Category: Tech Lines

I think Windows, macOS, and other desktop operating systems should have 2 simple keyboard shortcuts to switch to the previous and next open apps by the order in which they appear on the taskbar or dock.

• Tumblr is pronounced tumbler, X is pronounced ex, R is are
• Apple is pronounced apple, Facebook is facebook, Twitter is twitter
• Letters aren't spelled as pronounced, so there is ambiguity saying X
• X is fine, but I think that's one big weakness of the brand "name"

I wonder if Apple should make a separate smart camera device, and design the base model iPhone with a completely flat back and no camera bump in the future.

Guesses

• Mac Ultra, nee Pro, with M3 Ultra
• 30" or 32" iMac Pro with M3 Pro
• 14" and 16" MacBook Pro updates
• M3 Pro and M2 options for iMac

Notes

• N3B on 3nm was ready long ago - A17/M3 Pro
• M3 Pro vs M2 may encourage iMac Pro sales
• No M3 or A17, straight to M4 and A18

• 15.3" - M3 - Notch Design - Upgraded - MacBook Air
• 12.5" - M3 - Notch Design - Added - MacBook mini
• 13.6" - M2 - Notch Design - Discounted - MacBook Air
• 13.3" - M1 - Older Design - Removed - Discounted?

I wonder if the new highest end Mac mini will simply get the new M2 chip, instead of having a Mac mini with an M2 Pro chip. The previous M1 chip could stick around as a lower tier Mac mini, and the M-Series Pro chips would be saved for the Mac Studio.

I wonder who has the better branding for their processor names, Qualcomm with "Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2" or Apple with "M2"?

I wonder if Apple will have a higher tier brand called Ultra in more products, similar to Apple Watch and Apple Silicon. Maybe they would therefore have a Mac Ultra as their highest end desktop for instance.

I wonder if the 2023 iPhone release may even be around June instead of September, because ARM unconventionally missed its tick-tock cycle with 3 iterations of 5nm chips. The first 3nm chips for iPhone, based on ARMv9, may be ready to release earlier than normal.

Apple should include the Spotlight search bar at the top of the Control Center screen, so it could be accessed like a widget from within any application quicker and easier.

Apple should merge Control Center and Widgets in its operating systems, and remove widgets from the home screen or app launcher.

I wonder if Apple even needs to make a Mac mini Pro or an iMac Pro now, since they have the Mac Studio and have recommitted to the Mac Pro in 2019 after seemingly considering scrapping it in favor of an all-in-one iMac Pro design under Jony Ive in 2017.

If I had to guess if Apple makes a 15" MacBook, a 12" MacBook, or both sizes, I would guess they only make the 12" size, to pair with the current 13.6" MacBook Air. It could have an M3 chip based on ARMv9 and might also be the first non-Pro device by Apple with Mini-LED.

I wonder if iPlay would be a good name for a future smart TV device made by Apple that combines Apple TV, HomePod speakers, FaceTime camera, Siri microphone, a game console, and a smart home hub all inside a TV screen.

I think Microsoft should make the S versions of their Xbox consoles and controller silver instead of white.

I no longer receive much joy in buying many Apple products because with the latest iPod Touch 7 and Apple TV 6 you are getting 3 year old processor technology and 7 year old design technology.

The result is that you are still getting the negative of having to wait to buy Apple products on their slow and well thought out schedule, but now without the positive of receiving close to the newest or fastest technology.

Android phone makers should make budget phones with 5.0" 1440x720 displays for one-handed use.

I wonder if Apple should have released an affordable, mass market $99 home speaker assistant first instead of the expensive HomePod, similar to what they did with Apple TV.

For an equal and consistent UX, iOS should make a long press on older devices work absolutely everywhere a 3D Touch hard press works.

I still think that the app switcher in iOS should show icons instead of screenshots, and either have a scrolling horizontal list of icons or a scrolling vertical list with icons to the left of the full app names, instead of displaying one screenshot at a time.