actually i think this function is quite good. Imagine holding a map in your hand that always faces north? You are standing on a street corner and its pretty obvious which way to go for people who are not used to looking at maps.
how about a app to help point your dish receiver in the correct direction. finding 207 degrees by 33 degrees is difficult without some sort of tool to point you in the right direction.
how about a app to help point your dish receiver in the correct direction. finding 207 degrees by 33 degrees is difficult without some sort of tool to point you in the right direction.
Great idea. Soon you'll find "there's an app for that"...
Sounds great for military purposes but why would I need this exactly? Adding to gaming (toy) functionality I guess.
This would serve you no purpose since it would be necessary for you to leave your parents' basement. Ask them nicely and they may remove the padlock.
For non-members of the Church of Teckstud, having a compass that determines the actual direction the unit is pointing could have many useful applications. I don't think Apple would go through the trouble of installing an extra chip just to please the geek world. They're seeing a bigger picture reasoning for it.
For the same reason you complain [whine] about the iPhone not having certain [basic] functionality, the same could be said by other folks about an internal compass. You wouldn't use it but other folks would.
Time for you to lose the "If I don't use it, no one needs it" mentality.
This would serve you no purpose since it would be necessary for you to leave your parents' basement. Ask them nicely and they may remove the padlock.
For non-members of the Church of Teckstud, having a compass that determines the actual direction the unit is pointing could have many useful applications. I don't think Apple would go through the trouble of installing an extra chip just to please the geek world. They're seeing a bigger picture reasoning for it.
For the same reason you complain [whine] about the iPhone not having certain [basic] functionality, the same could be said by other folks about an internal compass. You wouldn't use it but other folks would.
Time for you to lose the "If I don't use it, no one needs it" mentality.
Right- Add this basically useless feature,unless you trek in the wilderness, and then forget about multiple app capabilities! But then who would need or want that??
You sound like you would defend everything and anything that Apple adds to the iPhone or anything else. In other words pathetic since you haven't stated a legitimate purpose for it-yet defend it. Maybe it could help you climb over all the homeless in SF to find your way North.
actually i think this function is quite good. Imagine holding a map in your hand that always faces north? You are standing on a street corner and its pretty obvious which way to go for people who are not used to looking at maps.
This would serve you no purpose since it would be necessary for you to leave your parents' basement. Ask them nicely and they may remove the padlock.
For non-members of the Church of Teckstud, having a compass that determines the actual direction the unit is pointing could have many useful applications. I don't think Apple would go through the trouble of installing an extra chip just to please the geek world. They're seeing a bigger picture reasoning for it.
For the same reason you complain [whine] about the iPhone not having certain [basic] functionality, the same could be said by other folks about an internal compass. You wouldn't use it but other folks would.
Time for you to lose the "If I don't use it, no one needs it" mentality.
Church of Teckstud?? was that the red neck walmart preacher that was here last night ??
Very neat. We'll be able to be given directions through a building like in the Matrix.
Imagine several people pointing their iPhones and snapping in various directions and elevations and the results being combined near instantaneously into a full topological and built-object digital photographic map. And reproducing it in the Holodeck when back on board the Enterprise. Check out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodeck
The possibilities are astonishing to think about and only bounded by one's imagination (and programming skills).
Right- Add this basically useless feature,unless you trek in the wilderness, and then forget about multiple app capabilities! But then who would need or want that??
You sound like you would defend everything and anything that Apple adds to the iPhone or anything else. In other words pathetic since you haven't stated a legitimate purpose for it-yet defend it. Maybe it could help you climb over all the homeless in SF to find your way North.
Other posts already have. If you use Google maps, it would be great to know which way you are facing. In NYC you just type in a store for example and it shows up on the map and makes it easy to find it. Above 14th st it's a no brainer since the streets are all numbered but below is a maze.
I'm surprised that you would need someone else to tell you what it could used for given you pride yourself in being all-knowing. How disappointing...
Right- Add this basically useless feature,unless you trek in the wilderness, and then forget about multiple app capabilities! But then who would need or want that??
You sound like you would defend everything and anything that Apple adds to the iPhone or anything else. In other words pathetic since you haven't stated a legitimate purpose for it-yet defend it. Maybe it could help you climb over all the homeless in SF to find your way North.
lets talk in 3 months when this becomes hot apple pie . i will re post this here stuff you just said .here onlie at apple insider .
Sounds great for military purposes but why would I need this exactly? Adding to gaming (toy) functionality I guess.
