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what's up Brian Tong here and welcome to another episode of the Apple buy where no animals were harmed during the recording of this show it's all the good and bad so let's get to it and while many of you were eating Thanksgiving turkey the Japanese magazine Mac fan was busy publishing an article with the purported schematics of the iPad pro or what they're referring to as the iPad air plus you can even take a look at this mock-up comparison video by canoopsy to give you an idea of the measurements and sizing now Mac van claims the device will have a 12-point two inch LCD screen it will be seven millimeters thick in a 12 by 8 point 7 inch form factor powered by a next-gen a 9 processor and 4 built-in speakers on the edges for stereo sound with a targeted launch between April and June of 2015 Japanese publication Macko Takara said Mac vans claims aligned with the same Intel they have collected as well so really now the great debate should be should we call it the iPad pro or the iPad air plus or how about this why don't you guys come up with the next great name for the big screen iPad and tweet me at brian tong with the hashtag next ipad name this should be fun and I will put my favorites in next week's show and know no one is going to steal my maxi pad name from two years ago that's mine alright we're expected to see whatever Apple has cooked up for the next Apple TV in 2015 but in the meantime streaming media boxes and sticks are gaining popularity especially this year and the market is quickly changing now according to a parks associate report in 2013 Roku was the runaway leader with 46 percent of the market and Apple had 26 percent but the first nine months of 2014 has shown a dramatic shift with new cheaper alternatives so check this out Roku is still number one and now makes up 29% Google's chromecast has moved into second place with 20 percent of the market and Apple has dropped a third at 17 percent so far this year with both Apple and Roku losing market share thanks to the chromecast and Amazon's fire TV stick now in a cool to admit the report also says 50% of all video that US consumers watch on TV is now from streaming devices so an ala carte service for your favorite stations can't come soon enough alright in the Apple patent world the big a was recently awarded a patent for a futuristic iPhone protection system that will recognize when a phone is dropped calculate its point of impact and then shift its center of gravity to avoid hitting sensitive components think of this as the neo from the matrix of iPhones you know he's like dodging bullets on the fly like ah oh my gosh the iPhone Neal that's the name of the next iPhone it's genius this patent discovered by Apple Insider is pretty amazing so when your phone is falling the protective mechanism described as a motor with an eccentric mass is able to impart force on a falling iPhones rotational axis causing it to land on its back side or side instead of on a corner or directly on the screen oops now we won't know if or when this will be a feature but this is just some pretty cool stuff all right Steve Jobs may be gone but his swagger lives on in a 10-year lawsuit that's finally going to trial over whether Apple violated antitrust law by exclusively allowing the iPad to only be accessed by iTunes and preventing other companies like RealPlayer from selling songs or loading music onto Apple's music player now according to a videotaped deposition in 2011 before Jobs passed on SJ was asked if he had heard of real networks the company Apple had blocked Steve Jobs replied do they still exist and that's what we call swagger now real networks is seeking over 350 million dollars in damages okay the Apple Store puts some pretty cool things on the shelf from time to time and for the holidays they are now selling iPhone app enabled Christmas lights from lumen play now check this promo out it looks so fun and amazing look how happy everyone is you can jump on beds or swim in a training pool by yourself with these lights so it's 12 Christmas lights on a 12 foot cable and you have to at least get one starter kit that has the hardware to talk to your phone for the price of $79 yes plus an additional 12-foot strand with 12 lights cost 59 bucks so uh I don't know how much eggnog they think we've been drinking like I love the idea behind these but I can get 24 feet and 25 multicolored lights from Target for $11.99 now I'm not gonna hate on anyone who buys these for their home or their training pool but there should be a warning on the promo ad that looks like this warning you'll need to have obscene amounts of money to be spending so much damn money on your Christmas lights just so you can control them on your iPad in 2014 you know what actually I don't think I'm alone here yeah I'm in the giving mood this week and this gets a bad apple you've missed that haven't you alright that's gonna do it for this week's show keep emailing me at the Apple bita cnet.com or tweet me at Brian Tong we're collecting another viewer feedback show and we want to hear what you don't like about the Apple byte yes we're always looking for improvements and you can't see my face thanks so much for watching and we'll catch you all next time for another bite of the Apple I think I got my swagger back I think I got my swagger back