430: ‘Ersatz PopSocket’, With Andru Edwards

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Andru Edwards joins the show. Topics include Google’s Pixel 10 event and the Pixel 10 family of devices, AI’s effect on computational photography, foldable phones, and some speculation on Apple’s September 9 “Awe Dropping” event.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

• Where to find Andru:
  • YouTube.
  • Circuit Breaker.
  • Geared Up.
    • Yours truly on Geared Up, earlier this year.
  • Threads.
• Google’s Pixel 10 family comparison page (copying Apple’s longstanding “Compare” pages to a T).
• Google’s Pixelsnap compatibility / support page.
• “Awe Dropping” Apple event: Tuesday 9 Sept.
• Me being snarky about foldable phone sales on Threads.
• Adobe’s Project Indigo — a free expert camera app for iPhone, spearheaded by Marc Levoy, who was previously at Google on the Pixel camera team.
• iPhone 4 bumper cases.
• Majin Bu’s leaked reveal of Apple’s supposed Crossbody Strap for the iPhones 17.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.