094- iPhone SE gen 2 Announcement and Sonos Move Speaker Review - With Guest Barry Fulk

The latest episode of In Touch With iOS Dave and Warren are joined by Barry Fulk, IT pro he has the latest iPad Pro and we discuss how he likes it so far. The iPhone SE is here we give our initial thoughts plus news and Dave gives a hands on review of the Sonos Move speaker.

The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com


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News
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Apple's U.S. Q1 iPhone activations hit 5-year high

Facebook Launches New 'Kit' App for Apple Watch to Keep in Touch With Your Closest Friends

You can now activate Google Fi via eSIM on newer iPhones

Topics

Beta time Apple released iOS 13.5 beta 2 yesterday it doesn't seem like there is any real changes and its probably going to be released soon. BTF: last release before iOS14?

Apple announced the iPhone SE yesterday and we discuss our initial thoughts, and where we thing Apple is going with this new mode. AppleCare will be only $79 and we look at comparing with the other models. This is not the SE model of old. BTF: great specs, great price. Still lacking on some of the internals of other iPhones, but a great device to recommend if you prefer TouchID/smaller devices.

Barry has the new 12.9" 2020 iPad Pro and he gives us a review and how he likes it so far.

BTF: key strengths: cursor/trackpad control - for editing documents it has been really handy, especially when using documents in programs such as Pages or Word.

It will become more valuable when I don't have to take my hand off the keyboard and can 'thumb' the trackpad similar to the MacBook Pros. Still, some keyboard commands may be preferred, but having the option makes it all the more powerful.

The AR features are not something that I use too much, but with the AR features on Apple's websites, it seems much more stable than previous models.

The "measure" app is also more solid.

Dave was lucky enough to receive a Sonos Move speaker for his work anniversary. He has had it a few weeks and is going to give his review.

Apps
Warren
Quibi Free for 90 days
Barry
Apple Arcade
Games in Apple Arcade
What the Golf
Jenny Leclue

Dave
Roku

Virtual Game Night with Barry May 1, 2020 you are invited! DM Barry on Twitter @fulkb

About Our Guest:

Barry Fulk is a IT Professional, podcast enthusiast and a world-class Pokémon Go player. You can follow him on Twitter @fulkb and send a friend request in Pokémon Go: 5540 4580 7252

About our Co-Host
Co-Host Warren Sklar @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.