The wireless CarPlay with charging pad should be available as another step up in trim than the wired regular CarPlay
― calstars, Friday, 14 August 2020 12:08 (three years ago) link
The worst feature of my 2015 Honda Fit was when I had to replace the transmission even though I was still below 15k miles. This was last week. The dealer told me to call Honda to complain and Honda covered 75% of the cost but I’m still out 1200$
― dan selzer, Friday, 14 August 2020 12:27 (three years ago) link
Don’t get me started on Honda. Maybe we should take our gripes to a new thread
― calstars, Friday, 14 August 2020 12:40 (three years ago) link
CarPlay is better than nearly all the integrated systems I’ve tried except the Audi virtual cockpit one. (They’ve managed to make that much worse with the new touchscreen version though).
― stet, Friday, 14 August 2020 12:41 (three years ago) link
Do talk about Honda somewhere as I’m on the brink of leasing a CRV
― and i can almost smell your PG Tips (Jon not Jon), Friday, 14 August 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
I should probably call out the offender of the weird touchpad device
Lexus, what are you doing? Really?
― solo scampito (mh), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:40 (three years ago) link
I rented a Ford Expedition (inadvertently) with the top of the line upgrades and drove it to Michigan and back and it was BA NA NAS stupidly big and boat-y, but also I got kinda used to some of the things?? Not only heated seats but ventilated seats, with AC vented through them! Heaven. Also the on-board nav w touch screen that displayed the map as I drove, BSI with warning lights on the side mirrors, wireless charging pad and USB/12v outlets everywhere, a reallly good back-up cam (you need it on that thing)...oh and the driver's seat auto-retracts when you turn the car off, so you can get out more easily. That was wild but useful bc I'm short and have to sit really close to the pedals.
Basically it was scarily comfortable except for driving like a boat and being huge enough to kill a lot of pedestrians at the same time.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Friday, 14 August 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
Sorry that should read 50k miles. Still way to early For a new trans.
― dan selzer, Friday, 14 August 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
Oh and the headlights and wipers work all by themselves--it even dims and brightens the headlamps when it senses lights ahead. I appreciated both features when I drove through a sudden downpour in PA on my first day and I didn't know where the wiper control was yet.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
I've never driven a car w modern tech, so I was just really charmed that it automatically connected to my phone & itunes library, contacts, etc and I could call anyone with voice commands and so on. Magical!
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
Haha!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 August 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
All cars made in us post 2018 have to have backup cameras.
― dan selzer, Friday, 14 August 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eACEHVceYl0
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
Yeah basically nothing has changed
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 04:59 (three years ago) link
4 MB of RAM, that should be plenty
― calstars, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 11:22 (three years ago) link
I’m not a fan of the new red Music app icon in iOS 14
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 1 October 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
I think it was also red in iOS 7. then it went white with iOS 10?
― calstars, Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=170&v=OxZAfOHCq0g&feature=emb_title
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 1 October 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
so is apple going to make me feel stupid for not paying attention to the rumor mill and buying an SE two weeks ago instead of whatever the new smallphone is?
(probably, though i'm sure it'll cost more)
― circles, Friday, 9 October 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link
well, it IS October...
― Nhex, Friday, 9 October 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
Talk of an iPhone mini out next week yeah
― stet, Friday, 9 October 2020 09:33 (three years ago) link
The iPhone 12 Mini does look the business, physically smaller than the SE2020 but edge to edge, larger, higher res OLED screen. Like...any Samsung. But it’s gonna be nearly twice the price of the SE, so there you go.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 9 October 2020 10:11 (three years ago) link
https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=ldC-nls1V5E
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 October 2020 10:15 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the SE2020 was the first time I've ever had the "latest thing". Usually it's last year's or the year before's model. It's nice, but I've dropped it more often in five months than I did any of the smaller handsets, ever. This could just be senility. Happy to go back to small and not-the-latest-thing if 12 Minis are going cheap in 2022!
― Michael Jones, Friday, 9 October 2020 10:31 (three years ago) link
I sold my 11 last week to help finance the 12 mini, can’t wait
― calstars, Friday, 9 October 2020 11:08 (three years ago) link
I like our HomePod way more than I thought, the mini is interesting
― stet, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
i will pay extra to not have smart speakers in my home
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
We’re officially in the “but this razor has five plus one blades” era of iPhone sales.
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
it looks like a nice phone
― mh, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
not sure they need four new models, but hey
argh, is there any real certainty that they're doing another event next month (hopefully macbooks) or is it purely speculation? any idea when we might know?
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
Arm book by the end of the year
― calstars, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
they have committed to at least one arm mac by the end of the year (not clear if that's announced or actually shipped). the general consensus it it will be a lower end macbook.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
thanks!
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
are they... are they made of arms? do you wear them on your arm?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
Here's a version of my iPhone sizes sketch with the ghost of the original SE, if anyone wants that size comparison. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/De1y7KFGva— Kate Matthews (@rhl__) October 13, 2020
new iphone mini is bigger than the original SE, but smaller than the current SE.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
looks... smaller than the original SE?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
Original SE is unlabeled in light orange/peach.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
Original SE is the peach one without a label in the middle
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
ah got it. yeah, i can get with that for sure; i've been hanging on to my 5se for five years or so but it's beginning to flag. gonna need to upgrade at some point in the future though; a top of the line model with applecare and case/charger/wallet looks like it runs about 1400.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
Ugh, they're killing me with the late release dates this year. I was planning on keeping my 6S for at least another year but I went swimming with it in my pocket the first week of September and have been limping along with my old 4S since then. Which means I don't even really have a phone since Verizon won't activate that one anymore. Good thing I never got rid of the land line!
― early rejecter, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
Wah
― calstars, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
This mini looks really good, yeah. The camera on the enormo one does as well though: the example shots are better by some stretch than the last round and in much more challenging light than the usual “desert at midday” stuff
― stet, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
I've got to the New Battery (and new lightening port) vs New Phone point in the cycle. However, I'm not entirely sure my original X is lacking anything, but will probably end up buying a new one anyway.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
SE now £399
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 12:29 (three years ago) link
cheapest iPhone ever?
here we go
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/one-more-thing-apple-announces-livestreamed-event-for-november-10/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
Will it have a keyboard that doesn’t suck?
Will macOS run in an iPad so I can buy a portable Mac with a keyboard that doesn’t suck?
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
Gotta wait til next year’s LED screens on the notebooks
― calstars, Monday, 2 November 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
Which laptop did you want, Ed? They’ve already dropped the butterfly keyboard on much of the range, haven’t they?
― Alba, Monday, 2 November 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link