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Do I need to go on?

When it comes to Apple and its products, a good chunk of fanfare is due to "media hype." To an unsuspecting reader, Apple can do no wrong. From "bend gate" to need for purchase of extra hardware if one needs fast charging for instance.

Whatever the f that means. My iPhone charges from dead-flat to 100% in about 2 hours with the standard charging-nugget. It doesn't charge significantly faster using my higher-power iPad charger.

How about iphone USB cables that one cannot use on MacBooks?

If you want to use the included iPhone charging cable directly with a USB-C-equipped MacBook Pro (or MacBook), the cheapest way is with a $2 passive adapter you can buy on Amazon. Big F-ing deal.

Product development/release cycles don't always match-up. Deal with it. And if that's the biggest product-development gaffe you can come up with, that's pretty lame.

How about a situation in which for example one clicks an internet link in an email message? For iOS, Safari opens up, even when one would prefer Chrome!

Liar.

https://www.idownloadblog.com/...

I just hate that company and glad they have never had a chance "eat" my cash.

Seem to be doing just fine without it...

Most of Apple's other product designs were stolen, some from Braun products from the 60s.

https://www.cultofmac.com/188753/the-braun-products-that-inspired-apples-iconic-designs-gallery/

Funny how the Braun designer sides with Apple, ehh? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/te... -- https://www.fastcompany.com/30...

Especially against Samsung http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

who says they expected more? Only samsung says.

Actually, Samsung says that Apple has quadrupled OLED orders. http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/12/20/apple-to-quadruple-samsung-oled-panel-orders-for-2018-iphones/ And that Chinese phone makers didn't make the orders Samsung hoped for.

Somehow Nikkei got these confused and everybody believes them because Apple s doooooomed.

Who gives a shit if it does that 'only from control panel', firstly, and secondly the wifi button _DOESNT TURN OFF WIFI_. So, let's say you have some non-tech savvy surgeon do this? Should that person have to know how to test that Apple chose to lie to them? If so, why?

More to the point, it shouldn't fucking do that at all -- and passively discouraging people by burying shit in 5 clicks versus one is basically the same thing.

Who gives a shit when people get annoyed? We're talking about peoples fucking lives vs phone security. It's not even a choice. You have to accept Apple's decision to make that WIFI auto choice.

The only thing simple in this thread is your fucking head.

Actually, I think that they actually did introduce some dialogs and changed the button appearances that more clearly explain what happens with the Control Panel settings vs. the "Settings" App.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

Besides, I believe that "Airplane Mode" from the Control Panel actually DOES turn off all radios WITHOUT having to go to the Settings App.

And it's like two clicks. One to open the Settings App, and another to Open "WLAN" Settings.

Also, if someone is a surgeon, they are used to having to deal with DOZENS of pieces of equipment with control panels and menus and whatnot, with consequences for "hitting the wrong button" that are FAR more dangerous; so, I'm not worried that they won't be able to absorb this new piece of knowledge. If so, I sure as HELL don't want them operating on ME!!!

Give it a rest, Hater.

And Apple has an (IMHO quite reasonable) explanation as to why that is the case:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

That link does NOT provide any explanation about why I'd still want to use those specific features after disabling Wi-Fi, nor does it explain what constitutes a "new location" or what's so special about 5 am.

If you thought the explanation were confusing or incomplete, Then you are simply too stupid to drive a Smartphone.

Better go back to Android, where the reasoning and ramifications of every control setting are clearly and thoroughly explained...[/sarcasm]

And Apple has an (IMHO quite reasonable) explanation as to why that is the case:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

That link does NOT provide any explanation about why I'd still want to use those specific features after disabling Wi-Fi, nor does it explain what constitutes a "new location" or what's so special about 5 am.

Since the battery can't be removed, I'm beginning to wonder if there is any way to turn off wifi AT ALL.

Yes. Going to "Settings", WiFi , and flipping the "switch" will Turn it off (same with BT); and putting the phone in "Airplane Mode" does, too.

