CultCast #241 - Hands off our Pokéballs

This week: leaked codenames might mean no iPhone 7 Pro; a new trademark alludes to a new wireless version of your white-wired EarPods; forget the debit card, Apple Pay is coming to an ATM near you; and, have you outgrown Apple’s Calendar, Mail, Notes, or other native apps?  We’ll tell you our favorite replacements!

 

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We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a  thanks for the great music you hear on today's show.

 

On the show this week

@erfon / @bst3r / @lkahney 

 

The end of plastic cards nears: Over 70,000 ATMs will soon support Touch ID withdrawals

http://9to5mac.com/2016/07/15/atm-withdrawals-with-iphone-fis-partnership/

 

AirPods trademark appears to confirm Apple’s wireless future

http://www.cultofmac.com/438282/airpods-trademark-appears-to-confirm-apples-wireless-future/

Buster

• it appears that Apple is definitely planning to make some wireless earbuds of its own, based on some recently discovered trademark filings.'
• MacRumors have found evidence that appears to confirm Apple will be releasing wireless EarPods, dubbed, Airpods
• An amendment filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office review process shows that Apple used a shell company called Entertainment in Flight to trademark the term “AirPods.”
• Apple used similar tactics to register the “iPad” and “CarPlay” trademarks. It did the same for “iWatch” too but discarded the name.

 

iPhone 7 code names leave no room for ‘Pro’ model

http://www.cultofmac.com/438689/iphone-7-codenames-leave-no-room-for-pro-model/

• Apple leaker Evan Blass has taken to twitter to alert the world that there will be only two iPhone 7 models coming up, Sonora and Dos Palos.
• This would imply there will be no iPhone 7 Pro, just your regular iPhone 7 and 7 Plus
• He’s got a great track record.

 

Our favorite replacements to the native apps