the gentleman on Netflix.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you're into crime slash drama slash comedy, that amongst the English elite, well there's no better show than this one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Mob Land on Paramount Plus.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This is a crime drama not set amongst the English elite.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's a more gritty version of the gentleman.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I must point out that both the gentleman and
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[SPEAKER_02]: I've just started watching Widow's Bay, Silo and Monarch, Legacy of Monsters, all on Apple TV, but haven't paid as much attention to these shows due to a lack of interest from my better half.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's time for a break, so you may or may not hear, an appetizer, two or three.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Podcast news, or something similar to it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The podcast conference season draws to its close with the podcast movement event.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I normally don't cover even care about these events since they were hijacked by podcasting incorporated.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Besides announcing acquisitions of podcasts and podcasts networks by money-to-media houses, not much is going on these days.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course most featured speakers are still harping about bringing podcasts to video, but this year accounted to that was given by Ira Glass.
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[SPEAKER_02]: easy creator and producer of this American life, which started its life as a weekly program on national public radio back in 1995, but has found fame via RSS starting in 2006.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Mr. Glass suggests that podcasts go much deeper into stories than any so-called influence or out there on various social media platforms.
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[SPEAKER_02]: which helps foster a deeper connection.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I must say I agree with Mr. Glass on this and I hope that this video first podcast wave has a soon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The music is playing as I put episode 339 of the OFNT podcast to bed.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hopefully, I'll be able to give my impressions of the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the Apple Watch Ultra 4 in the next episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If that phone show up by tomorrow, I'll take it as a sign and turn it when and if I do receive it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I hope you enjoy this episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I enjoyed making it for you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you like what you heard, you can make a donation using the link in the show notes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If you would like to contact the OFNT podcast, you can do so by sending an email to OFNT podcast at gmail.com.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And remember, don't listen to what they say, watch what they do.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It seems that summer has forgotten that it's over.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Still, that's not a good excuse to prevent you from getting off my lawn.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Stayes get the call.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Ahhhh, I'm out, I'll be seeing ya.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that folks is the end of the show.
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[SPEAKER_00]: a factual data creation facility production.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In a world where some podcasts make millions of dollars, I bring you the OF&T podcast, which isn't one of them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now here's your host, Jim Schafer.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome to the OF&T podcast episode 339, which I'm calling OS 27 Arrives.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As you've probably heard, last Monday, Apple released OS 27 for all of their devices.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Though this update was kind of hyped up, besides formats and creases, I've noticed a little difference between this or OS 26, when I'll take performance improvement any day over a buggy software release.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I have some new hardware in the house with a surprise on a rival on tap in the tech I'm using section.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Enough of this blather.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Let's get started.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh yeah.
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[UNKNOWN]: Oh yeah.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Three, two, one.
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[SPEAKER_03]: This week's tech news.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hits up.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This will be mostly an apple episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Aren't they all?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I try and cover Android as much as I can, but lately there hasn't been much to cover.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I try and weed out the normal stuff and just report on what I find interesting.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Let's start off with this one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There are rumors around the internet that apple may be holding another event on October 27th.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Devices that we could be seeing are a touchscreen MacBook Pro, which I'm not even slightly interested in.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You can't afford one anyway.
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[SPEAKER_02]: New home pods?
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[SPEAKER_02]: An Apple TV streaming box and Amazon Echo competitor that looks like an iPad stuck onto a home pod, at least according to Render's I've seen, and maybe just maybe a home security camera.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Speaking of which, Mac Roomers is reporting that in order to fully use said camera, you'll have to subscribe to an upgraded iCloud service.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For a single camera, you'll be paying $10 per month for a two-terabyte iCloud subscription.
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[SPEAKER_02]: $30 for a 6-charabyte iCloud subscription if you have two cameras, and a whopping $60 for month for a 12-charabyte iCloud subscription if you intend to use up to five cameras.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No, thank you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm paying less for a two-camera setup which includes window and door sensors and a live alarm monitoring service.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So much for Apple undercutting long-established security
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[SPEAKER_02]: You can set up a home security system with Amazon minus D-Live War Monitoring for much less than what Apple wants to charge.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Our old pal Mark Garmin predicts that most iPhones in the future will be foldable in his latest Power on Newsletter.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think the Garmin has overreached here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Just a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I agree.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He sees a large display iPhone dual max along with a foldable format iPhone SE-like phone on the horizon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He bases his theory on foldable phones becoming the, in his words, do it all computing devices of the future, not at these prices they won't.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Exactly.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When those unwieldy tri-fold phones started appearing, I said that this format would be perfect for consumers residing in so-called developing countries.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Where'd the phone would be a person's only computing device, but they're just too expensive?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Unless some future technology allows for the prices of these things to be drastically reduced, I just don't see this happening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, you did subscribe to German's newsletter.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's through Bloomberg and is bundled with other newsletters for 12 bucks per month.
