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Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Re: Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by notatoad »

minimaxir wrote: post #2

The whole AirPower saga is a weird event in product development. AirPower compatibility was highlighted as a feature in the packaging of the just-released AirPods 2 : https://twitter.com/itsnicolenguyen/status/11106569269650636... There has to be something that caused this abrupt cancellation.

I'm guessing the unexpected hype was what caused the "cancellation", and AirPower isn't really any more cancelled than it was yesterday.

I'm imagining some engineering teem at Apple telling their bosses "yeah, it's almost ready" and the bosses believing them without really caring, because it's just a silly accessory and no big deal, right? And then since the AirPods 2 announcemen, the internet has been rabid with anticipation for AirPower. announcing it is cancelled is a better PR move than letting that internet fanboy frenzy turn into frustration with delays.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see AirPower turn up again in a years time.

Re: Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by phinnaeus »

ihuman wrote: post #96
gigatexal wrote: post #56

Daaaaaamn This is going to be Apple’s HL3

At least this was explicitly cancelled. IIRC Valve never came out and said development stopped; they just stopped talking about it.

HL2: Episode 3... coming soon. That was the last we heard, IIRC.

Re: Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by kadendogthing »

tambourine_man wrote: post #33

Instead of reliable WiFi routers and induction chargers, Mac Pros and you know, laptop keyboards that you can actually type on… We get a credit card, news and streaming service that no one wants or understands. I really don’t get Apple's priorities recently. Which is a shame, since few companies step to the chalange of serving the expensive high quality tech stuff market. And what happened to the company that wouldn’…

>that no one wants or understands.

This comment always comes up in one form or another on tech forums and then Apple proceeds to make more money than it ever has.

Re: Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by griffordson »

eridius wrote: post #87
tambourine_man wrote: post #33

Instead of reliable WiFi routers and induction chargers, Mac Pros and you know, laptop keyboards that you can actually type on… We get a credit card, news and streaming service that no one wants or understands. I really don’t get Apple's priorities recently. Which is a shame, since few companies step to the chalange of serving the expensive high quality tech stuff market. And what happened to the company that wouldn’…

> that no one wants Be careful, just because you don't want this doesn't mean no one wants it. The HN crowd isn't Apple's target demographic with this stuff.

I would love to have something that competes with YouTube TV but respects privacy and doesn't funnel even more data to Google. The other live TV services all have absurdly arbitrary DVR limits.

Not that Apple's streaming service will compete with YouTube TV, but I wish it would. Also, YouTube TV doesn't work all that great on Apple TV and I'd hope Apple could get that right too.

Re: Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by nkkollaw »

tambourine_man wrote: post #33

Instead of reliable WiFi routers and induction chargers, Mac Pros and you know, laptop keyboards that you can actually type on… We get a credit card, news and streaming service that no one wants or understands. I really don’t get Apple's priorities recently. Which is a shame, since few companies step to the chalange of serving the expensive high quality tech stuff market. And what happened to the company that wouldn’…

Apple's priority is money (which they used to get from iPhones, now services since people don't upgrade their phone anymore).

Since most power users/HN users still see Apple as a company that makes good laptops, we don't get what's going on.

The truth is that Apple is not nor want to be a computer company anymore, and even if it does sell computers it doesn't make good ones anymore.

I bought a Surface Book, and it's about 100 times better than the last laptop I bought from Apple (Late-2016 MacBook Pro): it has an AWESOME keyboard (no repeating characters or keys getting stuck unless my old MBP), touchscreen, you can detach the screen to change its form factor, or have a huge tablet to draw on with the pen. As a plus, the resolution is 3:2--which is awesome for programmers as you get 25% more vertical space.

What can I say? Apple will not get another dime for me, and it's only a matter of time until most power users/developers will do the same.

In the meantime, I'm enjoying another fuckup from Apple which people will brush off.

Re: Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by bluegreyred »

pkulak wrote: post #59
tambourine_man wrote: post #33

Instead of reliable WiFi routers and induction chargers, Mac Pros and you know, laptop keyboards that you can actually type on… We get a credit card, news and streaming service that no one wants or understands. I really don’t get Apple's priorities recently. Which is a shame, since few companies step to the chalange of serving the expensive high quality tech stuff market. And what happened to the company that wouldn’…

Gotta keep growing forever, and they are out of people to sell hardware to.

flawed hardware anyway...

Re: Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by [deleted] »

duxup wrote: post #85
minimaxir wrote: post #2

The whole AirPower saga is a weird event in product development. AirPower compatibility was highlighted as a feature in the packaging of the just-released AirPods 2 : https://twitter.com/itsnicolenguyen/status/11106569269650636... There has to be something that caused this abrupt cancellation.

That's what always confused me about this. This was very much an announced thing, not some side research project.

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Re: Apple Cancels AirPower Product

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Post by hartator »

thamer wrote: post #35
slg wrote: post #4

It is a slimy move to wait a week after the wireless charging Airpods were released before announcing this. You can't tell me that Apple didn't know this was coming. What percentage of people who have bought new Airpods in the last week wouldn't have made that purchase if they knew AirPower was never going to be released? EDIT: Several people are responding that other manufactures make wireless chargers, so what is t…

The new AirPods can be charged on Qi chargers, that are available on Amazon for $10. No one bought wireless charging AirPods because of AirPower.

Actually did. I’ll try to use of the alternative then. What Qi charger you recommend?
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