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  1. Apple is using the Qi open wireless standard so at least that's something. They're not pushing their own custom proprietary standard and hopefully that will get the ball rolling to get wireless charging standard, like when they pushed USB when PCs were still using PS/2, serial and parallel ports for everything.

    Apple's iPhone X isn't really "edge-to-edge" as Samsung did. What Samsung has/had was a display past the curved edges, meaning a distorted display that's technologically impressive but pointless.

    As for the comparison, it's glass in front and on the back like the iPhone 4, not the 3GS.

  2. Surely you meant schilling.

    Cue the "Thank you Ted, that was the joke."

  3. Re:Waitin for it to be unable to unlock for somebo on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It has to have built-in tolerances because of minority groups.

  4. Re:Just what I needed on The New Apple Watch Series 3 Has Cellular Built-In (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Dogecoin FTW! My ten bucks of Dogecoin will soon be worth double or even triple what I invested!

  5. What's funny is during the keynote they listed the resolution for landscape while showing the iPhone in portrait orientation.

  6. Samsung S8 has animojis?

  7. Re:Underwhelmed. I was expecting something more. on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    First you get a revolution. After that it's incremental improvements.

    If you ask me, the next revolution is going to be a glasses-style device to view AR in a more natural way instead of viewing AR in a tiny little window that you need to hold in front of you (i.e. your phone).

    Funny thing is, Microsoft has been working on that for a few years already.

  8. Re:So along with the new sensors on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Dude, nobody cares about wireless headphones except millennial crybabies.

  9. Re:So along with the new sensors on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The only three times I've seen Apple "admit" their mistakes:
    - Rotary volume control on QuickTime player.
    - The so-called "Puck" mouse.
    - Lack of controls on third-generation iPod shuffle.

  10. Between all models shown on the keynote slide, the iPhone SE is the only one that looks the size of a phone. All others are small tablets.

  11. Re:What would Steve Jobs think? on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    At least Apple are working with an open wireless standard (Qi) instead of trying to push their own custom, proprietary thing.

  12. Siri: What happened? Is it Christmas already? You're playing Santa?

  13. They said in the keynote that Touch ID accuracy was 1 in 50K and Face ID is 1 in one million.

  14. Time not important. Only life important.

  15. A smartphone that costs less than a single bitcoin would still be cheap enough.

  16. I think that the first to have rounded corners was CSS3.

  17. Re:To be fair, who cares? on Android Always Beats the iPhone To New Features, Qualcomm Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When your phone is a pain in the butt, you're using it wrong. Or you're keeping it in your back pocket which is a stupid thing to do.

  18. Re:Yippee Kai-ya on Android Always Beats the iPhone To New Features, Qualcomm Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Boo-hoo-hoo. When did Android get 64 bit CPUs? Always ahead my ass.

    Hello Phil, don't you have a Keynote to practice?

  19. Re:True... but so what? on Android Always Beats the iPhone To New Features, Qualcomm Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I see by your post that you have a lawn, my good sir.

    Let me introduce you to fake lawn: it requires no fertilizer, will never dry out and will always look great and make your property the envy of your neighbours!

    Call now, this offer is only valid for the next 30 minutes!

  20. Re:The Amazon mantra on Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25 Percent Jump In Shoppers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    There's no such thing as "12".

    It goes 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, 1000, etc.

  21. Re:Was whole foods right? on Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25 Percent Jump In Shoppers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The point being, doesn't Whole Foods have more organic/etc stuff than regular grocery stores?

  22. Re:Was whole foods right? on Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25 Percent Jump In Shoppers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    People shopped at Whole Foods because they wanted organic apples.

    FTFY?

  23. Re:The Amazon mantra on Amazon's Whole Foods Price Cuts Brought 25 Percent Jump In Shoppers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    They have a trick: their volume goes to 11.

  24. Re:Admirable goal, but... on Torvalds Wants Attackers To Join Linux Before They Turn To the "Dark Side" (eweek.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also no reason to completely write off the dark-side folks, sometimes they see the light and come around.

    And sometimes they just cut your hand off using a saber made of "light".