Iphone 7 has no headphone jack
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wkearney99
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pvrfan said:
How can you possibly not grasp how much you're the pot calling your own kettle black? Do you have your head so far up your own ass that you see daylight and think it's some sort of miracle of progress?
pvrfan
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Maybe I should be starting a new thread instead of adding to this one, but...
Twitter offered up a link to another analysis of Apple's AirPod strategy:
AirPods have a "W1" chip that manages the connections to other Apple devices (phone, tablet, computer, watch). It also controls the microphones to do noise cancellation. Optical and motion sensors are included so the device can signal to stop playback when it is removed from the ear, etc. A button lets you perform certain actions like engaging Siri, etc. It facilitates simplified pairing with Apple devices and standard pairing with other Bluetooth systems.
That's a fair bit of tech in an ear pod replacement.
The linked article contends that this is the first in a new series of wearables and speculates on how the smartphone may become optional in the future; at least for some people.
I'm not sure I agree with all his extrapolations but it was an interesting read. Apple's AirPod page:
http://www.apple.com/airpods/
Craig
Twitter offered up a link to another analysis of Apple's AirPod strategy:
http://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2016/9/13/airpods
AirPods have a "W1" chip that manages the connections to other Apple devices (phone, tablet, computer, watch). It also controls the microphones to do noise cancellation. Optical and motion sensors are included so the device can signal to stop playback when it is removed from the ear, etc. A button lets you perform certain actions like engaging Siri, etc. It facilitates simplified pairing with Apple devices and standard pairing with other Bluetooth systems.
That's a fair bit of tech in an ear pod replacement.
The linked article contends that this is the first in a new series of wearables and speculates on how the smartphone may become optional in the future; at least for some people.
I'm not sure I agree with all his extrapolations but it was an interesting read. Apple's AirPod page:
http://www.apple.com/airpods/
Craig
pete_c
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I continue enjoy these posts.
Here just a off topic / in topic post.
What kind of mind / person intentionally turns customers in to fanatics?
Isn't it similar to similar to visiting the dark side of some historical figures throughout history?
We have always learned from this stuff.
On a tangent here what kind of thought processes are related to removal of pieces of history that have been here since the beginning of our country?
Here is an interesting article. What is wrong with this picture?
Apple causes ‘religious’ reaction in brains of fans, say neuroscientists
By Trevor Mogg — May 18, 2011 7:14 PM
People have often talked about “the cult of Apple”, and if a recent BBC TV documentary is to be believed, there could be something in it.
The program, Secrets of the Superbrands, looks at why technology megabrands such as Apple, Facebook and Twitter have become so popular and such a big part of many people’s lives.
In the first episode, presenter Alex Riley decided to take a look at Apple. He wanted to discover what it is about the company that makes people so emotional. Footage of the opening of the Cupertino company’s Covent Garden store in central London last year showed hordes of Apple devotees lining up outside overnight, while the staff whipped up customers (and themselves) into something of an evangelical frenzy. This religious-like fervor got Riley thinking – he decided to take a closer look at the inside of the head of an Apple fanatic to see what on earth was going on in there.
Riley contacted the editor of World of Apple, Alex Brooks, an Apple worshipper who claims to think about Apple 24 hours a day, which is possibly 23 hours too many for most regular people. A team of neuroscientists studied Brooks’ brain while undergoing an MRI scan, to see how it reacted to images of Apple products and (heaven forbid) non-Apple products.
According to the neuroscientists, the scan revealed that there were marked differences in Brooks’ reactions to the different products. Previously, the scientists had studied the brains of those of religious faith, and they found that, as Riley puts it: “The Apple products are triggering the same bits of [Brooks’] brain as religious imagery triggers in a person of faith.”
“This suggests that the big tech brands have harnessed, or exploit, the brain areas that have evolved to process religion,” one of the scientists says. A meeting with the Bishop of Buckingham, who reads the Bible using his Apple iPad, appeared to back up this assertion. He pointed out how the Apple store in, for example, Covent Garden has a lot of religious imagery built into it, with its stone floors, abundance of arches, and little altars (on which the products are displayed). And of course, the documentary doesn’t fail to give Steve Jobs a mention, calling him “the Messiah”.
