smallest wired keyboard?

I see, my anecdotes don't count but yours do. Sorry, Your Majesty.

Not really. We have plenty of land lines. (Remember them? They're those things that have decent voice quality.)

Oh no, an extra number in my phone book. Boo-hoo.

I've always been attracted to weird businesses...

i gave statistics, not anecdotes.

no coverage is 100%.

the number of people for whom there is cellular/wifi but no fm is greater than the number of people for whom there is fm but no cellular/wifi.

And you are a sad little troll.

Yeah, peons inside a big box store don't need cell coverage and are almost certainly forbidden from using their devices while on the clock, dumbass. That would obviously include FM radios.

The funny thing about rural areas is that, by definition, very few people and very few businesses are located in them.

Re: Re: smallest wired keyboard? By: meff to Richard Falken on Thu Apr 21 2022 12:21 am

Even if people used their data plan solely for streaming (which they don't) a

A 2 GB data cap used to listen to 192 kbps MP3s maxes out at about ~

(FYI for bitrate calculations I used

you're ignoring the existence of wifi, which is available nearly everywhere, including home, work, school, libraries, retail stores and restaurants, medical offices and much more.

one place it isn't is while driving, except that relatively few people drive 4-6 hours a day, every day.

The _reason_ nospam is wrong is simply that he will fabricate any excuse he can think of for the lack of basic functionality in the Apple product line.

FM radio is basic functionality on _most_ phones for good reasons indeed.

What you're running into is the iKooks (Lewis, nospam, Jolly Roger, Alan Baker, et. al) are always making _excuses_ for why the iPhone lacks basic functionality that is (and always has been) in _most_ phones out there.

What they _hate_ is the basic functionality isn't in their beloved iPhone.

What you're running into is the iKooks own an imaginary belief system that intimates their beloved product line has the basic functionality it lacks.

The problem you're seeing is that the iKooks don't own the adult skills to simply accept that fact.

Like children still believing in Santa Claus well after the fifth grade, the iKooks are _desperate_ to cling on to their unmet expectations.

Yet, the fact remains the iPhone lacks even the most basic functionality that not only almost all phones have, but most phones still have - such as the sdslot, the 3.5mm jack, the FM radio, the charger in the box, etc.

iKook: Santa exists. He's gonna give me an iPhone for Christmas. Adult: No son. That's just a marketing gimmick. Your parents are Santa. iKook: No. You're wrong. He exists. I saw him on an Apple advertisement. Adult: That's how marketing works, son. Apple wants you to think that.

iKook: Liar! Liar! Pants on fire! I hate you. You're wrong!

Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk.

You haven't figured out yet that with the iKooks, their only goal is to defend Apple at all costs, to the death, no matter what - and every time.

Hence it doesn't really matter what excuse nospam fabricates for why the iPhone lacks the basic functionality of the FM radio that most phones have.

These iKooks (Lewis, nospam, Jolly Roger, Alan Baker, et. al), only have a half dozen responses to _everything_ about Apple that they themselves hate.

It doesn't matter _what_ the missing functionality is, as the conversation will be the same no matter what, as what has never changed is Apple strategy of slowly removing basic functionality so that you tend to buy it back.

Any conversation about basic functionality missing from the iPhone always proceeds using most if not all of these tired old iKook tricks...

