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With the sensors available, it should be easy enough for Apple to update the OS where if a steering wheel/dashboard/odometer, etc. is detected the device will not work.

in Now the US government is demanding users not wear Apple Vision Pro while driving Comment by notrs February 2024

I don't think Ismail's comment was that big of a deal. She certainly wasn't belligerent about it, just clearly technologically ignorant. Obviously the watch is monitoring all kinds of things locally all the time and it does send stuff back to Appl…

in Tim Cook defends Apple Watch privacy focus in mental health talk Comment by notrs November 2023

Even if Apple didn’t set a default and made users pick one at setup there would be people upset over whichever choice was listed at the top. You just can’t win and whiners gonna whine.

in Google paid 36% of Safari search revenue to Apple Comment by notrs November 2023

I know that there is a whole new regime and the Microsoft of today is not the Microsoft of the 90s, but I can’t help getting tickled at reading Microsoft complaining about the unfair advantage created from the power of defaults.

in Google paid 36% of Safari search revenue to Apple Comment by notrs November 2023

Feels like this is more just a PR response to all the recent grumbling over their Feedback process. Sure, they’ll take a week to address a limited number of “high priority” bugs. Yawn. I’d much rather see the next OSes brag about zero new features …

in Apple pauses iOS 18, macOS 15 work to stomp bugs now Comment by notrs November 2023

If they really want to impress me, let me easily upgrade my storage and memory on laptops.

in Apple voices official support for California SB 244 right to repair bill Comment by notrs August 2023

thewhitefalcon wrote: » Whereas Microsoft ripped off the Macintosh and produced a crappy copy that didn't catch up. There, I fixed it for you. :P

in Apple's Jony Ive talks iPhone, Apple Watch and copycat devices in Vanity Fair interview Comment by notrs October 2014

They could just do a mild update to several products and technically it would be the "best product pipeline he's seen in 25 years." What we want/think his statement to mean: "We will introduce the best revolutionary products I've seen in all my 2…

in Apple has best product pipeline in 25 years coming in 2014, says SVP Eddy Cue Comment by notrs May 2014

Really? Well, I guess now microsoft can say that they also stole their logo from Apple.... ....Boot Camp....

in Microsoft's new logo emphasizes Windows, Metro Comment by notrs August 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by TBell MIne are not officially unlocked. I will wait until the jailbreak community gives the OK. If you get it officially unlocked, then downgrade (assuming you backed up your blobs) I wonder if the unlock will stil…

in AT&T's iPhone unlock process accomplished through Apple's iTunes Comment by notrs April 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 6) First of all, this is designed for the consumer that wants to have select files they can view and edit across devices with ease. No need to create PDFs and email first or some other usable by complex me…

in Mountain Lion brings new iOS-like file handling, iCloud App Library features Comment by notrs February 2012

Or Apple could just give us Rosetta for Lion and solve a lot of problems. EDIT: Or screw Apple, why doesn't the company that owns Rosetta just release it for Lion?

in Quicken for Mac 2007 being rebuilt to work with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Comment by notrs December 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Neo42 Yeah it is not like modern (resistive or capacitive) touchscreen technology but the intended use is the same albeit issues with dirty sensors and poor resolution. My point is people need to stop acting like Appl…