roundaboutnow

Does a foldable iPad necessarily mean the screen folds?

Perhaps it is an iPadOS device in laptop form factor, with permanently attached keyboard. Seems like lots of people get an accessory keyboard/cover for their iPad and leave it on, usually resulting in a package thicker than a current MacBook Air or even approaching a MacBook Pro. An integrated keyboard on an iPad-like device could be as slim and light as the old 12" MacBook or 11" MBA.

Of course, price is a factor--it could be close to a MacBook (or even more), so why not just get a MacBook? But for iPad devotees, a right-priced, lightweight, integrated iPad/keyboard could be attractive.

philly-macguy said:

mike1 said:

philly-macguy said:

I also have a gripe which should be a third "pain point" in this article.  Issue is with people who bought first gen carplay vehicles when the technology was introduced.  I have a Honda Accord 2016 and carplay was fine for the first few years.... My car has had ZERO software updates from Honda.  I've been through a few iPhones and several iOS updates since owning the car.  In the last 3-4 years I've had nothing but problems.  Android OS crashes, carplay freezing, carplay disconnecting, etc.  I've opened cases with Honda (while under warranty), and the issues can't be duplicated at the dealership.  I've provided screenshots and videos from my experience.  Honda blames Apple, Apple blames Honda.  There are literally hundreds of forum posts about this and in the end, the customer loses out.  Overall, its been a very underwhelming experience.  Sometimes when carplay freezes it messes up my entire infotainment system.  I have to pull over and turn off car and turn back on. 

That is 100% a Honda problem. Their infotainment systems have sucked since the introduction of Bluetooth. As you mentioned, no updates because the hardware doesn't allow it, combined with complete ignorance from Honda and the dealers. When you buy the car, you are getting something that works at that point in time (maybe).

I agree 100%.  They sell you a car with this technology then hardly support it.  I gave up trying to argue.  Dealerships are severely lacking in the technology department.  They give you a Honda Tech phone number to call.  Oh well, I know the newer cars have software updates that can be done over wireless.   

The 2018 Accord can connect to your home WiFi to do updates. Although keeping this feature on can draw down the battery if the car is not used for extended periods of time. This happened to my friend last year. I thought maybe the battery had just crapped out since I read that many late model Honda batteries don't last much longer than two years. I put in a new battery and same thing happened after only a week or two. I disabled the WiFi connection and all is good so far, although the car does get driven more often lately.

I don't have CarPlay in my car, but the other day I plugged my phone into a friend's 2018 Honda Accord and the CarPlay screen popped up (I was the passenger). I selected Maps and went on our way. One thing I noticed is that while navigating with Maps, it was not possible to turn the nav audio volume all the way down using the car volume control, even while Siri was speaking. Is this how it works in other cars, or is it just Honda? 

Also, it is not clear to me how (or if) it's possible to listen to the car radio while CarPlay is active. I didn't have a chance to experiment in the Accord. In my car (2016 Audi A3), my phone connects with BT. I have to select "Media" if I want to play music from my phone. Of course, Maps can be run at the same time and voice nav audio ducks music audio in this situation. However, even if I am listening to the car radio, if I am using Maps for navigation with my phone, the radio audio is ducked when the Siri voice kicks in (similar to how BT phone calls mute the car radio). Next time I'm in the Accord, I'll try to see how CarPlay/Maps interacts with the car radio, but I'm wondering if anyone out there can share their experience with this.

Like the article says, Apple TV is already available on Android TVs, but it's also available on just about every other Smart TV (regardless of OS that it is running). Roku has it as well.

Plus it can be accessed from a browser, including Chrome or Firefox on an Android device:
https://support.apple.com/guide/tvplus/watch-in-a-web-browser-apdc0cb7ad64/web

So technically Apple TV already runs on Android. It's not such a big leap to have a native Android app and it makes perfect sense--makes me wonder why it hasn't happened sooner...

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roundaboutnow said:

www.www.www.com said:

RCS is now the standard for all Android phones, so it's wrong to say that Android users can't share high-res images by default.

Sure, RCS isn't perfect and is still mid-adoption, but you say it's not the solution to fixing cross-platform messaging without offering any other options. What would you rather see happen to improve how iOS and Android communicate? It's easy to criticize, but you don't seem to have a better solution to offer.

One thing in the article could be made more clear. FTA:
Google says RCS enables higher-resolution images, video, and more things like emoji reactions. However, other messaging services like Signal, WeChat, Facebook Messenger, and even iMessage already have these improvements. It is Google's problem that Android users don't have the same benefit by default.

I don't want to speak for the author, but from the above, it appears that the author did not mean to say Android users can't share high-res images by default at all, but rather it is the combination of multiple features that represents the "same benefit" that other platforms have that Android users don't have.

Also, it's not the author's responsibility to offer a better solution. Reporting the facts are, which I believe has been done in this article.

If the author is going to state, as a fact, that RCS isn't the answer, then he should tell us what the answer is. Otherwise it's just his opinion.

Pointing out why something doesn't work does not require saying what does work. End of story.