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  • Power-over-Ethernet adapter provides networking, charging to connected iPad, iPhone

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    dewme said:
    Hmm. Referring to this as a PoE device is a bit misleading because it is not really attaching to a wider PoE enabled network that ideally conforms to one of the PoE standards. I guess you could say that this is a PoE network consisting of a single node and a single power supply. The adapter appears to be more like an external wired NIC for attaching iOS devices to standard Ethernet in addition to also supplying local power to the host device. Nevertheless it's still a useful device for certain iOS device based applications where using WiFi is impractical or undesirable, e.g., in a high RF noise environment. This could, for example, be employed to use an iPad as a human machine interface (HMI) panel on the door of an industrial enclosure that has an Ethernet connection/switch inside the enclosure. 
    They were talking about two different products. Presumable the PoE device wouldn't come with a power supply as it gets it's power from it's network connection.
    dewme

  • An iPhone switch story from a reluctant Android switcher

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    muthuk_vanalingam said:

    i) Access to File System (The most important one. I know everyone in this forum would laugh at this point - only to be hypocrites 1 year later when Apple opens it up in iphones as well, apart from opening it up in iPads this year)
    Can you list a few use cases where that's helpful?  I can think of a few outlier cases (copying MAME ROMs into an app comes to mind.)

    For my media iTunes does a pretty good job of syncing my files.  I'd hate to have to manage my music manually.  And it's easy to send PDFs to my phone to get added to iBooks. 

    I really cannot think how this is a big advantage.  (And yes I know Apple is adding this feature in iOS 11.)
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  • Virgin Mobile USA goes iPhone-exclusive, promises first year of unlimited plan for $1

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    payeco said:
    boltsfan17 said:
    It's great there are companies like Virgin and T-Mobile shaking up the industry. I would love to ditch Verizon, but their coverage is far superior to companies like T-Mobile. 
    When was the last time you tried T-Mobile? I switched to T-Mobile in February and it's been great so far. Coverage is as good as AT&T in my area (with way faster speeds) and better than Verizon. Their coverage has gotten dramatically better in the last year.
    I totally agree with boltsfan17 and I recently switched from AT&T to Verizon for better coverage and AT&T was better than Sprint and T-Mobile in my state.  I often have coverage when no one else does.  
    mwhiteboltsfan17

  • iMac Pro cost blows away similar Lenovo workstation, DIY builders struggle to meet price w...

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    yonis said:
    Here's my attempt:
    https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CcC3QV

    Couple of tradeoffs I needed to make:
    1. Workstation graphics inflate cost tremendously, so I replaced with 2 1080 Tis in SLI. They're good at different things, but I figure doubling up on the 1080 Tis would more or less make up the difference.
    2. Thunderbolt 3 isn't necessary if you have PCI Express.
    Uh, you forgot a case, keyboard, and mouse.
    watto_cobra