jeff fields

Amazed nobody has pointed out that even *if* you could actually get 1 Gbps in real-world conditions, which you can't, it would not matter at all, because of obvious facts like: 1) There are basically no sites, services or servers that could push 1 Gbps to you anyway, and 2) Basically all cell users would burn through their data allotment in one minute or less at such a speed. We're talking about 6 GB/minute, here. Even users with "unlimited" plans would get their speed throttled down to a tiny fraction of 1Gbps within a few minutes, maximum. So even in unicorn conditions which do not exist and will not exist in the foreseeable future, this would matter for 1-4 minutes per month. Maximum.

I was fooled by the front page still being up. I see now that the specific link to the shop is down. Back in olden times, the front page at store.apple.com would go offline. Sorry for the misinformation!

Actually, patent troll is more accurate.

Um, "could prevent headphone audio controls from temporarily not working"? Nobody else noticed the problem with this sentence?

I don't see anyone getting right to the real point here, which is: is a deep-level OS engineer actually automatically qualified to be a *Genius Bar* employee? Not a general Apple Store employee; that's not the case in question here. Genius Bar folks need to be able to troubleshoot and then fix lots of different software and hardware issues. There's no guarantee at all that I can see that this guy would have that skillset. He might have it, and he might not. He also might have the people skills needed, and he might not.