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  • Android iMessage app Beeper mini isn't working, and Apple probably killed it

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Apple promised to open source the iMessage protocol years ago.

    They should get on with it.
    williamlondon9secondkox2

  • Apple wants to add a flashlight to future Apple Watches

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    Xed said:
    This is simply a small flashlight that attaches to your Apple Watch. I'm wondering what about this is unique enough to be patented. These have been around for many years for a variety of products, albeit larger than is shown in the patent.

    https://gearward.com/products/watch-flashlight
    Yep, yet another garbage patent that should have been rejected for being obvious to the average village idiot, let alone someone "skilled in the art".
    williamlondonbyronlVictorMortimer

  • iPhone 15 Pro review three months later: Worth every penny

    darkvaderdarkvader
    It's a whole lot of new "meh".

    The only big new thing that's really great about the 15 is the switch to USB C.  I wouldn't even consider the "pro" model, the 15+ (in black, because the other colors suck) would be the only one I'd even bother looking at.  I do not need fancy cameras in my phone, the camera in the 5 was good enough for everything I need, and it doesn't have a stupid camera bulge, give me that in a large screen phone please.

    And add an easily swappable battery and headphone jack.  I'm fine if it's a few ounces heavier, I won't even notice.
    grandact73williamlondon

  • US Apple Watch sales and import ban: What you need to know

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    goodbyeranch said:
    jbtuckr said:
    goodbyeranch said:
    I know this wont happen but I dream that This is Apple’s chance to drop the watch altogether and exit that market. It is by far the worst Apple product ever. I’m embarrassed for Apple. I’ve tried and given up on several models, most recently the Ultra 1. Obnoxious phone/watch integration and by the time I turn off 1001 unwanted naggy intrusive “features” there’s little value for the price. Excuse me while I search Apple support forums to figure out how to disable this screeching beeping crisis alarm signal because I bent my wrist too far at the gym. The Apple Watch “experience” is trash. Unpopular opinion but surely I’m not alone. 
    There's no way you're actually using this like a normal human uses an Apple Watch bc really? Lmao
    LOL the jury is out on "normal" but when I wake up before my alarm goes off and look at the watch but it won't show me the time because I should still be sleeping. I play music on my PHONE and when I look at the watch instead of it showing me my watch face, it shows me my music. Same with YouTube. How about this one - I'd like the watch to play music for me instead of my phone so that my music isn't interrupted when I make a video on my phone. Nope. can't do it. I'm a respectful person that doesn't want texts and calls interrupting  dinner, meetings or even my work so that's all turned off too. I don't want it buzzing to let me know to turn left or right when I'm navigating on my phone when I can hear Siri say it anyways. I wear the watch to the gym but can't wear the watch doing front squats because my wrist will press and hold a button that sets off a crisis alarm. Shall I go on? By the time I "accidentally" discover all those annoying behaviors, figure out how to turn them off I've just lost interest and stopped wearing it. Nag nag nag nag nag. And that's AFTER I've turned off breathe and stand alerts. Another Apple watch on eBay. I'd LOVE to LOVE the watch - obviously, since I tried it so many times. it's certainly sexy. But in the every day real world? No thank you not for me.  I'm glad it works for you.
    There are workarounds for literally everything you describe.

    Of course, they're intended behaviors for most people, so Apple isn't going to fundamentally change the way the watch works to make you happy.  Not sure why you want an Apple watch in the first place, since you seem to want to turn off all its good features.
    williamlondontokyojimuAlex1NSpitbathlordjohnwhorfinradarthekat

  • US Apple Watch sales and import ban: What you need to know

    darkvaderdarkvader
    gatorguy said:
    darkvader said:
    rob53 said:
    "It was also reasoned by Masimo that the U.S. public would not be affected by an Apple Watch import ban as the sensor isn't "essential to the public health or welfare." This was due to Apple's warnings in fine print that the measurements from the sensor "should not be relied upon for medical purposes," Masimo declared." If the Apple sensor isn't of any medical value then why is Masimo suing Apple? Is Apple's implementation inferior to Masimo's? Is Apple's implementation even similar to Masimo's? Who actually owns the original pulse oximetry patents? Is Masimo violating someone else's patents? 
    Pulse oximetry was invented in 1974, the patents are long expired.

    The Masimo patents should never have been issued.  I'm not a fan of Apple bullying smaller companies, but this one is bullshit on Masimo's part.
    The patents are not for inventing pulse oximetry. The ones Apple was accused of infringing have to do with the method of integrating and reading on a mobile device like a smartwatch. 

    Apple patents a LOT of things related to technology they did not originally invent, as do 1000's (millions?) of manufacturing and technology companies, and individuals.
    I'm absolutely not saying that Apple doesn't have a lot of the same type of shady patent.  They absolutely do engage in the same ridiculous patenting of non-inventions.

    But that doesn't change the fact that this particular patent was not an invention, was entirely obvious, and should not have been issued.
    williamlondonStrangeDaysronnlordjohnwhorfin