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mobird said: Has no one seen a movie where some character is in some extreme remote location and brings out the "Sat" phone? A "Sat" phone is approximately the size of a brick (literally) and has about a 10" external antenna. The iPhone may h…
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David H Dennis said: I wonder how this will work, since all the satellite services I know of require a dish — which is certainly not portable equipment. Also I wonder how much this service would cost, and whether it’s a first step to intro…
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gatorguy said: ...and then Apple failed at that task, with none of that decided in this court case even tho that was a supposed goal and focus. Settled before it ever began. It all came down to money. That's actually a real issue with real effe…
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bells said: sflocal said: magman1979 said: I'm stunned and dismayed that a site like AppleInsider, even in the year 2018, continues to peddle the falsehood that Bill Gates was Apple's saviour! This has been debunked OVER and OVE…
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steveh said: Microsoft's "saving" Apple was hardly done out of altruism, nor did it cost Microsoft anything in the long term. In 1997, Microsoft bought 150,000 shares of Apple preferred stock, convertable to common shares of Apple stock at a…
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dewme said: Facebook is a content delivery company that charges advertisers to interleave their ads into the content. Facebook is essentially a "free" radio or television broadcast model with hundreds of millions of content provider channels,…
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thrang said: Soli said: thrang said: Almost no one I know talks to their electronics in a meaningful way...yes, isolated use cases here or there, (tomorrow's weather, price of a stock, sports score), but generally in private and…
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... the only way they could get even some Republicans to vote for it was to bribe them or threaten them. ... which is basically what "negotiation" in DC is: bribes and threats. So Trump only "negotiated" with the Republicans in Congress. S…
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slprescott said: SpamSandwich said: Apple already said they’ll be hiring 20,000 people. What is the real problem here? No, not “hiring.” Apple said their investment would “create” 20,000 jobs. They didn’t provide a breakout…
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badflounder said: It seems to me the iPhone X has been a major success, however, I'll be honest; I would return my iPhone X for an iPhone 8 Plus right now if I could (without jumping through hoops). I'm an Apple fan, and have used many of t…
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ksec said: gatorguy said: I posted this earlier in the day for those that missed it: Another day and another report on 4th quarter iPhone sales, this one worldwide rather than US-specific. According to Canalys (in a report released…
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polymnia said: thompr said: polymnia said: If this bug does go back years, and none of you have noticed yet, what is the big deal? If you don’t want to sacrifice the performance, don’t apply the patch. Wait until you get a new M…
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fastasleep said: thompr said: polymnia said: If this bug does go back years, and none of you have noticed yet, what is the big deal? If you don’t want to sacrifice the performance, don’t apply the patch. Wait until you get a new…
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polymnia said: If this bug does go back years, and none of you have noticed yet, what is the big deal? If you don’t want to sacrifice the performance, don’t apply the patch. Wait until you get a new Mac with a new chip to update. The sky hasn…
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curtis hannah said: I think it is safe to say I would wake up if someone put sunglasses on me or started moving my finger anyways, so why is there a debate about it? Maybe there is a debate about it because not all people are equally like…
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rogifan_new said: I keep calling Apple to see if I can cancel my pre-order and take my chances launch day in store. Every time I call the automated system says call volumes are too high and to call back later. I have a "cancel order" but…
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justme12 said: Hey Jony - you should have said no to the camera bump and the notch. Steve not only would have said no - he would have laughed that you thought they were design options. Jobs gave us the hockey-puck mouse and the iPod HiFi …
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randominternetperson said: AppleInsider said: Cook and Sewell. I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that C-suite execs from one of the biggest companies in the world dress like that every day. I wouldn't expect to my …
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rogifan_new said: So why do you have to swipe up to get to the home screen when unlocking the device? Why doesn’t Face ID take you directly to the home screen? Seems slower than Touch ID. Because sometimes you want to look at your phone bu…
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kevin kee said: tzeshan said: I think FaceID can be easily compromised by hard core criminals. FaceID has 1 million secure points, it is currently the hardest (though not impossible, time will tell) security tool to be compromised …