AI, game emulators on iPhone, and iPad Pro impressions, on the AppleInsider podcast

After two years waiting, the iPad Pro and iPad Air have been updated — and buyers are getting them. Wes Hilliard went almost, but not quite, maxed-out on an iPad Pro and he's had just enough time to know he's pleased with it, and to settle a debate about the nanotexture option.

Just because we have new devices at last, that doesn't mean we aren't still looking to what's coming next. That's perhaps particularly true now as WWDC 2024 nears and all signs are that AI is going to change — if not everything, then at least a lot.

Hopefully including Siri.

Plus if we are all waiting impatiently for the future, we're also prone to hankering for the past. And now we have the chance to explore favorite old games with what turn out to be the many, many emulators on the App Store.

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Links from the AppleInsider Podcast

• Some sticker thing Wes recommends

Links from the AppleInsider Podcast: "Crush" ad

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• Samsung's half-hearted attempt to capitalize on Apple's Crush ad misses the point

Links from the AppleInsider Podcast: iOS 17.5

• iOS 17.5 is here with Repair State & EU Web Distribution
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Links from the AppleInsider Podcast: Accessibility

• There are a lot of new accessibility features coming in iOS 18 and visionOS 2.0

Links from the AppleInsider Podcast: Emulators

• Original PlayStation games come to iPhone with new Gamma emulator
• App Store emulator surge continues, this time for PlayStation Portable games

Links from the AppleInsider Podcast: iPads

• New iPad Air review roundup: Screen and Apple Pencil Pro are standouts
• New iPad Pro review roundup: impressive performance held back by iPadOS
• iPad line streamlining is proceeding according to Apple's secret plan
• iPad Air hands on: A return to an affordable large-format iPad
• How to use iPad as a Mac replacement and why you'd want to

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