The only place that it does a "Warm shut-off" is in the Control Panel. And Apple has an (IMHO quite reasonable) explanation as to why that is the case:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

"Placing a TouchID sensor on the back of the phone is a singularly horrible idea from a usability standpoint, and thus would have been instantly, and rightly, rejected by Apple's Product Design team for the iPhone."

You sir, are full of shit. On a modern device that potentially contains a lot of sensitive info, yet is easily stolen, giving the users options to choose from is the way to go. On my S8+ I have the following options. I can have them all available, or ignore them all

1. Facial recognition. Depending on lighting, this does not always work. Once the new iPhone is in the wild, I would not be surprised if this primary feature also fails under certain lighting conditions, or if the user is say, wearing a hat.

2. Finger print scanner on the back. The scanner is well placed as can be. If someone has that much trouble, the still have face recognition and these other two.

Iris scanner. The lighting or wearing a hat problem need not apply here.
3. Disable the whole lot and just use the pin code that all other things default to if there is a problem.

I have a number of reasons for not wanting an iPhone, but having a variety of security options to use or not use was a big selling point for me. That and the audio jack which use for several purposes, none of which involve head phones.

Every year when the new iPhone comes out, I stay out of this conversation, but the new iPhone is a step back in many respects. Oh, and at least I am not spending $1,000 on a phone with rapid charging capapabilites only to have to pay extra for Apples rapid charging power brick. That right there is robbery in the face of Apple admitting the device is already overpriced but they don't because people will buy it anyway. And after all that, they just settled a court case in which they established that an iPhone is expected to fail after the first year, when many people will not even have it paid off yet.

1. Unlike Samsung, who put so little effort into facial recognition you can spoof their system with a photograph, Apple has made their facial recognition nearly foolproof. They have already tested it against photos, lifelike face masks, scarves, hats, helmets, glasses, sunglasses, night, day, even beard-growing, and it has apparently proven robust.

https://arstechnica.com/gadget...

So, there's one S8 "Security" system that isn't...

vs.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09...

Admittedly, as Craig rather candidly says above, we will have to see how well this ultimately works with millions of people; but it does sound like they have tried to think of things like sunglasses, hats, scarves, beards, etc.

2. I still feel that a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor is an epic fail, usability-wise. Plus, as one poster pointed out, it complicates the design and assembly process for the phone. As I said, Apple's first choice was TouchID built into the Display/Digitizer, but that proved impossible/impractical. And if the video below is to be believed (and it does look pretty legit, as you can see a scrolling display of text on the test-jig screen a fraction of a second after the worker places his finger on the area just under the Apple Logo on the back of the phone), Apple at least produced (and obviously rejected) some prototypes with a rear-mounted Fingerprint Sensor. They did say they analyzed at least 10 different prototypes:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

3. Iris scanner. Poor second choice to facial recognition. Not nearly as much data, which means not nearly as much security. And apparently, that's exactly the case. So now, you have two ineffectual pseudo-Security systems in your S8. Cool!

Use the latest internal parts.*
Revert to including headphone jack.
Go crazy on edge-to-edge screen.
Make an "SE" version.
For the love of storage include a MicroSD slot.
Please revise / update iTunes, it's horrible.

Apple's success will depend on how much of this fantasy they can bring to reality. I've used both iOS and Android for some time now; they each have their foibles. The above phone would get me to buy an iPhone in spite of Apple's OS path diverging from my personal preference (i.e. Trust everything in our cloud! No 3rd party cloud allowed!)
*I don't personally care about touch ID sensor.

No 3rd party cloud allowed?

You mean like this?

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/ho... ...or this?

https://venturebeat.com/2015/0...

In fact, it looks like most, if not all, of the major "Cloud Storage" providers work with iOS:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/on...

And when iOS 11 drops in a few weeks, the built-in "Files" App will make 3rd party Cloud storage quite simple:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

So, you MIGHT want to revise your meme to comport with REALITY...

Is that true? I've never used iStuff, but at least it used to be the case that you needed to register as a developer in order to install programs that you have compiled on your own iPhone.

Yup, it's true. You're correct that it used to require a paid account, but we haven't needed paid accounts to compile and sideload apps since Xcode 7 launched in mid-2015.

