251: And Then You Eat the Ice Cream

Episode 600 prompts us to revisit predictions from episode 500 and make some new ones for episode 700. We also cover new AirTags and Apple's plans to fix Apple Intelligence. 

This week we're following up on what the Apple-Google AI hookup means and reacting to Apple's announcement of an oddly shaped creative apps bundle. 

Google and Apple join forces to corner the market on smartphone AI models, John Ternus gets a profile in the New York Times, live NBA basketball comes to the Vision Pro, and Apple inconsistently refuses to stop bad App Store behavior. 

Federico and Myke are back from Apple Battersea to join Stephen in grading the group's picks for this week's iPad event. 

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Special guest Henry T. Casey comes on the show to give us his hands-on impressions of the MacBook Air with the new M1 chip! Things look...dare we say… promising? We also went hands-on with the PlayStation 5, and chat about… Fleets! This episode of Rocket is sponsored by: Pingdom: ... Show More

Stephen has an Apple Watch Ultra. Myke dropped his iPhone. Federico's security cameras came in very handy. Oh, and Stage Manager is still busted. 

Myke surprises his co-hosts, Federico finished the alphabet, and Stephen thought he had an exciting project on his hands. 

Zac and Benjamin close out the Apple/Epic trial, marvel at some amazing upcoming Apple Watch accessibility features, analyze the rumored thinner M1X Mac mini mockups, and give their hands-on impressions with the new M1 iPad Pro and the new Apple TV remote.  Sponsored by She's Bir ... Show More

Benjamin is still waiting for his new laptop, but it’s getting closer. Meanwhile, every tech company in Silicon Valley is giving them away. Zac tries out the AirPods 3. Tim Cook provides some surprising opinions on cryptocurrency. And, Apple is trying to use Keynote decks as holi ... Show More