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roneythomas6

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    Comment #39930477

    These are grants and isn't meant to fully cover the cost. Depending on who is going to own the station. They also need to chip in the cost. Just like how EV tax credit works.

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    Comment #39929461

    Well when congress passed the bill they have allocated 7.5 billion for charging infrastructure. They haven't fully spend the money. Of which 5 billion is towards states to apply fo…

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    Comment #39619910

    My Sony Xperia phone had a cable that connected to standard usb charger, this was before the first iPhone. From my memory Moto Razr 2 used micro usb b cable to standard usb. There …

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    Comment #39509435

    User never has to manage cache space which has always been the case. Also your normal user cannot do that, without system level privileges. Third party apps where to able to call a…

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    Comment #39500608

    In WhatsApp you can enable save photos and videos to your phone gallery and then any backup app can do backups. Google Photos and numerous other apps are able backup WhatsApp photo…

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    Comment #39500540

    Can you send it to me? I have an iptv business and we have new customers always looking for FireTV 4K max stick.

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    Comment #39497644

    It does. But cache clearing only goes to a certain point after that it will stop you from updating apps and installing new apps, until you free up space by uninstalling an app.

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    Comment #39497311

    Is FireTV even locked? FireTV is the most popular Android stick for STB emulator apps.

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    Comment #39497298

    FireTV 4k max is pretty descent and costs a fraction of Apple TV.

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    Comment #39424443

    I been following the Tesla IR presentations. The slowdown was intentional. The key issues are Tesla doesn't have diversified model lines, price wars and the misstep with 4680 batte…

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    Comment #39363660

    By the time Nokia N9 came out Android was the dominant smartphone OS. Nokia even cancelled releasing N9 in select markets due to this. Not to mention the api’s were severely lackin…

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    Comment #39363408

    Microsoft was still struggling with the fallout from Vista. Microsoft scrambling for that Vista SP1 and you would think they have time for Windows Mobile. Not to mention they were …

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    Comment #39363305

    Android overtook Symbian globally in early 2011. In major markets Android overtook Symbian sometime in late 2009-2010.

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    Comment #39355788

    The issue is with billing and which mobile provider is responsible for the phone number. If your phone is dynamically switching between 5 carriers, does that mean you now need to h…

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    Comment #39355757

    You will end up with something like energy demand response market. Where providers aren’t incentivized to build out the network for redundancy or QoS. Then you would need the Govt …

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    Comment #39141635

    The thing is that Google has made Chrome really good that, there is less reasons for people to leave it for another browser. The only cons are privacy and fear of Chrome being the …

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    Comment #39141597

    Browsers do compete on merit. I use both iOS and Android. My Pixel 6 has an inferior processor compared to my iPhone 14. Even a 5 year old iPhone would smoke my Pixel 6 in benchmar…

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    Comment #38389668

    Motorola phones where using Qualcomm modems. There is nothing really special about it. Even the Nexus had the same modems during that time period. Pixel phones didn't have widespre…

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    Comment #38308952

    RCS messages outside of Google’s Jibe uses HTTPS/TLS so there is encryption. What Google has done is add E2E on top.

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    Comment #38308925

    Not sure why people thinks it’s a fork. RCS is only a standard, there is no open source implementation. Even to use it commercially you need to license it from GSMA. So every imple…

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    Comment #38081692

    Also the base 14" M3 only has one external monitor support vs two in in M3 Pro and 2 Thunderbolt 3/USB C port vs 3 Thunderbolt 4/USB C ports.

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    Comment #38080566

    No, For x86, They were fine when all mobile CPU's where Single and Dual core. Intel actually had upper hand for a short time thanks to hyperthreading. But once Qualcomm and other A…

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    Comment #38080202

    MIPS died for Android after Imagination Technologies acquired it in 2013. There is nothing for Google to do when there is no new SOC or new phones. As for x86, it is still widely u…

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    Comment #37652560

    I don't understand what opportunity was lost? They are still offering 0% financing which is still cheaper than Pixel Pass. On top when you add trade in, it's even cheaper. With Pix…

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    Comment #37651527

    Sony phones are really bad with updates. They have very short 2 year update and the updates are extremely buggy almost making the phone a brick. Look at Xperia 5 iv android 13 same…