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  • iPhone 16 Pro Max review: improving photography for all in a more than iterative upgrade

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    Pema said:

    While we are at it, it would be productive if Apple invested some time and effort into how to improve the typing on the itsy-bitsy dinky little iPhone keyboard. I type 75wpm on the Mac. Whenever I try to dash out a quick message on the iPhone it turns out into incomprehensible gibberish. Like 'I am on the home way home. What do you need from the store?' becomes 'I am gronome, need stira doya'. I have watched other folks struggle with this and end giving up and just calling. At least the words we speak come out intelligible.


    I have much the same problem, and end up using voice recognition most of the time.  I understand that doesn't work for everyone for a variety of reasons, but it works well for me.
    kkqd1337williamlondondewmeAlex1N

  • Apple AirPods help police locate stolen Ferrari worth $575,000

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    eriamjh said:
    I just realized that if you want to track an iPhone owner and not have them notified, leave AirPods on them, around them, near them, etc. instead of AirTags.   

    Plus, there are dumb@sses with cars worth half a million dollars who don’t have GPS trackers installed.  

    The fact that they paid half a million dollars for the car doesn't automatically imply that it's worth that much. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
    sphericwatto_cobra

  • Indicted Eric Adams told FBI he forgot his iPhone's new passcode

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    MplsP said:
    Even if he isn’t lying, can the government compel a suspect to unlock their phone? Clearly they could compel a staffer to do so but would compelling Adams to do so violate the right not to self incriminate?

    SCOTUS has already ruled in some case or another about this.  A suspect cannot be compelled to reveal their passcode.  It falls under the 5th's "right to silence" interpretation.

    The same cannot yet be said for FaceID or TouchID.  Some courts have said no, some have said yes.

    Number one reason to use a long passcode instead of FaceID to lock my phone.
    williamlondonnetroxwatto_cobra

  • Apple's Lisa Jackson says environmental regulation is essential

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    Alex_V said:
    Where do you champions of the little man get this b.s. idea that regulations “always favour big business”? It is patently not so. Much regulation is designed to reign in monopolies, i.e. favour small over big. Other, notable, forms of regulation are intended to reduce harms or bads, e.g. worker rights, health and safety, and pollution reduction, with greater consequences on the big offenders. Other regulations might be applied to attain specific economic or geo-political outcomes, such as the Inflation Reduction Act hopes to, same thing, big companies will find it harder to adapt, etc. etc. 

    Regulations aren't just regulations in isolation.  They are often accompanied by license, certification, inspection, monitoring, and sometimes hardware and software requirements, or extra costs just to meet the regulations.  All of which cost money, which the big guys can easily afford, while the little guy might not.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • iPhone 16 Pro Max beats all comers in battery life test

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    Technology enthusiast site Tom's Guide has updated its rankings of battery life in popular smartphones for manufacturers' latest models. Its testing showed that the iPhone 16 Pro Max's battery, rated at 4685mAh, lasted for 18 hours and six minutes.
    These tests are obviously rigged.  Apple says the phone last 33 hours, so something is wrong. /s


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