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  • Future Apple keyboard could have one key that can pop out and be used as a mouse

    sportyguy209sportyguy209
    Will it be named Mini Mouse? ;-)
    randominternetperson

  • Govee countertop ice maker review: Matter control to chill those beverages

    sportyguy209sportyguy209
    I've owned a similar style ice maker (without the automation) and found the ice it produces to be disappointing. The ice melts quickly and is softer than refrigerator ice. While some ice is better than no ice, I wouldn't recommend it.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's folding iPhone screen may not be plagued with a crease after use

    sportyguy209sportyguy209
    @appleinsider_admin (suggested edit)...<Ultimately a glass screen is a deformable material, and the crease develops from fatigue failure. That's basically the same materiel [material] failure as when you bend an aluminum can over and over, and it tears on its own.>

    While I'd enjoy having a larger iPhone screen some of the time, I love the portability of my current iPhone. Not sure I can have both (or at a price point that is affordable), but Apple has surprised me before (in both good and bad ways). I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up with. :-)
    danoxwatto_cobra

  • New Year update to Apple Fitness+ adds Strava integration

    sportyguy209sportyguy209
    "The collaboration with Strava sees that fitness app gaining access to Apple Fitness+ data -- ranging from session metrics to episode cover are."

    Do you mean cover art?
    watto_cobra

  • Don't toss your Apple Watch away if you get a hard fall warning, like Steven Spielberg did...

    sportyguy209sportyguy209
    I've gotten the SOS alert numerous times playing Frisbee, doing home maintenance, and digging for landscaping, but fortunately have not actually needed it. The first time it went off I freaked out and didn't know how to turn it off and once I finally did, it wasn't in time and I started getting concerned calls from all my emergency contacts.

    The problem with Apple's implementation is when it goes off, you tend to panic because you don't want to call emergency services or your friends unnecessarily. And, you have to scroll to see your other options (if you don't notice the x), like I didn't fall, and I'm Ok. I would prefer that it just gave you two options that were both visible on the first screen: the first would be a green button, I'm Ok, and the second would be a red button for SOS. Obviously, if you are not Ok, you don't have to (or may be unable to) push a button, so I don't know why that has to be the only choice visible. I generally like the feature, just feel it could be made a lot clearer.

    In the meantime, I take the watch off when I'm digging, and try to remember when I'm playing Frisbee, but I've left the feature on just in case I have a real emergency.
    watto_cobra