WWDC : iOS17, WatchOS 10 and more

But if the iPhone 8 doesn't get iOS17 your phone will still work?

As a long term  Fanboy, 😳 I am really disappointed in the small incremental changes which are happening recently with Apple Hardware and Software (IOS, WatchOS and MacOS) I think  have lost their way a bit. That's just a personal opinion though.

Big sell from Tim Cook at the very start.

$1299 for a new 15” Mac book air.

Well that’s a good idea with check in.

Very disappointed for iOS 17

how can you say that :)

Not since this yet but over the last few years preferred the recorded pitches as they're straight to the point and you don't have bad demos or silly people hooting and hollering in the crowd.

Anyhow I see iOS didn't get as many updates as rumoured, things like Control Centre were supposed to get an update. Big things seems to be the VR headset that none of us will buy!

I noticed my iPhone 8 Plus now has a Beta Updates option which gives three options. Off, iOS 16 Developer Beta and iOS 17 Developer Beta. The iOS 16 option offers me iOS 16.6 while 17 offers nothing, as expected.

I’d imagine the battery capacity was just the usual trade-off between portability and performance. They could’ve made the battery larger, but then… extra weight, and from what I gather the headset is weighty enough already, being made of mostly aluminium rather than plastic. It’ll sell like hotcakes in any case, very much like the Ultra watch. I can’t think of any use cases I’d have for it, but I’ve no doubt the adult entertainment industry has spotted something of a growth market opportunity!

Aside from that, I think people may have been expecting too much of iOS 17. At this stage it seems to be very much the hardware is selling devices, and Apple are struggling to come up with new features. The two things I didn’t expect were like a call back to the early 2000’s with the night-stand clock, and the predictive sentence messaging. I had the night-stand feature on the Nokia N95, and the predictive sentence messaging feature on the Motorola Razr V3x, neither of which had anything like the processing capabilities of iPhones in recent years.

I’ve never seen so much being made of a journaling app either. There must be dozens of them in the App Store, it hardly merits a mention, let alone as a feature of a new operating system.

Just watched the section of the WWDC event about AppleVision Pro.

I’m eager to see what watching series and movies on it is like but it doesn’t look like these have been designed to work with AirPods Max.

Seem very reminiscent of the watch launch. let's throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. Remember Digital Touch and sending heart beats to people. remember watch App Store? They're a distant memory from 8-10 years ago.

Vision Pro looks similar, interesting tech but I feel like some of it will not get utilised and will be axed like the digital personas and the external screen.

I'd probably take a punt at one at around 2000 euro mark but that might not ever be doable or a long way away.

Initial reviews mention the one concern I had which was the weight of the device. I did imagine Apple’s engineering teams would be able to balance the headset in such a way that it would feel weightless, but the alternative headband has it’s own issues.

Technically it’s a marvellous device and I could see myself using it for short spells. I think that’s good enough as it wouldn’t be good to wear it for long periods. One reviewer already was wearing it for five hours!

I like it, but I hope the next generation has better ergonomics.

I think you've got it wrong. This product may not be a huge success financially but it's Gen 1 and imagine when Gen 8 or 10 would be. I think the future is items like this and they'll become more mainstream when they become smaller, more wearable, less intrusive and isolating and last all day. We could all be doing our day to day computing and media consumption on products like this is the future and Apple are only getting started.

Yes, that's exactly what I said, tomorrow's ideas and eventually these devices will have tomorrow's tech and Apple are getting prepared for it.

I wouldn't go near this product, Gen 1, too big too heavy, and far too expensive and I don't see the point but they will change in the future.