One point of clarification: you do need a developer account, just not a paid one. Getting a free developer is as simple as visiting Apple's developer site, logging in with your Apple ID, and agreeing to their developer terms. That's it. Once you do, it'll unlock access to the developer tools for your Apple ID, including the ability to sideload.

it would then be possible to distribute free software to iPhone users without jailbreaking.

Indeed, which is why you can find plenty of emulators and other apps that aren't allowed in the App Store being distributed via other channels.

Last year's MacBook not allowing 32GB of RAM was on Intel, not Apple.

For sure that is the biggest driver behind the early update, so you'll see expansion up to 32GB (possibly beyond) with the newer laptops.

I also also question the wisdom of filing RAM increases under "innovation" while ignoring last year they added the Touchbar....

Remember when Twitter shut down access to 3rd party access?
http://www.digitaltrends.com/m...
https://www.independent.co.uk/...
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...
http://news.softpedia.com/news...
http://www.eweek.com/developme...

How do you even attempt to make any sort of phone call without first unlocking the phone and opening the the call app? Is their some secret password that calls 911 for you?

Yes. The password is "Emergency". Not very secretive though, since the phone puts it on the screen in the lower-left corner.

And in an hour you won't be rockin anymore when you gotta plug in that charger and wait to rock out again because the port is in use

5 hours for AirPods (with a 15 minute charge to get another 3 hours), and some insane amount, like 99 hours, for some of the Beats W1-equipped headphones.

But if you get the $2 BT earbuds at the checkout line at Walmart, YMMV.

You mean Comex? He wanted to work for Apple. Interned with them, I think even later interned with Google.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

I see your point, but if we're talking about Comex (I could be wrong), he's not the best example, but a brilliant kid none the less.

But I already have an Alternative. What I need is an Escape.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2... - not only do you get an Escape, you'll lose the worthless YELLING key.

Nevertheless, once turned on Siri is much the same privacy sucking nightmare Cortana and Google are.

Nope, sorry. That is incorrect.

Siri on MacOS (and also Siri on iOS 10) does its level-best to do as much as it can "client-side", directly on your Mac/iDevice. This is VERY different from Cortana an Google's "voice assist" stuff, which take every opportunity to send every utterance to their respective motherships.

If you would bothered to have watched the WWDC keynote, Apple talked at length about the lengths they have gone to make Siri, Dictation, and Spotlight do as much as they possibly can directly on the Mac itself, and when it is necessary to push something to their servers, they do it in an anonymized fashion using an technique known as "Differential Privacy". See the WWDC Keynote at Time Index 1:40:00 for a quick explanation of the measures that Apple is taking both on macOS and iOS 10 in the name of Privacy. Here's another article on Differential Privacy, and why it is pretty damned cool.

Well said; Apple appears to be the only major company interested in privacy of their users, and dare I say, even fighting for their users' privacy. Each iteration of iOS hardens their system further from gov surveillance. Case in point.

Although iOS and iPhones are fairly well protected against gov surveillance, I'm not sure what Apple is doing against commercial spying apps and advertisers, particularly the most evil of all: Google.

Personally I had high hopes that project are finally meant that I'd finally be able to get a "mobile sensor and computer platform" (what most folks call a 'mobile phone') that doesn't double as a stalker

Then you seriously need to look into an iOS device; particularly when iOS 10 comes out in a couple of months, with its "Differential Privacy" features.

And you can be sure Apple would do the same.

No. They learned their lesson with LocationGate. They are headed HARD in the OTHER direction at this point.

“Shortly after Spotify submitted its app on May 26, our team identified a number of issues, including that the In-App Purchase feature had been removed and replaced with an account sign-up feature clearly intended to circumvent Apple’s In-App Purchase rules,” Sewell explains.

So, then, every app with an account sign-up feature must be in violation, right? No? Well, then...

Spotify submitted a new version which continued to ask users for an email address in order to invite them to sign up for a subscription via the web interface at $9.99 per month while simultaneously jacking up in-app subscription price to $12.99.

Apple's rules say nothing about asking for email addresses, nor do (or can) they prohibit external advertising.

