Podcast Rewind: A Handheld Heavyweight, a Creative Studio Challenge, and Foveated F1

NPC: Next Portable Console

This week, Brendon, Federico, and John cover a raft of new budget handhelds, a new OLED tablet from Lenovo, TrimUI leaks, and more.

On NPC XL, John and Brendon share their experiments with the MagicX Zero 40 and Anbernic RG DS.

Comfort Zone

Chris wants to know what the heck is going on with Discord. Niléane has a massive backlog of things to talk about now that she’s back. And everybody does their best with Apple’s Creator Studio.

On Cozy Zone, the gang discusses what they’d do if they couldn’t use Apple products anymore. We are releasing this just days after ATP did the exact same thing, but we swear we recorded this a couple weeks ago!

MacStories Unwind

This week, John has an F1 racing theory about the Vision Pro and shares a vampire movie, while Federico has been binging a popular Netflix series.

NPC, Episode 68, ‘Folding, Flipping, and a Handheld Heavyweight’ Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

MagicX Two Dream Teased In New Images

Anbernic RG Vita is an Android handheld game console with a familiar design

Lenovo’s next gaming tablet is coming soon (in China)

AYANEO Corner

AYANEO NEXT 2 handheld gaming PC with AMD Strix Halo will cost $1799 to $3499 at launch (up to $4299 retail)

Just look at Ayaneo’s absolute unit of a Windows gaming “handheld”

AYANEO launches KONKR FIT handheld gaming PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370/470 for $999 and up

Mangmi Pocket MAX now available: Android handheld with modular controllers

Trimui 4.7-inch flip leak

TrimUI SP-Style Handheld Also Leaks

Tomb Raider Reboot Launches on iOS and Android - MacRumors

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Comfort Zone, Episode 88, ‘Execute a Leveraged Takeover of MacStories’ Show Notes

Things Discussed

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

iPhanpy for iPhone

Vivaldi

Thaw

Itsyhome

Our pitch deck

Cozy Zone

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MacStories Unwind, ‘Blues, Bloodsuckers, and Binge-Watching in Paris’ Show Notes

Unplugged Segment

The Apple Vision Pro is getting foveated streaming

One More Spitball Idea for Apple’s March 4 Media Event ‘Experience’: Immersive F1 on Vision Pro?

Picks

Federico’s Pick:

Emily in Paris on Netflix

John’s Pick:

Sinners

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. “You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”

Unwind Deal

Tron Ares is just $7.99 in the TV app, which is a new low price.

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