This is AWESOME!
And yes Spam, it sure will be affected! Grab a compass and walk under some high-voltage power transmission lines or near a substation! I remember walking under those for a few months while delineating wetlands. ZzzZzzZZZZzz...probably explains a bit. I believe I remember the compass being affected.
Other posts already have. If you use Google maps, it would be great to know which way you are facing. In NYC you just type in a store for example and it shows up on the map and makes it easy to find it. Above 14th st it's a no brainer since the streets are all numbered but below is a maze.
I'm surprised that you would need someone else to tell you what it could used for given you pride yourself in being all-knowing. How disappointing...
I am. I live in NYC and wouldn't need anything that crappy like you would to get around. If you can't find your way around NYC (which is a grid system) than you are truly pathetic. I have never had a problem finding anything in NY- of all places?
This is good. People didn't think much about the accelerometer and look what developers creativity did with the features. I can't wait to see the possibilities. I can think of a one right now (Rotating maps). Many people find it hard to read maps on GPS and phones since their orientation is fixed to how you hold your phone/GPS. If the map rotate to match your direction this problem will disappear.
Compass functionality will almost certainly be incorporated into the various star chart apps available.
If your phone knows what time it is in your time zone (which it does) and where on the planet you are (which it does) and now knows which way you're facing, all you have to do is hold up your phone to see a start chart that matches the visible sky. One that could pan the view with your movements. Pretty sweet.
Compass functionality will almost certainly be incorporated into the various star chart apps available.
If your phone knows what time it is in your time zone (which it does) and where on the planet you are (which it does) and now knows which way you're facing, all you have to do is hold up your phone to see a start chart that matches the visible sky. One that could pan the view with your movements. Pretty sweet.
Like how did I ever live without that need before?
So are you saying that when Apple announced the iPhone in January 2007 people knew that they can use the accelerometer to measure slop with 1 degree accuracy, play flight simulator and car racing games with the accelerometer being the main control, detect movement to control the camera functionality,,, etc?
For the first year, the accelerometer had one function only. That function was to rotate Safari pages between landscape and portrait.
?users may be able to simply point their next-generation iPhones at an object or landmark and have an application combine GPS, accelerometer, and compass information to pinpoint what that object or landmark is.
After watching Leno awhile back and seeing that some people couldn't identify the Lincoln Memorial but confused it with the Washington Monument, or some of the fluffs major news casters have perpetrated, this could be a god-send.
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This sounds quite smart.
how about a app to help point your dish receiver in the correct direction. finding 207 degrees by 33 degrees is difficult without some sort of tool to point you in the right direction.
Great idea. Soon you'll find "there's an app for that"...
Sounds great for military purposes but why would I need this exactly? Adding to gaming (toy) functionality I guess.
This would serve you no purpose since it would be necessary for you to leave your parents' basement. Ask them nicely and they may remove the padlock.
For non-members of the Church of Teckstud, having a compass that determines the actual direction the unit is pointing could have many useful applications. I don't think Apple would go through the trouble of installing an extra chip just to please the geek world. They're seeing a bigger picture reasoning for it.
For the same reason you complain [whine] about the iPhone not having certain [basic] functionality, the same could be said by other folks about an internal compass. You wouldn't use it but other folks would.
Time for you to lose the "If I don't use it, no one needs it" mentality.
This would serve you no purpose since it would be necessary for you to leave your parents' basement. Ask them nicely and they may remove the padlock.
For non-members of the Church of Teckstud, having a compass that determines the actual direction the unit is pointing could have many useful applications. I don't think Apple would go through the trouble of installing an extra chip just to please the geek world. They're seeing a bigger picture reasoning for it.
For the same reason you complain [whine] about the iPhone not having certain [basic] functionality, the same could be said by other folks about an internal compass. You wouldn't use it but other folks would.
Time for you to lose the "If I don't use it, no one needs it" mentality.
Right- Add this basically useless feature,unless you trek in the wilderness, and then forget about multiple app capabilities! But then who would need or want that??
You sound like you would defend everything and anything that Apple adds to the iPhone or anything else. In other words pathetic since you haven't stated a legitimate purpose for it-yet defend it. Maybe it could help you climb over all the homeless in SF to find your way North.
actually i think this function is quite good. Imagine holding a map in your hand that always faces north? You are standing on a street corner and its pretty obvious which way to go for people who are not used to looking at maps.
This sounds quite smart.
Like directions for DUMMIES.
