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Posts by Eddie Knopfler
16 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Mar 2013
Apple Watch WRISTJOB SHORTAGE: It's down to BAD VIBES
Oh, wow. US Secret Service wants a Twitter sarcasm-spotter
Spock-style gadget can SMELL my PEE! Weird gizmos of CES 2014
BOOGIE BALLMER: Steve Dirty Dances at tearful Microsoft leaving do
Deep inside the iPhone 5s lurk a few surprises
Sunday 22nd September 2013 19:36 GMT
Re: My 5.3" is a Samsung, your 4" is also much Samsung
Hmmm... No, not really.
Both the A(5/6/7) and Exynos(3/4/5) are tweaked designs of ARM-based Cortex SoC's licensed from ARM Holdings.
What you've said is almost as bad as saying an Intel Core i7 based Samsung laptop is a design variant of an AMD Vision Processor E2 based Lenovo machine because they both use x86/x64 instruction sets.
The important thing here is that whether you're an Apple Fanboi or a Samsung Fandroid, none of you would be doing anything with any particular power or efficiency if it wasn't for us plucky Brits.
Move along now, nothing to see here.
Furious Frenchies tell Apple to bubble off: Bling iPhone isn't 'champagne'
'Kim Jong-un executes nork-baring ex and pals for love polygon skin flick'
Three axes data-roaming fees in SEVEN countries
Wednesday 28th August 2013 14:46 GMT
Re: Blighty takes the lead - for once
Not sure Blighty takes the lead. I moved from London to Wicklow (ROI) three years ago and signed up to a Three contract in Eire simply because they still offered the previous incarnation of this deal (Three Like Home) so I avoided paying roaming charges when on personal and business trips back to the UK.
It was only shortly before this that the UK arm of Three scrapped that offering so they've just reverted to something they've previously offered and rebranded it. Still, means I can finally port my O2 number to Three for my UK phone and remove roaming charges on both accounts... which is nice...
Also, Hutchison Whampoa are based out of Hong Kong.
Microsoft Xbox One to be powered by ginormous system-on-chip
New cheapo iPhone ain't gonna be that cheap, says non-Foxconn CEO
Cold, dead hands of Steve Jobs slip from iPhones: The Cult of Ive is upon us
Tuesday 11th June 2013 12:32 GMT
Re: Lowercase keyboard?
Quite different?
I guess that's a perspective thing.
For me, it's not a requirement or something I'd flag up as being a differentiator between devices (e g's point). I rarely look at the keyboard when typing on either a physical or virtual keyboard and for a device the size of a phone fingers or thumbs would obscure the key one wishes to strike anyway - which implies you wish to use other areas of the screen to provide a visual clue as to the outcome of a key press, potentially detrimental to accuracy?.
I don't think iOS users should be forced into having a static label on keys any more than I think Android users should be forced to have a keyboard that changes. As you imply, choice is the key.
Either way, I don't think I'd ever choose a device based on what the OS UI puts on a virtual keyboard to represent the outcome of a key press; Especially not in order to feel better when my new device was placed next to something that offers alternate functionality.
Tuesday 11th June 2013 11:34 GMT 
Lowercase keyboard?
@g e... Why does anyone need a keyboard that changes case to reflect the outcome of a key press?
I'm quite happily typing this on a physical keyboard and haven't gotten myself confused once just because the case of the key label hasn't changed inline with my shift/caps lock commands.
Or is that how Android has "innovated" the keyboard? Or wait, did they "invent" it?
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