1. Normally they brazenly _fabricate_ a claim that the functionality exists. (Of course, they _never_ come up with the facts since it's imaginary.)
2. They almost always claim nobody wants or needs the missing functionality. (Which you're seeing them do here which is their _next_ excuse.)
3. They'll then claim that almost no phones have that basic functionality. (Which, again, they did here and they're _always_ wrong on that too!)
4. Then they'll claim that there's no demand for that basic functionality. (They did that here - but the fact most phones have it belies that).
5. This goes on for a long time where finally they get exasperated and they start to say they know of the functionality but they won't tell you.
6. The adult response always is to ask them to name it, which they never can, but often what they do is name something completely different.
7. If you can focus them back on the facts that they're _desperate_ to derail they will extol the virtues of their presumed replacement.
8. If you continue to focus them on the fact their beloved product line is missing the basic functionality, they will call you a troll & worse.
9. It will culminate in myriad kindergarten name calling episodes as you clearly saw here, simply because they have no _adult_ response to facts.
10. Vastly shortened, this is essentially a conversation with these iKooks: iKook: Santa is great! He's gonna give me a new iPhone for Christmas! Adult: No son. That's just a marketing gimmick. Your parents are Santa. iKook: No. You're wrong. He exists. I saw him on an Apple advertisement. Adult: That's how marketing works, son. Apple wants you to think that. Adult: The facts are Santa can't do that magical stuff you believe in. iKook: Liar! Liar! Pants on fire! I hate you. I hate you! You're wrong!

The folks on the c.s.r.p group may not be familiar with the iKooks, where all the iKooks have the _same_ response in _any_ topic that purports to mention the lack of basic functionality of their beloved product line.

In this case, it's FM radio - where they claim that it exists in another form, and that nobody wants it anyway, and that most phones don't have it, etc., all of which are always wrong since most phones _do_ have it.

Just not iPhones.

We call fall into the trap of discussing each of the lame excuses that the iKooks come up with to defend the lack of basic functionality in the iPhone.

But the fact would remain that Apple's strategy is to slowly remove basic functionality from the iPhone so that you tend to buy it back.

That's the only reason their beloved iPhone lacks the basic functionality that is and always has been in _most_ phones every built & out there today. a. Common sdcard slots for _portable_ memory b. Industry standard 3.5mm jacks for general use c. FM radios for emergency & specific needs d. License-free cables such as industry standard USB-C cables e. Fast chargers (or at least slow chargers) provided gratis, in the box etc.

It doesn't matter _what_ basic functionality is missing from nospam's beloved choice in phones as nospam will defend that missing basic functionality to the death by a myriad of excuses he fabricates.

What remains nonetheless, is the fact the iPhone lacks basic functionality.

a. Industry standard sdcard slots to use with _portable_ memory cards b. Industry standard 3.5mm jacks for overall general-purpose needs c. FM radios for emergency use & for specific needs when you're off the net d. License-free cables & ports (such as industry standard USB-C cables) e. Fast chargers (or at least slow chargers) provided gratis, in the box f. Modern capacity batteries (more than 4-1/2 to 7 Amp hours nowadays) etc.

All of that basic common hardware functionality is on _most phones_ today. Just not on any current iPhone.

That's what is consistent & not nospam's myriad excuses as to why that fact.

Jesus Chris. You _are_ still an idiot, nospam.

Whether it's Fortran or Assembly Language or Java or Cotlin or whatever, they all do the same things with a different syntax.

Your claim that you can't do with Assembly Language what you can with, oh, say, Swift, just shows how ignorant you are when it comes to coding, nospam.

As always, you iKooks have the confluence of three traits: a. Your self esteem is tied up with defending everything Apple does b. Your IQ is substandard c. Hence your education and knowledge level is also substandard.

If you can do something in, oh, say, Swift, that can't be done in Assembly Language, then tell us what that is, nospam.

Tell us one thing Swift can do that an Assembly Language program can't do. Name just one.

No. It's irrefutable proof that you _hate_ that you can't deny the fact.

Apple periodically requires you to log into the mothership; Google can't.

You clearly _hate_ that fact. But the fact you hate facts about Apple products doesn't change the facts.

Apple is simply great, therefore anything that Apple does has to be the best thing and for good reason..

Substitute God for Apple, and its just a standard religious mind set.

In the end it is all just bits, in silicon

Catch insects at 50 mph on the wing?

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Your claim was that if you don't log in...

...it bricks your iOS device.

That claim was false.