Apple's connectors aren't magical, just carrying more current than most people like to cram through them.
That makes no logical sense unless both cables/connectors have the same gauge wires/pins.
It isn't that Apple is using magic, or overloading their lightning connector. It's that they designed the Lightning connector to cope with more power than the authors of USB put in the standard for their connector.
It's also mot magic that Apple's connector is easier to plug in than MicroUSB. Again, it was designed that way.
The only reason Apple quadrupled the resolution was because of the scatterbrained design decision to let applications depend on fixed resolution. Exacerbated by the idiotic lack of hinting in Apple's font engine, so higher resolution is needed just to get equivalently sharp characters that Android gets with proper hinting.
Font hinting is a technique used to mitigate screens with poor resolutions. Current iOS devices not only don't need it, they have far better font displays because of the Retina displays. That's a plus for iOS devices, not for Android.
iOS apps look far better than Android apps in part because of the fixed resolutions. Scaled bitmaps look shit. It's far better when graphic assets are designed for known screen sizes.
Oh, and the fixed resolution idiocy came back to bite Apple again with the iPhone 5 - forcing the funny looking too-long-and-skinny form factor just to keep the 640 dot display width.
iPhone 4 and earlier was designed to be holdable and operable in one hand. That limits it's width. It's still just as holdable and operable with one hand because it's not got any wider. Most Android devices are too wide for one handed operation.
Apps still display perfectly on the iPhone 5 because of the fixed width. Compare and contrast with Android apps that are rarely displayed on the same size screen they were designed for.
Strategy like this is the best and fastest way to transform Apple from a growth stock to a shrink stock.
Which company had to suspend trading of their stock today after reports of a 20% drop in profits? Apple or Google? Hint: It's not the company that does iOS.
All I'm saying is that anyone can download XCode for free and write a malicious app and then install it on their iPhone.
Which wouldn't be a virus. Nor would it be a malicious app, it'd be an app that did exactly what you intended it to do, on your own phone.
You have no way of running it on anyone else's iPhone unless they register it as a development device, or you get hold of the phone, get past any PIN set, and register it. And then manually install the app. And then the app has no way of running, unless the user manually runs it. And it has no way of in the background to do malicious things, such as spying. Most of these things are not true of Android.
Defender. Working out all the details of how that worked kept my mind busy for years. I finally wrote a very close clone of it 27 years later, (Though I did quite a few other things in between.)
The thing is that the only way to catch a trojan like that is for a human to identify it as such, and then do something to combat it. There are after all apps that legitimately upload the users contacts. The only way to distinguish the good app doing what's intended from the trojan is to apply human intelligence.
The virus checker needs a person to decide it's malware, and add the signature to a database, for the user to get that updated database, and then scan the apps.
Apple needs a person to decide it's malware, and either not put it on the App Store, or remove it from the app store. And to revoke it's license so it will no longer run if it's already been downloaded.
There is a difference. A big difference. Programming isn't the only part of developing. There's coming up with the concept, designing the UI, doing the artwork, creating the sounds, setting up the business, doing the marketing. etc. Usually programmers aren't very good at those things and need to outsource at least some of them.
There's no reason why someone who is skilled in some or all of those other things couldn't equally outsource the programming.
Last time I ran antivirus was 10 years ago, too, and I still run Windows.
Then your PC is likely to be part of a botnet. You're probably part of the spam problem.
There's malware for every OS
There are diseases for every person. Does that mean every person is as susceptible to disease as everyone else. Everybody makes spelling mistakes. Does that mean that everyone can spell equally?
Subtle. Very subtle. For those who don't remember, MS-DOS v6.0 shipped with Microsoft AV 20 years ago. Clearly it didn't keep people safe from viruses.
I've often said Android is the Windows of the phone world. Maybe it's worse...
can the suppression of information be seen as a kind of fraud leading to suboptimal choice? yes
There is no suppression of information. Free speech applies. The Libertarian candidate has the right to say whatever he wants. He can put them on the internet, on a TV advert etc. What he can't do is force someone else to carry his message. And as a Libertarian he should support the networks right to choose the content of their output.
What are you going to do? Force networks to have Libertarian content?
are people free to complain when they see things they don't like? yes
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Surely what's being announced here is mentioned on the Wiki page in the Combined Charging System, and covers negotiable power supply from 200-450V.
The car gets charged with the best rate that the car and the charger negotiate between them.
Equally, I'm glad Android makes the mistake of not setting standard display sizes. Google profits down 20%. Nice.
Apple's connectors aren't magical, just carrying more current than most people like to cram through them.
That makes no logical sense unless both cables/connectors have the same gauge wires/pins.
It isn't that Apple is using magic, or overloading their lightning connector. It's that they designed the Lightning connector to cope with more power than the authors of USB put in the standard for their connector.
It's also mot magic that Apple's connector is easier to plug in than MicroUSB. Again, it was designed that way.
On this, Android gets a slam dunk. I've heard occasional whining about Android multiresolution layout, but only from Apple fans.
Guess what. All of your whining we've only ever heard from Android fans.
iPad 3 is a power sucking monstrosity.
It's a far better tablet than your Nexus 7.
