It's not just an "I can run Apps fine" problem. You're not getting security updates. I hope the information on you phone is not important if it's ever stolen. Is your phone susceptible to any number of wifi/bluetooth based attacks? I bet you have no idea.
Not so much the case anymore. Most higher end consumer routers are extremely easy to install custom firmware on (Linksys, ASUS, Buffalo, Belkin, etc). The days of multiple hardware revisions and "Do this right or you'll brick your router forever" are mostly exaggerated.
Shibby also has an ARM build of Tomato for the RT-AC68U. Haven't tried it myself, but it's gone through a number of revisions and should be good to go.
Gotta agree. My RT-N66U(Shibby 121) is running a crap load of stuff with zero downtime. VLAN, IPTV, VoIP, OpenVPN server and client, Print server, etc etc etc.
I've got an RT-AC68U as my access point. Not as mature firmware wise, and hard to test to it's full potential, but rock solid none the less.
Of the Nexus One (2010-01), Nexus S (2010-12), and Galaxy Nexus (2011-11), which can run Android 4.4 (KitKat)? Nexus One is stuck on 2.3 (Gingerbread), Nexus S on 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and Galaxy Nexus on 4.2 (Jelly Bean 2) or 4.3 (Jelly Bean 3) depending on revision.
True enough, however, if I REALLY wanted my old Android device (Nexus S for example) to run a newer version of Android, it COULD be done. Root the phone and load Cyanogen or something. With an iPad, from my knowledge, you're pretty much SOL.
I hate how this is breaking support for iOS 5.1.1 only devices like the iPad 1. My mother-in-law is not technically inclined, but uses an iPad1 for banking and watching TV shows. Both apps have broken support for iOS5 in favor of iOS7. This makes a device she paid good money for only a couple years ago a paperweight. My Motorola Xoom I bought at roughly the same time is going strong and running a very current version of Android.
This kind of thing is just a normal function of technology every 4-5 years+, but not 2 or less. Unfortunately for Apple her next device will be an Android. Cheaper and obsolescence proof for much longer.
I'd love to be working at UL or a similar company and have something like this cross my desk. The potential for abuse sounds like fun. I'd make it a personal quest to find out how to make this fail in epic ways.
Grandma, why is your hair clip sparki... OMG GRANDMA!!!
If you read the actual PDF, the sensor is a full 1cm in length and all the power and support devices are wired up. They are a LONG way off from having this function is a real mouth. WiFi? Why not NFC?
Who's going to fund something that looks like a razor blade embedded in a tooth to spy on the things you know you shouldn't be doing?
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It's not just an "I can run Apps fine" problem. You're not getting security updates. I hope the information on you phone is not important if it's ever stolen. Is your phone susceptible to any number of wifi/bluetooth based attacks? I bet you have no idea.
Is anyone else who owns an iPad 1 that's stuck at iOS 5.1.1 laughing at everyone comparing Apple as an alternative?
Well that's a math fail
40min extra sleep every day. I wish I had that on earth. Sign me up for a one way.
Not so much the case anymore. Most higher end consumer routers are extremely easy to install custom firmware on (Linksys, ASUS, Buffalo, Belkin, etc). The days of multiple hardware revisions and "Do this right or you'll brick your router forever" are mostly exaggerated.
Mikrotik doesn't seem to sell any 5Ghz routers though. Access points sure, but no consumer friendly single devices.
Shibby also has an ARM build of Tomato for the RT-AC68U. Haven't tried it myself, but it's gone through a number of revisions and should be good to go.
Why do you need N? Because it's faster, a lot faster. That should be reason enough for most Slashdot readers.
Now who can tell me were to find a mini pci-express card that'll do 1900mbps?
Gotta agree. My RT-N66U(Shibby 121) is running a crap load of stuff with zero downtime. VLAN, IPTV, VoIP, OpenVPN server and client, Print server, etc etc etc.
I've got an RT-AC68U as my access point. Not as mature firmware wise, and hard to test to it's full potential, but rock solid none the less.
ASUS can shut up and take my money.
How long until someone presents them with a bill for the electricity use? It ain't free you know.
You're launching iOS first, rather then Android. What is this, 2012?
Of the Nexus One (2010-01), Nexus S (2010-12), and Galaxy Nexus (2011-11), which can run Android 4.4 (KitKat)? Nexus One is stuck on 2.3 (Gingerbread), Nexus S on 4.1 (Jelly Bean), and Galaxy Nexus on 4.2 (Jelly Bean 2) or 4.3 (Jelly Bean 3) depending on revision.
True enough, however, if I REALLY wanted my old Android device (Nexus S for example) to run a newer version of Android, it COULD be done. Root the phone and load Cyanogen or something. With an iPad, from my knowledge, you're pretty much SOL.
Bingo
wait.. I got confused... I was referring to App provider servers/APIs, not iOS when I said APIs.
Is your iPad from 2 generations ago forced to run iOS 5.1.1? No? Then you missed the point.
and some old app versions need old APIs for online functionality. The problem isn't offline content
As long as you're not into the whole "App" thing.
I hate how this is breaking support for iOS 5.1.1 only devices like the iPad 1. My mother-in-law is not technically inclined, but uses an iPad1 for banking and watching TV shows. Both apps have broken support for iOS5 in favor of iOS7. This makes a device she paid good money for only a couple years ago a paperweight. My Motorola Xoom I bought at roughly the same time is going strong and running a very current version of Android. This kind of thing is just a normal function of technology every 4-5 years+, but not 2 or less. Unfortunately for Apple her next device will be an Android. Cheaper and obsolescence proof for much longer.
I'd love to be working at UL or a similar company and have something like this cross my desk. The potential for abuse sounds like fun. I'd make it a personal quest to find out how to make this fail in epic ways.
Grandma, why is your hair clip sparki... OMG GRANDMA!!!
Maybe one day we'll all be named Bob.
If you read the actual PDF, the sensor is a full 1cm in length and all the power and support devices are wired up. They are a LONG way off from having this function is a real mouth. WiFi? Why not NFC? Who's going to fund something that looks like a razor blade embedded in a tooth to spy on the things you know you shouldn't be doing?
hope can be replaced by doubt so quickly
I'm on Telus Optik TV/Internet and mine is FTTH.
Damn, I wish I had mod points for that one. Never have any when I need them.
Those kind of problems have been around more years then they haven't been around. That makes them a feature, rather then a bug.