--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gawd no! We don't need embedded chips. They'll be reading your mind > and worse yet making you do things you don't want to do>>
"They" are already in our heads. They are Borg. Resistance is futile. <<and probably block any attempt to meditate.>> Just like those darn sleepin' elephants ! OffWorld > > 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" <llundrub@> > > wrote: > > > >> someday i'll find someone i want to talk to on the phone > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Bhairitu" <noozguru@> > >> 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 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > >
