Connecting Android to Bluetooth speaker
- (drook)
- (1)
- Dec. 25, 2017, 11:36:27 AM EST
That sounds like a fix for a specific Android version.
- (static)
- Dec. 25, 2017, 08:44:40 PM EST
OS-11 and the Apple Industrial Complex
- (Ashton)
- (4)
- Dec. 12, 2017, 05:00:12 PM EST
I have no need to go out on a limb so I'm on version 10.13.2
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- (2)
- Dec. 12, 2017, 11:47:30 PM EST
I assume Ashton's talking about iOS 11 rather than macOS 10.xx.yy
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Dec. 13, 2017, 08:33:20 AM EST
Ah, so! In that case, my iPhone 6 is on iOS 11.2.
- (a6l6e6x)
- Dec. 13, 2017, 11:36:54 AM EST
Thanks, both.. guess I'll punt for a time (It ain't broke, so ...)
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Dec. 13, 2017, 04:51:14 PM EST
Essential PH-1 with 360 camera for $399 at Amazon today.
- (Another Scott)
- (35)
- Nov. 27, 2017, 12:40:05 PM EST
You have to post some 360 video when you get that
-NT
- (drook)
- (7)
- Nov. 27, 2017, 12:52:27 PM EST
No video yet. Initial Essential Ph-1 mini-review.
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Feb. 10, 2018, 10:34:35 PM EST
Stock Android has a whether widget that matches that description
- (drook)
- (3)
- Feb. 11, 2018, 12:34:51 AM EST
I find the list of "apps" easily, ...
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Feb. 11, 2018, 11:41:27 AM EST
Ah, here we go.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Feb. 11, 2018, 01:16:31 PM EST
Also, too.
- (Another Scott)
- Feb. 11, 2018, 05:06:36 PM EST
Chronus for your weather widget
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Feb. 12, 2018, 01:42:36 PM EST
Thanks for the pointer.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Feb. 12, 2018, 02:16:02 PM EST
You're in an exclusive club.
- (pwhysall)
- (3)
- Feb. 15, 2018, 09:37:04 AM EST
Yup.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Feb. 15, 2018, 11:16:54 AM EST
Nah, let it go pop
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Feb. 16, 2018, 03:34:11 AM EST
Didn't realize (or didn't remember) this.
- (Another Scott)
- Feb. 16, 2018, 11:20:37 PM EST
Had to move on...
- (Another Scott)
- (22)
- June 7, 2018, 10:36:12 PM EDT
Re: And it has the 3.5 mm jack! Woot!
- (a6l6e6x)
- June 7, 2018, 11:36:44 PM EDT
That 3.5mm jack.
- (static)
- (20)
- June 8, 2018, 06:48:14 AM EDT
I'm sure it will eventually be replaced.
- (Another Scott)
- (19)
- June 8, 2018, 07:24:00 AM EDT
So why can't I find a Bluetooth mic for my car?
- (drook)
- (18)
- June 8, 2018, 07:52:58 AM EDT
The Kenwood (IIRC) head that I got for Joan's Corolla has a wired mic.
- (Another Scott)
- June 8, 2018, 08:08:14 AM EDT
Don't car BT head-units have their own mic?
- (scoenye)
- (16)
- June 9, 2018, 10:07:38 AM EDT
That could be why I'm not finding them
- (drook)
- (15)
- June 9, 2018, 10:24:03 AM EDT
How do you have it paired?
- (scoenye)
- (14)
- June 10, 2018, 12:00:18 PM EDT
It's not with a head unit
- (drook)
- (13)
- June 10, 2018, 01:13:55 PM EDT
FM repeater??? WTF was 2018, the Stone Age?
- (CRConrad)
- (12)
- May 6, 2019, 11:03:53 AM EDT
My car is a 2004
- (drook)
- (4)
- May 6, 2019, 12:35:56 PM EDT
Yup, sure, valid reason.
