Episode 621

621: I’ll Meet You Any Time You Want

Breaking news and in-depth coverage from our reporter at CES.

January 9, 20252h 12m

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Show Notes

Pre-show: Our AirPods are trying to talk to us but we can’t understand them
- 20k Hz
- statuslight.com
Follow-up:
- That gas car review post that Marco was thinking of
- The Find My app can make Macs make noise (via Miles)
- Maybe iOS 18’s Photos app isn’t all bad? (via Tim Luft)
- The Magic Mouse
  - The Apology Mouse did not have side buttons
  - The Mighty Mouse did
  - MKBHD’s blind ranking interview with Tim Cook
    - Editorialized reel
  - What will the new one be?
    - Ridiculous mouse rumor
      - Gurman’s take
      - Hello, Computer
    - Death to buttons?
    - Death to ports? (In the name of handedness)
    - Maybe ape the Logitech MX Anywhere? (via Karan J)
    - Perhaps a common charging approach?
- Apple already makes Wi-Fi & Bluetooth chips (via Ian Williamson)
- Meshtastic is another application for John and Casey’s new favorite thing, LoRa (via James Andrews)
CES 2025
- TVs
  - What’s John got his eyes on?
  - Sony 💔
  - Samsung’s new QD-OLED
    - HDTVTest
    - Digital Trends
  - LG’s flagship goes MLA → Tandem OLED
    - Microlens
    - Tandem OLED
  - Panasonic talks about the new LG panel
    - “Primary RGB Tandem OLED Panel”
    - HDTVTest on the Z95B
  - More “AI” coming to TVs ☹️
  - Big TVs are big
- LG Unveils UltraFine 6K Display with Thunderbolt 5
  - Recent ATP Overtime on monitors was in Episode #618
  - Dell UltraSharp 32 6K Monitor “U3224KB”
- Dell no longer makes XPS computers
  - Mocked at their own launch is not a great look
  - Engadget’s take
- Nvidia’s announcements
TestFlight access to John’s app is [likely] coming for ATP members only
Post-show:
- Thanks, Patrons 💙
- Marco bought something.
  - HDCP
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple Intelligence summaries may get warning labels