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  • Apple Watch Series 4 fall detection summons emergency services, saves elderly man

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    Rayz2016 said:
    Is it unusual to sleep with your watch on?
    Been doing this for months.  The Apple watch is usually around 60% when it's bedtime.  I take at least an hour to prep before I go to bed.  Bathroom, read a book and soak in the tub, my Rx, wind down ... By that time, my watch is 95-100% charged - and it's good for the night, my work day and evening again.  It' charges pretty fast.
    lolliverwatto_cobra

  • iPhone X beats out Galaxy S10+ CPU in alleged benchmark testing

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    Fatman said:
    It will be interesting to see if Apple can keep up the pace of impressive faster processors each generation or if it will start to flatten, especially since the die shrink process is close to hitting its limit. Apple should agressively take advantage of this performance lead - encourage developers to push the envelope, giving them a compelling differentiator vs Android.
    One could easily be led to believe that. I expected a 15% improvement, year to year; but instead we are seeing a vast improvement that far exceeds what the rest of the technology world is offering in generational improvement numbers.
    watto_cobra

  • Qualcomm points to innovation costs as shield to FTC's antitrust claims

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    I have a problem with buying chips, then buying a license to use the chips.
    Here, buy my car, not pay me a license fee when you drive it.  Buy my home appliance, but you owe me money if you use it.  Buy a truck, but every time you put tires on it, you owe me money.

    Qualcomm makes excellent modems, no one disputes that.  They could charge a premium for the chips, and quietly continue to dominate - but this idea of using your product to leverage your customer, does nothing to encourage your customer from finding another supplier.

    The worst thing you can do, is NOT LOSING your customer.  The worst thing you can do is make your customer your enemy.

    May I reference Gillette as a current example.  Not content to compete by making a superior product, Gillette decided to insult and mock their customers, and the customers are now angry.  This means that DorkoUSA, Harrys and Dollar Shave Club are facing unprecedented demand.  Making a razor sharp metal is not rocket science, once gone; odds are that the Gillette customers will be gone for life.
    olsMplsPracerhomie3jbdragonEsoteric

  • AMD unveils Radeon 7 graphics card likely to appear in future pro Macs

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    I foresee another NVIDIA Driver release, which will "magically" close the gap with the competition.  This is a tried and true tactic, that NVIDIA has been doing for decades.  When they release a chip-set, there are features that are intentionally disabled, so that he competition can try to catch up, or beat them - only to be defeated by the "features" that the new driver enables.
    watto_cobra

  • Review: 802.11ac Synology RT2600ac router is the best AirPort replacement we've found yet

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    How I wish that Tim Cook had not killed the Apple router business unit.

    I have had several routers (Linksys, Linksys, Asus, Netgear, etc) that work great out of the box; then about a year later, they start exhibiting what I call "Router Rot".  They work, then slow down and require a reset to restore full functionality.  This continues to degrade where the router needs to be reset weekly, then every other day, and finally daily.  Not sure if this is a sign of thermal, as in the thermal paste has dried out - or degradation of capacitors, or a combination of both.

    But, when I finally was sick of it, that I listened to my buddy, and paid the extra for an Apple - this annual trip to the electronics store ended.  My old 802.11n router works just fantastic, never needs to be reset- it's a frickin' rock.  I now use this as an extension to my Air Port Extreme tower, which is 802.11ac.  I am lucky enough to be connected to fiber, so my home has 150-250 mbps (I could boost this to 1 Gbps for another $15/month - but at the present speeds - seriously, why bother).

    If Apple made a router, that supported whatever is beyond 802.11ac - I would be among the first to say "take my money".
    caladanianwatto_cobra