No, it's a real zoom lens with elements that move in and out.
The trick is that the camera sensor isn't the one at the back, it's the little square below it housing a mirror. If you hold the phone in portrait mode, the camera sensor is actually looking sideways, so the lens elements can move left and right inside the phone, and the mirror makes it so it can see out the back.
The elements obviously move to focus, but I don't see any indication the lens zooms. The image on the story page only indicates "5X Telephoto Lens (125mm) f3.4", which seems to indicate a fixed 125mm lens.
The summary says "optical zoom", but the photo on the linked article only shows "5X Telephoto Lens (125mm) f3.4", which would indicated a fixed 125mm lens, not a zoom.
I'm still not sure what you're referring to. The periscope design is arguably useful regardless of whether the lens is fixed or a zoom. The question was whether it was actually a zoom or was fixed.
The article mentions "optical zoom" and "zoom lenses", but is this not simply a telephoto lens combined with 2 wide angle lenses? "Zoom" refers to a lens with a variable focal length, which this phone does not seem to have (nor any other smartphone I'm aware of, for that matter).
The so-called "legacy" extensions aren't compatible with this version of Firefox. Specifically, NoScript and Lastpass are currently broken and using the old versions isn't an option. You can blame the user all you want but seems to me you're the dipshit who doesn't get it here.
Lastpass has been working since I got updated to Quantum, at least on Windows. Currently at Lastpass 4.2.1.21a and FF 57.0 here.
I'd get a dongle for every device. If the headphones are crappy enough that they aren't "worth" a dongle, then you'd probably be happy with Bluetooth anyway.
Even if that was feasible, and ignoring cost, that's still a bunch of dongles that aren't otherwise necessary. In my office, for example, I may plug my headphones into 2 or 3 other devices (laptop, stereo, etc) where a dongle wouldn't be used. It's just another adapter to lose that provides no actual technological improvement.
I don't follow. In what way to they "suck"? Presumably you can just "permanently" attach it to your headphones and carry on like it had a 1/8" jack?
That's great if you have a single pair of headphones, and only use them for your phone. But I connect to multiple devices (various pairs of headphones, AUX jacks, etc), and none of those connect exclusively to my phone. So that either necessitates carrying a dongle everywhere, or getting a bunch of dongles for every device, even though they would often be unnecessary (plugging headphones into a stereo/laptop/etc, plugging another phone into an AUX jack, etc). Not to mention that one would need separate dongles for USB-C and Lightning devices.
So what? I have a basement full of devices and connectors that aren't compatible with anything anymore, and you don't see me crying about it like a baby. Technology progresses and the world moves on. You'd better get used to it because this is going to keep happening every 5-10 years for the rest of time.
It's not an issue of technology progressing and moving on. Headphones and AUX inputs exist beyond the world of cell phones and aren't going anywhere. 1/8" connectors have been in use for over 60 years, and the larger 1/4" connectors have been in use since the 19th century. There's no technological progression that makes those connectors obsolete.
I'd say that if you're going to buy one of these phones, you're already looking at spending $700-$900 on the device, so you should just plan on spending another hundred or so on the "audio problem". Add that to the purchase price when you decide whether to buy.
The additional cost is annoying, but the main issue is still having to deal with adapters where they otherwise wouldn't be necessary. 1/8" plugs and jacks are ubiquitous. Lightning and USB-C, not so much. I use Bluetooth for certain things, but there are applications where it isn't a reasonable solution.
All of which can use a simple, and included (or extremely cheap), adaptor...
Easy enough if you only ever connect to one device. Not so easy if you connect to multiple devices, especially when they aren't yours, at your home, etc. In such cases, buying a dongle for each device is not only not feasible, it's impossible. Which leads back to carrying a dongle everywhere.
That dongles for Apple and Android devices are not interchangeable only adds to the problem.
As I've said before, it did take Courage take take on all the initial Nerd Rage generated by removing an ancient obsolete port that the Nerd Hipsters all love and want to keep forever.
Even when we are beings of pure energy they will manifest a physical ear and one audio jack specifically so they can use a wired headset and feel superior.
It has nothing to do with "nerd rage" and everything to do with usability. I have multiple pairs of headphones that I often use (work, office, bedroom, etc), plus I regularly plug my phone into various line-level inputs. The lack of a 1/8" jack means I would either have to 1) always carry a dongle around with my phone or 2) keep a dongle with every device I *might* connect to.
Audio exists outside the realm of cell phones, and analog audio isn't going anywhere. Removal of built-in analog out on phones is a definite hindrance.