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[SPEAKER_02]: According to Android Authority, Google has set the date for Google Book free orders.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Starting on September 21st, which is tomorrow, you'll be able to plunk down some of your hard-earned cash on one of these laptops that are running the Big G's new Aluminium operating system or whatever they're going to call it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I thought that Google was hosting an event in order to introduce these Google books to the public.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's what I had heard too.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was supposed to take place last Tuesday and by invite
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[SPEAKER_02]: If it did take place, I sure didn't hear anything about it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No.
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[SPEAKER_02]: According to engaget.com, Google has started sending out invites to a Google book event to be held on October 5th in New York City.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So perhaps those early reports got their wires crossed on that date.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Those reports were based on a leak from HP which will be making Google books along with Acer, ASUS, Dell, and Lenovo.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This October 5th event is to be called Opening Night.
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[SPEAKER_02]: By sending out invites and actually having a name for the event, I'm confident that this one will actually happen.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know about you, but I'm kind of excited to see what Google is bringing to the table.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I hate to be a Debbie Downer here, but I feel we'll be left disappointed.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I sure hope not, but if it's going to be just another AI extravaganza, this event may indeed turn out to be a disappointment.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As far as chipsets at Power Android-based smartphones, the company MediaTek has been known to play a third-fiddle amongst chip manufacturers, don't you mean, second-fiddle?
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[SPEAKER_02]: No, I mean third-fiddle.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's been the Qualcomm Snapdragon Samsung Exynos and the Media Tech chip so far as being the choice of phone makers and consumers alike.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I've never had a phone powered by a Media Tech chip set, but I did check out an old Sony experience that was powered by Media Tech many, many years ago now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For normal usage, the chipset was just fine.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As far as things like gaming or multitasking, the Snapdragon and Exynos lift media tech's offerings in the dust.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, that may be a thing at a pass though, because starting a couple of years ago, tech news sites began reporting that media tech was uping their game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: and a recent article from Android Police confirms this.
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[SPEAKER_02]: MediaTek has just released its new chipset called the Demensity 9600 Pro, which has managed to beat Qualcomm in Samsung in the race-to-age chip based on the two nanometer architecture, but not Google or Apple.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Technically true, but I've seen doubts that the 10-ser chip is actually based on a true two nanometer process.
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[SPEAKER_02]: MediaTek is a Taiwan-based company, so they probably have an in with fellow Taiwan-based TSMC, which was the first foundry able to produce chips using the two nanometer method.
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[SPEAKER_02]: MediaTek is a Taiwan-based company, so they probably have an in with a fellow Taiwan-based TSMC, which was the first foundry able to produce chips using the two nanometer method.
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[SPEAKER_02]: While Samsung has announced a new chip which will be based upon the two nanometer process,
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[SPEAKER_02]: Competition is a good thing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now if someone would give TSMC some competition, perhaps prices would start to come down.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, we're looking at you until.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And speaking of Intel, Apple Insider is reporting that Apple's main RAM chips plier, South Korea's SK Hynix, or Hynix, are in talks with Intel about the former chip fabrication king starting to produce RAM here in the good old US of A. Yay!
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[SPEAKER_02]: According to the article, these talks are still in the exploratory stage, so nothing's been agreed on yet.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thinkers crossed.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Does anybody remember Windows Phone?
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[SPEAKER_02]: No, no, come on, man.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I sure remember Old Microsoft's attempt at taking a piece of the smartphone pie.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In fact, once Nokia gave up on Symbian and adopted Windows Phone, it became my daily driver.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My iPhone 4S was my backup phone back in those exciting days.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, Google refused to port any of the company's data sucking apps over to Windows Home, which caused the mobile operating system to die slow, agonizing death.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And this is why I still hold a grudge against the Big G to this day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Anyhow, what was unbeknownst to me, is that even after Windows Phone demise back in 2017, a small group of was described as hobbyist or keeping it alive.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So are you going to jump back on board?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Unfortunately, that'll be a hard no.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Because of Windows Phone's demise, I'm then all in on the Apple Wall Garden ecosystem where I remain in trap to this day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If Windows Phone had been allowed to become a success, why doubt that I would ever have gone over to the dark side?
