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  • New rumor claims 2018 iPad Pros will be smaller, drop headphone jacks

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    MisterKit said:
    I don’t like the idea on not having a headphone jack. I think of it as a line output. Not a headphone out. There are too many audio/MIDI applications where the Lightning port is needed for MIDI input and it would not be able to simultaneously serve as a line out.
    This is what i dont understan about Apple.   They actually pursue industries such as the music industry and then a couple of years later screw the industry over by ""updating"" its hardware into unusable configurations.  

    From my perspective taking away the analog connecto should only happen if a more versatile solution replaces it.   In my mind that means unencumbered USD-C ports.    Unencummbired because many audio hardware companies are hardly large enough to stay in business much less support Apple via MiFi. 

    So an ideal change for IPad would be two USB-C ports.   One to effectively replace the lighting port ond one the analog port.    Such a change would be huge for iPad opening it up for uses in a variety of industries.   The fewer ports it has the more of a toy it becomes.  

    By the way i really believe Apples MiFi program is a massive mistake!!!
    williamlondon

  • Improving on Apple: alternatives to iCloud's 5GB of free space

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    thanx_al said:
    CheeseFreeze said:
     And file management isn’t properly covered either. Meh.
    You can say that again. The lack of local file storage on iPad Pro is a serious PITA if one wants to truly use it as a laptop/computer replacement. Large files going up and down to iCloud Drive eats mobile data and forget about it if you are on a plane or traveling to a place with spotty/expensive internet. That said, Apple have done a remarkable job in iOS 11 making iPad more usable as a laptop replacement. I don't see any indication they'll bring it or selective sync in iOS 12 but we still have several betas to go. 
    This is yhe primary reason i have a hard time using Apples apps except for calendars and mail.   The ability to have confidence that importsnt files are stored locally is not there with iCloud and Apples apps.  Im regularky out of touch with any RF based communications but yet would still need access to reference materials. Apples broken apps dont leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling here.    I also cant fathom why a deletion on one device should delete files everywhere.  In the end i dont believe Apple has any sense as to how people need to use apps in the real world.    They seemingly believe that we have a connection 100% of the time.    On the flip side it isnt always desirable to splatter files acroos all devices.   

    In the end my usage of iCloud is extremely limited basicslly to syncing a few apps.  Frankly i really dont care about the file handling issues on iPhone but it really sucks on iPad.  It sucks so much that id switch to a Linux based tablet if i could find a decent Android free one.  

    I dont expect Apple to fix icloud so i dont invest much effort into it.   IOS is extremely frustrating for those that want clean simple file management and the easy exchange of data files between apps.  
    croprwilliamlondon

  • iPhone could be hit by incoming $500B U.S. tariff threat on Chinese imports

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    mdriftmeyer said:
    nunzy said:
    frankie said:
    SpamSandwich said:
    Pres. Trump previously assured Cook that Apple would not be part of any tariffs. And the Chinese government would be fools to retaliate using Apple as an example. Apple employs tens of thousands of Chinese workers there.
    Why should Apple be exclusively spared when others aren't?
    A lot of Apple customers are also Trump voters.  You don't really think that Jared and Ivanka use Android, do you?
    Far smalller minority perhaps, but far more Trump voters are Android users as they don't want to pay for anything. Majority of food stamp/welfare recipients are white trash Amerikans who vote Trump and GOP.
    Maybe where you live but locally the vast majority of Democrats are actually carrying Android phones.   As for the white trash I'd be surprised if most of them even know how to vote.    Most of us that voted for Trump are getting exactly what we wanted and that is real change with respect to how the US deals with the rest of the world.   We especially rejected the ignorance of the Obama regime and the horrors that a Clinton presidency would have brought.

    When it comes to trade the biggest problem many business have in the USA is the barriers put up by other countries to keep those products and businesses out of a country.    There is a very noticeable bias in many places that at time are totally irrational.   It isn't just China but places like Canada, Brazil, The EU (of all places) and many others.

    The EU by the way has a extremely intense bias against successful American companies and as such American companies are regularly discriminated against.   The law suits against Google, Apple and other high profile tech companies are only a tip of the ice berg.    Brazil is another country that has unfathomable laws that at times can only be described as ignorant.  

    Case in point with Brazil, if you need to take a business trip there to help out with technical problems, say in a manufacturing plant you have located there, you best say on the visa application that you are going there for business meetings.    God forbid you mention to anyone at immigration that you are there to work with the technical team members to solve a problem or two.   Now you may not see this as a trade barrier but it is certainly a barrier to business.   In Brazil that is only the start of the iceberg.   Now all of that being said I understand the need Brazil has to develop its economy but at this point they seem to have done more to harm it than to help it.

    In the end tariffs are just another tool a country has to bring about the results they are seeking.    I suspect that most countries will be more than willing to seek equitable deals.   The hold outs, China will likely be one, will eventually see the light.   The primary reason being that they will suffer the most in such an economic war, America is running strong right now and that is a good thing when it comes to negotiating.
    nunzy

  • iPhone could be hit by incoming $500B U.S. tariff threat on Chinese imports

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    The_Martini_Cat said:
    What would be the point of a tariff on iPhones? It's not like we have any domestically produced smartphones.
    There are many good reasons to do so.   One big one is simply to encourage
    China to bring down the many barriers there to doing business in that country.   This is perhaps the biggest problem an one sided trading process that doesn't allow for American businesses to benefit from the possibility of trade in China.    Imagine a business where you only buy and never sell a product, you are not likely to stay in business long.   A big part of the trade problem is the fixed exchange rate that China maintains vs the US dollar, this really muddies the waters as allowing the currency in China float to a natural value would dramatically impact the prices of Chines goods.

    There are other reasons too, the lack of regulation, systemic corruption and greed has lead to an economic bubble in China largely focused on real estate.    It is so bad and there is so much money tied up in critically bad real estate, that it is completely possible to collapse China economy and maybe even bring about regime change.

    What is surprising about China, a supposedly communist country is the wealth that is tie up in a few often government connected individuals.    It isn't a place where wealth has spread to the poor ultimately economic pressure could bring about demands upon the government to open up the gravy train to the wider population.  

    Lastly You have the moral question that few companies in the USA want to deal with.    Lets face it most businesses went to China because of the slave like wages paid to worker there.    If the administration can get business and people in general thinking about the moral evils of doing business in China or buying goods from there, we might have some better decision making here in the USA.

    In a nut shell it is a very complex situation but one that has been ignored for far too long.
    EsquireCatsanantksundaram

  • New lawsuit claims Apple infringed on lead-free solder alloy patent in iPhones

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    rob53 said:
    So if I buy some solder from a hardware store and use it in a product I end up selling, do I have to pay royalties to the solder company? This has gone beyond being crazy. Next thing someone will patent a process for using water and anyone who uses water in their products will be sued.

    This isn't about generic materials it is about a custom alloy that Apple is supposedly using.    Now there is no proof presented yet that Apple is actually using this tech but if they are Apple needs to pay up.   Think about it they paid up for the Liquid Metal tech a few years ago and hardly used it.   It can take years to develop these sorts of alloys and the required validation.    In other words real effort goes into these developments.

    As for the snide remark about the endless laws suits against Apple [in the original article], it is about time that people realize that Apple is not the good guy here.   Frankly they have a policy that forces people to go to court.
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