Pretty much every note, every inch of tape that the Beatles ever produced has been bootlegged. Collectors like me already have all this stuff, though maybe the new releases might have better sound quality. The Beatles themselves would be first to admit that some of this was substandard work though, which is why it wasn't released back then in the first place
This couldn't be further from the truth. Hundreds (thousands?) of hours of material has still not seen the light of day. That isn't to say it's all *great*, but what has been bootlegged already only scratches the surface of what remains (not to mention the material that no longer exists).
Back in 1963, the Beatles did some performances for the BBC and other places. The songs were recorded, but never officially released. Now, 50 years later, Apple has packaged all 59 tracks together and put them up for sale on iTunes for $40.
That makes it sound like this is the entirety of the (still existing) recorded material from 1963. It isn't. Quite a few more takes of There's A Place, I Saw Her Standing There, Do You Want To Know A Secret, A Taste of Honey, Misery, From Me To You, Thank You Girl, One After 909, and Hold Me Tight have already been bootlegged. In addition, some takes of Don't Bother Me have been bootlegged but none were released on this set. And several takes of I Want To Hold Your Hand and This Boy exist but have not been bootlegged (although some of This Boy was released on the Free As A Bird CD single).
For whatever reason, this set was only a sampling of what exists and has been bootlegged.
The problem is only "solved" until you actually try to (manually) install updates. That is, turning off automatic updates fixes nothing, it just stops the problem from happening (seemingly) randomly.
I just ran into this on Sunday, and quickly found out that turning off automatic updates didn't really help. I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but I eventually realized the machine still had IE7, and after I installed IE8 the issue went away. We'll see if it stays fixed or not.
I guess that part of the title is just carried over from the story, but what makes the footage "lost"? Simply the fact that it hasn't been released? Unless there's specific evidence to the contrary (which the story does not provide), there's no reason to assume the footage doesn't exist in a vault somewhere.
Mod parent up. Development is already in progress for the replacement systems, but that likely won't be complete for a year or more. This is a stopgap measure.
The system *is* being retired. But it will likely take a year or more to move its functionality to newer systems. The point of virtualizing is to avoid a hardware failure during that time.
We can't simply flip a switch and go live with a new system.
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No, it's a real zoom lens with elements that move in and out.
The trick is that the camera sensor isn't the one at the back, it's the little square below it housing a mirror. If you hold the phone in portrait mode, the camera sensor is actually looking sideways, so the lens elements can move left and right inside the phone, and the mirror makes it so it can see out the back.
The elements obviously move to focus, but I don't see any indication the lens zooms. The image on the story page only indicates "5X Telephoto Lens (125mm) f3.4", which seems to indicate a fixed 125mm lens.
The summary says "optical zoom", but the photo on the linked article only shows "5X Telephoto Lens (125mm) f3.4", which would indicated a fixed 125mm lens, not a zoom.
I'm still not sure what you're referring to. The periscope design is arguably useful regardless of whether the lens is fixed or a zoom. The question was whether it was actually a zoom or was fixed.
We all read the summary, and the story, which claim "optical zoom" despite the fact that it appears the lens in question is a fixed-length telephoto.
I know what a periscope is, which is independent of whether a lens is a zoom or not.
The article mentions "optical zoom" and "zoom lenses", but is this not simply a telephoto lens combined with 2 wide angle lenses? "Zoom" refers to a lens with a variable focal length, which this phone does not seem to have (nor any other smartphone I'm aware of, for that matter).
The so-called "legacy" extensions aren't compatible with this version of Firefox. Specifically, NoScript and Lastpass are currently broken and using the old versions isn't an option. You can blame the user all you want but seems to me you're the dipshit who doesn't get it here.
Lastpass has been working since I got updated to Quantum, at least on Windows. Currently at Lastpass 4.2.1.21a and FF 57.0 here.
I'd get a dongle for every device. If the headphones are crappy enough that they aren't "worth" a dongle, then you'd probably be happy with Bluetooth anyway.
Even if that was feasible, and ignoring cost, that's still a bunch of dongles that aren't otherwise necessary. In my office, for example, I may plug my headphones into 2 or 3 other devices (laptop, stereo, etc) where a dongle wouldn't be used. It's just another adapter to lose that provides no actual technological improvement.
I don't follow. In what way to they "suck"? Presumably you can just "permanently" attach it to your headphones and carry on like it had a 1/8" jack?
That's great if you have a single pair of headphones, and only use them for your phone. But I connect to multiple devices (various pairs of headphones, AUX jacks, etc), and none of those connect exclusively to my phone. So that either necessitates carrying a dongle everywhere, or getting a bunch of dongles for every device, even though they would often be unnecessary (plugging headphones into a stereo/laptop/etc, plugging another phone into an AUX jack, etc). Not to mention that one would need separate dongles for USB-C and Lightning devices.
