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You know I turned off ALL the system location services. Not sure what that will do to things but yeah. Currently my battery is at 58%. From 10% an hour to 2% an hour when you do nothing.
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Now that I've gotten over the shininess and am just using my phone as normal, it's going pretty strong. A little worse than iOS 6, but not drastically so. I always charge my phone overnight regardless, and on iOS I would plug it in when going to sleep around 40%, now I usually hit 20%.
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iOS beats all in user experience rating
But the real loser in WinPho.
Meh...
They used Samsung as a model of Android, and marked it down because it had too many apps and widgets.The Pfeifferians rated each operating system on four criteria:
Cognitive load: the sum of elements with which users must familiarize themselves to use the operating system spontaneously and intuitively
Efficiency: how efficiently key features and services are integrated for ease of operation
Customization: how many options an operating system provides to allow a user to tailor it to their personal tastes
User-experience friction: Pfeiffer describes this as "the bad stuff, the aspects of a device that can annoy you in a niggling way, or, in extreme cases, drive you crazy"
But the real loser in WinPho.
Meh...
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That's bad, I get 0.8%/h idle usage out of my Sony Xperia S.StarBound wrote:You know I turned off ALL the system location services. Not sure what that will do to things but yeah. Currently my battery is at 58%. From 10% an hour to 2% an hour when you do nothing.
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I'd pay if someone makes an iOS classic interface. I really don't like the new look. Its too white, too bright, too bland.
But it looks perfect for the iphone 5 cheap.
But it looks perfect for the iphone 5 cheap.
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Speaking of which, the 5C is not doing so well. Source.StarBound wrote:I'd pay if someone makes an iOS classic interface. I really don't like the new look. Its too white, too bright, too bland.
But it looks perfect for the iphone 5 cheap.
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My battery drain is at an all time low. See what happens when you turn everything off?
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Apple just patented a cylindrical glass building.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/02 ... ail_store/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/02 ... ail_store/
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So yesterday I put my iPhone 5 to the drop test. It passed Round 1 admirably, but failed Round 2 miserably: shattered screen and dead LCD. This was around 9AM.
So my insurance guy says that he needs an assessment. I take it to iStore in the Glen, where I am told that they will need to send it to their repair centre in Jet Park (Core Group). I ask if I can take it there myself. I can, and so I do.
I arrive at Core, show them the device, and ask for an assessment. The guy explains that they will be quoting on a new device because they can't fix these things. That's fine with me, given that this is an insurance claim. So I fill out my details and the device's details (iPhone 5 16GB Black).
Now, bearing in mind that this thing retails for around R9k, I was more than a little surprised when the assessment and quote came back (yes, for a new device) at R3,363.27. And, no, that's not a mistake. I paid, got my new device yesterday, and have submitted the claim to my insurance for a refund.
So my insurance guy says that he needs an assessment. I take it to iStore in the Glen, where I am told that they will need to send it to their repair centre in Jet Park (Core Group). I ask if I can take it there myself. I can, and so I do.
I arrive at Core, show them the device, and ask for an assessment. The guy explains that they will be quoting on a new device because they can't fix these things. That's fine with me, given that this is an insurance claim. So I fill out my details and the device's details (iPhone 5 16GB Black).
Now, bearing in mind that this thing retails for around R9k, I was more than a little surprised when the assessment and quote came back (yes, for a new device) at R3,363.27. And, no, that's not a mistake. I paid, got my new device yesterday, and have submitted the claim to my insurance for a refund.
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There are many places that can replace screens. Seems this is the thinking that permeates life - don't repair - replace.
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Old stock being given away to make way for the S and C?Stuart wrote:Now, bearing in mind that this thing retails for around R9k, I was more than a little surprised when the assessment and quote came back (yes, for a new device) at R3,363.27.
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Potentially. Just had a phone call from my insurer to tell me that the refund has been processed into my banking account.GreyWolf wrote:Old stock being given away to make way for the S and C?Stuart wrote:Now, bearing in mind that this thing retails for around R9k, I was more than a little surprised when the assessment and quote came back (yes, for a new device) at R3,363.27.
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Congrats.
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I saw iTunes and App store vouchers at PnP yesterday. No more CC, StarBound!
Also, SA App store has games now. Woot!
Also, SA App store has games now. Woot!
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Too funny.D3PART3D wrote:Also, SA App store has games now. Woot!
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It is.
I'm playing Horn and The Dark Meadows, and they feel like AAA games.
I'm playing Horn and The Dark Meadows, and they feel like AAA games.
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My current thing to do while waiting in line at the checkout counters is Candy Crush. Very addictive.
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Ja. And then you get one of those levels. 42 moves and one jelly. For three weeks straight. Mathematical probability se voet!GreyWolf wrote:My current thing to do while waiting in line at the checkout counters is Candy Crush. Very addictive.
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Apple has won back a number of patents that had lost earlier,including one for multi touch technology on a computing device.
I had grown tired of all this BS and decided to do some "research". Type in "touch screen history" into Google search and 3rd link gave me this: mutli-touch technology used on computing devices invented as far back as 1984.
So well done to the USPTO, well done indeed. Maybe they are using Bing or something...
I had grown tired of all this BS and decided to do some "research". Type in "touch screen history" into Google search and 3rd link gave me this: mutli-touch technology used on computing devices invented as far back as 1984.
So well done to the USPTO, well done indeed. Maybe they are using Bing or something...
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Hey, don't diss the Bing.GreyWolf wrote:So well done to the USPTO, well done indeed. Maybe they are using Bing or something...
Didn't you know:
bing.com wrote:people preferred Bing web search results nearly 2:1 over Google in blind comparison tests.
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Well of-course BLIND people preferred it over Google. They couldn't see the results!bing.com wrote:people preferred Bing web search results nearly 2:1 over Google in blind comparison tests.
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