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[SPEAKER_02]: An article on Android 30 reports that Apple's quick share file sharing protocol has been brought over to Windows Phone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's called, live her up and according to the author of the article, it does work with some difficulties, but that's to be expected when bringing modern features to a long dead operating system.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I find myself pleased that some people still feel as strongly as I had about windows phoned and are attempting to keep it alive.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Who knows, perhaps one day Microsoft might decide on resurrecting windows phone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Updated for the modern era, though.
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[SPEAKER_03]: No.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, you never know when I'll say it again.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Competition is a good thing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We all know that tech companies like to borrow things from one another by borrow, you mean steal, steal, borrow, you know what I'm getting at?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When it comes to mobile operating systems, it seems like Android and iOS are costly swapping features and user interface design cues.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The great thing about Android is that you can, what they call skin the basic operating system.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That means a company can build their own UI over the basic Android system, making it their own, so to speak.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The problem with this skinning is that it leads to fragmentation.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Some manufacturers take this borrowing to an extreme in their usually based out of one particular area of the world.
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[SPEAKER_02]: China.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Android Authority has decided to call out honor, upon seeing the company's new Android skin, which honors calling Magic OS 11.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The article describes MagicoS as a blatant copy of Apple's iOS's liquid glass UI, making it look identical to the iPhone's user interface.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now we know where they get the magic title from.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This Android skin magically copied itself from iOS.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Nine to five Mac even republished honors teaser video on Magic OS and I took a gander at it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you stripped away the obvious honor branding, you would absolutely not be able to tell any difference between iOS and the Magic OS.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Talk about lazy UI design.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This takes the cake.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know if Honor will be bringing Magic OS 112 devices sold within the United States, but if they do, I think it would be a safe to say that the giant fruit company's team of lawyers will be instantly on the case.
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[SPEAKER_02]: See what I did there?
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[UNKNOWN]: No!
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh well, you know you've got a problem when even Android centric tech sites are calling you out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This all just follows a trend with a Chinese-based smartphone manufacturers.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's why you don't see brands like Xiaomi sold in this country.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guess the thing over there is, if you can't beat them, just copy them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Back in the days when I was infatuated with the privacy first messaging apps, the signal app was one of the more popular ones out there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I used it for a while, but signal had one problem.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It required a valid phone number in order to use the app.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I didn't like that so I looked around for a different app to use and in the process tried just about all of them out there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I tried Telegram, Viber, Wicker, and many others, Wicker.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Were you trying to be Mr.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Robot or something?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Perhaps.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Nowadays, I'd be more like Mr. Rustbot.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I finally stuck with the 3ma messaging app for various reasons.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Rima doesn't require a phone number, and its servers are located within a country that has stricture privacy laws and most other countries.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The only problem with Rima is that hardly anyone else uses it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, that could be considered an advantage.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guess it could be.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Less users would make three muffly under the radar.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Android Authority has found that signal will now let you register without having a valid phone number for a one time fee of three dollars.
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[SPEAKER_02]: prima has done this from the beginning minus requiring a valid phone number.
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[SPEAKER_02]: However, unlike prima, signal has a history of handing over user logs and or has a suspected backdoor which would allow certain agencies and governments to snoop around.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, I'm not saying that 3ma doesn't have any back doors.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm just saying that so far we haven't heard about any.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Nor have 3ma ever handed over any user logs to law enforcement that we know of.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you're planning on using electronic means for confidential communications, don't let these encrypted messaging apps low you into a false sense of security.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Tech the host is using.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I did something I said I was never gonna do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure this wasn't the first time you've done that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What did you do?
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[SPEAKER_02]: What I did was order myself a new iPhone 18 Pro Max.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I guess you can say I committed murder on my bank account.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now why would you go and do something like that?
