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  • Here are the vehicles and receivers with Apple CarPlay announced in 2018 & 2019

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    tzeshan said:
    When will the new CarPlay installed 2019 Camry be available? 
    You should probably ask Toyota.
    macseeker

  • Review: Lenovo's Smart Display can sell iPhone owners on Google Assistant

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    kestral said:
    Ok, screen, decent sounding speakers, the screen is touch and does computing stuff. At what point is it just an iPad?
    Well, near the beginning of the article, they did devote an entire paragraph to the limitations imposed by NO BROWSER on the device.  So... that alone would make it nothing at all like an iPad. :smile: 
    (at least, compared to the way most people I know use an iPad.)
    [Deleted User]watto_cobra

  • Here are the vehicles and receivers with Apple CarPlay announced in 2018 & 2019

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    GeorgeBMac said:
    My ideal Apple Car Play would be a slot for an iPad with a lightening connector for charging and amplification out to the car's speakers....
    Yes! This!
    The car maker can save money by not having to install a screen and an OS, and not paying licensing fees to mapping companies, or M$, or whoever's core tech they use now.... the end-user can pick their tablet of choice (may require a dealer-purchased adapter to make it fit perfectly... the proper plug and all) ... the auto-maker only then needs to develop an app that works with carplay/android to get their HVAC controls and such onto the screen. 

    The car makers like to tout their own in-car systems... and the buyer chooses between them because they have to... but it's really like choosing between Herpes, HepA, or HIV.... none of them are good choices... and both CarPlay and AndroidAuto are far better ... you actually get the things you WANT. :)
    cornchipGeorgeBMac

  • 15-inch 2018 MacBook Pro compared - which upgrades are worth it?

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    My experience as probably an "average" user that wants to get the longest lifespan from my laptop:

    upgrade everything you can afford to.  
    RAM would be first priority (as it's not upgradeable later and makes a huge difference in the ability to run multiple apps or memory intense tasks like encoding video.)
    Then processor (it may not make much difference in real world usage NOW, but the i9 might make a difference in your ability to run the latest OS 5+ years from now... and it's not upgradeable later on.)
    Lastly the biggest SSD you can afford. (You'll likely want more space in the future than you think you need now, but the SSD is also (usually) upgradeable with a minimum of DIY savvy.)

    I'm currently using an "early 2014 MacBook Air" that can still handle every task I throw at it including some amateur video stuff... All I've had to do since buying it is a new battery. (specs were maxed-out when new.) I expect it to last me a couple more years now that the battery is "new" again.
    GeorgeBMac

  • iPhone survives 1,000-foot plummet out of a plane, located by owner with 'Find my iPhone'

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    Soli said:

    I’m what regard? I doubt I could give a more than a rudimentary, layman’s definition of the term, and I certainly don’t have a clue of the equation used to determine the terminal velocity of a given object’s mass in a given orientation.


    But you've shown a good understanding of it, simply by your ability to point out those variables.  You don't have to know the equations to understand the concept.
    (Though I'm not certain that "most" people understand the concept. )
    Soliwatto_cobra