Owen Smith wrote: > The instruction set differences are over-rated. There's very little loss > in buildng binaries that run on both ARMv6 and ARMv7, only the kernel > needs to be specific. But Apple use it as an excuse to de-support > various models and a marketing tool to sell new hardware. It's not that simple. Their ARM 7 processors support NeON something the old ones don't and that makes quite a difference with all display libraries.
scoobydoob wrote: > Hehe, they gotta subtly disable all that old tech so they can flog us > the new stuff :-) They got net profit and poor shareholders to think > about after all.. and only $200 billion sitting in cash! Aww..poor > Apple..my heart bleeds for em ;-) Well, we are talking about what, 6 year old devices here? Try finding a decent support for a 6 year old Android phone... Apple currently (with their latest iOS 9 release) supports devices back to the iPhone 4S which came out 4 1/2 years ago. No other smartphone vendor has that kind of long-term support. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51929 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