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[SPEAKER_01]: What happened to the, I'm downgrading my iPhone rhetoric.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You've been spewing for the better part of a year now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'd still intend on downgrading my iPhone eventually, but I reasoned that, when that time comes having the latest and greatest non-foldable iPhone, would act as sort of a hedge against the rising prices we're seeing, due to its high trading value.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The second reason is, being that I purchased the latest Apple, watch Ultra 4 I might as well have the latest iPhone go along with it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And the final reason is that I enjoy having shiny new tech bubbles to play around with.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guess the fourth reason could be that I really like black phones.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I received $885 trading credit for my old 17 Pro Max.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Which means I had to fork over about 500 bucks for the 18 Pro Max.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But I didn't save money by not having to purchase a new case for the new phone, being that it's the exact dimensions of the old one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll be at a little heavier, which I don't mind.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll just swap over my case from the 17 Pro, which is also the color black.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The case that is.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When I ordered that case last year, they were out of the blue color I hadn't tended to buy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Okay.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Whatever lets you sleep better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But you're not fooling anybody here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I bet you have your eye on the 20th Anniversary Edition iPhone that's coming out next year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At this moment in time, no.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Especially after seeing some renders of this phone based on leaks.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The latest render has the 20th anniversary phone looking like my old iPhone 11 Pro with a stunted waterfall display.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I never cared for that rounded design and I was glad when Apple went back to the more squared off design like we have now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Though I placed my pre-order for the 18 Pro Max late-in-the-hole process, I was still able to get a delivery date on release day which was this past Friday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I did receive my ultra-four watch and my lovely wise Siri 12 on that delivery date.
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[SPEAKER_02]: but the iPhone was shipped separately.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When I placed my pre-order early Sunday evening, the burgundy colored iPhone Pro Max was the only model whose delivery date had slipped into October.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I've heard that most of the Pro Max models delivery dates are now laid October also, but you can still get the smaller 18-per-or-right away if you want one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Some were even able to score an 18-per-or Pro Max from their local Apple store on release day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Further proof that the iPhone duo is hogging the attention of both in Futhias then a normal consumers.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My iPhone 18 Pro Max was slated to arrive at my house by late Friday afternoon, but it just didn't happen.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Note that I've experienced problems in a past with the Apple's preferred shipping partner.
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[SPEAKER_02]: United parcel service, better known as UPS, so why would things be any different now?
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[SPEAKER_02]: My package still carried the deliver by September 18th status until about 10 o'clock Friday evening, but I had already figured out that I wasn't getting it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: From there, the shipping status changed to Saturday delivery has been requested by who I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_02]: With a delivery window between 1 and 3 pm.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Upon waking up around 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, I was greeted by a text message from UPS.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In forming me that my shipment was further delayed and they'll let me know when they could actually deliver my item.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At about 10 o'clock in the morning, it was given a delivery date of 21 September, and a time window of between, you guessed it to 1 and 3 in the afternoon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As I've said previously, I've suffered unexplained delays before with UPS concerning Apple device orders both here, up in New York.
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[SPEAKER_02]: While I'm not surprised by this latest example of UPS delays, I'm still kind of ticked off about the whole situation.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, my new Apple Watch Ultra4 remains in its unopened box awaiting a iPhone 18 Pro Max to pair with it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, why bother pairing the new watch with my current 17 Pro Max when I'd have to just unparate and then pair it with the 18 Pro Max if I ever do take delivery of that phone?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I did manage to pair my wife's new series 12 Apple Watch with the 17 Pro Max that she has, and she's enjoying her new acquisition I'm happy to report.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Next month, I'll be pre-ordering her and iPhone Duo, so she did decide to get one after all.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, your persuasion game is in need of an upgrade.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In my defense, I did give it my best shot when trying to talk her out of it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But once she experienced the Apple reality distortion effect during the introduction event, there was no going back for her.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He just had to have an iPhone Duo.
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[SPEAKER_02]: With the pent-up demand for the duo, combined with the low amount of inventory available, the pre-order process should be a real cluster.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And who knows how long will take from my wife to actually receive her iPhone duo?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm thinking December-ish.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Last Monday, Mark the release of OS 27 for all eligible Apple devices.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Being bored, I am retired after all.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I started checking for the update right at 1300.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's one PM for you non-European residents and non-exmilitary types.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course it was an available at that time, so I went about my day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: While out and about, I received a notification that an update was available on my iPhone only it wasn't for iOS 27.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was for iOS 26.7.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Scrolling further down the page, there was a notification asking if you'd like to upgrade to iOS 27.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course I chose the latter, ignoring the fact that I was on a sailor connection, not Wi-Fi.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This would cost me some brief later on.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I had never seen an update from Apple that gave you a choice between versions before.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I guess some consumers would rather just stick with what they have.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Upon arriving home and onto my Wi-Fi network, my phone will tip Todd when between update requested and downloading update.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Inpatient, I restarted my phone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: While waiting for the phone to reboot, I started the ball rolling for the update on my Apple TV and iPad Pro.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Before my phone even finished rebooting, the Apple TV update was finished.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Besides a few different user interface changes, I didn't know as much difference between TV OS 26 or 27.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My iPad took a bit longer to finish updating, and when it was complete, I decided to check out the new Siri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, Siri was there all right, but it didn't resemble the Siri that had been shown by people running the iOS 27 beta, and during the surprise and shine event.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Siri that was present behaved like it did before except much faster, and it actually seemed to understand what I was asking it for a change.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I then turned my attention to my lovely wife's phone in iPad Air.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Her phone updated within about 30 minutes, but her iPad took a little bit longer.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And no super AI series was present on any of her devices either.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Remembering my own iPhone, I returned to it only to find that when I tried to download the update, I received an error, and was told to try again later, which I did, getting the same result.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I just hate when that happens.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I figured that by starting the download on cellular and then moving to Wi-Fi, I had somehow confused my iPhone, so I reset its network settings.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When that was finished, I tried to download iOS 27 again, but to no avail, receiving that same error message.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's when I remembered having this problem in the past and after troubleshooting on that occasion, I figured out that it was caused by a VPN.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I checked and sure enough, my phones VPN was on.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I had to go into the settings and toggle the automatic setting to off.
