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Re: Amazon Fire Phone

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Post by dnissley »

m0dest wrote: post #3

They've always been uniquely talented at creating indecipherable URLs for important pages like this one.

Speaking of which, I've never understood what the "dp" in product links means. Digital Product?

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Post by mahyarm »

One thing I find annoying with my sony z1 compared to an iphone 5 is how the camera just dies half of the time whenever I try to take a picture from a locked phone. In iOS it's never a problem. Lets hope amazon doesn't screw it up with their phone. Another annoying thing is how it refocuses between each photo, decreasing burst speed.

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Post by stock_toaster »

infecto wrote: post #2

Well at least that preview video makes sense now with the dynamic perspective. Curious how functional that really is. I cannot think of an immediate use of why I would want that on a communication/media device but would love to be wrong.

I could see it being interesting for games or for Augmented Reality type stuff. Without an actual compelling use though, it does seem a bit gimmicky.

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Post by curiousphil »

I'll definitely be interested to see what compelling applications people find for Dynamic Perspective. Currently most of the applications that they previewed look like they aren't very far off from what could be accomplished with accelerometer data. It's mostly people tilting the device and seeing a different perspective which isn't too hard to simulate with an accelerometer... Still excited to see a new player in the space that will hopefully help push innovation.
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