When the iPhone’s multitouch interface first arrived on the scene, it was a testament to the simplicity and straightforwardness that touch could offer. But as the years have gone by and manipulating a slab of glass has become second nature to much o…
Lees meerThis week Upgrade turns five and we’re waiting for our new Apple hardware to arrive. But there’s still time to reflect on last week’s announcements, deal with a flood of Apple TV+ news, ponder Apple’s fragmented OS release schedule, carefully examin…
Lees meerFive years ago today, Six Colors launched, along with my embargoed notes about the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and the first episode of Upgrade. For the last five years I have been privileged to be able to write and speak about my chosen area of exp…
Lees meerThe iPhone’s software keyboard literally 1 reinvented the way we enter text on smartphones: not just because it eschewed the hardware keyboard for a software-based model, but also because of the variety of smart technologies it incorporated, such as…
Lees meerApple likes talking about the awesome chips it designs for its iPhones, but it hates even hinting at products it hasn’t yet announced. The new U1 chip—introduced with the iPhone 11 but never mentioned on stage at Tuesday’s iPhone event—strikes at th…
Lees meerA cynic might argue that prolonging the lifetime of its smartphones runs counter to Apple’s interests. After all, the sooner iPhones break down, the sooner customers have to pony up the cash for a new one. For years, conspiracy theories of “planned …
Lees meerHey, there was an Apple event! We discuss the company’s big announcements, from new iPhones (Dan’s getting one), to new Apple Watches (John’s getting one), to Apple Arcade and Apple TV+. Plus, we discuss the wackiness of Apple’s software releases, a…
Lees meerThis week, on the 30-minute show where time is a flat circle—and so is a donut?—Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Paul Kafasis and Scholle McFarland to discuss whether smartphone updates are hitting diminishing returns, how interested we ar…
Lees meerNatalie Jarvey and Lesley Goldberg of The Hollywood Reporter have an analysis of Apple’s TV+ announcements Tuesday: Despite its low price — which includes access for up to six family members — Apple’s biggest challenge may be in convincing users…
Lees meerThe 2019 iPhone event is in the books. Before I pass out, I thought I’d do a quick run-through of some (but by no means all!) of my post-event thoughts, organized through the narrow, cruel lens of hits and misses. There will be more, I’m sure, l…
Lees meerWhen it comes to smartphone features, photography reigns supreme. The iPhone 11’s camera was the main focus of the most prominent product images in Apple’s iPhone event Tuesday, and consumed the most overall time on stage. The iPhone 11 features maj…
Lees meerWhile Jason is out getting his hands on all these fancy new devices, I’ve been sitting at home, quietly mulling over Apple’s announcements of the day. 1 So, with the understanding that I only saw what everybody else did on the stream, and have been…
Lees meerJason is in attendance at the Steve Jobs Theater! We’ll post updates at our Twitter account, @sixcolorsevent, as the event goes on. Tweets by sixcolorsevent
Lees meerApple has changed up the search algorithm for its App Store in order to feature fewer of its own apps—especially unrelated ones. Over at The New York Times, Jack Nicas and Keith Collins have a story about the changes, including a chat with Apple exe…
Lees meerWelcome to the calm before the storm. Apple is readying its announcements for its annual fall event next week and the rumors and whispers have started to coalesce around what we’ll likely see trotted out: new iPhones, including better camera feature…
Lees meerGlenn Fleishman, writing for Macworld: A colleague on Twitter asked a reasonable question and many people chimed in with the same query: When viewing a list of results in a Spotlight search in the Finder, how do you jump to see the item in the c…
Lees meerThis is Tim Cook, at last year’s iPhone event. Earlier today Macworld posted my pre-event 2019 iPhone Wish List. But there’s more to an iPhone event than just the iPhone. Here, then, are some other items I’m hoping we see next Tuesday. Apple Wat…
Lees meerThis week, on the 30-minute tech podcast that’s time-stamped for freshness, Dan and Mis are joined by special guests Quinn Rose and Aleen Simms to discuss what new hardware we’d to see Apple announce next week, who should make a deal with TikTok to …
Lees meerWe’re less than a week away from Apple’s latest fall media event, and that means it’s the last opportunity for us all to straddle the worlds of cold, hard reality and the fantastic scenarios where everything we dream about Apple releasing could stil…
Lees meerIn general, iOS has been seen as the most secure consumer platform around. Zero-day exploits have historically been limited and very narrowly targeted, usually by state-sponsored actors. Earlier this year, Google uncovered a series of vulnerabilit…
Lees meerI’ve written extensively about how much I love my Kindle. I prefer to read on it than to read on an iPad or iPhone, which is why I keep buying Kindles even though I could definitely read on an iOS device without any trouble. The reflective E-Ink …
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