1) By your logic not knowing the origin of the name Bluetooth means that the technology is not only worthless but also unused by anyone that doesn't know it's named after a 10th century Scandinavian king.
2) It's not about knowing what the initialism BLE stands for but rather having your BT4.0 capable devices work with it, like a huge number of fitness trackers, health monitors, and styluses, computer keyboards and mice, but more importantly, even if you have a device that will have back support for BT 2.1 it's important for the UX in terms of battery life that it will support 4.0.
That's nonsense. I'm pointing out that the lack of BT4 probably won't influence a significant number of consumers so as to sway their purchase decisions.
I also find it curious that they went with BT3, but I just don't think it will matter in the grand scheme.
1) By your logic not knowing the origin of the name Bluetooth means that the technology is not only worthless but also unused by anyone that doesn't know it's named after a 10th century Scandinavian king.
2) It's not about knowing what the initialism BLE stands for but rather having your BT4.0 capable devices work with it, like a huge number of fitness trackers, health monitors, and styluses, computer keyboards and mice, but more importantly, even if you have a device that will have back support for BT 2.1 it's important for the UX in terms of battery life that it will support 4.0.
"The hardware for the Fire Phone does support Bluetooth LE. In fact, it's event mentioned in the FCC application. In that case, the omission of BLE support may be software related. That would mean Amazon could update its FireOS to support the technology. We've reached out to Amazon for further comment."
AND
"Update Wednesday, 6:04pm: Amazon tells us that "Fire has Bluetooth 3.0 for connectivity now and we’ll update to support Bluetooth LE." So that's good news for the future of Fire."
That's nonsense. I'm pointing out that the lack of BT4 probably won't influence a significant number of consumers so as to sway their purchase decisions.
I also find it curious that they went with BT3, but I just don't think it will matter in the grand scheme.
Do you think 802.11ac is more necessary?
Here's a timeline from Apple for you. BT 4.0 was added in 2011 but 802.11ac was added in 2013.
But you're right, this won't matter in the grand scheme of things because this phone's lackluster HW at a premium price won't matter to people.
So it's a glorified (and expensive) version of their craptastic Kindle Fire, optimized for the only real intent of getting you to buy more stuff from Amazon. Great
I gotta disagree with you just a tad. I have a Fire and it's not a bad tablet. I primarily use mine for reading and a little light web surfing. It's certainly not on par with the iPad but all-in-all it's really not a bad little tablet.
You've pretty much made your Fire tablet sound like a glorified (and expensive) Kindle!
The tilt to scroll feature... every time I move my hand around things will start scrolling all over? You're forced to keep your hand perfectly still at all times? Sounds frustrating to me.
Not a single post in this thread even vaguely approximates your post. Instead of being so concerned about falsely (and trollishly) predicting people's responses in this thread, why don't you provide your own analysis of the product? That would require you to string together a couple coherent thoughts.
Nah... what folks of his ilk will just do is throw a bunch of crap on the wall in the hopes something sticks.
That definitely makes Amazon look more intelligent and I'm glad that when they announce they are poised to release (more vendors should do this) but that's not an auspicious start.
How do they get developers to develop for their platform when they never announce sales or activation figures? In the presentation Bezos displayed a chart showing steady growth in Prime membership but the slide included no numbers whatsoever.
I'm only guessing... but it would not surprise me if Amazon has paid a bunch of app shops to specifically develop a bunch of apps, and have them sign an NDA to never mention how Amazon bribed contracted with them.
The tilt to scroll feature... every time I move my hand around things
will start scrolling all over? You're forced to keep your hand perfectly
still at all times? Sounds frustrating to me.
That definitely makes Amazon look more intelligent and I'm glad that when they announce they are poised to release (more vendors should do this) but that's not an auspicious start.
Cook/Ive really need to bring it this Aug/Sept in the post Steve era and not just with a larger screen and iOs8. Beats steaming music should come free. All $3Billion worth.
Cook/Ive really need to bring it this Aug/Sept in the post Steve era and not just with a larger screen and iOs8.
Beats steaming music should come free. All $3Billion worth.
Bring it how so? Did Apple not "bring it" at WWDC? The only think I'd like to see in the "bring it" category is 32/64/128 GB storage options at current prices. I know that's a long shot and the best we'll probably get is a 128GB addition to the iPhone lineup.
Orange county? doesn't Amazon have a software development wing located in Orange county California? which means you probably work there by the tone of your comments.
Danox, there are Orange Counties in several states, including Florida, New York, and Indiana. And any Micky-Mouse troll can claim to be from any one of them.
a2z Amazon smartphone, tablet and gaming technology unit in the Spectrum. Just so happens the zip code is 92618, same as his screen name.
40 Pacifica 2nd, 3rd, 11th and 14th floors of the building.
I'm only guessing... but it would not surprise me if Amazon has paid a bunch of app shops to specifically develop a bunch of apps, and have them sign an NDA to never mention how Amazon bribed contracted with them.
Apple bribed contracted Microsoft to make Office for Mac back in 1997. You do what you need to do to keep business rolling.
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1) By your logic not knowing the origin of the name Bluetooth means that the technology is not only worthless but also unused by anyone that doesn't know it's named after a 10th century Scandinavian king.