Apple does not allow links to or mentions of other places where you can buy services. Spotify is in compliance with those guidelines; if they were not, Apple would have stated as much and left it at that. Instead, they're whining about shit like "we feel like they're doing this to get around our rules without actually violating them, so we're not going to allow it" while allowing the exact same behavior in other apps, including several they directly point to as "doing it right" in their response.

Hell, one of my clients has an app that sees updates on at least a monthly basis; their app requires a login and provides facilities to create an account (including collecting an email address) right there, on the screen it presents to you the first time you run it. It gets reviewed by Apple no less than 12-20 times a year. If that wasn't allowed, it wouldn't be in the store.

Here's an article on Apple's response to spotify:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/07/01/apple-responds-to-spotifys-anti-competitive-accusation-talks-app-rejection/

Most of this is in the MFi manufacturing (Made For iPhone) program, and you can only get details if you're an audited and accepted factory to build MFi products (I've done several MFi products in the last few years, I've been through the Apple approval grinder more than once). But Apple doesn't let you build products that play with non-iOS or even obsolete iOS devices and still get the MFi (and thus, Lightning) licensing. Does it run afoul of anti-trust laws? Only if someone was to take it to court and push it through - which would be a very long, very expensive process. And there a few manufacturers out there making MFi-like cables for Android.

Samsung has never innovated anything. They've copied Apple every chance they got.

But not the iPhone. Samsung did it first.

They had designs before the iPhone came out. And Apple had designs before Samsung had those designs, and before Apple ordered parts for those designs from Samsung.

Samsung flat out copied Apple.

But not the iPhone. Samsung did it first.

Samsung has never innovated anything. They've copied Apple every chance they got.

But not the iPhone. Samsung did it first.

NO ONE had a "full screen, nothing but" phone with the shape the iPhone had, no one.

False

Android wear supports maps (although kind of limited).

Pebble time kind of does, although the guide there to get turn by turn directions is pretty much a hack. There are links in that article to real maps apps but they just display maps I think.

Or did you just mean the built in apps I guess? I think Wear has at least some minimal map app included.

A fix for PLEX, that doesn't even involve jailbreaking: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

Been available for almost 2 years. You're welcome.

Seriously? There isn't even a way to do a "factory reset"?

A factory reset doesn't rewrite the OS, it just wipes the data partitions. That's not what you want! There's no room on the device for a full copy. You have to do a downgrade, whether you're talking about Android or iOS. For Android phones, you can pretty much just dump the device and then you can reload the images into the phone through its [semi-]standardized bootloader using the Android fastboot tool. In the case of the 2014 Moto G, and other phones, it's actually possible to relock the bootloader by using the fastboot tool to initiate the procedure, then using it to reload the factory image, and finally using it to complete the relock. So not only was I able to restore my phone to the factory 4.4.4 (Only the Global GSM version, XT1063, is still waiting for the upgrade to Lollipop, which is supposedly being pushed to testers now) but I was actually able to relock the bootloader in preparation for the official OTA, which is coming. This literally only involved a couple downloads and one tweak to the bat file (a .sh was also delivered) to stop it rebooting the device after the restore completed, but before relock — which was initiated by a different script which you left running (on "pause", per shell builtin) while you kicked off the restore, downloaded separately from another source. But on iOS, the situation is substantially different.

Of course, doing the restore on my Moto G wiped the internal psuedo-sdcard, aka the data partition of the eMMC. But since I have all my data on a real sdcard, nothing of importance was lost. That's an option I didn't have on my Nexus 4, which thankfully failed only partially so I was able to get what little data I hadn't backed up off of the device, and it's an option you don't have on iOS devices.

TL;DR: On Android, what you suggest is typically very easy, run a script. On iOS, it's a pita, and it may not work at all.

The robots can build 30,000 devices PER YEAR.

Which would be a perfectly reasonable reading and what I expected to find, as well, though without knowing what units are being produced you have no idea if 30,000 is an impressive number at all.

And, yet, across neither of the two articles I posted previously, nor any of these have any information suggesting that any one robot can make 30,000 units in any specific time, in fact one of them explicitly says that the robots are incapable of building a single iPhone from start to finish as they don't have the necessary functionality However, the new machine can perform only a few basic tasks, such as lifting and placing components. In other words, they do not have the precision needed for the assembly of the iPhone... which suggest they are capable of making 0 units per year, and not 30,000.

