Posts by Mike Barriault

Quote: Originally Posted by maccherry  A bling home button? Who writes this crap?   You're aware of course that sapphire doesn't necessarily mean jewellery, but is often used because it is really clear compared...

Quote: Originally Posted by pedromartins  I wonder. Do you guys even know that blackberry live is live (lol) right now?   Only the verge is covering, no one else gives a damn anymore. No ads, no news,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland  One thing that does make sense about this story, however, is if they do add a fingerprint sensor to the home button, I see the fact that if it were to remain physically clickable as...

I just can't see the physical home button going away, as while the mechanism can certainly be improved, physical buttons are so much more reliable than capacitive buttons when it comes to feel. I do like the use of sapphire crystal...

Wait, 8 GB of storage? With all the software features of the S4? Weren't these software features cited as the reason why the 16 GB S4 has less than 8 GB free?

What is with the obsession that every company (okay, just Apple really) should make every product line available to every market and every price point? I can't buy a diesel MINI Cooper D in Canada, and couldn't afford the turbocharged...

Quote: Originally Posted by space1nvaders  This morning receiving a lot of spam from my @mac.com account from Russia. I wonder if they are getting hit with a denial of service. Anyone else seeing this?   I am, I...

Quote: Originally Posted by kozchris  Am I the only one who has not seen any issues with iCloud? I have never had any issues when any of these reports say I should be. I am on the computer for the better part of every day...

To be fair to Google, this doesn't actually look like an admission that they've been violating, merely licensing as a safety net to prevent litigation from happening at all.   Although when considering strong impressions that...

"Maps are hard to get right"   And they got them wrong. Very slow, shitty typography, zooming isn't continuous, so whenever you stop pinching it'll jump to the nearest accepted zoom level (in practice not even close to what...