Thankfully most non-Apple phones still have removable batteries, microUSB ports and microSD ports. I hope resistance to headphone jack removal is just as strong.
I believe letting the surveillance folks know where my cellphone is at all time is better for my privacy. It makes them lazy.
Why?
Because when I have it on me most of the time, then I leave it somewhere, that's where they think I am. So I can be anywhere else and no one will suspect. My cell phone sits quietly at home when I visit my dealer.
Please do not share with my employer that I get free texting and data when I travel to Canada next month. I told them I could not communicate with them while I was in the Great White North. Thx!
And someone on Slashdot will make a 3-D printed, Arduino-controlled version for $250 that also checks the fry temperature and saltiness, and counts each fry for maximum efficiency.
Then someone else makes a 3-D printed, Arduino-controlled restaurant that takes raw potatoes, flour, and meat in big hoppers. It creates a burger and fries in a few minutes and is entirely controlled by a smartphone. And the whole thing fits in the space of a standard minivan. Cost? $8500.
Now McDonalds is out of business because any fool can buy one and put it on a corner.
I downloaded a free app a few weeks ago to take better advantage of all my phone's sensors. Tested the magnetometer, gravitometer on an old gold/silver mine in the mountains, as a matter of fact.
Hell, I knew this back in 2007 when I visited a "lights-out" factory in Japan.
Fully-automated factory, only required a few people to monitor it. And a few repair techs for when things went wrong. Really amazing to watch it in action.
My first thought? "I'm glad I'm retiring in about 10 years."
I used to work for a research company that did this. One of their major projects was to go buy the latest stuff from Japan every month (two copies of each item) and tear down one item. Then sell the report to other manufacturers.
I was playing with smartphones, flat screen TVs, tiny digital cameras and all sorts of other widgetry in the early to mid 90's. I still laugh heartily when someone tells me Apple invented the smartphone. Admittedly, Apple was the only one who thought Americans would like it. All our customers just said "But why?"
Unless you have something that is radically different, no one is going to really be impressed by a new product rollout. It's a phone and a tablet, with a well-known OS and a slightly different size and probably some minor features.
Apple is a decent premium device/OS manufacturer, but nothing special and this is no different. Even my Apple loving friends (including some who work for Apple) really don't care that much.
3-D hologram phones that require no special glasses? That would be exciting. Neural interface? I'll be in line. But this? Meh.
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I wonder if Ford's LIDAR system would have been able to ID this situation. Seems like it would since LIDAR makes a 3-D map of the surroundings.
Thankfully most non-Apple phones still have removable batteries, microUSB ports and microSD ports. I hope resistance to headphone jack removal is just as strong.
I believe letting the surveillance folks know where my cellphone is at all time is better for my privacy. It makes them lazy.
Why?
Because when I have it on me most of the time, then I leave it somewhere, that's where they think I am. So I can be anywhere else and no one will suspect.
My cell phone sits quietly at home when I visit my dealer.
I've automated plenty of other people out of a job, though. That's how I kept mine for 20 years.
Please do not share with my employer that I get free texting and data when I travel to Canada next month. I told them I could not communicate with them while I was in the Great White North.
Thx!
Women can respond to unsolicited dick picks with "I see you have one of those cool metalenses on your phone!"
And it will be on cheap cell phones in 5 years.
I wonder what cool applications people will come up with for it?
Yep, unless Square has a bluetooth reader (which seems insecure) this is a bad move.
Plus the inevitable stories of:
3000 McDonalds auto-restaurants hacked this week. Dispensed free food until the doors were blocked by mounds of burgers and fries.
And someone on Slashdot will make a 3-D printed, Arduino-controlled version for $250 that also checks the fry temperature and saltiness, and counts each fry for maximum efficiency.
Then someone else makes a 3-D printed, Arduino-controlled restaurant that takes raw potatoes, flour, and meat in big hoppers. It creates a burger and fries in a few minutes and is entirely controlled by a smartphone. And the whole thing fits in the space of a standard minivan. Cost? $8500.
Now McDonalds is out of business because any fool can buy one and put it on a corner.
BFD.
China still has a quality issue. Yes, stuff is cheaper. Yes, quality is still suffering.
Do you want to know how I know you aren't a developer?
Screen real estate makes your life MUCH easier.
I downloaded a free app a few weeks ago to take better advantage of all my phone's sensors. Tested the magnetometer, gravitometer on an old gold/silver mine in the mountains, as a matter of fact.
Still didn't find gold.
They tried it in East of Eden, sort of.
Hell, I knew this back in 2007 when I visited a "lights-out" factory in Japan.
Fully-automated factory, only required a few people to monitor it. And a few repair techs for when things went wrong. Really amazing to watch it in action.
My first thought? "I'm glad I'm retiring in about 10 years."
Give me a VR Mario Kart and I will buy into this whole VR thing.
Actually, my wife will. And she'll kick my ass almost every race.
AKA: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."
Yes, this has the stink of Mormons all over it.
You know, the ones who just declared porn a "public health crisis" because they can't control themselves.
I used to work for a research company that did this. One of their major projects was to go buy the latest stuff from Japan every month (two copies of each item) and tear down one item. Then sell the report to other manufacturers.
I was playing with smartphones, flat screen TVs, tiny digital cameras and all sorts of other widgetry in the early to mid 90's. I still laugh heartily when someone tells me Apple invented the smartphone. Admittedly, Apple was the only one who thought Americans would like it. All our customers just said "But why?"
We put a booster and antenna on our house out in the sticks (we don't even get TV reception) and now our T-mobile works great. $30 for unlimited data.
being on the list is by itself not evidence of guilt.
You keep telling yourself that when your contact info shows up on a suspected terrorist's phone and you are hauled off for extensive interrogation.
I don't know, but that volcano makes me salivate.
Unless you have something that is radically different, no one is going to really be impressed by a new product rollout.
It's a phone and a tablet, with a well-known OS and a slightly different size and probably some minor features.
Apple is a decent premium device/OS manufacturer, but nothing special and this is no different. Even my Apple loving friends (including some who work for Apple) really don't care that much.
3-D hologram phones that require no special glasses? That would be exciting. Neural interface? I'll be in line. But this? Meh.
You and your roommates never figured out how to steal cable?
I had cable all through college. Never paid for it. Vampire taps are easy.
And when your lease runs out do you wave your gun, demand to stay and ask for more snacks?