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How many phones have 300+ DPI IPS screens?
How many phones have a display with better than 800:1 contrast ratio[1]? All the resolution in the world doesn't matter if you can't actually see it. The Nexus One, in comparison, has a 100,000:1 contrast ratio[2]. 1. http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One
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On the following slide, he listed a bunch of open standards (SIP, SRTP, ..), which they presumably use. If they hold true to their word (remains to be seen), other handset operators will be able to build similar support into their handsets.
Actually, i disagree to call H.264 "open" which is also on that slide. I mean, you are right, there is a list of open protocols, he could've also added tcp, ip, dns, ntp, etc. to it. It just seems so contradictory when Steve dedicated a whole slide for the word "open" and in the end presents an iphone-to-iphone technology.
AFAIK, H.264 is an open standard. That it's patented and not royalty free doesn't make it closed, it simply makes it non-free. Another example is the G.729 voice codec, which has lots of open source implementations, but to use it you will have to buy a license. Open source PBX vendors like Digium provide licenses to those that need them. It's not an ideal situation, which is why G.729 is not as popular in the open source world, but it's still better than Skypes proprietary protocol.
Is it just me, or is Jonathan Ive the only Apple exec able to convincingly recreate Job's reality distortion field? Every time one of these videos comes out, a bunch of guys are paraded out, each one trying to imp Job's style, vocabulary, and delivery, but each one coming across as some guy trying to copy someone else, rather than exude their own sense of style and originality. To be even less charitable and more cyn…
I had this strange idea today when I read that Jobs invited Ive to the stage at the end of the keynote when he introduced video chat. Is Ive a possible future CEO of Apple? Job’s successor? Is that at all plausible or possible? He doesn’t get much time on stage, in fact I can’t even remember when and if he ever was on stage last. Pretty much everyone else you see in those videos is on stage quite often. They are doin…
Maybe he is best left as Apple's lead industrial designer, and maybe that's what he loves and wants to do more than anything else.
Or maybe he also has the leadership skills, communication skills, vision, judgement, and business sense to succeed Jobs. I have no idea, and honestly don't ever expect to until years after the succession actually occurs.
I'm not an Apple investor either, so it's all academic to me anyway.
I was really hoping the hardware we "accidentally" saw wasn't the final phone case. Maybe I have to see it in person, but the original iPhone design looks far more elegant. All the bands, square seams and panels in this design really seem more HTC than Apple.
I just walked into our office lunch room where a bunch of non-technical / non-gadget people were talking about the video conferencing capabilities of the new iphone . . . I think that feature is going to be a monster commercial success that every other phone immediately copies. Will probably be the only point that we hear about on the local news / etc rather than Steve's consolidated 8-points . . .
I don't get it. Videoconferencing is insanely old and never took off. First there was ISDN video conferencing.. apart from the job at a telco i did once i've never actually seen one that was used. Second, the first UMTS mobile i got had video conferencing, that's really a long time ago (Motorola V980 btw.) and many UMTS phones shipped with the second camera for years now. Yet, noone ever used it. Atleast i've never s…
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The important feature is that on the iPhone it will actually work. Also, there will be enough distribution to actually establish video calls on a regular basis (because both ends have an iPhone).
It was very easy on the Motorola too. And it worked with every other UMTS phone not only between Motorolas. I mean, it's not that hard to pick a contact and instead of "call" press "video call".
Not that I particularly want video chat, and I would be surprised if it does catch on that much. A nice aside every now and again, but it is not going to replace what we have now.
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How many phones have 300+ DPI IPS screens?
That is an exception. I am talking about front facing camera which existed years ago, flash (as in the light :)), 5 meg camera etc. I am not in anyway trying to belittle what they have created. But you should remember these are the same guys that made a really big deal about cut and paste.
A feature which won't be included in Windows Phone Series 7, and a feature which frankly sucks on my Android phone.
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I don't get it. Videoconferencing is insanely old and never took off. First there was ISDN video conferencing.. apart from the job at a telco i did once i've never actually seen one that was used. Second, the first UMTS mobile i got had video conferencing, that's really a long time ago (Motorola V980 btw.) and many UMTS phones shipped with the second camera for years now. Yet, noone ever used it. Atleast i've never s…
Wap is insanely old and never took off. Until the iphone and 3g. Technologies need to mature and reach a level of performance and usability before they go mainstream. This is what's happening with iPhone & videoconferencing now. This is it's time.
Eh, requires Quicktime. Hooray for the Open Web. I'll just take your word that it's really shiny.
Eh, requires Quicktime. Hooray for the Open Web. I'll just take your word that it's really shiny.