However, each and every one of them say that Foxconn plans to have 30,000 robots installed by the end of the year. Wanna play Occam's Razor?

Once websites start using HTML5 features not included in the most recent version of Safari for the first-generation iPad [...] your first-generation iPad won't remain so useful.

When I get to that point, I'll look into upgrading.

The last version of iOS for the first-generation iPad was iOS 5. The first version of iOS whose included Safari web browser supports <input type="file"> without needing to jailbreak was iOS 6. Without <input type="file">, you can't upload pictures or videos through a form. So yes, websites are already "using HTML5 features not included in the most recent version of Safari for the first-generation iPad".

"It's just complete nonsense, anyone working with smartphones at the time was completely unfazed by the iPhone - the first edition wasn't entirely dissimilar (and was notable underfeatured compared to) offerings from companies like Nokia, and HP with their iPaq phones.

Though 'nobody expected anything remotely like the epoch shifting device' is over the top, the main point is hardly complete nonsense. Most of the speculation was indeed heavily influenced by the iPod and older style smartphones:

http://www.businessinsider.com...

Apple was seriously considering a clickwheel-based design 15 months before the iPhone was unveiled:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2...

I'm curious... Objective-C is typically compiled to binary, are you implying that modifying binary code is easy?

Yes, it's called MobileSubstrate. You create code you want to go somewhere in an application, and you can override any method call in the application with your own code.

There's a jailbreak utility called Flex that makes this even easier.

I'll believe they're people when Texas executes one.

I guess Texas did

Those patents are a complete failure. There is nothing to watch out. Motorola even got sanctioned for patent trolling.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/09/06/apple-google-motorola-patent-troll/

Motorola continues to lose billions.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/04/30/motorola-googles-12-billion-road-to-nowhere/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/21/4853808/google-motorola-losses-moto-x

There is no evidence either way. Better err on the side of caution. There wasn't any evidence of iPhones logging GPS data either, until somebody found it.

Yeah OK. Here's what Android looked like before the iPhone.

http://blog.steventroughtonsmith.com/2012/05/2007s-pre-m3-version-of-android-google.html Google has lots of prototypes including the full screen Sooner. In fact the iPhone is based unashamedly on this Sony prototype http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbuchanan/the-original-iphone-4-design-prototype-from-2006 .

The bottom line is Android had full screen phones before the iPhone launch, and it was hardly alone.

Yeah OK. Here's what Android looked like before the iPhone.

Just because they're hand-picked doesn't mean they're not as good. No company is going to hire an auditor that simply passes them, and no auditing company will risk their reputation by giving a company a passing grade for an insecure system.

iOS still has less vulnerabilities than Android, so I'm not sure how you can back up your raging fanboyism.

Please link your evidence of less vulnerabilities for iOS or you are just showing your raging fanboyism.

Here you go: Malware infestation running amok on Android

And I'm pretty sure the fact that it's a pro-Apple / iOS website is a coincidence.

#3 - iCloud
#5 - http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/iOS-7-BLock-This-Caller-002.png

How many of the other options are needed by your parents, or any other reasonable non power user? I'm guessing none.

While "need" might be subjective, I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how the internet continues to believe that Samsung doesn't care about Apple as a customer.

Even accounting for the fact that these articles are a bit dated (and I do mean a bit - one is months old and the other is less than a year old), it's clear that Apple is a SIGNIFICANT part of Samsung's finances.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/08/07/apple-now-accounts-for-8-8-of-samsungs-revenue/

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2269565/apples-iphone-and-ipad-chips-generated-83-percent-of-samsungs-processor-revenue

I don't know too many companies that are happy about cutting out 9-ish% of their revenue just to spite a rival. That is a HUGE portion of a company's bottom line. I don't know of any company that is willing to lose 83% of a divisions revenue.