- (CRConrad)
- (1)
- May 7, 2019, 02:51:46 AM EDT
My last three
- (drook)
- May 7, 2019, 07:19:25 AM EDT
well you "could" replace the radio, cheaper than replacing the car
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- May 7, 2019, 01:25:42 PM EDT
I'm gonna need my own ride again when the kid comes home
-NT
- (drook)
- May 7, 2019, 03:03:49 PM EDT
"Head unit"
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- May 7, 2019, 07:03:40 AM EDT
"Head unit" ... "volume knob" ...
- (drook)
- (4)
- May 7, 2019, 07:21:23 AM EDT
No you're not.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- (3)
- May 8, 2019, 02:09:58 AM EDT
No, I actually tried
- (drook)
- (2)
- May 8, 2019, 08:15:13 AM EDT
Perhaps your expectations were premature...
-NT
- (malraux)
- May 8, 2019, 11:01:39 AM EDT
Perhaps you had forgotten "the fastest four-handed game" of all®
- (Ashton)
- May 9, 2019, 05:32:46 AM EDT
Ah. Thought it might be one of those where you take off the front, but that would be "the face" then
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- May 8, 2019, 02:09:13 AM EDT
New toy: Surface Pro
- (pwhysall)
- (9)
- Oct. 17, 2017, 01:28:50 PM EDT
Neat. Let us know how it goes, weight-wise.
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Oct. 17, 2017, 02:04:58 PM EDT
Yeah, the weight is a thing, I suppose.
- (pwhysall)
- (5)
- Oct. 17, 2017, 03:17:52 PM EDT
I've never seen AAAA ... that's tiny
-NT
- (drook)
- (2)
- Oct. 17, 2017, 03:45:00 PM EDT
Re: I've never seen AAAA ... that's tiny
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 17, 2017, 03:48:19 PM EDT
Yep. Tiny.
- (static)
- Oct. 17, 2017, 10:49:44 PM EDT
Pretty much exactly a pound and a half.
- (CRConrad)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 08:19:16 AM EDT
The Pencil charging method is one of the dumber things they've done in a while.
- (malraux)
- Oct. 18, 2017, 08:48:46 PM EDT
I love my Pro 3.
- (static)
- Oct. 17, 2017, 10:51:04 PM EDT
Casual gaming confirmed
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 19, 2017, 01:44:34 AM EDT
New Pixel phones on October 4.
- (Another Scott)
- (47)
- Sept. 14, 2017, 08:51:58 AM EDT
I've seen some amusing butthurt from Fandroids about the TRRS jack
- (malraux)
- (46)
- Sept. 14, 2017, 10:30:27 AM EDT
I have a different theory
- (pwhysall)
- (45)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 11:06:07 AM EDT
The Essential apparently has a solution to this problem.
- (Another Scott)
- (31)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 11:33:31 AM EDT
This "thinness über alles!" meme that's infected every IT hardware designer's brain is such utter BS
- (CRConrad)
- (14)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 03:48:38 AM EDT
Yeahbut...
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- Sept. 18, 2017, 08:08:46 AM EDT
But, a sharp-edged 1.83kg laptop vs a 2.02 kg rounder one is a wash... Or a win for the heavier one.
- (CRConrad)
- (1)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 04:00:19 AM EDT
Heh.
- (pwhysall)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:01:30 AM EDT
Re: Yeahbut...
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 10:56:48 AM EDT
Boy, you don't understand Mac users
- (drook)
- (1)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:07:50 AM EDT
Such cynicism in one so...
- (pwhysall)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:08:21 AM EDT
I beat you to that one (IOW Yes, that exactly)
- (drook)
- (7)
- Sept. 18, 2017, 08:49:52 AM EDT
Yeah, but I *thought* of it long before that.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- (6)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 03:50:16 AM EDT
Did you think of it before smartphones?
- (drook)
- (5)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 09:46:05 AM EDT
Razr?