2) It's not about knowing what the initialism BLE stands for but rather having your BT4.0 capable devices work with it, like a huge number of fitness trackers, health monitors, and styluses, computer keyboards and mice, but more importantly, even if you have a device that will have back support for BT 2.1 it's important for the UX in terms of battery life that it will support 4.0.
That's nonsense. I'm pointing out that the lack of BT4 probably won't influence a significant number of consumers so as to sway their purchase decisions.
I also find it curious that they went with BT3, but I just don't think it will matter in the grand scheme.
1) By your logic not knowing the origin of the name Bluetooth means that the technology is not only worthless but also unused by anyone that doesn't know it's named after a 10th century Scandinavian king.
2) It's not about knowing what the initialism BLE stands for but rather having your BT4.0 capable devices work with it, like a huge number of fitness trackers, health monitors, and styluses, computer keyboards and mice, but more importantly, even if you have a device that will have back support for BT 2.1 it's important for the UX in terms of battery life that it will support 4.0.
it looks like they already plan to release an update for 4.0 compatibility: http://mashable.com/2014/06/18/amazon-fire-phone-bluetooth/
So it is a software issue, not hardware.
From the article:
"The hardware for the Fire Phone does support Bluetooth LE. In fact, it's event mentioned in the FCC application. In that case, the omission of BLE support may be software related. That would mean Amazon could update its FireOS to support the technology. We've reached out to Amazon for further comment."
AND
"Update Wednesday, 6:04pm: Amazon tells us that "Fire has Bluetooth 3.0 for connectivity now and we’ll update to support Bluetooth LE." So that's good news for the future of Fire."
Do you think 802.11ac is more necessary?
Here's a timeline from Apple for you. BT 4.0 was added in 2011 but 802.11ac was added in 2013.
But you're right, this won't matter in the grand scheme of things because this phone's lackluster HW at a premium price won't matter to people.
Well, golly gee! Thanks AI!!!
Now we won't even have to watch the commercials!
So it's a glorified (and expensive) version of their craptastic Kindle Fire, optimized for the only real intent of getting you to buy more stuff from Amazon. Great
I gotta disagree with you just a tad. I have a Fire and it's not a bad tablet. I primarily use mine for reading and a little light web surfing. It's certainly not on par with the iPad but all-in-all it's really not a bad little tablet.
You've pretty much made your Fire tablet sound like a glorified (and expensive) Kindle!
Go back and re-read - there are plenty.
No there is not.
The tilt to scroll feature... every time I move my hand around things
will start scrolling all over? You're forced to keep your hand perfectly
still at all times? Sounds frustrating to me.
whine...whine..whine... hissy-fit
Not a single post in this thread even vaguely approximates your post. Instead of being so concerned about falsely (and trollishly) predicting people's responses in this thread, why don't you provide your own analysis of the product? That would require you to string together a couple coherent thoughts.
Nah... what folks of his ilk will just do is throw a bunch of crap on the wall in the hopes something sticks.
That definitely makes Amazon look more intelligent and I'm glad that when they announce they are poised to release (more vendors should do this) but that's not an auspicious start.
How do they get developers to develop for their platform when they never announce sales or activation figures? In the presentation Bezos displayed a chart showing steady growth in Prime membership but the slide included no numbers whatsoever.
I'm only guessing... but it would not surprise me if Amazon has paid a bunch of app shops to specifically develop a bunch of apps, and have them sign an NDA to never mention how Amazon bribed contracted with them.
I have to assume the SW is smarter than that.
Nah... what folks of his ilk will just do is throw a bunch of crap on the wall in the hopes something sticks.
As opposed to making over-generalized statements that demean people and that dismiss their views without offering a single counterpoint, eh?
Wait, whose 'ilk' were we talking about here?
That definitely makes Amazon look more intelligent and I'm glad that when they announce they are poised to release (more vendors should do this) but that's not an auspicious start.
No, but Apple's had those too,
didn't they update iOS 7.0 in about a day?
And a similar event with an ATV upgrade,
just to name two.
Cook/Ive really need to bring it this Aug/Sept in the post Steve era and not just with a larger screen and iOs8.
Beats steaming music should come free. All $3Billion worth.
I can't figure out what you're saying.
Well, golly gee! Thanks AI!!!
Now we won't even have to watch the commercials!
You've pretty much made your Fire tablet sound like a glorified (and expensive) Kindle!
I wasn't going to say anything. He kind of validated my original post.
Orange county? doesn't Amazon have a software development wing located in Orange county California? which means you probably work there by the tone of your comments.
Danox, there are Orange Counties in several states, including Florida, New York, and Indiana. And any Micky-Mouse troll can claim to be from any one of them.
a2z Amazon smartphone, tablet and gaming technology unit in the Spectrum. Just so happens the zip code is 92618, same as his screen name.
40 Pacifica 2nd, 3rd, 11th and 14th floors of the building.
As opposed to making over-generalized statements that demean people and that dismiss their views without offering a single counterpoint, eh?
Wait, whose 'ilk' were we talking about here?
You, troll boy.
bribedcontracted Microsoft to make Office for Mac back in 1997. You do what you need to do to keep business rolling.Working over time to quell the apothetic reception of an Amazon phone in an Apple blog today I see?