So, no, Samsung may not literally _NEED_ Apple - they probably won't fall into bankruptcy if Apple cuts all ties - but it would be foolish to think that Samsung doesn't care about Apple's money that is stuffing their coffers. It would be silly to think that Samsung is happy that Apple is shifting their supply chain away from them. Say whatever you want about Samsung (and there certainly is a lot that can be said about them) but I have to assume their upper management is smart enough to know that losing Apple as a customer is a very bad thing.

How the talking heads on the internet haven't figured that out is beyond me. I guess their hatred of Apple is blinding them to the facts of the business world, namely that companies like having customers that bring in a lot of money and dislike losing customers that bring in a lot of money.

Component sales to Apple are a relatively small percentage of Samsung's profits...

Even assuming the numbers in these two articles are off a bit and slightly dated, I don't think "relatively small" is an accurate representation of Apple's impact on Samsung's revenue. Feel free to cite contradicting numbers if you can find any but I seriously doubt you will - Apple is a massive client for Samsung.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/08/07/apple-now-accounts-for-8-8-of-samsungs-revenue/

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2269565/apples-iphone-and-ipad-chips-generated-83-percent-of-samsungs-processor-revenue

That said, Samsung may have still decided to go for the short term direct profit route of increasing their device sales at the cost of their long term relationship with a massive client, but don't think for a second that Apple is a small part of Samsung's revenue stream.

An Android product would make more of a difference, what with the current approx 2:1 ratio in favour of Android usage on smartphones.

Trouble is, most folks on Android are known to loathe "paying for any software." So what they do is to pirate .

I use my phone as a killer ebook reader/ebrowser that fits in the pocket, always on, connected, and with me. I need it to be as big as possible but still fit in the pocket comfortably, lest I will need to carry a man-purse for it. My estimate is 6 to 7 inch diagonal will fit the bill. I really dont care what it looks like when used as a phone :)

Yes, although with a less optimized javascript engine, as the more optimized Nitro version is only available in native Safari, at least without using a jailbreak tweak.

Apple passes LG in mobile US marketshare

LG Overtakes Apple in U.S. Mobile Market Share

LG Mobile

My take on the summary is - Apple has a dream gadget in mind, they're talking to Foxconn, and Foxconn is doing the engineering. I'm scratching my head for a second here. Does Apple not do it's own engineering anymore? Have they outsourced EVERYTHING except marketing? WTF?

Time to RTFA - baaahhhh - WSJ is doing funky crap with cross site scripting now? Need to find another source - - -

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/02/10/wsj-apple-testing-iwatch-foxconn/

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/02/10/wsj-apple-testing-iwatch-foxconn/
"If Apple does ever release a wearable device, it is said that it’ll be integrated with the iPhone, probably connecting with the device via Bluetooth and allowing the two to have a symbiotic relationship."

So, they're talking about a bluetooth watch that connects to the iPhone? Doesn't sound very impressive to me. The "technology" seems to center on a curved glass surface for the thing, and more powerful batteries? Phhtt - we're still years away from a Dick Tracy communicator watch thingy.

The takeaway seems to be that they'll be designed and engineered by Chinese, rather than Americans. Sad - we've gutted our schools, and we no longer educate the people necessary to do this type of work.

My take on the summary is - Apple has a dream gadget in mind, they're talking to Foxconn, and Foxconn is doing the engineering. I'm scratching my head for a second here. Does Apple not do it's own engineering anymore? Have they outsourced EVERYTHING except marketing? WTF?

Time to RTFA - baaahhhh - WSJ is doing funky crap with cross site scripting now? Need to find another source - - -

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/02/10/wsj-apple-testing-iwatch-foxconn/

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/02/10/wsj-apple-testing-iwatch-foxconn/
"If Apple does ever release a wearable device, it is said that it’ll be integrated with the iPhone, probably connecting with the device via Bluetooth and allowing the two to have a symbiotic relationship."

So, they're talking about a bluetooth watch that connects to the iPhone? Doesn't sound very impressive to me. The "technology" seems to center on a curved glass surface for the thing, and more powerful batteries? Phhtt - we're still years away from a Dick Tracy communicator watch thingy.

The takeaway seems to be that they'll be designed and engineered by Chinese, rather than Americans. Sad - we've gutted our schools, and we no longer educate the people necessary to do this type of work.