kirk781

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[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What is the benefit of an ultrasonic sensor over an optical one? Is the former even quicker to respond to input/touch?

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you are on Android, use RedReader. It still works with full functionality as before, except that NSFW subs can't be opened. It's available on F Droid as well.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

I knew their update policy was bad, didn't knew it was this bad.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wonder where they will setup base. For eg, Nothing has factories in the Southern state of Tamilnadu.

A more pertinent question is whether Apple will reduce iPhone's pricing in India. iPhones have a relatively low market share in India and part of the reason is the very expensive price. However, this premium price also leads people to save up for iPhones since they become to be seen as more of a valuable fashion accessory than just a smartphone. Previous generation iPhones often are on sale for this reason.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Mobvoi's alternatives always boasted of much longer battery life than Pixel or Galaxy counterparts. The author moans about lack of Google Assistant support and wireless charging but honestly, significantly larger battery life is more than worth any Assistant.

Also, wireless charging might be more convenient but it generates a lot of wasted heat and my Galaxy Watch throttles when charging via WPC mechanism in high temperatures.

One valid criticism is the slow rate of upgrades that this company gives and it's lesser international availability.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

Stock android experience is the exception, not the norm, sadly. Some manufactures like Motorola or HMD have a light touch and close to stock but other ones don't. The worst offenders are Chinese brands who twist it so much and without much benefit(Atleast, Samsung's ONE UI is customizable as heck, can't say the same for Realme's).

 

I am surprised that Google spends so much time tackling custom ROMs via it's Play Integrity API. If only they paid that much attention to say, curating the Play Store more, it had be much better for everyone

 

Some of these features are foldable only and Atleast one that that's more a bug than a feature(read: deeper Gemini integration). Either case, I can only hope how individual OEMs apply them onto their skins

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

I think the article mentions it. AOL tried to block it and this to and fro went 21 times before finally coming to a stop. MSN and Yahoo later signed a deal, I think, so that the former will work with latter's contacts properly.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago

Err, this payment doesn't block ads. It only switches off personalised ads. So, the user is still seeing ads, just not targeted ones. So the site is getting both user's money plus ad money. And technically, I am not sure how privacy preserving this is because you will still need to create an account which technically leaves you vulnerable to tracking.

 

The bottom of the article links to the history (individual features) of other IM programs from that era as well like ICQ and Yahoo Messenger.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

My first smartphone was their cheap Lumia 520. Yes, it had its limitations (it couldn't natively playback mkv files and no VLC support was there yet; only one paid app offered this basic thing) but the polycarbonate back was good, the battery lived decent enough despite being small and the OS was very smooth.

 

A deep dive in Nokia's history, especially their phones and sometimes corporate structures

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True, even Samsung budgets still have the 3.5 mm jack. I guess Motorola really wishes folks to purchase their wireless options.

 

It's funny that companies like Google have stopped giving chargers in the name of being 'environment friendly' but in spite of conforming to USB PD standards, third party chargers can't still charge the Pixel Pro to it's maximum capacity, so you are essentially forced to buy one.

 

Check the Software part for this device. Funnily, it's listed as Android 15.

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Can one rant about Wear OS here since it's technically still Android?

When Samsung was making watches on Tizen, they released products like Frontier (boasting upto 3 day battery life), original Galaxy Watch (boasting upto 4 days battery life). Cue they switched to Wear OS with GW4 and with the 40mm variant, the battery life doggedly remained at a pathetic 1 day with AOD on.

Even with release of newer generations like Ultra, they are barely hitting 3 days with ~590mAh battery. Why is Wear OS such a battery hog?

I own a Galaxy Watch 6 and the watch OS uses like 6 GB storage and 1+ GB in perpetual RAM. Is it really so that displaying time and running couple of apps in the background takes more memory than GNOME 46?

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