You are apparently unaware that, to date, the only phones which have shipped without headphone jacks are Android phones...
No, I'm very aware of that -- it's kinda the point of TFA. There are already devices with this design decision, and there seems to be no positive in it (for the consumer), it just saves the manufacturer a few cents a unit and makes locking music playback down easier. All the ways people could listen to music on their phone without using the 3.5mm headphone jack were available before the change, so removing the port only stands to remove that other option for the user. It adds zilch to the customer experience.
The issue here is, unlike the Android platform, the customer can't just say "Well, if Apple is going to get rid of the headphone jack on the next iPhone, I'll just get another manufacturer's iOS smartphone". That's why this is a bigger deal.
The headphone jack has worked for 50 years and it can work for another 50 more because it's universal. Headphones I plug into my iPhone work in an Android phone, in a BlackBerry, in my computer, in my PS4 controller, in my tablet, in any speaker with audio-out, and so on.
This is the problem with your analog headphone jack -- there's no vendor lock-in possible! This grievous error must be stopped.
Apple almost had this going on with the original iPhone, they just sank the jack down a couple millimeters into the phone so most headphones couldn't plug in properly because their plug was too large. But soon headphone makers started slimming down the plug diameter, and those crafty Chinese made little dongles for existing phones to connect. And what could Apple do? They couldn't copyright a certain diameter hole. But now, oh, but now... we have digital audio transmission possible and decoding chips so small they can literally be inside the headphones themselves, or even just the plug you hook into the device. So now we can just encrypt everything and make headphone producers pay the device manufacturer for a license to be allowed to make third-party accessories. Apple can make money without lifting a finger now. And you wont be able to use your nice $300 earphones your got for your android device or laptop on your iPhone as well. No, now your get to buy two pairs of headphones for twice the price instead.
Seriously, though. I can't wait to hear how Apple spins this as being a good thing at the next iPhone announcement in a few months here.
"I think BlackBerry, like any company, should have a basic civil responsibility. If the world is in danger, we should be able to help out."... Chen also warned that mandatory back doors aren't a good idea either.
I'd like to hear Chen's idea of how he can accomplish access to encrypted data without the user's consent while not having a back door. I suppose he doesn't count the vendor having the user's key and using it without permission as "unauthorized access".
but Disney is an important exception. 50 Disney movies isn't cheap.
And Disney VHS cassettes come with DRM, so you can't always convert them to DVD yourself.
I would argue it's not worth the effort. Most of Disney's high-profile movies are available restored on blu-ray now. The increase in picture and audio quality is worth rebuying instead of converting an analog SD format to a newer medium.
It should be fast enough for indie platformer games with 8-bit style sprite graphics, not to mention all the Japanese visual novels that are being translated and brought to Steam via Sekai Project.
Pardon Snowden... Stein got off on the right foot there. Sounds good so far...
Unfortunately, she shoved the other one in her mouth. She's in favor of "homeopathic medicine", and says that nuclear energy is, "dirty, dangerous and expensive, and should be precluded on all of those counts", when the actual data shows just the opposite.
She's running with the Green Party. What else would you expect from someone on a platform with a bunch of naturalists?
I didn't realize we only measured 'success' based upon what Wall Street thinks.
For large corporations we do. If you don't make that crowd happy you'll find yourself subject to takeover attempts, boardroom shakeups, and activist investors.
Life is really easier for a privately held company, because they can just say "because it's our business, fuck you" to their critics.
On Wall Street, if you're not at least x% higher in net income than the year before, you're unsuccessful. That's regardless of how much net profit you did make, market saturation, or even world events that might have impacted your business.
...how STUPID do you have to be to bring something shaped like a GUN to an airport?
Looking at the photos of the entire case, it looks like it would be rather awkward to make phone calls with the phone while it was still in the case. It seems like an item whose only use would be a stupid prank like this.
...I did not see a requirement or standard method to indicate where material had been redacted from the middle of information presented in electronic format.
They can just scan the pages after redacting them and make a PDF of page images available. It would technically be an electronic version of the document, but the redaction would be non-reversible and the page would still not be super-easy to search, being an image still.
If the driver turns suddenly into a side street to avoid some traffic problem he spotted later, that is good driving. If the driver goes over the speed limit because the highway is empty that is good driving. If the driver saves us from an accident with a sudden swerve because some idiot decides to cross multiple lanes of traffic at once, that too is good driving.
Gonna have to dispute that once. Speed limits don't exist just for the sake of other motorists. They are also set according to proximity to businesses and homes, local game activity, and the construction of the road itself. Just because there is no one in front of you don't make it okay to speed.
They're different interfaces, but they share some similarities. What you're asking is really no different than "What's the difference between Unity and the OSX Finder?" (From a functional standpoint)
But where is the list of things that I couldn't do on older releases, that I will be able to do now? What new opportunities does this release open up to me, as a user? What extra functions does this release have?
I have a usb bluetooth adapter I tried using once and it just plain doesn't work in 17.3. I got it to pair with my wireless headphones once, but it didn't actually let me play sound through them. Generally it didn't work at all. From what limited time I've spent with 18, bluetooth suddenly is usable. First time I tried I was able to connect my headphones and play sound through them, with A2DP. There might be a couple bugs with recognizing devices properly on reconnect, but it's a huge improvement.
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Incorrect. Prolonged (non-routine) detentions must be based on reasonable suspicion.
Searches of papers and belongings for evidence are also supposed to be based on a reasonable suspicion.
You are apparently unaware that, to date, the only phones which have shipped without headphone jacks are Android phones...
No, I'm very aware of that -- it's kinda the point of TFA. There are already devices with this design decision, and there seems to be no positive in it (for the consumer), it just saves the manufacturer a few cents a unit and makes locking music playback down easier. All the ways people could listen to music on their phone without using the 3.5mm headphone jack were available before the change, so removing the port only stands to remove that other option for the user. It adds zilch to the customer experience.
The issue here is, unlike the Android platform, the customer can't just say "Well, if Apple is going to get rid of the headphone jack on the next iPhone, I'll just get another manufacturer's iOS smartphone". That's why this is a bigger deal.
The headphone jack has worked for 50 years and it can work for another 50 more because it's universal. Headphones I plug into my iPhone work in an Android phone, in a BlackBerry, in my computer, in my PS4 controller, in my tablet, in any speaker with audio-out, and so on.
This is the problem with your analog headphone jack -- there's no vendor lock-in possible! This grievous error must be stopped.
Apple almost had this going on with the original iPhone, they just sank the jack down a couple millimeters into the phone so most headphones couldn't plug in properly because their plug was too large. But soon headphone makers started slimming down the plug diameter, and those crafty Chinese made little dongles for existing phones to connect. And what could Apple do? They couldn't copyright a certain diameter hole. But now, oh, but now... we have digital audio transmission possible and decoding chips so small they can literally be inside the headphones themselves, or even just the plug you hook into the device. So now we can just encrypt everything and make headphone producers pay the device manufacturer for a license to be allowed to make third-party accessories. Apple can make money without lifting a finger now. And you wont be able to use your nice $300 earphones your got for your android device or laptop on your iPhone as well. No, now your get to buy two pairs of headphones for twice the price instead.
Seriously, though. I can't wait to hear how Apple spins this as being a good thing at the next iPhone announcement in a few months here.
Probably the opposite. LinkedIn members will probably soon be receiving regular emails about Microsoft productivity products and SAAS.
Xbox Live has historically been a much better service than PSN, based on speed and availability.
I work at an ISP and I often I hear about XBox Live being down, I rarely hear the same about PSN.
"I think BlackBerry, like any company, should have a basic civil responsibility. If the world is in danger, we should be able to help out." ...
Chen also warned that mandatory back doors aren't a good idea either.
I'd like to hear Chen's idea of how he can accomplish access to encrypted data without the user's consent while not having a back door.
I suppose he doesn't count the vendor having the user's key and using it without permission as "unauthorized access".
"It's better to be a pirate, than join the Navy."
And now we can do both!
but Disney is an important exception. 50 Disney movies isn't cheap.
And Disney VHS cassettes come with DRM, so you can't always convert them to DVD yourself.
I would argue it's not worth the effort. Most of Disney's high-profile movies are available restored on blu-ray now. The increase in picture and audio quality is worth rebuying instead of converting an analog SD format to a newer medium.
It should be fast enough for indie platformer games with 8-bit style sprite graphics, not to mention all the Japanese visual novels that are being translated and brought to Steam via Sekai Project.
Pardon Snowden... Stein got off on the right foot there. Sounds good so far...
Unfortunately, she shoved the other one in her mouth. She's in favor of "homeopathic medicine", and says that nuclear energy is, "dirty, dangerous and expensive, and should be precluded on all of those counts", when the actual data shows just the opposite.
She's running with the Green Party. What else would you expect from someone on a platform with a bunch of naturalists?
I didn't realize we only measured 'success' based upon what Wall Street thinks.
For large corporations we do. If you don't make that crowd happy you'll find yourself subject to takeover attempts, boardroom shakeups, and activist investors.
Life is really easier for a privately held company, because they can just say "because it's our business, fuck you" to their critics.
Just make all soldiers play Pokemon Go
So then Nintendo and Google can now collect video from inside the "secret bases" when the players use the AR play?
On Wall Street, if you're not at least x% higher in net income than the year before, you're unsuccessful. That's regardless of how much net profit you did make, market saturation, or even world events that might have impacted your business.
Wait -- "third parties". I see what you mean, HornWumpus. Nevermind.
Won't help. 3rd parties will still sue Tesla. You can't waive someone else's right to sue.
Don't cell phone companies and broadband providers do it all the time with their "binding arbitration" clauses?
Well, then for god's sake, DON'T CALL IT THE RASPI 3!!!!
They should call it the Raspberry Tart.
Much like the Pi, but not quite as (ful)filling.
It baffles me how they find audiences bored enough to watch the reality TV shit they have already let alone make more.
The show is called "Planet of the Apps". Sounds like the target audience is code monkeys.
Was waiting for the "monkeys at typewriters joke" (and not in a racist style).
Was not disappointed.
That's ALAC, or FLAC. AAC isn't lossless.
...how STUPID do you have to be to bring something shaped like a GUN to an airport?
Looking at the photos of the entire case, it looks like it would be rather awkward to make phone calls with the phone while it was still in the case. It seems like an item whose only use would be a stupid prank like this.
...I did not see a requirement or standard method to indicate where material had been redacted from the middle of information presented in electronic format.
They can just scan the pages after redacting them and make a PDF of page images available. It would technically be an electronic version of the document, but the redaction would be non-reversible and the page would still not be super-easy to search, being an image still.
If the driver turns suddenly into a side street to avoid some traffic problem he spotted later, that is good driving. If the driver goes over the speed limit because the highway is empty that is good driving. If the driver saves us from an accident with a sudden swerve because some idiot decides to cross multiple lanes of traffic at once, that too is good driving.
Gonna have to dispute that once. Speed limits don't exist just for the sake of other motorists. They are also set according to proximity to businesses and homes, local game activity, and the construction of the road itself. Just because there is no one in front of you don't make it okay to speed.
They're different interfaces, but they share some similarities. What you're asking is really no different than "What's the difference between Unity and the OSX Finder?" (From a functional standpoint)
But where is the list of things that I couldn't do on older releases, that I will be able to do now? What new opportunities does this release open up to me, as a user? What extra functions does this release have?
I have a usb bluetooth adapter I tried using once and it just plain doesn't work in 17.3. I got it to pair with my wireless headphones once, but it didn't actually let me play sound through them. Generally it didn't work at all. From what limited time I've spent with 18, bluetooth suddenly is usable. First time I tried I was able to connect my headphones and play sound through them, with A2DP. There might be a couple bugs with recognizing devices properly on reconnect, but it's a huge improvement.