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  • Apple reportedly kills project to turn iPhone into 'walkie talkie'

    As far as I know, an unassisted peer-to-peer channel is already part of the 5G standard (release 14 or 15, I think). So, instead of implementing their own proprietary solution, Apple should promote this.
    knowitallgatorguyCloudTalkincornchipseanismorrisberndogdoozydozenwatto_cobra
  • Inside Consumer Reports: How iPhone, iPad, Mac, and HomePod testing is performed

    nunzy said:
    Consumer Reports hates Apple. They have been completely wrong in every single one of their reviews.
    So, what is your problem? Your comment history here indicates that it is Apple against the rest of the world, which isn't really true.

    Please, try to provide some more constructive comments and people might actually care about what you are saying.
    nunzygatorguycroprsingularitymuthuk_vanalingamSpamSandwich
  • Apple won't make a touch-screen MacBook Pro, but will improve third-party repairs

    AppleZulu said:
    Of course, the bottom line remains: Apple leadership has said repeatedly over the years that they're not interested in making a hybrid 2-in-1, so that's the answer.  Nope.
    Well, to be fair, they actually made a 2-in-1 when the iPad got a keyboard and cursor. It is just a quite crippled 2-in-1, as it lacks a few basic functions and key applications.
    That being said, I agree with the original premise that using a horizontal touch screen, far away behind a keyboard, is really poor UX and bad ergonomics. However, that is not how most people use these devices, they tend to flip between the input modes (just like with an iPad).
    One of my laptops at work is a cheap Asus convertible, and i have to say it works perfectly fine both as a tablet for presentations, drawing (and content consumption), and as a developer tool with third party peripherals and extra screens.
    williamlondonelijahgGeorgeBMacmuthuk_vanalingam
  • Green texts in iMessages nudge teens to use iPhones

    genovelle said:
    avon b7 said:
    I'd say the opposite is possibly true in the EU. For years Messages has been a rarely used option as far as I can tell while WhatsApp has been a must use for almost every person I know.

    My wife has never ever used Messages for IM. I only know one person that still uses sms for regular messages and that's on Android.

    I use WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber and Signal.

    Every now and then I see waves of people appearing as new users on Telegram but I'd say WhatsApp is still the IM client that reigns supreme here. 
    They are missing sooo much by using 3rd party Apps. One of the best features is that when sending to someone new, it will revert to a text automatically if the user is not on the iMessages network 
    Well, that part doesn't work at all when having a group conversation. As long as Apple fails to recognize new messaging standards, the only reliable way to group chat is using e.g. WhatsApp. Like it or not.
    williamlondonctt_zhMacsWithPenguins
  • Apple will allow third-parties in the EU access to the iPhone NFC chip

    About time.
    williamlondondamn_its_hot
  • Editorial: Apple's Q319 earnings destroy a mountain of fake data and false reporting

    avon b7 said:
    rundhvid said:
    "we continue to see phenomenal demand for AirPods, and when you tally up the last four quarters, our Wearables business is now bigger than 60% of the companies in the Fortune 500."


    Hats off to all employees at Dell, Samsung and the rest of the tech-industry for staying motivated and performing their duties all day long, year-after-year, when the companies they work for are being embarrassed to no end by Apple and their highly successful way of executing product-design and manufacturing. It’s not like Apple is extraterrestrial or something—they have iPhones,  Watch etc. and the corresponding Android products are not that different—it seems like a fair fight. Yet it isn’t, because there are real differences between the products which translates into distinctly different user-experiences. 
    I truly cannot comprehend how executives and managers involved with strategic decisions in Apple-rivaling companies (an oxymoron, perhaps...?), are able to fully commit to their new product with true belief in the claimed performance and predicted impact on the market—without feeling a little uneasy or outright thinking “why bother?“

    I am not sure where you want to go with that comment. Tim was comparing the Apple wearable business in revenue terms to Fortune 500 companies.

    I don't see a connection to Samsung, Android etc.

