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Apple TV Remote app inspired Steve Jobs' concept of Apple TV Siri Remote
OutdoorAppDeveloper said:The Siri remote is absolutely the worst remote control I have ever used. One half of it is a touch surface that does undefined things when you touch it. There are no lights. It feels the same when you pick it up from either end in the dark. It is super small so it likes to slip down between the seats. The buttons are almost flush with the surface and arranged in a way that makes it hard to tell what you are pressing in the dark. It seems to have been designed by someone that does not have a home theater.
When you pick it up in the dark, you know it’s orientation by raised ring around menu button, which is just right where you rest your thumb. You can also feel rougher-than-glass surface on top.
And it is super small.. so it likes to slip down between the seats, or you can eat it by mistake. It also means that it has super small battery, and most importnantly, you can’t beat your dog with it. -
iPhone 12 '5G' indicator denotes best available connection
When I got iPhone 3G, my first 3G phone, there was “enable 3G” switch in settings. When turned on, the behaviour was, that 3G was shown up when there was 3G signal. Otherwise it showed E (edge).
So my understanding of “smart data mode” is, that it’s showing up 5G because it’s pinging 5G band and connection is available, but it’s using LTE momentarily due to loosy 5G signal (slower than LTE, or not too much faster, but heavily battery draining). Otherwise, when finding no 5G signal, it would show 4G LTE even if the 5G connectivity is enabled permanently.
This way I would consider it truly smart and useful. -
Russian airline crew charged in $50 million Apple device smuggling scheme
1000 products worth over a million? That’s $1000 per unit.. there are not accessories, but iPhones, iPads, Watches and Macs. I’m not getting it why anybody dares to steal devices, that are not supposed to be able to get factory clear, and are traceable with FMi, FMM feature.
However, “niet” was a brilliant answer FBI! -
Everything unveiled at Apple's iPhone 12 event - and what AppleInsider thought
For me, Apple got it right again! Bringing the advantage of 5G connectivity in sub-6GHz spectrum only, I view the absolutely logical step, when there’s virtualy no mmWave (and “mmwave ready”) infrastructure, and most importantly, no conclusion on health related concerns of mass deployment of these multiple mimo beamforming mmWave antena arrays in dense populated areas.
I love Apple’s rationale and courage to wait! -
Give up analyzing Apple's 'Hi, Speed' invitation for clues