The Wide, Wide World of Apple

[Ed Anger]

I just want them to update them. The kid's computers need to be replaced soon.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Got myself one of those portable trackpads.  Now I can be even more lazy by moving the pointer pad to where my hand is instead of the other way around, and I don't even have to move my wrist like I did with my little portable mouse.

As a side note, my wife went and bought herself on of those Lenovo Yoga11s convertible laptops after the cat ruined her charger for her old laptop.  Turns out that thing is pretty fuckin cool.  She went and got herself a sleeve thing for it that covers the keyboard when its in "tablet mode" so that concern of mine is gone.  It's not as big as the Air (13" vs 11"), but it's cheaper and faster.  The battery life isn't as good by a significant amount (2-3 hours) either though, so even if I had extensively tested one, I still wouldn't have gotten it.  Again though:  pretty fuckin cool.

[Grey Fox]

My father bought an Ipad mini, I feel very sad.

[Barrister]

Apple is announcing, as predicted, new iPhone 5S and 5C.  Very much as rumour cites called.

The one unexpected announcement so far - the 5S is powered by a new, 64-bit A7 processor.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Same screen sizes and all that?  I'm waiting for them to stop fucking around and release something that isn't tiny.  Might go back to an iPhone if they do.

[Barrister]

Same screen sizes and all that?  I'm waiting for them to stop fucking around and release something that isn't tiny.  Might go back to an iPhone if they do.

Still going on, but yup.  They seem pretty firm on not wanting to compete on "specs", which include screen size.

[DGuller]

What about fingerprint thingie?

[Barrister]

What about fingerprint thingie?

Just announcing it now.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Fingerprint scanners are cool.  That's one of the things I definitely miss about my Atrix.

[Barrister]

I've been counting the days till my BB contract expires and I can get an iPhone through my employer.

I wonder if they'll cheap out and get 5Cs for us drones, or will the promise of increased security fingerprint scanners mean a 5S?

[Grey Fox]

Just cancel the contract, it'll be, what?, 20$?

[DontSayBanana]

Just cancel the contract, it'll be, what?, 20$?

US carriers typically charge a $250 "early termination fee."

[Barrister]

Just cancel the contract, it'll be, what?, 20$?

It's not my contract, it's the government's contract.  Plus the government switched providers.  My BB is with Rogers, but all new phones are with Telus.

[Ed Anger]

Just cancel the contract, it'll be, what?, 20$?

US carriers typically charge a $250 "early termination fee."

Which is why I never do 2 year contracts. Fucking thieves.

[Grey Fox]

Just cancel the contract, it'll be, what?, 20$?

US carriers typically charge a $250 "early termination fee."

We use to have that & then legislation was enacted. There's a Federal code & Quebec has a law. Max contracts are now 2 years(well will be, but no one offers 3 years anymore) and, here, only the subsidy for the phone needs to be paid back. The cost is subsidy/24 x # of months left on the contract.

Our plans sucks tho.

@BB Oh, how much longer?