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[SPEAKER_02]: After that I was able to update my phone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I also realized that OS 27 doesn't come with the new AI powered Siri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You have to sign up on a waiting list for it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: A couple of days later my turn on the list came and I now have the full new and improved Siri on all my devices.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So how is it?
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[SPEAKER_02]: As promised, the new series is conversational, but just like Alexa Plus, I find it strange having a conversation with an inanimate object, but yet you still talk to yourself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Besides me being an inanimate object, I'm a good listener.
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[SPEAKER_02]: At least that's what I've told myself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Perhaps I'll get used to talking to Siri over time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I suddenly decided against signing up for the AI Siri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He says that he has no need for an AI assistant and can just look up things for himself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's a wise man.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He certainly is.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The only reason I bothered signing up for it was to check it out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I doubt I'll be having many conversations with Siri.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I already have Alexa Plus and the only things I ask are whether conditions and maybe to set an alarm.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The following day, I updated my Macs to OS27 and see little difference from OS26.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The only thing my son and I have noticed is that our devices are actually performing much better.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Also notice that the integration between devices seem to have been improved.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Prior to the update, I usually receive notifications on my phone before seeing them anywhere else.
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[SPEAKER_02]: After updating all my devices to OS 27, notifications arrive on all devices at the same time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Oh and I, I do like the new OS 27 wallpaper.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Next time, looking forward to the big health app update, which should arrive before the new year.
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[SPEAKER_03]: entertainment news.
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[SPEAKER_02]: the gentleman on Netflix.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you're into crime slash drama slash comedy, that amongst the English elite, well there's no better show than this one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Mob Land on Paramount Plus.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This is a crime drama not set amongst the English elite.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's a more gritty version of the gentleman.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I must point out that both the gentleman and
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[SPEAKER_02]: I've just started watching Widow's Bay, Silo and Monarch, Legacy of Monsters, all on Apple TV, but haven't paid as much attention to these shows due to a lack of interest from my better half.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's time for a break, so you may or may not hear, an appetizer, two or three.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Podcast news, or something similar to it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The podcast conference season draws to its close with the podcast movement event.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I normally don't cover even care about these events since they were hijacked by podcasting incorporated.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Besides announcing acquisitions of podcasts and podcasts networks by money-to-media houses, not much is going on these days.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course most featured speakers are still harping about bringing podcasts to video, but this year accounted to that was given by Ira Glass.
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[SPEAKER_02]: easy creator and producer of this American life, which started its life as a weekly program on national public radio back in 1995, but has found fame via RSS starting in 2006.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Mr. Glass suggests that podcasts go much deeper into stories than any so-called influence or out there on various social media platforms.
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[SPEAKER_02]: which helps foster a deeper connection.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I must say I agree with Mr. Glass on this and I hope that this video first podcast wave has a soon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The music is playing as I put episode 339 of the OFNT podcast to bed.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hopefully, I'll be able to give my impressions of the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the Apple Watch Ultra 4 in the next episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If that phone show up by tomorrow, I'll take it as a sign and turn it when and if I do receive it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, I hope you enjoy this episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I enjoyed making it for you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you like what you heard, you can make a donation using the link in the show notes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated.
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[SPEAKER_00]: If you would like to contact the OFNT podcast, you can do so by sending an email to OFNT podcast at gmail.com.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And remember, don't listen to what they say, watch what they do.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It seems that summer has forgotten that it's over.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Still, that's not a good excuse to prevent you from getting off my lawn.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Stayes get the call.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Ahhhh, I'm out, I'll be seeing ya.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that folks is the end of the show.