    Android wearables sell in huge numbers and are growing thanks to the Chinese manufacturers.
    Which Chinese manufacturers are making Android wearables "in huge numbers"? Serious question.
    We (the company I work for) have been looking into porting some of our products, but lately the wearables part of the Android market has seemed dead as a rock. And no news at all at the latest Google I/O, which is a bad sign.. 
    macpluspluscat52StrangeDaysBart Ywatto_cobra
  • Apple won't make a touch-screen MacBook Pro, but will improve third-party repairs

    tmay said:
    IreneW said:
    AppleZulu said:
    Of course, the bottom line remains: Apple leadership has said repeatedly over the years that they're not interested in making a hybrid 2-in-1, so that's the answer.  Nope.
    Well, to be fair, they actually made a 2-in-1 when the iPad got a keyboard and cursor. It is just a quite crippled 2-in-1, as it lacks a few basic functions and key applications.
    That being said, I agree with the original premise that using a horizontal touch screen, far away behind a keyboard, is really poor UX and bad ergonomics. However, that is not how most people use these devices, they tend to flip between the input modes (just like with an iPad).
    One of my laptops at work is a cheap Asus convertible, and i have to say it works perfectly fine both as a tablet for presentations, drawing (and content consumption), and as a developer tool with third party peripherals and extra screens.

    Well, to be fair, they actually made a 2-in-1 when the iPad got a keyboard and cursor. It is just a quite crippled 2-in-1, as it lacks a few basic functions and key applications.
    Your statement isn't accurate and is in fact, quite disingenuous. 

    Apple sells an accessory that gives some of the capability of a 2 in 1, ie, keyboard input, and touchpad cursor, though Apple does not call that a 2 in 1.


    For Fuck Sake...

    "One of my laptops at work is a cheap Asus convertible, and I have to say it works perfectly fine both as a tablet for presentations, drawing (and content consumption), and as a developer tool with third party peripherals and extra screens."

    You just murdered your argument, since you are in fact using multiple devices anyway. Wasn't the 2 in 1 supposed to eliminate those extra devices, and still retain productivity?

    Perhaps you want the 2 in 1 only when you require some mobility, or maybe some other limited role for 2 in1's...you know, like the "crippled" iPad with its accessory keyboard that people seem to go everywhere with.
    So, if i get you right, a device isn't a 2-in-1 until Apple says so? Well, then it is no problem at all. They can just add the touch screen and adapt the macOS accordingly, calling the product something not including the 2/1 moniker and be done with it. I'm not holding my breath though. I'm fine with what I've got.

    And, speaking about what I've got, my day job as a developer and test lead means there are at least three different laptops on my desk (+ a local build server under the desk). Bringing the convertible to conferences and customer meetings means I can work on the trip and still use it as a tablet for presentations and casual browsing (not to mention watching movies in the flight).

    Why so angry?
    GeorgeBMacmuthuk_vanalingamelijahgwilliamlondon
  • Green texts in iMessages nudge teens to use iPhones

    IreneW said:

    "As long as Apple fails to recognize new messaging standards,"
    Oh ffs, [rolls eyes] Typical negative troll's context.
    In what way? Was I wrong in any way? Please let me know in that case. 
    I just tried to pint out that it is currently impossible to have a proper cross-platform group chat, without using third-party apps. 
    avon b7ctt_zhwilliamlondon
  • Apple in talks to license Google Gemini AI for iPhones

    I hope for this to never happen. Gemini is involved in several deviant projects including the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
    Source?
    williamlondonwatto_cobra
  • Man convicted & sentenced for million-dollar fake iPhone return scheme

    viclauyyc said:
    Xed said:
    Apple was defrauded out of $1M, but the time, effort, many varying costs of the scam, and all the people involved that would need to get paid means that this was not a very profitable "business" for going on for nearly 4 years.

    PS: If he's going to do be this unethical I would question if he cheated on his work to get his masters degree.
    Many of these Chinese get their degree by shady methods. 1. Hire someone to do the research/school work for them. 2. translate a Chinese language paper into English. Even if the paper was published before, but since it is in Chinese or other languages. The professor has no way to know if it is a direct copy. 

    My ex study electrical engineering master degree in canada. One of her fellow student is from China. She can barely able to communicate with the professor with English. It makes you wonder how can she get accepted by the program in the first place.
    Some of the comments here surprise and saddens me. My personal experience with Chinese (and South Korean) students and interns at our company is that they work _incredibly_ hard.  Bright and ambitious individuals, all of them.
    Could we please leave stereotypes (bordering on racism) out of the discussion?
    muthuk_vanalingamAnilu_777macplusplusronndewme