This would serve you no purpose since it would be necessary for you to leave your parents' basement. Ask them nicely and they may remove the padlock.
For non-members of the Church of Teckstud, having a compass that determines the actual direction the unit is pointing could have many useful applications. I don't think Apple would go through the trouble of installing an extra chip just to please the geek world. They're seeing a bigger picture reasoning for it.
For the same reason you complain [whine] about the iPhone not having certain [basic] functionality, the same could be said by other folks about an internal compass. You wouldn't use it but other folks would.
Time for you to lose the "If I don't use it, no one needs it" mentality.
Church of Teckstud?? was that the red neck walmart preacher that was here last night ??
and why do we need a magnet to find him ???
Very neat. We'll be able to be given directions through a building like in the Matrix.
Imagine several people pointing their iPhones and snapping in various directions and elevations and the results being combined near instantaneously into a full topological and built-object digital photographic map. And reproducing it in the Holodeck when back on board the Enterprise. Check out.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodeck
The possibilities are astonishing to think about and only bounded by one's imagination (and programming skills).
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Right- Add this basically useless feature,unless you trek in the wilderness, and then forget about multiple app capabilities! But then who would need or want that??
You sound like you would defend everything and anything that Apple adds to the iPhone or anything else. In other words pathetic since you haven't stated a legitimate purpose for it-yet defend it. Maybe it could help you climb over all the homeless in SF to find your way North.
Other posts already have. If you use Google maps, it would be great to know which way you are facing. In NYC you just type in a store for example and it shows up on the map and makes it easy to find it. Above 14th st it's a no brainer since the streets are all numbered but below is a maze.
I'm surprised that you would need someone else to tell you what it could used for given you pride yourself in being all-knowing. How disappointing...
Right- Add this basically useless feature,unless you trek in the wilderness, and then forget about multiple app capabilities! But then who would need or want that??
You sound like you would defend everything and anything that Apple adds to the iPhone or anything else. In other words pathetic since you haven't stated a legitimate purpose for it-yet defend it. Maybe it could help you climb over all the homeless in SF to find your way North.
lets talk in 3 months when this becomes hot apple pie . i will re post this here stuff you just said .here onlie at apple insider .
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Sounds great for military purposes but why would I need this exactly? Adding to gaming (toy) functionality I guess.
This is AWESOME!
And yes Spam, it sure will be affected! Grab a compass and walk under some high-voltage power transmission lines or near a substation! I remember walking under those for a few months while delineating wetlands. ZzzZzzZZZZzz...probably explains a bit. I believe I remember the compass being affected.
Other posts already have. If you use Google maps, it would be great to know which way you are facing. In NYC you just type in a store for example and it shows up on the map and makes it easy to find it. Above 14th st it's a no brainer since the streets are all numbered but below is a maze.
I'm surprised that you would need someone else to tell you what it could used for given you pride yourself in being all-knowing. How disappointing...
I am. I live in NYC and wouldn't need anything that crappy like you would to get around. If you can't find your way around NYC (which is a grid system) than you are truly pathetic. I have never had a problem finding anything in NY- of all places?
This is good. People didn't think much about the accelerometer and look what developers creativity did with the features.
Thats absolutely false.
If your phone knows what time it is in your time zone (which it does) and where on the planet you are (which it does) and now knows which way you're facing, all you have to do is hold up your phone to see a start chart that matches the visible sky. One that could pan the view with your movements. Pretty sweet.
Compass functionality will almost certainly be incorporated into the various star chart apps available.
If your phone knows what time it is in your time zone (which it does) and where on the planet you are (which it does) and now knows which way you're facing, all you have to do is hold up your phone to see a start chart that matches the visible sky. One that could pan the view with your movements. Pretty sweet.
Like how did I ever live without that need before?
Thats absolutely false.
So are you saying that when Apple announced the iPhone in January 2007 people knew that they can use the accelerometer to measure slop with 1 degree accuracy, play flight simulator and car racing games with the accelerometer being the main control, detect movement to control the camera functionality,,, etc?
For the first year, the accelerometer had one function only. That function was to rotate Safari pages between landscape and portrait.
?users may be able to simply point their next-generation iPhones at an object or landmark and have an application combine GPS, accelerometer, and compass information to pinpoint what that object or landmark is.
After watching Leno awhile back and seeing that some people couldn't identify the Lincoln Memorial but confused it with the Washington Monument, or some of the fluffs major news casters have perpetrated, this could be a god-send.