Hands-on with AirPods and the best gadgets of 2016 on The CultCast

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This week on The CultCast: It’s our epic final episode of 2016! We’ll wrap up the year with our hands-on review of the hotness themselves, Apple’s AirPods. Then … is Apple’s “Golden Era” drawing to a close? We discuss. And finally, ya’ll know we review a lot of products during the year — we’ll reveal our absolute favorite gadgets of 2016!

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This week’s topics

Tim Cook calls AirPods a ‘runaway success’

  • During a short interview, Cook told CNBC the new AirPods are a “runaway success” and that the company is making them as fast as it can. Cook didn’t divulge details on how well the company is doing, but he did hint that the holiday was really good to Apple.

Every Apple store worldwide is sold out of AirPods

  • According to airpods.isinstock.com, and istocknow.com, Airpods are sold out at every Apple Store in the world
  • Apple stores have been getting very limited quantities and they “sell out in minutes.”

All the ways Apple disappointed us in 2016

  • Some are saying 2016 is the year that Apple’s ‘golden age’ drew to a close

Our favorite gadgets of 2016!

  • Leander

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