Secrets of the Superbrands also looks at the likes of Facebook, which has enjoyed phenomenal success in just a few years. “Like Apple, mobile phones and social networks offer an opportunity for us to express our basic human need to communicate. And it’s by tapping into our basic needs, like gossip, religion or sex that these brands are taking over our world at such lightning speed,” Riley says. He concludes: “That’s not to say that clever marketing and brilliant technical innovation aren’t also crucial, but it seems that if you’re not providing a service which is of potential interest to every one of the 6.9 billion human beings on the planet, the chances are you’re never going to become a technology superbrand.”
Here just a off topic / in topic post.
What kind of mind / person intentionally turns customers in to fanatics?
Isn't it similar to similar to visiting the dark side of some historical figures throughout history?
We have always learned from this stuff.
On a tangent here what kind of thought processes are related to removal of pieces of history that have been here since the beginning of our country?
Here is an interesting article. What is wrong with this picture?
Apple causes ‘religious’ reaction in brains of fans, say neuroscientists
By Trevor Mogg — May 18, 2011 7:14 PM
People have often talked about “the cult of Apple”, and if a recent BBC TV documentary is to be believed, there could be something in it.
The program, Secrets of the Superbrands, looks at why technology megabrands such as Apple, Facebook and Twitter have become so popular and such a big part of many people’s lives.
In the first episode, presenter Alex Riley decided to take a look at Apple. He wanted to discover what it is about the company that makes people so emotional. Footage of the opening of the Cupertino company’s Covent Garden store in central London last year showed hordes of Apple devotees lining up outside overnight, while the staff whipped up customers (and themselves) into something of an evangelical frenzy. This religious-like fervor got Riley thinking – he decided to take a closer look at the inside of the head of an Apple fanatic to see what on earth was going on in there.
Riley contacted the editor of World of Apple, Alex Brooks, an Apple worshipper who claims to think about Apple 24 hours a day, which is possibly 23 hours too many for most regular people. A team of neuroscientists studied Brooks’ brain while undergoing an MRI scan, to see how it reacted to images of Apple products and (heaven forbid) non-Apple products.
According to the neuroscientists, the scan revealed that there were marked differences in Brooks’ reactions to the different products. Previously, the scientists had studied the brains of those of religious faith, and they found that, as Riley puts it: “The Apple products are triggering the same bits of [Brooks’] brain as religious imagery triggers in a person of faith.”
“This suggests that the big tech brands have harnessed, or exploit, the brain areas that have evolved to process religion,” one of the scientists says. A meeting with the Bishop of Buckingham, who reads the Bible using his Apple iPad, appeared to back up this assertion. He pointed out how the Apple store in, for example, Covent Garden has a lot of religious imagery built into it, with its stone floors, abundance of arches, and little altars (on which the products are displayed). And of course, the documentary doesn’t fail to give Steve Jobs a mention, calling him “the Messiah”.
Secrets of the Superbrands also looks at the likes of Facebook, which has enjoyed phenomenal success in just a few years. “Like Apple, mobile phones and social networks offer an opportunity for us to express our basic human need to communicate. And it’s by tapping into our basic needs, like gossip, religion or sex that these brands are taking over our world at such lightning speed,” Riley says. He concludes: “That’s not to say that clever marketing and brilliant technical innovation aren’t also crucial, but it seems that if you’re not providing a service which is of potential interest to every one of the 6.9 billion human beings on the planet, the chances are you’re never going to become a technology superbrand.”
Apple did a wonderful thing but further split computing into two distinct fields again.
Those that want to use a computer and those that want to tinker. As much as I have never liked the "Total control, end to end", I do now recommend many people to get an Apple product as non-computer type people are just too bogged down with Android products.
If you want to create a chef's masterpiece it isn't going to be making simple apple sauce.
Those that want to use a computer and those that want to tinker. As much as I have never liked the "Total control, end to end", I do now recommend many people to get an Apple product as non-computer type people are just too bogged down with Android products.
If you want to create a chef's masterpiece it isn't going to be making simple apple sauce.
wkearney99
Senior Member
mikefamig said:
I'll grant that it's not my typical 'everyday' language. But then I'm not usually conversing with idiots everyday.
Plain speaking has a tendency to annoy those hiding behind their insecurities and ill-considered beliefs.
Telling it like it is, calling people out on their nonsense, etc, is never comfortable to those that let someone else tell them what to think.
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