e.g. when I went from a 4 mega pixel camera to an 8 mega pixel camera my file sizes became 4 times larger.
This is normal. When you double the resolution, you double it in 2 dimensions. (Height and Width) This results in a four-fold increase in data size.
But 4 megapixels to 8 megapixels isn't doubling the image size, it's doubling the number of pixels. So it is reasonable to expect the file size to double, not quadruple.
In America maybe, but not in Europe.
Fair point, especially considering TFA's topic. All my observations come with the "in the US" caveat.
In Spain the only person I know who had an iPhone was a coworker, who complained it was a fancy looking piece of junk.
Are iPods common but not iPhones? Or are iPods a rarity also?
Where have you seen an iPod dock connector on a device that doesn't plug into an Apple product?
Never. I'm just saying that iPods are *everywhere*, whether they're perfect or not.
My Nokia phone unfortunately does have its own weird charging connector, but standarization should take care of that in a few years.
Standardization on mini-B? Or micro-B? Or the thing that's on most LG's right now? Or the thing that's on most Motorola's right now? I'm just saying that, if I wanted to bet on availability of a given cable in any random place, I'd bet on being able to find the thing that plugs into the ubiquitous iPod.
I have no clue by what you mean "check backpacks" either. My backpack has a USB mini-B cable in it and a short length of Cat5e.
I think a survey of backpacks, shoulder bags, etc., in just about any demographic in the United States is likely to turn up more dock connectors than mini-B. Doesn't mean that's the best choice, just that saying the iPhone uses a non-standard connector is misleading.
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