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A new retro handheld has my attention
Daryl Baxter: Retroid Pocket Nova review: the best 4:3 retro handheld
The latest handheld by Retroid answers something that its users have been asking for - give us a handheld as powerful as the Pocket, but with a 4:3 display. That's what the Retroid Pocket Nova essentially is
This looks rad. There&
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Apple's C2 modem is in the iPhone 18 Pro Max (except in America)
Joe Rossignol: Apple Says iPhone 18 Pro Max Sold in U.S. Differs in One Way
Apple now says the iPhone 18 Pro has a C2 modem worldwide, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max uses the chip in every country except for the U.S.
What a weird one.
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+ The iPhone Duo opportunity for developers
The iPhone Duo won't sell the most units this year, but I think winning apps should update for it ASAP anyway.
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We must dream bigger
Very often, we in the Apple community expect the bare minimum from Apple. We doubt they'll ever make new product lines, we assume any software feature they lack is actually a choice to omit it, and we predict when they do enter a new market, they'll phone it in. The iPhone
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The iPhone Air seems extremely niche in general, but my users love it
David Smith shared some numbers on how many people are using WidgetSmith, his insanely popular, and therefore pretty representative of
Quick Reads, quicker than ever
I'm always looking for little ways to make Quick Reads better. Sometimes that means big feature updates. Other times it means subtle quality of life improvements. Today I released one of those small quality of life improvements.
A lot of users will keep Quick Reads open in a browser tab all day long.
The most interesting things in the iPhone Duo (and more)
Today I do the impossible and get through my biggest thoughts about Apple's announcements from yesterday in less than 10 minutes. Here's what I found most interesting about the new iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watches, and AirPods 5.
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The iPhone Duo shows Apple at its best
I have a lot more to go through in collecting my thoughts on Apple's new products announced today, but I wanted to dedicate one quick post to the fact that I think the new iPhone Duo is Apple leaning in to what makes them special and what makes people like me really love
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Drawably is a hand-drawn UI library
It's not particularly useful for me, but I really dig this little UI library.
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What's next for the iPhone Air?
The iPhone Air is a really interesting device, isn't it? It's the first time I can think of where you paid more to get less in an iPhone. The iPhone Air costs a not-insignificant $200 (or 25%) more than the iPhone 17, and in order to achieve its incredibly thin
The Ocarina of Time remake looks astounding
I’m not really doing social media at the moment so I have no idea what the reaction online has
The Birchfeed CLI
One of the things I love in Birchfeed, my RSS sync service is the news stream feature. This lets you
Birchtree goes liquid ass…ahem…glass
The design bug caught me this holiday weekend, and I've made a few changes to Birchtree.
First off,
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My folding iPhone predictions
I've been covering Apple for 16 years (using Apple stuff for 31 years), and not to toot my own horn, but I think I have a pretty good success record predicting the success of their entries into new hardware categories. I'm not always right, but I'm definitely right more
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+ Doomscrolling is not an obligation
For the first time in my Mastodon era, I find it's time for me to take a social media break again.
Comfort Zone is coming back this month
Comfort Zone, the podcast I do with Chris and Niléane is coming back later this month! We've had
Chill racist games hosted by the US government
Have you ever wanted to play a game of Snake where instead of eating fruit, you took control of a
The best iPhone lineup ever
Casey Liss on this week's ATP:
To my memory […], this is the best iPhone lineup I think they've ever had.
I completely agree with this. The Pro phones are positively outstanding, the 17 normal got some really good updates that were years in the making that elevated it quite a bit,
