Gawd no! We don't need embedded chips. They'll be reading your mind and worse yet making you things you don't want to do and probably block any attempt to meditate.
off_world_beings wrote: > I'm not buying a phone until they invent one that can be implanted > into the side of my head, and activated by thought alone. > > OffWorld > > > --- In [email protected], "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> someday i'll find someone i want to talk to on the phone >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bhairitu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 2:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The iPhone >> >> >> >>> Vaj wrote: >>> >>>> Steve Job's announced earlier today. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The iPhone >>>> >>>> "This is a day I've been looking forward to for two and a half >>>> > years," > >>>> said Jobs. "Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes >>>> > along > >>>> that changes everything." >>>> >>>> In 1984, said Jobs, Apple introduced the Macintosh, and changed >>>> > the > >>>> computer industry. In 2001, Apple introduced the iPod, and >>>> > changed the > >>>> entire music industry. >>>> >>>> "Well, today, we're introducing three revolutionary products of >>>> > this > >>>> class," said Jobs. "The first one is a widescreen iPod with >>>> > touch > >>>> controls. The second is a revolutionary mobile phone. The third >>>> > is a > >>>> breakthrough Internet communications device." >>>> >>>> "These are not three separate devices," said Jobs. "This is one >>>> device. And we are calling it iPhone. Today Apple is going to >>>> > reinvent > >>>> the phone." >>>> >>>> Jobs explained that smartphones provide phone and e-mail and >>>> > what he > >>>> called "the baby Internet. They're not so smart and not so easy >>>> > to use." > >>>> "We don't want to do these," he said. "We want to do a leapfrog >>>> product that's way smarter than these phones and much easier to >>>> > use. > >>>> So we're going to reinvent the phone." >>>> >>>> The iPhone does not use a keyboard, nor does it use a stylus, >>>> > as many > >>>> smartphones do today. The device uses new technology >>>> > called "Multitouch." > >>>> "We're going to use the best pointing device in our world," >>>> > said Jobs. > >>>> "We're born with 10 of them, our fingers." >>>> >>>> Multitouch is far more accurate than any touch display, >>>> > according to > >>>> Jobs. It ignores unintended touches, supports multi-fingers >>>> > gesture. > >>>> "And boy, have we patented it," he added. >>>> >>>> The iPhone runs Mac OS X, said Jobs. "We start with a solid >>>> foundation," he explained. >>>> >>>> "Why would we run such a sophisticated operating system on a >>>> > mobile > >>>> device? It's got everything we need," he said. "It's got >>>> > multitasking, > >>>> networking, power management, awesome security and the right >>>> > apps. > >>>> It's got all the stuff we want. And it's built right in to >>>> > iPhone. And > >>>> has let us create desktop-class applications and networking. >>>> >>>> iPhone also synchronizes through iTunes. It syncs media, contact >>>> information, calendars, photos, notes, bookmarks, e-mail >>>> > accounts. > >>>> "All that stuff can be moved over the iPhone completely >>>> automatically," said Jobs. >>>> >>>> The iPhone features a 3.5-inch, 160 dot-per-inch color screen. >>>> > There's > >>>> a small "Home" button it. It's also remarkably thin -- 11.6 >>>> millimeters, thinner than any smartphone out there, according >>>> > to Jobs. > >>>> On one side, the iPhone sports a ring/silent switch, volume up >>>> > and > >>>> down controls. On its silver back side is a 2 megapixel digital >>>> camera. The bottom features a speaker, microphone and iPod dock >>>> connector. >>>> >>>> The iPhone also incorporates a proximity sensor that >>>> > automatically > >>>> deactivates the screen and turns off the touch sensor when you >>>> > raise > >>>> the device to your face. An ambient light sensor will sense >>>> > lighting > >>>> conditions and adjust brightness levels accordingly. And an >>>> accelerometer can tell when you switch from portrait to >>>> > landscape mode. > >>>> Jobs' demonstration of the iPhone began with iPod-related >>>> > features. An > >>>> iPod icon along the bottom of the screen brings up a list of >>>> > music, > >>>> and Jobs flicked his finger to scroll up and down. He flipped >>>> > the > >>>> iPhone on its side and it reoriented to landscape mode, >>>> > displaying > >>>> album art in iTunes' "Cover Flow" mode. Jobs also showed video >>>> > on the > >>>> device. >>>> >>>> "We want to reinvent the phone," he reiterated. "What's the >>>> > killer > >>>> app? The killer app is making calls! It's amazing how hard it >>>> > is to > >>>> make calls on phones. We want you to use contacts like never >>>> > before." > >>>> The iPhone can synchronize contacts from a PC or Mac, and >>>> > features > >>>> "Visual Voicemail." He described it as "random access >>>> > voicemail" that > >>>> lets you navigate directly to the voice messages you're >>>> > interested in. > >>>> iPhone is a quad-band phone that operated on GSM and EDGE >>>> > networks. > >>>> That's the most popular international standard, said Jobs, >>>> > though > >>>> Apple plans to make 3G phones in the future. It also integrates >>>> > Wi-Fi > >>>> and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, and will automatically switch >>>> > from a > >>>> cell phone data network to Wi-Fi when it gets in range. >>>> >>>> Demonstrating the phone's ability to make calls, he touched the >>>> screen's phone icon and scrolled through his contact list, >>>> > pulling up > >>>> Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design. Phil >>>> Schiller then called Jobs -- visible through call waiting. Jobs >>>> pressed a "merge calls" button and then created a three way >>>> > conference > >>>> calling. >>>> >>>> The iPhone's text messaging interface looks similar to iChat -- >>>> > user > >>>> dialogue is encased in bubbles, and a touch keyboard appears >>>> > below. > >>>> And the phone's photo management software enables you to use a >>>> "pinching" motion to zoom in and out of pictures. >>>> >>>> The iPhone's Internet connectivity includes HTML-capable e-mail >>>> > that > >>>> works with any IMAP or POP-based e-mail service. Apple has also >>>> included its Safari Web browser. Jobs called it the "first fully >>>> usable HTML browser on a phone." >>>> >>>> The same finger-pinching trick also works with Safari, to zoom >>>> > in and > >>>> out of images on Web pages. >>>> >>>> Jobs said that Yahoo will offer free "push" e-mail capabilities >>>> > using > >>>> IMAP to all Yahoo! Mail users. "When you get a message, it'll >>>> > push it > >>>> right out to the phone for you," he said. >>>> >>>> The iPhone also supports Dashboard widgets, starting off with >>>> > weather > >>>> and stocks. >>>> >>>> "This a breakthrough Internet communicator," said Jobs. "It's >>>> > the > >>>> Internet in your pocket." >>>> >>> Looks like it does about the same thing as Palm Treos and >>> > Windows Mobile > >>> phones have done for years. >>> >>> Their Apple TV box is nothing new either as I've been doing that >>> > in > >>> hi-def for 2 years. >>> >>> >>> >>> To subscribe, send a message to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> Or go to: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ >>> and click 'Join This Group!' >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > >
