VASI Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 The live event via web it was a fiasco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 The live event via web it was a fiasco. I was working a gig when the live event was happening, so I don't have feedback on that, but you can stream the event now: http://www.apple.com/live/2014-sept-event/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 The live event via web it was a fiasco. Yeah that was a little messy. Probably demand was too high. That's why Apple stopped live streaming keynotes for a long time. It had nothing to do with Steve Jobs being a control freak, as people that don't understand the technology assumed. They did it in the 90s when most people didn't have broadband (we used to all watch on an old beige Mac at my University), then for a while only beamed it to Apple stores with auditoriums. I'm glad they started live streaming it again, and I am sure they learned a lot yesterday. There are not a ton of people that can handle that kind of viewership, and it's something Apple would only use once or twice a year (at this point). I did see that people think YouTube could handle the traffic, but Google burned that bridge. As per usual, Apple posted the keynote a few hours later and inserts the graphics instead of a camera filming a screen with the stuff projected on it. They also live blogged their own event at Apple.com/live, probably anticipating the bandwidth issues. They had all the graphics reworked for the web and ready to go along the way. New iPhone. If you're an Apple fan then you are probably psyched. I am. I know a few people that went to Android 100% for big screen size (mostly camera people). They had been saying all along "If Apple makes a screen this big, I will toss this and go back to iOS". The 6plus is bigger than I want to carry, but there is definitely a market for it. I'm very much looking forward to Apple Pay. That's needed in this country. As somebody that had to toss credit cards that were used at Target last year, I am sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryF Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I sure wish Leica and Nikon would put a better phone into their cameras; I'm sick of being asked by my crew to make a phone call, and then have to take a picture of them... Pretty good, Mike, pretty good. Best, Larry F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Pretty good, Mike, pretty good. Best, Larry F Considering 95% of the pictures in the world are being made with a cell phone, having a good camera phone is a legitimate requirement. Yes I have a leica style Panasonic but don't take it with me all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 New iPhone. If you're an Apple fan then you are probably psyched. I am. I know a few people that went to Android 100% for big screen size (mostly camera people). They had been saying all along "If Apple makes a screen this big, I will toss this and go back to iOS". The 6plus is bigger than I want to carry, but there is definitely a market for it. I'm very much looking forward to Apple Pay. That's needed in this country. As somebody that had to toss credit cards that were used at Target last year, I am sold. The two most appealing features to me were Apple Pay and Wifi calling. I don't consider myself an Apple fanboy, but do enjoy some of their products (laptop and phone). I'm up for a phone upgrade in a few weeks, I think I will get the new iPhone 6. The watch, though it has cool features, I don't think is for me. I'm more of a classic timepiece wearer myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 JF: " I'm more of a classic timepiece wearer myself. " then you want the 24k gold Apple Watch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 JF: " I'm more of a classic timepiece wearer myself. " then you want the 24k gold Apple Watch... I'll pass on that one as well. Let me know how you like it though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldmixer Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'll be keeping my trusty iPhone 4 till induction charging comes along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'll be keeping my trusty iPhone 4 till induction charging comes along. I was (long shot) hoping for "splash resistant" phones. Supposedly the lightning connector spec is that it's waterproof. I'm sure it's something Apple considered at some point. The fact that the phone is sealed up (in terms of battery swaps) makes you wonder how hard it would be to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_bollard Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Apple will continue to make lots of money by finessing things others have already developed - and releasing them in their own captive market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Apple will continue to make lots of money by finessing things others have already developed - and releasing them in their own captive market. As opposed to google inventing the smartphone? I know apple didn't invent the smart phone, but effectively everything that existed before the iPhone has withered and died. Microsoft is a big enough company that they could reinvent their phone OS and not be bankrupted by the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 I know apple didn't invent the smart phone, but effectively everything that existed before the iPhone has withered and died. The previous generation of "smartphones" were PDAs and Palm phones, which weren't really smart at all. I think iPhone was the first iteration of what we consider a "smartphone" now, which are essentially mini computers in your pockets. Same thing for tablets, there may have a generation of "tablets" before, but the iPad was the first to truly define the category that we now consider tablets. The watch, however, is a different story. There's definitely been a lot of smart watches out there, Apple just decided that it was time to get into that market and do a better job at it. Only time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Ehhhh my Palm Treo was pretty ok for the time. It also got 2 or 3 days of battery! I liked it better than the Blackberries I had after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Ricky Gervais had a great comment: "I just saved myself 350 quid!" I'm with him: I see no point in a $350 remote control for the iPhone, particularly when the battery on lasts one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhforAndAfter Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 2 problems I have with the Apple Watch: -Great, now my watch can go obsolete. - These things are gonna suck in movie theaters. Cell phones are bad enough. Otherwise, I think they look great. Love the idea of being able to filter and organize emails, and check who's calling, without taking my phone out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 I don't think I'll be buying iPhones anymore. The latest version has this "great feature" that allows you to use your fingerprint to unlock your phone. So now the phones are tracking fingerprints along with audio and video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 MM: " I don't think I'll be buying iPhones anymore. " I'm selling my Apple shares before the word gets out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 I don't think I'll be buying iPhones anymore. The latest version has this "great feature" that allows you to use your fingerprint to unlock your phone. So now the phones are tracking fingerprints along with audio and video. That's not true. The fingerprint is stored in the phone itself and not uploaded to Apple's servers. That's been confirmed by 3rd parties. If you drop your phone in the ocean, you need to teach the new phone your fingerprints. They don't download with your apps and email settings. The iPhone 5s had the fingerprint sensor, so people have had a year to examine this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldmixer Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 That's not true. The fingerprint is stored in the phone itself and not uploaded to Apple's servers. That's been confirmed by 3rd parties. If you drop your phone in the ocean, you need to teach the new phone your fingerprints. They don't download with your apps and email settings. The iPhone 5s had the fingerprint sensor, so people have had a year to examine this. Are you POSITIVE, that there is absolutely ZERO chance that an iphone could be hacked, by... I don't know, lets say, a government agency of some sort, or any other organization, or even a lone hacker, and steal/view/ fingerprint information? I won't be buying any tech with this so called "feature" either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 900€ for an iPhone 6 Plus. Really? Am I the only one around here who is outside from the train and using the mobile just to take a phone or to send a message? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 900€ for an iPhone 6 Plus. Really? Am I the only one around here who is outside from the train and using the mobile just to take a phone or to send a message? Most people in the US get a phone subsidized with a 2 year contract. Offhand Verizon offered me $200 for my iPhone 5, so I could have gotten the 16 GB iPhone 6 "free" (with 2 year contract). That same phone is $649 contract free. That's the cheapest 6, but still a 6. The 5s is a lot less now. The 5 is free with contract here, and a great phone. Not sure what they flat out cost now without contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 There will always be cheaper android smart phones than what Apple sells. That's the nature of android being sort of open source. Some manufacturers compete on price more than anything else, and the OS is free. It's pretty brilliant. It gets a lot more people on smartphones, which in some markets is the personal computer for many people. It's also a camera in everyone's pocket that has the ability to share those photos. I think that's mostly good for the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Are you POSITIVE, that there is absolutely ZERO chance that an iphone could be hacked, by... I don't know, lets say, a government agency of some sort, or any other organization, or even a lone hacker, and steal/view/ fingerprint information? I won't be buying any tech with this so called "feature" either. They scan your fingerprints when you go through customs. I've seen plenty of banks that fingerprint their customers (not sure what that was about). It would be easier for the government to get my fingerprints from another government agency than to send a hit squad after me to steal, then hack, my iPhone. If a super spy wanted to steal my fingerprints, they could follow me to dinner and grab a water glass I drank out of. I currently have a 5, so no fingerprint reader, but IIRC the fingerprint reading is optional in place of a password. For old time's sake, Apple still will sell the 5c for another year and that lacks a fingerprint reader. Not that many Android phones have fingerprint readers yet, so again there are plenty of options to avoid this technology. A quick Google search only seemed to produce articles from last year when the 5s debuted. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/11/apple-new-iphone-not-storing-fingerprints-doesnt-like-sweat/ If it stresses you out, don't use it. That's the simple answer. Also, the recent iCloud photo theft should be a lesson to use better passwords. That wasn't a hack of the system itself, it was hacking specific people's passwords. That's all the more reason to use a fingerprint to unlock your phone, and a longer and more secure actual password when you have to type it in. As somebody that has had credit card numbers lifted (so have my Mother and Sister), I like the idea of touching my iPhone to a pad and using my fingerprint than handing my card to somebody in a restaurant that then walks away with it for a few minutes. I also had to replace my credit card because I shopped at Target last year. Now the same thing happened to Home Depot. Everyone that shopped there had their credit card info stolen and it's just a matter of time till those are decrypted. Apple sorted that out with ApplePay. They don't give Target (or any other store) your actual card number, but a single use transaction code. I'm sure hackers are going to go after Apple for those credit cards, but I bet they are going full throttle on security. http://www.apple.com/apple-pay/?cid=wwa-us-kwg-features-com Apple is making a super easy way to use this with many stores, but eventually every major retailer will support it. All stores in the USA are being pressured to start supporting NFC chips in their credit card readers in the near future. Basically your next credit card can (or will?) have a chip in it. The idea being the chip is much more secure than the magnetic strip. Retailers have been told by the credit card companies that if they don't upgrade to chip reading credit card scanners, the store will be liable for credit card fraud (and not Visa or Mastercard). Those modern chip readers can read the chip in your phone (iPhone 6, many Android phones, many Windows phones) as well as the chip in your card. It's optional to use a phone in place of a plastic credit card, but the infrastructure will be there anyway. This isn't a "what stores will go through hoops to support Apple", this is an evolution of technology that Apple is jumping on board with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 900€ ($1.170) is the price without contract. Around 600€ ($780) will be with contract. Interesting about the USD prices. Thanks Johnpaul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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