Even though many analysts are reporting that Apple is selling huge numbers of iPhone X devices, it is finally getting to the point where you can get one without too much delay. Mikey Campbell of AppleInsider reports that delivery times in the U.S. are now done to just one week. And sure enough I am finally to starting to see other folks using an iPhone X, including several of my law partners. If you are thinking about upgrading to an iPhone X, I really cannot recommend this product enough. Apple's AirPods and Apple's iPhone X are two of my most favorite Apple products ever, and I really enjoy using both of them every day. And now, here is the recent news of note:
- Don't call it the ABA Journal Blawg 100 anymore; this week the ABA Journal released its new Web 100 which includes law blogs, law podcasts, and Twitter accounts. As always, it is a great resource for learning about law-related sites — and now podcasts and tweeters as well.
- More and more apps are getting updated for the new screen size of the iPhone X. Yesterday, Michael Potuck reports that Google Maps for iOS is one of the latest such apps. The map in that app looks so much better now that it fills the full screen, as do the Google Street View pictures.
- Dan Provost of Studio Neat runs some tests and concludes that because the telephoto lens on the iPhone X is so much better, you can now take higher quality telephoto pictures even when there is less light available.
- For a while now, CARROT Weather has been my favorite app for checking the weather on my iPhone. Ryan Christoffel of MacStories reported yesterday that the Apple Watch app for CARROT Weather was substantially updated, and it is now one of the best weather apps on an Apple Watch — perhaps the very best.
- Apple announced yesterday that it is starting the Apple Heart Study, a joint effort with Stanford Medicine to use the Apple Watch to identify irregular heart rhythms, to try to prevent serious heart complications including strokes. If Apple accepts you into the study, you will receive a notification if an irregular heart rhythm is identified, plus a free consultation with a study doctor and an electrocardiogram patch for additional monitoring. More details are available on Apple's website.
- Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels reviews the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE after using it for three months. My Series 2 is doing me just fine for now, but I'm still jealous of the new features.
- I'm a fan of home automation technology, but I haven't gotten as deep into it as many folks have. I don't have cameras in my home, nor do I have smart locks on my door. But Serenity Caldwell of iMore does, and she shares the amusing tale of how she got locked out of her smart home.
- Josh Centers discusses the iPhone Upgrade Program in an article for TidBITS.
- Tim Bajarin describes the role that Corning's Gorilla Glass had in the original iPhone, in an article for Fast Company. Corning has a fantastic museum in Corning, New York called the Corning Museum of Glass. It has a fascinating mix of Corning hsitory, the artistic sculptures that you might expect to see in a glass museum, plus high technology made possible by glass, such as fiber optics, and I really enjoyed visiting the museum with my family this past summer. However, there was no mention of the iPhone anywhere in that extensive museum; I thought that they might have a Gorilla Glass exhibit or something like that.
- And finally, Apple has a new commercial for the holidays, advertising the AirPods as a way to spark romance. It's a cute ad, and it is called Sway:
