I found a case that works with an app to see things in front of you without those ugly glasses. Pretty cool stuff. http://www.flicc-japan.com/flicc.html
Ideas are not supposed to be patentable, only the implementation of those ideas. And we don't know what methods Apple is using. It's the method that is entitled to the patent (or not, as the case may be).
Aren't implementations in software normally protected by copyright, not patents?
Congratulations to Apple Insider. [@]MikeyCampbell[/@]'s article was mentioned by Robin Quivers during the news on today's Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM.
That's the second time in two days an AI article was mentioned. Yesterday Jean-Louis Gassée of [I]Monday Note[/I] mentioned an article by [B]Neil Hughes[/B].
Interesting how diverse your sources of news and info are. I assume these sources, among others, help provide you with your wide gamut of knowledge? :D
The Howard Stern Show is mostly for entertainment purposes whilst driving but he does interview people like no other. Rarely is someone on his show that he doesn't end up being fascinating. Robin doing the news is usually not very technical so I was surprised she covered a patent, especially one that existed on the App Store years ago.
Jean-Louis Gassée is a brilliant man in technology, business, and writing. Back before Steve became Apple's iCEO his BeOS was in the running against NeXT to be the future of Apple. It would be a very different world if the board went the other way. His weekly article, usually posted on Sunday despite the site's name, are usually very entertaining.
True. Not to mention why enable irresponsible behavior? Does this mean you will be able to sue apple if you get hit by a car or fall into a ditch now?
Apple aren't enabling irresponsible behaviour; they are just recognising that this behaviour exists, and this is one small harm prevention technique...a bit like condoms, I think.
Apple aren't enabling irresponsible behaviour; they are just recognising that this behaviour exists, and this is one small harm prevention technique...a bit like condoms, I think.
Exactly. If Apple wanted to prevent the behavior entirely, they’d sell spiked condoms.
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Mainly because Apple doesn't just mark a checkbox on a spec list but actual integrates something in thee device.
That being said, we'll still make fun of folks texting and walking when they walk into a fountain.
Another feature to kill the battery?
Most texting walkers have the phone at a 45 degree angle downwards. Not sure how much benefit this idea gives to current devices.
Fewer stumbles off curbs, rough sidewalk surfaces, into piled on the sidewalk crates etc.
It got run over by a bus whilst crossing the road and texting.
Another feature to kill the user.
The ultimate killer feature.
PS: I just got my tagline for my 2017 reimagining of Stephen King's Christine but with a smartphone.
Ideas are not supposed to be patentable, only the implementation of those ideas. And we don't know what methods Apple is using. It's the method that is entitled to the patent (or not, as the case may be).
Aren't implementations in software normally protected by copyright, not patents?
I had an app that did this when I got my first iPhone, the 3G (no S)....I used it once.
Youtube says this demo video was uploaded on 1 October 2009.
It's "typing" rather than "texting", which probably means the world of difference in the patent world, but what would I know.
That's the second time in two days an AI article was mentioned. Yesterday Jean-Louis Gassée of [I]Monday Note[/I] mentioned an article by [B]Neil Hughes[/B].
Congratulations to Apple Insider. @MikeyCampbell's article was mentioned by Robin Quivers during the news on today's Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM.
That's the second time in two days an AI article was mentioned. Yesterday Jean-Louis Gassée of Monday Note mentioned an article by Neil Hughes.
Interesting how diverse your sources of news and info are. I assume these sources, among others, help provide you with your wide gamut of knowledge?
The Howard Stern Show is mostly for entertainment purposes whilst driving but he does interview people like no other. Rarely is someone on his show that he doesn't end up being fascinating. Robin doing the news is usually not very technical so I was surprised she covered a patent, especially one that existed on the App Store years ago.
Jean-Louis Gassée is a brilliant man in technology, business, and writing. Back before Steve became Apple's iCEO his BeOS was in the running against NeXT to be the future of Apple. It would be a very different world if the board went the other way. His weekly article, usually posted on Sunday despite the site's name, are usually very entertaining.
True. Not to mention why enable irresponsible behavior? Does this mean you will be able to sue apple if you get hit by a car or fall into a ditch now?
Apple aren't enabling irresponsible behaviour; they are just recognising that this behaviour exists, and this is one small harm prevention technique...a bit like condoms, I think.
Oh dear, why do Apple have to resort to copying Samsung now?
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/07/26/download-road-sms-app-from-samsung-galaxy-s/
Apple are guilty of what they accuse Samsung doing...blatant copying.
Exactly. If Apple wanted to prevent the behavior entirely, they’d sell spiked condoms.
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