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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 04:04 PM) Not the actual screens - not even close. They're actually very close. The real devices will be a bit larger, as the images are only showing the glass panels, not the surrounding metal (which doesn't stick out far). These, however, are exact: http://www.sizeall.com/compare/Apple-iPhon...one-6-Plus/1322

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 12:30 AM) After looking at some hands-on videos, I don't understand why Apple went with a watch crown to navigate through the watch's UI. You have a touch screen that can detect scrolling, why not just use that? It's not like the crown is huge and easy to use. It's quite small and I feel like they should at least allow users to choose whether they want to scroll using the screen or the crown. You can use either. The crown was added so you could scroll without covering up the small screen with your fingers, but if you want you can just use the screen.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 03:06 PM) That lazy mock-up inaccurately depicts the screen sizes. Its just the glass section of the phones, not the rim.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) What are your thoughts on the increased size? I think they're kind of too big...but there isn't much I can do about that at this point other than use older tech (which we both know I'm not doing). I'm kind of at a crossroads now, I have the choice of going big...or phablet big, and I'm not sure which to go with.

These are the sizes: http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uplo...phone-scale.pdf

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 02:01 PM) I can give myself reasons why I wouldn't want it. Took me a while to get used to the current level of pocket space. Would be even harder to use at the gym. Extra money. That said, if it made doing something like working on an airplane easier, I might consider it. I haven't bought an iPad yet because I haven't reached a point where that was worth it, but I know I'm upgrading phones this fall, so that's my debate. Anybody else have a feels on this? If I could pile up benefits to the larger screen maybe I could make the case to myself. I do. I've long been kind of anti super huge phone, for the same reasons you stated, but as of now you can either go somewhat big, or phablet big, otherwise you'll end up with older hardware like the iPhone 5s, or an older Samsung or HTC...it would appear now you're choice is between big and very big... If you go very big, I guess the advantage is you now don't need a tablet, and if you go big, you'll save some space... I'm kind of in the same boat as you on this... :/ I'm not a big person, so these big phones are kind of a lot for me.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:43 PM) Will be $349 sometime in early 2015. From the sound of it, it might not last more than just a day. They haven't said anything definitive about battery life, but have talked about charging at night as if it will be a nightly ritual Based on how they didn't mention battery life, I'm betting it lasts about 8 minutes.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:27 PM) They give the pricing yet? I'm sure the 18k gold ones are pretty expensive.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:21 PM) The thing I've learned about smart watches is that they look much more massive in person than they do in the pictures, which is part of my observation re: iWatch. I have little doubt, given similar Android and Tizen-based watches, that this thing will look like a big goofy calculator watch on a person's arm. The scale never looks right until you get it up close. I'd like Android Wear to become compatible with iPhone, but I doubt the APIs will be there for that. My watch is pretty big, so I'm used to big/heavy watches. Apple's watch has 2 sizes, I guess, I kind of skimmed the demo (which is still going on), some of the software stuff looks good...but my issue with these watches is the battery life...and though I don't know Apples battery life, I'm betting it sucks.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:18 PM) I'm unaware of whether it's changed much since iOS 6 - the last one I used extensively. Are there no longer any restrictions with file attachments, etc.? My mother reports it still won't play nice with her hotmail account, though I wouldn't rule out user error. It treats it as a POP3 account. It changed quite a bit along with ios7. Hotmail is Outlook.com now, tell her to reconfigure it (it's Exchange) and has activesynch push, along with complete calander and contacts integration.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:07 PM) Holy s*** is the iWatch ugly. Looks just like the Samsung Gear Live. I thought I could count on a small, round, watch face. Gotta disagree with you here, with the sheer options, some of them looked really great. Still not my thing though, I have no use for a smartwatch.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:13 PM) One of the things I always hated when using iOS (and I believe this is becoming less of the case) was that, even when a fully functional replacement for a system app existed, you could not change the default. I was stuck with their poor browser and email client for too long. I like iOS default email client far more than Gmail.

Hopefully this pay stuff can actually catch on so you can use it everywhere, or this will be yet another failed NFC implementation.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 08:14 AM) Another big data breach, this time Home Depot. Sigh. Probably means I'm going to get yet another CC number, meaning I'll have to change all of my autobill stuff again. Yea, that's quickly getting old. Well, just another warning to never use debit cards for anyone that does.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 03:53 PM) Sounds about right. Throughout this whole ordeal, no one made a big deal about Apple's security. It was pretty much brushed under the rug. Is this a joke? The tech websites were lambasting Apple's lax outlook on security nonstop since the photo leaks occurred, not to mention the mainstream media.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 5, 2014 -> 09:37 PM) Apple wields a whole hell of a lot of influence over the way they are covered in the tech media From controlling the narrative on their brand, to punishing journalists/organizations who don't cooperate, to pushing stories that make competitors look bad You should see the stuff companies like Samsung do if you think that's bad.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 4, 2014 -> 11:30 AM) Password vaults can still be hacked, especially the trend of having cloud-based ones. At the end of the day, why are you taking nudes on your phone? Of course they can, but it's easy to remember 1 complex password, it's impossible to remember 50. But I agree on taking nudes...

To be perfectly honest, we already know Quinn is one of the worst politicians ... ever. Rauner might be just as bad, but it'd be impossible to be worse than Quinn. So, at the very worst we have the next Quinn, and at best he's better... I'd rather Rauner win, just because he's not potato head Quinn. Yes, this is -- yet again -- picking the lesser of two evils, which equates to picking evil in either regard. "This is the best we got folks ... garbage in ... garbage out." - George Carlin (speaking of politicians)

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 05:07 PM) You seem obsessed with the fact they "voluntarily" ventured over there. What's up with that? There are a lot of Americans seemingly all over the world. Pretty much anywhere you go you see an American and they in 99 percent of the cases thankfully won't get their heads slashed off for .... merely existing? These ISIS bastards are scum. The murders in Chicago are awful. I don't think that's what he's saying at all. He's merely pointing out that the people in Chicago getting slaughtered are BORN into a horrific situation, while the people going overseas are CHOOSING to put themselves into a dangerous situation (ultimately for money for fame), ergo he feels more sorry for the people born into a bad situation (NOT of their own choosing), versus the people that CHOSE to perform a very dangerous job in a war torn country. I don't think he's saying ISIS are great people, nor do I think he's saying anyone deserves to have their heads cut off, for any reason.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 4, 2014 -> 06:21 AM) http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/02/apples-tw...reams/?ncid=rss While we don't know whether any of the iCloud recent hacking/theft victims had two-factor authentication, it wouldn't have protected their photos Being celebs, I doubt they've ever heard of two-factor, considering 99% of the people I know don't know what it is or use it, either. Google has a decent 2-factor implementation, though even that has it's shortcomings, but Apple's is just ... a sad excuse for what two-factor is supposed to be, to the point I don't even bother using it (yet). That being said, famous people are probably the easiest hack targets considering any personal information/security questions about them are freely available on the internet if you want to spend time searching for it. You can probably find their exact email addresses to know exactly where to begin, too. In a way I'm glad this happened, well, I'm NOT glad a bunch of girls had their private/intimate lives spilled all over the Internet by some sad crackers (NOT hackers), but because it's doing exactly what I had hoped would happen for a long time, it's going to force people to start being smart about their usernames/passwords, and force companies into rigorous security practices and hopefully, full on two-factor usage. Get a password manager like 1Password or LastPass and start using it for EVERYTHING. If you can spell your passwords, or know your passwords even via acronyms or letter substitutions, your passwords are too weak. Even my Soxtalk.com password, I couldn't tell you what it is...I have to copy/paste it, because it looks something like this: j*ekDapR2V01Df

Note 4 looks like a decent iteration on their Note series of devices...but WTF with that Note Edge? Are they honestly searching out gimmicks for the sake of nothing at this point? As for the VR thing...cool looking but seems like the next 3D.

Flash needs to go.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 1, 2014 -> 05:25 PM) Both Chrome and Firefox were equally poor. Firefox was my preferred browser. Apparently I'm not the only to notice this This should fix when Chrome moves to 64bit, but as to why Firefox is doing it I don't know...maybe because of it's lack of split process?

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 1, 2014 -> 12:00 AM) Seems like I struck a nerve there. The only valuable thing you said in the original post was VMware or fusion. Everything else was you talking about how Windows is the worst so hell love his switch to Mac. Worry about Apples servers being hacked and what you're going to do once you find out your info was compromised. The VERY post you quoted of me literally has me saying, "...Windows 8, which is a total suckfest OS on non-touch based systems." So as stated, read.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 11:43 PM) Meanwhile, Kansas' governor will probably announce he's making all poor people get up at 6 a.m. and do 100 pushups and sprints. Today this guy gave a cushy job to one of his cronies. The question is ... will Republican heavy Kansas actually vote out Brownback? Believe it or not, he still might win re-election. I wonder if Kansas now is officially the worst state in the Union. Odds are good that whatever state a person is from is the worst state of the union (unless they recently moved there, so everything is still amazing), because their experience of other states is based on short stints of travel for work or when they vacation to them ... and since we tend to see the very best of what they have to offer instead of daily life in those situations, it's easy to say that state is the greatest thing ever. So, for example, IMO, IL is the worst state of the union, because we have unlimited amounts of corruption, a pension crisis that still hasn't been solved even to the smallest degree despite nonstop tax/fee increases and "discussions" about the pension crisis for over a decade ... and 90% of them will get re-elected, promising everything and delivering nothing, because we don't actually hold politicians accountable for anything. ...well, until they break the law so many times, or are so insanely stupid they end up in prison.