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• True story: I suffered a brain injury in January that has left me with severe balance issues. I took a few hard spills, so I set up the fall detection. However, when I fell, I landed right on my watch, destroying it. The unit likely saved my wrist f…

  in How to set up fall detection on your Apple Watch Comment by soulbarn November 2019
• Spot on. I have been playing with Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 and 8. These are inferior products hardware-wise, but in many ways superior computing platforms. Samsung/Android does more - though (lucky for Apple) it generally does more poorly. That will …

  in Editorial: Apple's iOS 7 needs exclusive, distinctive features, not just a flat UI Comment by soulbarn May 2013
• @extremeskater: no problems of any kind with the display on my new 27" (i5, 8GB Ram, 3TB Fusion.)

  in Some 21- and 27-inch iMacs begin trickling into Apple's reseller channels Comment by soulbarn January 2013
• I got mine from Powermax. Ordered it in early December, arrived last week; they'd sent an email saying Apple had begun shipments to resellers and that they'd be able to fulfill preorders. (27" 3.2 i5, 8GB RAM, 3TB Fusion)

  in Some 21- and 27-inch iMacs begin trickling into Apple's reseller channels Comment by soulbarn January 2013
• Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Sony. c'mon: you say you've got knowledge of a specific instance other than Sony. Put up or shut your cake hole.

  in Apple's new App Store restrictions block Sony eBookstore, may lock out Amazon Comment by soulbarn February 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd So why wont Sony just resubmit? The story here ( and I know this independently of Sony) is that they are banning anything which shows content bought elsewhere. The Sony screenshots show the store in Safar…

  in Apple's new App Store restrictions block Sony eBookstore, may lock out Amazon Comment by soulbarn February 2011
• Quote: Originally Posted by Haggar Does enabling internet tethering on the iPhone also take away the unlimited plan if you happened to have it? And why the extra monthly fee for enabling internet tethering even on a capped data plan? Yes - …

  in AT&T quietly offers unlimited data to potential Verizon iPhone switchers Comment by soulbarn January 2011
• I got switched to the new plan automatically when I tried tethering in October. I figured it wasn't worth asking to be reverted; with this news, I called in and got my unlimited data back. Caveats: No going back a second time, so if I tether and …

  in AT&T quietly offers unlimited data to potential Verizon iPhone switchers Comment by soulbarn January 2011
• My TC died about a month ago. I bought it in October, 2008. For weeks, I had been getting the auto-popup Airport Utility with a message that the thing was "overheating." When I touched it, it was frying-pan hot. There were some problems with backups…

  in TomTom kit delayed; Apple Store robbery; Time Capsule troubles Comment by soulbarn September 2009