The only reason Apple quadrupled the resolution was because of the scatterbrained design decision to let applications depend on fixed resolution. Exacerbated by the idiotic lack of hinting in Apple's font engine, so higher resolution is needed just to get equivalently sharp characters that Android gets with proper hinting.
Font hinting is a technique used to mitigate screens with poor resolutions. Current iOS devices not only don't need it, they have far better font displays because of the Retina displays. That's a plus for iOS devices, not for Android.
iOS apps look far better than Android apps in part because of the fixed resolutions. Scaled bitmaps look shit. It's far better when graphic assets are designed for known screen sizes.
Oh, and the fixed resolution idiocy came back to bite Apple again with the iPhone 5 - forcing the funny looking too-long-and-skinny form factor just to keep the 640 dot display width.
iPhone 4 and earlier was designed to be holdable and operable in one hand. That limits it's width. It's still just as holdable and operable with one hand because it's not got any wider. Most Android devices are too wide for one handed operation.
Apps still display perfectly on the iPhone 5 because of the fixed width. Compare and contrast with Android apps that are rarely displayed on the same size screen they were designed for.
Strategy like this is the best and fastest way to transform Apple from a growth stock to a shrink stock.
Which company had to suspend trading of their stock today after reports of a 20% drop in profits? Apple or Google? Hint: It's not the company that does iOS.
Well, for one thing it's only 7 inch (1280Ã--800) rather than the 9.7 inch (2048Ã--1536) of an iPad 3.
probably depends on your definition of "virus".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus
All I'm saying is that anyone can download XCode for free and write a malicious app and then install it on their iPhone.
Which wouldn't be a virus. Nor would it be a malicious app, it'd be an app that did exactly what you intended it to do, on your own phone.
You have no way of running it on anyone else's iPhone unless they register it as a development device, or you get hold of the phone, get past any PIN set, and register it. And then manually install the app. And then the app has no way of running, unless the user manually runs it. And it has no way of in the background to do malicious things, such as spying. Most of these things are not true of Android.
Defender. Working out all the details of how that worked kept my mind busy for years. I finally wrote a very close clone of it 27 years later, (Though I did quite a few other things in between.)
Read between the lines. Don't buy Android.
Only took 10 years of smartphone generations for the government to realize there's the potential for viruses, spyware, and malware on these things
The story isn't about viruses on smartphones in general. It's about the whole new can of worms of viruses on Android.
NO, the BEST option would be to use an iPhone instead.
The thing is that the only way to catch a trojan like that is for a human to identify it as such, and then do something to combat it. There are after all apps that legitimately upload the users contacts. The only way to distinguish the good app doing what's intended from the trojan is to apply human intelligence.
The virus checker needs a person to decide it's malware, and add the signature to a database, for the user to get that updated database, and then scan the apps.
Apple needs a person to decide it's malware, and either not put it on the App Store, or remove it from the app store. And to revoke it's license so it will no longer run if it's already been downloaded.
I agree. But we're talking about developing a phone app here, not creating the next tech giant.
No, I meant iOS. And no you couldn't.
There is a difference. A big difference. Programming isn't the only part of developing. There's coming up with the concept, designing the UI, doing the artwork, creating the sounds, setting up the business, doing the marketing. etc. Usually programmers aren't very good at those things and need to outsource at least some of them.
There's no reason why someone who is skilled in some or all of those other things couldn't equally outsource the programming.
I remember the old days when crimes had victims.
Witchcraft? Blasphemy? Heresy? Capital cases back in the old days.
Last time I ran antivirus was 10 years ago, too, and I still run Windows.
Then your PC is likely to be part of a botnet. You're probably part of the spam problem.
There's malware for every OS
There are diseases for every person. Does that mean every person is as susceptible to disease as everyone else.
Everybody makes spelling mistakes. Does that mean that everyone can spell equally?
Reacting to the deluge of malware on Android by coming out with virus checkers is not being proactive. By definition it's being "reactive".
Apple has had virus on those since 2009 I notice.
iOS has never had a virus.
Hi Apple user :) You are aware that this is simply an extra layer of protection.
I'm happy it's one the iPhone doesn't require. Who wants a phone that requires a virus checker?
Doubt it. Google Play can scan the apps at the server end. And this string suggests it's looking for bad behaviour when the app runs:
"App Check 'Allow Google to check all apps installed to this device for harmful behavior? To learn more, go to Settings > Security.''"
Last time I used a virus scanner: 10 years ago when I abandoned Windows for OSX.
Android is the Windows of mobile phones. More so than Windows Phone is!
Subtle. Very subtle. For those who don't remember, MS-DOS v6.0 shipped with Microsoft AV 20 years ago. Clearly it didn't keep people safe from viruses.
I've often said Android is the Windows of the phone world. Maybe it's worse...
I guess this isn't his only experience of Libertarians.
TV networks get government money.
This isn't PBS.
can the suppression of information be seen as a kind of fraud leading to suboptimal choice? yes
There is no suppression of information. Free speech applies. The Libertarian candidate has the right to say whatever he wants. He can put them on the internet, on a TV advert etc. What he can't do is force someone else to carry his message. And as a Libertarian he should support the networks right to choose the content of their output.
What are you going to do? Force networks to have Libertarian content?
are people free to complain when they see things they don't like? yes
Sure. And I'm free to point out their hypocrisy.