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  • EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, overwhelmingly vote to push for charging cable standard

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    baconstang said:
    Wireless only?  Seriously?
    Go from some e-waste to power waste....great!

    Why can't the EU standardize the common outlets?  I get a PSU and it comes with one adaptor for the US and 5 others for EU and Asia (?)
    Indeed: and for portable charging that’s awful. Instantly halves your available power through wireless inefficiency. 
    radarthekatbaconstangJWSCsuperklotonmicrobe

  • Apple Pay with Express Transit arrives at Penn Station in New York City

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    Jay7 said:
    I'm glad to hear that! I just happen to be going to NYC soon.

    So, all one needs to do to use the NYC Metro with Express Transit is to go into Apple Wallet, turn on Express Transit, pick which credit/debit card the funds should come from, and you're done?

    This may b e a dumb question (I haven't ridden the NYC Metro in years and I can't remember exactly how the inside of the stations work)...

    Suppose I use Express Transit (tap iPhone) at Penn Station and get on the 1 train (which can use Express Transit) and I get off the 1 train at Times Square and get on, say, the M train to Union Square (which doesn't currently have Express Transit enabled). How does that work? Do I have to use Express Transit (tap iPhone) at TS when I get off of the 1 train and then buy/use a Metro card at TS to get on the M toward Union Square?
    Once you’ve entered the system you’re free to travel wherever you want. Just don’t exit as iirc transfers are handled differently. But for lines you can walk to without exiting you’re free just like anyone who entered using a metro card or pass etc. they’re not checked at exit: it’s a fare at entry system. 

    Apple Maps with Transit selected shows which lines share stations  Or the MTA’s own maps. 

    https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2019-10/subway_map_app_web_Oct_2019.pdf

    On the OMNY site there is something about transfers. 

    Jay7

  • On its own, AirPods could be a $175 billion enterprise

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    On a casual three day visit to NYC probably 60% of earphone users were using Airpods. and I’d expect the ANC ability of the new ones to up that %. 
    watto_cobraphilboogie

  • Apple advises iPhone 5 owners to update to iOS 10.3.4 by November 3

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    dysamoria said:
    I use my iPhone 4 as an iPod, without cellular enabled. Does this issue impact me?
     I: the gps functions for communication purposes such as app purchases etc. over the air. If your using your device as a passive player nothing will change. 
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Apple Pay overtakes Starbucks for in-store mobile payments

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    I'd be amazed if Samsung Pay is really only 1/3 of Apple Pay. I live in a country where Android has probably 80% market share and all terminals have been contactless for the last decade yet I doubt Samsung would have that relative share. I know it has some non-NFC functionality but does anyone use it? Any thoughts from people in the US?
    “ Apple Pay is the most-used mobile payment app in the United States,...”

    the articles numbers are all United States not global and contactless is far from common even today. My local gas vendor just changed and I’m not aware of any other gas chain in my state (PA) that has, in a trip across the country the gas stations with contactless were rare. 

    Public transportation systems are mostly recent in either planning (Phila) or implementing (NYC, D. C. has for a few years) contactless. 
    caladanianwatto_cobra