So what? I have a basement full of devices and connectors that aren't compatible with anything anymore, and you don't see me crying about it like a baby. Technology progresses and the world moves on. You'd better get used to it because this is going to keep happening every 5-10 years for the rest of time.
It's not an issue of technology progressing and moving on. Headphones and AUX inputs exist beyond the world of cell phones and aren't going anywhere. 1/8" connectors have been in use for over 60 years, and the larger 1/4" connectors have been in use since the 19th century. There's no technological progression that makes those connectors obsolete.
I'd say that if you're going to buy one of these phones, you're already looking at spending $700-$900 on the device, so you should just plan on spending another hundred or so on the "audio problem". Add that to the purchase price when you decide whether to buy.
The additional cost is annoying, but the main issue is still having to deal with adapters where they otherwise wouldn't be necessary. 1/8" plugs and jacks are ubiquitous. Lightning and USB-C, not so much. I use Bluetooth for certain things, but there are applications where it isn't a reasonable solution.
All of which can use a simple, and included (or extremely cheap), adaptor...
Easy enough if you only ever connect to one device. Not so easy if you connect to multiple devices, especially when they aren't yours, at your home, etc. In such cases, buying a dongle for each device is not only not feasible, it's impossible. Which leads back to carrying a dongle everywhere.
That dongles for Apple and Android devices are not interchangeable only adds to the problem.
As I've said before, it did take Courage take take on all the initial Nerd Rage generated by removing an ancient obsolete port that the Nerd Hipsters all love and want to keep forever.
Even when we are beings of pure energy they will manifest a physical ear and one audio jack specifically so they can use a wired headset and feel superior.
It has nothing to do with "nerd rage" and everything to do with usability. I have multiple pairs of headphones that I often use (work, office, bedroom, etc), plus I regularly plug my phone into various line-level inputs. The lack of a 1/8" jack means I would either have to 1) always carry a dongle around with my phone or 2) keep a dongle with every device I *might* connect to.
Audio exists outside the realm of cell phones, and analog audio isn't going anywhere. Removal of built-in analog out on phones is a definite hindrance.
Actually it won't. Not unless your grandmas phone was touch tone and 80 years ago it certainly wasn't.
As long as grandma's phone didn't predate direct dialing, plenty of phone systems still support pulse dialing.
This couldn't be further from the truth. Hundreds (thousands?) of hours of material has still not seen the light of day. That isn't to say it's all *great*, but what has been bootlegged already only scratches the surface of what remains (not to mention the material that no longer exists).
That makes it sound like this is the entirety of the (still existing) recorded material from 1963. It isn't. Quite a few more takes of There's A Place, I Saw Her Standing There, Do You Want To Know A Secret, A Taste of Honey, Misery, From Me To You, Thank You Girl, One After 909, and Hold Me Tight have already been bootlegged. In addition, some takes of Don't Bother Me have been bootlegged but none were released on this set. And several takes of I Want To Hold Your Hand and This Boy exist but have not been bootlegged (although some of This Boy was released on the Free As A Bird CD single).
For whatever reason, this set was only a sampling of what exists and has been bootlegged.
The problem is only "solved" until you actually try to (manually) install updates. That is, turning off automatic updates fixes nothing, it just stops the problem from happening (seemingly) randomly.
I just ran into this on Sunday, and quickly found out that turning off automatic updates didn't really help. I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but I eventually realized the machine still had IE7, and after I installed IE8 the issue went away. We'll see if it stays fixed or not.
Story from almost a year ago:
High-Frequency Traders Use 50-Year-Old Wireless Tech
I guess that part of the title is just carried over from the story, but what makes the footage "lost"? Simply the fact that it hasn't been released? Unless there's specific evidence to the contrary (which the story does not provide), there's no reason to assume the footage doesn't exist in a vault somewhere.
Unlike an iOS5 user, I have working maps. With traffic.
Do you mean *like* an iOS5 user?
Google Maps for iPhone Returns Better Than Ever
Sorry, that last post was me...wasn't logged in.
OP here.
Not sure how I would go about sending you a message, but you can e-mail me: lukpac (at) (gee-mail) (dot) com.
I haven't, but I'm not sure if somebody on the server team did or not. I'll see. Thanks.
OP here.
Mod parent up. Development is already in progress for the replacement systems, but that likely won't be complete for a year or more. This is a stopgap measure.
OP here.
The system *is* being retired. But it will likely take a year or more to move its functionality to newer systems. The point of virtualizing is to avoid a hardware failure during that time.
We can't simply flip a switch and go live with a new system.