Hardware Isn’t Hard, Competing with Apple Is Hard

Re:Hardware Isn’t Hard, Competing with Apple Is Hard by ctdonath on Monday November 06, 2017 @11:14AM (#15636435)

There's a substantive difference between "simple" and "just happens". It's why my BT headphones sit in a drawer, while I gladly anticipate paying 16x as much for AirPods (and no, the money isn't freely available). The error mode for "simple" is "hard", while the error mode for "just happens" is "simple".

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Re:Hardware Isn’t Hard, Competing with Apple Is Hard by lowry on Monday November 06, 2017 @11:49AM (#15636731)

Recent NFC-enabled BT headphones do quite well the pairing with an NFC-enabled phone.

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Re:Hardware Isn’t Hard, Competing with Apple Is Hard by canuckintime on Monday November 06, 2017 @12:50PM (#15637203)

Apple doesn't allow NFC pairing on their devices. That's why Airpods feel so "magical" if you use an iPhone

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