- (malraux)
- (3)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 10:29:48 AM EDT
J loved her StarTac flip phone.
- (Another Scott)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 10:41:24 AM EDT
Yup, Razr
- (drook)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:10:38 AM EDT
I had a keychain phone
- (crazy)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 04:24:55 PM EDT
Motorola RAZR, 2003.
- (pwhysall)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 10:58:06 AM EDT
Re: The Essential apparently has a solution to this problem.
- (pwhysall)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:06:45 AM EDT
Geez, I just noticed this
- (drook)
- (14)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:12:47 AM EDT
Heh.
- (Another Scott)
- (13)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:45:33 AM EDT
Too true!
- (drook)
- (12)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 01:11:43 PM EDT
Evolution didn't "design" the headphone jack...
- (Another Scott)
- (11)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 01:29:59 PM EDT
Apple patent blocked Magsafe-like connectors for years
- (drook)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 03:01:31 PM EDT
*Good* reasons? Do tell.
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (8)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 03:53:24 PM EDT
Heh. You know the reasons.
- (Another Scott)
- (7)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 04:28:28 PM EDT
No, I don't.
- (pwhysall)
- (6)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 02:50:05 AM EDT
Licensing aside, something like Magsafe
- (drook)
- (2)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 07:45:40 AM EDT
Yeah, but that's not a thing, is it?
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 08:53:13 AM EDT
You said "better", not "available"
- (drook)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 11:22:10 AM EDT
We won't be using 3.5 mm jacks in 50 years.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 11:20:21 AM EDT
Micro-USB is a bad comparison
- (drook)
- (1)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 11:34:18 AM EDT
Everything in that post is a bad comparison
- (pwhysall)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 01:03:04 PM EDT
Will second the snark re phrase, "good reasons" ;^>
- (Ashton)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 05:56:02 AM EDT
Waterproofing would have made the jack even bigger.
- (malraux)
- (12)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 12:15:15 PM EDT
You must not run
- (drook)
- (11)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 12:54:16 PM EDT
Nope.
- (malraux)
- (7)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 01:09:31 PM EDT
Just to make sure I understand ...
- (drook)
- (3)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 01:53:02 PM EDT
No.
- (malraux)
- (2)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:18:11 PM EDT
Recommendation != opinion
- (drook)
- (1)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:29:59 PM EDT
In my opinion, the dongle should suffice.
- (malraux)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:31:43 PM EDT
Reviews indicate it's a piece of crap.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 02:39:48 PM EDT
That's another matter for sure.
- (malraux)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:19:43 PM EDT
(Un-believably?) that's an Apple Inc. blog and..
- (Ashton)
- Sept. 16, 2017, 05:48:33 PM EDT
Here ya go.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Sept. 16, 2017, 08:30:10 AM EDT
That's called the "Somali Hands-free" in Finland, if you do it with a phone in stead.
- (CRConrad)
- (1)
- Sept. 18, 2017, 08:14:25 AM EDT
Indeed! Breathing is good.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Sept. 18, 2017, 08:31:25 AM EDT
Best SIM/Plan to buy for a 2 week trip to the UK?
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Aug. 28, 2017, 01:51:37 PM EDT
You probably can't get a phone without a local bank account.
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 28, 2017, 02:29:53 PM EDT
WooHoo! Finally getting Android 7.0 on my V10.
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- Aug. 10, 2017, 11:18:19 PM EDT
Sony won't give me anything newer than 5.1 on mine. :-(
-NT
- (static)
- (2)
- Aug. 10, 2017, 11:53:24 PM EDT
Bummer. :-(
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Aug. 11, 2017, 12:32:47 AM EDT
Totally.
- (static)
- Aug. 11, 2017, 02:45:39 AM EDT
since $MS is out of the phone business decided to stock up
- (boxley)
- Aug. 6, 2017, 11:53:29 AM EDT