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  • Samsung delays launch of Galaxy Fold after review unit screen failures [u]

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    I’ll be the naysayer...

    It looks like these were early production models given to reviewers to review, and they didn’t pass muster.  Since the article states tha the launch is delayed, they haven’t been available to the general public.  As someone stated earlier, giving these out to trusted employees might have been a better option, but employees tend to be conservative with stuff their boss gives them, rather than the ‘will it blend’ types, so that test would be biased as well.  

    I was hoping for this to succeed, as the envelope gets pushed, more possibilities are available for all.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple Watch's heart rate monitoring credited with saving another life

    jeffythequickjeffythequick
    I never get tired of hearing about this!

    But then again, I have my blood sugar on my Apple Watch, and it has informed me as I was starting to go low plenty of times.
    SoliGeorgeBMacsflocal

  • Feds bust $900,000 iPhone repair & return scam in Oregon

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    "Apple reportedly sent Jiang a cease-and-desist letter in both June and July 2017 while CPB also wrote in April and October to tell him that counterfeit phones addressed to him had been seized. Jiang denies receiving any of these letters or being told that what he was doing was illegal."

    hmmm... someone has to tell you that exchanging ~4,500 (vs. 20-30 as told... lying to investigators is pretty bad, from what I hear in the news) iPhones that you got in several boxes and drove 75 miles to return (I'm guessing they didn't bring all the boxes into the store at once) multiple times, then sending them back to China is illegal?
    randominternetpersonwatto_cobra

  • HomePod now $299 in US, similar cuts made worldwide

    jeffythequickjeffythequick
    And the countdown starts on Homepod 2...
    beowulfschmidtgenovelledjkfishercornchipstanhopecaladanianAppleExposed

  • Online Apple Store down ahead of rumored iPad & iMac updates

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    mpw_amherst said:

    It's not known what new hardware may be unveiled when the Store reopens but it's expected that we'll see new iPads. We may also see the long-awaited launch of the AirPower charging pad and conceivably even iMacs.

    So any guess when the iMac will get an update? I know from other articles you report there’s little/no noise on an update but it seems overdue. Also, as an aside, I can’t remember the last time Apple’s lines seem so confused. Some consumer laptops with Touch ID others not; touchbar but not on desktop keyboards; pencil 1 & 2; Touch ID and Face ID. 


    I'm looking forward to the next iMac, due to be released in 2022, as the Mac Mini team was a little peeved at the iMac team, so Apple decided to make things fair, and have a 4 year update between iMacs, and added an extra year as payback to the Mini team.  They were at first stunned, then elated.

    On this iMac, it will be the only one to feature the Apple Pencil 6, which will have no compatibility with Apple Pencils 1-5, and have a tip that is threaded reverse, so even those aren't compatible.  You'll be able to log in with your signature, but it'll be kept in the Giga-Secure data storage, along with your face for FaceID, all 10 of your fingertips for TouchID, your DNA for dnaID, your weight/BMI for WeightID and bmiID, your last 12 songs listened to for MusicID, and a sample of your DNA for dnaID.  With SignatureID, there have been fears of a hack of this chip would let someone totally impersonate you, especially with the new cell 3D printers just released in 2021.  As new Apple President, Tim Apple (a remarkable Tim Cook look-alike) said, in his 2011 keynote voice, "that'll never happen."

    Sorry, folks... just having fun...

    Latko