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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
edited September 2013
something just occurred to me - the thinking is that the scanner will initially be only for unlocking the phone, with the possibility of using it for login/passwords later on. I don't know how quick these scanners operate (i imagine they'd have to be pretty fast for it not to be onerous), but could it be possible down the line to have it distinguish between different fingers and thereby act as a sort of multi-button? As in scan-thumb = X, scan-forefinger = Y, scan-pinky=Z, etc.?
I only thought of it because you can only get so many distinct operations out of a single Home button and different gestures.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Excited for the 5S because my 4 is getting slow. The "S" years aren't as exciting for me because of the lack of form factor updates. Just more horsepower. I'm ok with that though.
Well, this one is getting the thumbprint scanner, so it's sort-of new hardware beyond internal spec bumps.
That's just the home button though.
The jumps from 2 to 3, from 3 to 4, and from 4 to 5 are much more than that.
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BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
something just occurred to me - the thinking is that the scanner will initially be only for unlocking the phone, with the possibility of using it for login/passwords later on. I don't know how quick these scanners operate (i imagine they'd have to be pretty fast for it not to be onerous), but could it be possible down the line to have it distinguish between different fingers and thereby act as a sort of multi-button? As in scan-thumb = X, scan-forefinger = Y, scan-pinky=Z, etc.?
I only thought of it because you can only get so many distinct operations out of a single Home button and different gestures.
It would kind of suck to have to switch grips to use the other fingers
your thumbs do like 95% of the touch interactions with your phone
I need a new phone. Mine is old, and garbage. It's a Samsung something or other with a qwerty keyboard.
I've set up quite a few iPhones and Galaxy's for users. They're alright. I was thinking a Windows phone might be cool, just because I haven't really used them, but I think I'd regret that choice after a month or two.
I'm thinking I'll go with an iPhone? Going to see what Apple presents today, and compare my options.
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
goddamnit I want to see Tim Cook's FACE
telling me about the marginally more awesome thing I'm about to buy
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Larlarconsecutive normal brunchesModerator, ClubPAMod Emeritus
I brought my damn MacBook to work this time to stream the damn thing.
If they don't livestream it I'm going to throw this laptop at Tim Cook's face and then go pick it up and take it to get Apple Care because it was expensive and I need it.
honestly i'm still kind of questioning why this is really needed to push graphics on a ~4 inch screen
further ahead than 6 months down the road i think the introduction of 64 bit processors into mobile devices is a pretty logical step into making them do more things
honestly i'm still kind of questioning why this is really needed to push graphics on a ~4 inch screen
further ahead than 6 months down the road i think the introduction of 64 bit processors into mobile devices is a pretty logical step into making them do more things
maybe, more processor headroom is always handy
just feels like that's not currently what's hampering the next big leaps smartphone application development
interface/inputs still seem to be the limiting factor
honestly i'm still kind of questioning why this is really needed to push graphics on a ~4 inch screen
further ahead than 6 months down the road i think the introduction of 64 bit processors into mobile devices is a pretty logical step into making them do more things
maybe, more processor headroom is always handy
just feels like that's not currently what's hampering the next big leaps smartphone application development
interface/inputs still seem to be the limiting factor
honestly i'm still kind of questioning why this is really needed to push graphics on a ~4 inch screen
further ahead than 6 months down the road i think the introduction of 64 bit processors into mobile devices is a pretty logical step into making them do more things
maybe, more processor headroom is always handy
just feels like that's not currently what's hampering the next big leaps smartphone application development
interface/inputs still seem to be the limiting factor
i don't know that that's a problem inherently solvable with hardware iterations though
and if we're real talking the real thing hampering smartphones period is battery tech
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only because otherwise i'm gonna spam my poor twitter followers as this goes on
(i will probably spam them anyways if we're being real)
I think newegg sent it to me with some bluetooth headphones that I got.
But like I don't have an iphone...
seems like a good phone
I'm so used to my old shitty phone that I keep forgetting I can actually use this new functional phone for things
like it can display a web page without timing out constantly
or you can look up contact numbers without the contacts app crashing
or you can turn it on at regular brightness for more than 5 minutes at a time without draining half the battery
I only thought of it because you can only get so many distinct operations out of a single Home button and different gestures.
That's just the home button though.
The jumps from 2 to 3, from 3 to 4, and from 4 to 5 are much more than that.
It would kind of suck to have to switch grips to use the other fingers
your thumbs do like 95% of the touch interactions with your phone
I've set up quite a few iPhones and Galaxy's for users. They're alright. I was thinking a Windows phone might be cool, just because I haven't really used them, but I think I'd regret that choice after a month or two.
I'm thinking I'll go with an iPhone? Going to see what Apple presents today, and compare my options.
telling me about the marginally more awesome thing I'm about to buy
If they don't livestream it I'm going to throw this laptop at Tim Cook's face and then go pick it up and take it to get Apple Care because it was expensive and I need it.
The rest of Tim Cook is free to go.
the face is the groin of the soul
Or I guess they already had the betas up on iCloud, so why wouldn't they make them free.
called it i called it i called it i'm a hero
the 5c seems to pretty much be the 5, just with plastic instead of metal
sounds fast?
in and of itself the 64-bit instruction set doesn't mean a whole lot
further ahead than 6 months down the road i think the introduction of 64 bit processors into mobile devices is a pretty logical step into making them do more things
white, bald, knows technology, only appears to the outside world on a video screen
it adds up
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
maybe, more processor headroom is always handy
just feels like that's not currently what's hampering the next big leaps smartphone application development
interface/inputs still seem to be the limiting factor
maybe, more processor headroom is always handy
just feels like that's not currently what's hampering the next big leaps smartphone application development
interface/inputs still seem to be the limiting factor
i don't know that that's a problem inherently solvable with hardware iterations though
and if we're real talking the real thing hampering smartphones period is battery tech
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other