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Re:Apple's naming conventions are a mess on Friday October 11, 2024 @11:20AM (#41810285)
These are worse than what Apple has today
Re:Why I use Firefox on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @08:57AM (#39537958)
In general, wouldn’t Chrome be much closer to being Internet Explorer?
Re:Ask HN: Has Apple lost it's way? on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @04:56PM (#39530647)
They have historically rarely been first at anything
Re:Nokia Made Too Many Phones on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @07:46PM (#39364915)
They tried that a few years ago with the iPhone 5C. We saw no difference in repair rates at the time.
The cable is the same for both devices though
Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok on Sunday September 24, 2023 @09:52AM (#37633121)
Phones, sure, but there’s plenty of good productivity and creation software available for tablets. And these days, most productivity software runs in the browser anyway.
Re:Apple Brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @02:41PM (#35878650)
What’s wrong with the file management on iOS?
Re:Framework 12th gen laptop review on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @08:24AM (#35150343)
Personally, I was happy to see them ditch a proprietary charging method for something that is an industry standard.
Re:ThinkPad 701C with a Framework brain transplant on Thursday February 23, 2023 @04:49PM (#34917024)
Apple hasn't removed the headphone jack from any of their laptops.
Re:Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away on Saturday February 18, 2023 @12:47PM (#34849053)
The original iPhone SE and iPhone Mini designs are not the same.
Because it was Tim Cook that made accessibility a priority, not Steve Jobs.
I don’t want the vast majority of Google apps on my android phone, but I can’t remove them. It’s the same on both platforms.
Re:Smartwatches Are Dying Because They Are Worthless on Friday December 16, 2016 @06:11PM (#13197751)
I guess I'm weird as I don't have my phone on me 24/7. For people like me, smart watches have a lot of utility.
Re:Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad on Friday April 17, 2015 @09:43AM (#9394206)
Attracting more developers does nothing to attract more users.
Re:Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad on Friday April 17, 2015 @09:37AM (#9394169)
Nothing new there. Microsoft has always been very open their research, and Apple hasn't. They prefer to talk about products they will actually ship vs. things that might happen at some point in the future.