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Meanwhile, over in Android land…

6 days ago on Apple said to consider 5.7-inch iPhone and $99 model in several colors 2 recommends

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Missing: NFC payments. AirDrop is only an alternative for file sharing and does it via WiFi, presumably to avoid implementing NFC (licensing? battery life? security?). The big failure is to implement some form of digital wallet, which would help to transform point of sale transactions. When retailers and banks know that iPhone users have NFC payments, it would become much more popular, in the US and worldwide.

6 days ago on The Verge Mobile Show 050 - June 11th 2013

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Josh, I am glad you took time out from the surge of publicity to give this thought. I was almost sad for Apple. This looks rushed and sincerely not enough to overcome their serious lag versus competitors.
The ‘flattening’ of icons was not enough. As you note, many seem ill-thought through and lacking flair. Even worse, they appear not to have taken the opportunity to overhaul the design language. Rounded corners are hanging round like old flared jeans (just like their music references: Led Zep and the Rolling Stones?), while skewmorphism is still present in new icons such as Air Drop.
However, I think the biggest failing is the sheer proliferation of icons. Isn’t it time they took a back seat to functionality? Though I dislike the compromises of Windows 8, Metro was a huge boost for them (doubtless in large part thanks to Apple’s competition). Live tiles and re-sizeable tiles seem such an obvious feature yo mimic or improve on. And Android’s more recent squared spaces are cleaner, more efficient.
Hopefully Apple will swallow its pride and try again.

6 days ago on The design of iOS 7: simply confusing 3 replies 2 recommends

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Agreed. The writing is good, the video journalism is excellent. Well done, The Verge.

7 days ago on Beyond recognition: the incredible story of a face transplant

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They couldn’t bring themselves to square off those fusty old rounded icons.

8 days ago on iOS 7 Control Center allows quick toggling of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirDrop, and more 1 reply 2 recommends

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iPhone starts to look good, with the chin and forehead cropped off…

8 days ago on iOS 7 Control Center allows quick toggling of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirDrop, and more

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Perhaps cos Google is a software company. Does ‘code assembled in the USA’ do it for you?

8 days ago on Apple previews radically redesigned Mac Pro: 'Can't innovate anymore, my ass' 3 replies 2 recommends

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There were no quote marks.

8 days ago on Apple previews radically redesigned Mac Pro: 'Can't innovate anymore, my ass' 1 reply 2 recommends

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because Google doesn’t assembly what in the USA, exactly?

8 days ago on Apple previews radically redesigned Mac Pro: 'Can't innovate anymore, my ass' 3 replies

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Finally, a computer for real Americans, made by real Americans.

That’s way out of line The Verge. You have an international audience, respect it.

8 days ago on Apple previews radically redesigned Mac Pro: 'Can't innovate anymore, my ass' 3 replies 39 recommends

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Well, that’s me out of the Xbox eco system…
Nice while it lasted.

8 days ago on Xbox One launching in November for $499 in 21 countries, pre-orders start now 2 replies 2 recommends

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Cos, from that lousy angle (The Verge got cheap seats this time?) the screen almost looked 4:3.

9 days ago on MacBook Air refreshed with Intel Haswell processors and all-day battery life, available today starting at $999

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are those 16:9 screens?

9 days ago on MacBook Air refreshed with Intel Haswell processors and all-day battery life, available today starting at $999 2 replies

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It all looks so… old. That desktop is ancient. I feel embarrassed for them (and I was sincerely hoping for them to wow us all).

9 days ago on Apple's OS X 10.9 Mavericks ships this fall with tabbed Finder, Maps and iBooks apps 3 replies 14 recommends

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Is Apple still averse to windows being full-screen? Is there a presumption that we have all bought screens much bigger than we really need?

9 days ago on Apple Maps coming to OS X Mavericks 2 replies 1 recommend