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by jpxxx 14y ago
"pointless extra electronic waste" pretty accurately describes this fact-free diatribe. Flagged.
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by jpxxx 14y ago
It would seem that the 11-pin Samsung variant would have enough pins available for all of Apple's backwards compatibility needs. I too wish they'd gone in this direction instead.
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by jpxxx 14y ago
shrug I do this for a living, and these glitches and problems are consistently putting food on my table.
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Having to set aside less volume for the connector in your devices is a technical win, and I don't think the financial benefit adds up to enough to significantly matter to Apple. But I'm interested: by labor shortages do you mean internal en
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Given its financial performance, I can only imagine that iOS's quality is priority #0, #1, and #2 through 10 at Apple. From an anecdotal perspective, it has all gotten a great deal better over the years.
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by jpxxx 14y ago
If you're feeling up for a safari (har), go to your iPhoto Library, right-click -> Show Package Contents, and check out the sizes of each folder inside of here. (the terminal command 'du' or the freeware GrandPerspective.app works well)
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by jpxxx 14y ago
This is fascinating, thank you. I haven't heard of this standard. CEC, video, audio, DRM, and power over a single cable, with two physically and electrically compatible micro-USB implementations. Hrm.... I am intrigued. I'll have to think o
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by jpxxx 14y ago
I'm asking you to think critically about the tech industry and discuss it with me in a place where people who think critically about the tech industry discuss it. So let's try again! Perhaps 4 out of 10 iPhones sold today are sold into the
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Much of this is dopey nonsense but he's correctly describing a few Real Problems. -- iOS devices blowing their asset layout and 'Othering' out is a Real Problem that used to happen far too often. The only fix beyond a backup+restore is to r
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by jpxxx 14y ago
That is a completely valueless comment. Away you go! :)
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Correct, rocket science is easy. Satisfying the needs of a quarter billion customers is hard. Micro-USB is used universally for charging and photo transfer, and in some platforms it's used for block-storage and/or file-transfer. On Apple's
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Yes, correct, that is a Customer "Pro". I am writing it on the board. Now fill the entire board up with Pros and Cons, then matrix that across Apple, Regulators, Carriers, Engineering, and Third Party Concerns. And then get back to me on w
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by jpxxx 14y ago
We're arguing the same thing. :) I'm not critical of their choices. They did their best work making the best product for the most people with the most money. Unsafe was cashing in 100% of their market credibility to drop an uncompetitive ke
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Other gadgets? Like what? Describe this workflow. Plugging in to your Kindle PowerFast adapter that only fast-charges a Kindle? Plugging in to a PMP that that supports USB-MTP or USB-MSP, which Apple doesn't support at all? Plugging in a H
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by jpxxx 14y ago
"Think different" won them a dominant position in two colossal (and colossally important) markets that they're in the process of eviscerating to the consternation of all involved. I assure you they are in the process of "thinking different"
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by jpxxx 14y ago
I need you to do a thought experiment: It's yesterday. Apple has just announced that they are immediately moving to micro-USB on all of their iOS products. What does this mean for the existing ecosystem of 30-pin accessories and the custome
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Seriously. How many draped cloth reveals were there? How about the Air slipping out of an envelope? Or the nano from his pocket?
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by jpxxx 14y ago
I like this guy but this opinion piece has almost nothing going for it. What the tech-elite are upset about is that the iPhone is the product of -SAFE- design. They made safe design choices, safe technical choices, safe aesthetic choices, a
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Yep. And then: what is the backwards compatibility story for 30-pin if Apple were to move to native Micro-USB? There is none. Micro-USB can't ever reassign pins or masquerade as something else, otherwise it's not USB. An active 30-pin adap
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by jpxxx 14y ago
True. But they already ship an adapter in every box and all regulators agree this is acceptable.
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Boo, you clickwhore. USB-PTP is already implemented on iOS. What's the win for going to Micro-USB beyond letting you reuse your Blackberry charger? USB-MTP is a user experience disaster. USB-MSC is a user experience disaster in the context
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by jpxxx 14y ago
The part where the two actors are heavily armed police and a box of mugshots of minorities stamped MOST WANTED. Edit: Also it's worth noting that as of several weeks ago this was a much more elaborate site. It's been significantly toned dow
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Yes I went full barrel, yes I'm being hyperbolic, no I don't care, and no it's not interesting to me that they did a good job keying their full-bleeds. "Overboard" is a municipal website that has potent imagery of fully armored police offic
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by jpxxx 14y ago
It's militaristic, it's alienating, it's fetishistic, it's hostile, it insidiously portrays class and ethnic conflict as an everyday battle worth fighting, and it panders to the worst in Americans who already endorse the myriad excesses an
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Point #2 is arguing with your conclusion, so let's set that aside. You're on the right track but you have to look wider. And now that prices are out, we can play with better guesstimates. Anyone purchasing an iPhone will have a USB wallbric
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Some ill-sourced dirty laundry about Apple Retail does not apply here. If I may engage in some hyperbole: this is the highest-profile product in all of consumer electronics that is at the forefront of almost any discussion regarding the big
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Pretty excellent design choices this time around. Substantially improved body, performance, performance, performance, as world-mode as world-mode gets, significant camera upgrades, total carrier coverage, total content market coverage, a be
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by jpxxx 14y ago
A reasonable estimation is that apple is going to NET about 32 billion dollars in sales of iPhone 5s in its first sales year. Take that $8 surcharge, add an extra adapter at $10 a pop for every one of those customers, and you're talking abo
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by jpxxx 14y ago
That's an honest effort but not enough. Throw the Apple Thunderbolt Display and the correct Apple Wireless Keyboard into the comparison and points 1, 3, 4, and 7 evaporate. You're standing on a single extra key, a logo that might be back
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by jpxxx 14y ago
Either you're being willfully obtuse, you're unaware of what the market for all-in-ones looks like right now, or else the entire tech industry is filled with dummies who aren't as observant and correct as you. Pick one. (And while we're nit

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