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Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by snowwrestler »

julianpye wrote: post #307
yumraj wrote: post #284

Is it just me or the iWatch "looks" really ugly, at least when compared with Moto 360 which looks beautiful. iWatch may win out on functionality and user experience etc., but it just looks funky.

The crazy part is the Gold 'Edition' Version. It's not like a Swiss watch, which is sold to be passed on to new generations, since your children won't be happy to get such outdated tech. What will they do with old Gold versions? Smelt them?

Maybe, actually. Return your old gold watch when you upgrade, and get some credit toward the new one. I think they already do this with other Apple devices.

https://www.apple.com/recycling/gift-card/

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by seanflyon »

xienze wrote: post #55
RexRollman wrote: post #44

I'm getting older, so maybe my desires don't match up with the majority of tech people's anymore, but does anyone really want an iWatch (or whatever it ends up being called)? I am just not sold on the usefulness of such a thing.

It's not just you. I don't get the whole smartwatch thing either. For $400 (or whatever it ends up costing), I can just pull my phone out of my pocket.

They have announced a price of $349

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by archagon »

MCRed wrote: post #93
lostgame wrote: post #78

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What, what? YouTube has been doing an HTML5 based web player for quite some time now[1], and I believe it supports FLV video as well, though I can't find a reference for that. [1] https://www.youtube.com/html5?gl=CA

I have uninstalled Flash from my system. A great many videos on YouTube give me the "you need the latest flash player to watch this video" error. Yes, several years ago, I was getting MP4 video, and today, a portion (say %30-%40) just launch with MP4. But most of the time I get the "you need flash".

It's really weird. Using the built-in HTML5 player, half the videos don't load. But those videos do exist — Google just doesn't want you to be able to access them easily. I can watch them on my iOS devices, I can download them using dirpy.com, and I can watch them in my browser using the YouTube5 plugin.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by r00fus »

maaku wrote: post #135
MCRed wrote: post #68

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I didn't see the point of the iPhone or the iPad before they announced them. I haven't worn a watch for 20 years... but if they do announce a watch (I expect it will be a wearable more than a watch) I bet I will buy it. Because I don't think they'd make it if it weren't worth making. Apple has never tried to create a new category when they didn't have something substantial to offer.

My goodness you have a short memory. http://www.businessinsider.com/10-old-apple-products-that-to...

Any newer entries? Post-iPhone, Apple (i.e., not Apple Computer) has been a very focused company.

There was an interesting presentation that Tim Cook gave where he said that every product Apple currently sold being was on a single table in front of him at the presentation - can't find the link now.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by lukifer »

totalrobe wrote: post #354
anigbrowl wrote: post #311

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Anyone who screwed up like this in the world of broadcast television would certainly be fired. I am actually etremely impressed by the new products (in a way I didn't expect to be), but this webcast failure tarnishes the launch and will directly impact their bottom line in the short term.

You have got to be kidding. The viewers of the livestream are already Apple fanboys who are going to buy all this crap anyways. Everyone else is just going to see it on Engadget, Gizmodo, Fox News, or wherever. This will not impact their bottom line one bit.

It gives the press an unflattering story to run with besides "OMG new shiny", diluating Apple's carefully prepared marketing push. That's why it has impact beyond just Apple fans.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by niutech »

highace wrote: post #203
IkmoIkmo wrote: post #187

First no video, then constant mixing between the TV Truck schedule, a video of the crowd, a video of the presentation screen showing the apple logo, a message showing apple copyright. Refreshed a few times, got 'access denied to server' page a few times. Then got video with Chinese translations talking over the presenter. Then it suddenly stopped, I pressed 'resume' to get the TV truck schedule again. On an iPad.

A whole bunch of people don't have a job in the morning.

They should've used Google Hangouts on Air :P

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by r00fus »

archagon wrote: post #366
dragonwriter wrote: post #247

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> VoLTE (Voice over LTE) - make calls over LTE internet instead of using minutes. That's would have been a killer feature if it had occurred when smartphones were new enough that providers were selling plans with limited call minutes and unlimited data, but now that virtually every carrier has smartphone plans that are unlimited phone minutes/unlimited text and limited data with surcharges for data overages, who is l…

IIRC, T-Mobile lets you use Wi-Fi calling on Android to make calls abroad for free. Now it's available on iOS. Really useful for travelers.

Though if you're on TMobile, you get roaming calls for $.20 a minute - now this seems like a lot, but we just spent 2.5 weeks in France, and our total bill for both phones using the data/voice/message roaming was like $40 (all voice, data and messages were free). We made lots of calls - and the local ones were charged at the non-usurious rate above. I pay nothing monthly for this perk and I didn't have to swap sims or anything like that.

Our least expensive portion of the trip and historically the most frustrating (well aside from the autoroute tolls that don't accept US credit cards).

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by archagon »

r00fus wrote: post #378
archagon wrote: post #366

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IIRC, T-Mobile lets you use Wi-Fi calling on Android to make calls abroad for free. Now it's available on iOS. Really useful for travelers.

Though if you're on TMobile, you get roaming calls for $.20 a minute - now this seems like a lot, but we just spent 2.5 weeks in France, and our total bill for both phones using the data/voice/message roaming was like $40 (all voice, data and messages were free). We made lots of calls - and the local ones were charged at the non-usurious rate above. I pay nothing monthly for this perk and I didn't have to swap sims o…

Yeah, it's not terrible, but $6 for a half-hour conversation every few days will drain your coffer pretty quickly. I would have loved to have Wi-Fi calling at the start of my latest trip. (Now I just use Google Hangouts with my old cell # transferred to Google Voice. Hooray for free Wi-Fi calling!)

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by niutech »

Kurtz79 wrote: post #280
MCRed wrote: post #49

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Ever since Apple originated consumer computer video with Quicktime back in the early 1990s, they've done a great deal to make it better, first for CD Roms and in a proprietary fashion. But when the net came around they opened up their proprietary format to become a standard-- the Mpeg4 file format is the old MOV format. They've also proposed a lot of improvements along these lines for other people to adopt. Like Bonj…

Serious question: what is the state of the art for in-browser live streaming to date ? Twitch, Google Hangouts, any "live" sport event what protocol/technology do they use ? A mix of HLS and flash ?

There are many protocols, including HTTP Live Streaming, RTSP, RTP, MMS, used by multiple browser plugins, such as QuickTime, Flash, Windows Media Player. A comprehensive list of such systems is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_streaming_media_s...
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