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  • Apple Maps gets crowdsourced accident, speed check and hazard warnings in iOS 14.5 beta

    jpellinojpellino
    Great. Now do speed limit alerts, add “via” to route, and non-route speed limit badge. 
    gregoriusmargonauturaharawatto_cobra

  • MacBook Pro with SD card slot, no Touch Bar coming in 2021

    jpellinojpellino
    SD slot would be good, there are still a lot of "real" cameras out there that have no other way to move pics.  I will admit that USB-C does avail a more swiss-army style of dongle.  Wish Apple would make a fully-populated one.  

    As for 5G, if you can tether your already-paid-for phone 5G plan, why bother?  Apple has you in their ecosystem either way.  

    I would rather they go back to magsafe as a power connector - I have an M1 MBA on the way and am pre-wincing - I can think of all the times I've seen my MBP 9,2 adapter end flopping around in mute testimony to my intact computer.  Use USB-C as a device connector etc.  


    doggonewatto_cobramejsric

  • Apple seemingly discontinues Apple TV 'Remote' app

    jpellinojpellino
    I was able to re-download it from my purchased list. FWIW
    spock1234bonobobwatto_cobra

  • Apple One will manage users with multiple Apple IDs, but questions remain

    jpellinojpellino
    Any indication if iCloud will still be available solo and no cost for basic?
    Thanks,

    watto_cobra

  • Corellium exploits iOS jailbreak to install Android on iPhone

    jpellinojpellino
    This is for bragging rights first.  

    If the proof-of-concept is that you can rip the OS out, root and stem, then, well, OK.  But having your phone suddenly run another OS is not the same as having malicious apps somehow make their way to the springboard or malicious processes running in the background.  

    As for obsolescence, my 2017 iPhone SE is no more "obsolete" than my 2010 Toyota.  Can it do everything the new one can?  Nope.  Can it still do everything it used to?  Yes.  Do I wish it could do more?  Yes.  That's not so much nefarious as it is a matter of having spent some time.  

    I did however, count up how many commerce and personal services apps I would need to have in order to have "an app for that" fo all the businesses I am involved with.  I stopped counting after 40.  Most of the push for apps and services is for commercial ventures that will make money from it.  It's a matter of perspective as to how whiz-bang you want your tech to be.  

    Now, put a DSLR-worthy imaging setup in a phone and I'll be tempted to massively upgrade.  The three-camera 11s are that temptation.  The only non-phone objects my phone has supplanted are my dedicated GPS, and every-day carry camera.  
    watto_cobra