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Yeah, but this has a screen built in and you can actually put it in your pocket.
https://sidetalking.com/original/ Don't limit yourself ...
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Probably because those of us who enjoy a lively discourse are tired of people trying to score some cheap karma with a thoughtless deployment of "slop" or "enshittification".
Understood. Here’s a more refined and articulate version: "Can you provide this without the characteristic vagueness and padding of AI-generated text? I’d prefer something more precise, substantive, and thoughtfully constructed." This keeps the directness while adding depth and clarity. Let me know if you'd like it even sharper.
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Its been a long slog for Apple, they have been working on this since 2018, and they had to keep extending its supply agreements with Qualcomm... "Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones" >The 2018 marching orders from Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook to design and build a modem chip—a part that connects iPhones to wireless carriers—led to the hiring of thousands of engineers. The goal…
Apple managed to design its own state-of-the-art CPUs. I wouldn't have imagined that designing its own modem would be such a difficult challenge?
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Its been a long slog for Apple, they have been working on this since 2018, and they had to keep extending its supply agreements with Qualcomm... "Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones" >The 2018 marching orders from Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook to design and build a modem chip—a part that connects iPhones to wireless carriers—led to the hiring of thousands of engineers. The goal…
Apple managed to design its own state-of-the-art CPUs. I wouldn't have imagined that designing its own modem would be such a difficult challenge?
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Now that Mac Mini is smaller, it's almost viable as iPad sidecar to run MacOS and Linux VMs. The ultimate dongle, with "I should be a hypervisor" graffiti. Pixel Tablet with GrapheneOS has less limitations and will soon have Linux VMs, but lacks a keyboard travel case, and has been discontinued.
> Now that Mac Mini is smaller, it's almost viable as iPad sidecar How I wish Apple would work to make this better than the current state. Currently it's very ugly (bad scaling, weird res, weird bars around screen), high latency, needs some configuration... Just let me plug in a cable and it should immediately become a display. (with video over DP?)
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I'm not "blaming" anyone. Not sure how you can have the software without the hardware. Screens are addictive. Why they are addictive is an interesting question- but regardless of the software being used- video games, social media, browsing the web, the fact remains that these activities are all addictive. I suspect it's just because screens are shiny, colorful, interactive objects. It doesn't matter what app you give…
The assumption that everyone has an issue with a device is where you loose me. I rarely look at my phone. I don't have any social apps on it. I only use the phone if I'm away from my keyboard. It is absolutely possible to own a device and not be addicted to it. I use my device for things that are useful, not unhealthy habits. It is not the device's fault you use it for unhealthy habits. Recognizing and admitting the…
I made no such assumption.
This is far astray from the original thread
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But how many hours of video playback?
My iPhone today last for less than a day while I dont watch any video on it, In fact, i barely use it currently, and it still drains batteries in no time. And yes, I disabled most background services and location services and run screen on low brightness - all the popular hacks to reduce battery usage.
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https://sidetalking.com/original/ Don't limit yourself ...
For anyone else whose browser is configured to not ask where to save files before downloading, you may notice that the site linked above initiates a download of a MIDI file named "Jive_Talkin.mid." It does appear to be safe according to VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/896eadff63581cb1a3f0e354...
PowerShell to the rescue:
$ie = New-Object -ComObject internetexplorer.application; $ie.Navigate("https://sidetalking.com/original/"); $ie.Visible = $trueIt is an iPhone 16, inside iPhone 14 Body, Single Camera from iPhone 16, with iPhone 14 OLED Screen, Apple Modem, Without UWB, Minus 1 GPU Core on A18, 7.5W MagSafe Charging same as iPhone 14. Wifi 6 instead of Wifi 7 on iPhone 16. However at $599, higher than the rumoured $499 or $549 pricing. iPhone 14 previously at $599 and iPhone SE at $429 are now gone. Getting rid of iPhone 14 and iPhone SE as they are both usi…
> The lineup is a little strange. They have Macs they call Macbook Airs, but their Macbooks look like "Air" Macbooks, they really should have swapped the names on those models long ago.
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The iPhone 13 Mini all by itself sold about the half of the rate of the entire Google Pixel lineup. There is a market for small phones from a reputable manufacturer. Source: Google shipped about 10 million Pixel phones in a year https://9to5google.com/2024/02/22/pixel-2023/ iPhone Mini accounted for about 3% of iPhone sales https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/21/cirp-iphone-13-best-selling-l... iPhones sell about 200 million…
The thing I'd add is that Apple often achieves what it does by doing less. People assume that because Apple makes great things that they can make a lot of different great things. But that's where a lot of other companies falter: they make too many different things to really make a few great things. Small phones are also difficult. Memory, processors, and batteries don't shrink. For an iPhone mini, they're going to be…