Some low hanging fruit for Apple to pick at WWDC 2016

2»

Comments

  • Reply 21 of 37
    bulk001bulk001 Posts: 825member
    Quote from article "While Google focused attention on AI processing cores for use in cloud server farms, Apple can incorporate these type of hardware technology right into their phone or other devices, enabling local computation that can work even when the network isn't available."

    Think this is a highly optimistic statement given that Apple can't even perform basic Siri voice instructions on my phone without a data connection! 
    singularity
     1Like 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 22 of 37
    crossladcrosslad Posts: 527member
    techlover said:


    No, that's 11 years. 2007-2016 "inclusive" is 10 years.
    You could just count it on your fingers, like this:

    June 2007-June 2008 = 1 year
    June 2008-June 2009 = 2 years
    June 2009-June 2010 = 3 years
    June 2010-June 2011 = 4 years
    June 2011-June 2012 = 5 years
    June 2012-June 2013 = 6 years
    June 2013-June 2014 = 7 years
    June 2014-June 2015 = 8 years
    June 2015-June 2016 = 9 years
    June 2016-June 2017 = 10 years

    June 2017 would make 10 years.

    @bdkennedy is correct.

    At least that's how I count it.

    Then again I am terrible with birthdays and anniversaries so I could be wrong.
    Thank goodness for calendar reminders.


    Or you could count it like this:

    June 2007 - iPhone 1

    June 2008 - iPhone 2

    June 2009 - iPhone 3

    June 2010 - iPhone 4

    June 2011 - iPhone 5

    June 2012 - iPhone 6

    June 2013 - iPhone 7

    June 2014 - iPhone 8

    June 2015 - iPhone 9

    June 2016 - iPhone 10

    tmaynetmageai46
     3Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 23 of 37
    techlover said:


    No, that's 11 years. 2007-2016 "inclusive" is 10 years.
    You could just count it on your fingers, like this:

    June 2007-June 2008 = 1 year
    June 2008-June 2009 = 2 years
    June 2009-June 2010 = 3 years
    June 2010-June 2011 = 4 years
    June 2011-June 2012 = 5 years
    June 2012-June 2013 = 6 years
    June 2013-June 2014 = 7 years
    June 2014-June 2015 = 8 years
    June 2015-June 2016 = 9 years
    June 2016-June 2017 = 10 years

    June 2017 would make 10 years.

    @bdkennedy is correct.

    At least that's how I count it.

    Then again I am terrible with birthdays and anniversaries so I could be wrong.
    Thank goodness for calendar reminders.

    The article stated "This year is the tenth year of iPhone", which it is indeed. The article did NOT state that the iPhone is 10 years old. Analogy: When I turn 60, I am in (beginning) my 7th decade.
    netmageai46
     2Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 24 of 37
    command_fcommand_f Posts: 437member
    crosslad said:
    techlover said:
    You could just count it on your fingers, like this:
    <Snip>
    At least that's how I count it.

    Then again I am terrible with birthdays and anniversaries so I could be wrong.
    Thank goodness for calendar reminders.


    Or you could count it like this:

    June 2007 - iPhone 1

    <Snip>

    Which illustrates the confusion: The "IPhone 1" came out at the beginning of the first year. So the "iPhone 10" would come out at the beginning of the tenth year, which is the end of the ninth year, which isn't the tenth anniversary. To make "iPhone 10" match the tenth anniversary, we needed an "iPhone 0" at the beginning 'cos it was the zero-th anniversary - don't see that flying with the marketing people.
    netmageredgeminipa
     2Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 25 of 37
    For low hanging fruit, I'd like to see Watch apps that run on iPhone also run on iPad, perhaps sync through iCloud if not directly w Watch. Seems like it would not be too hard, both iOS, and would allow better display of complex data, perhaps multiple windows. -- JRW
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 26 of 37
    techlovertechlover Posts: 879member
    crosslad said:
    techlover said:
    You could just count it on your fingers, like this:

    June 2007-June 2008 = 1 year
    June 2008-June 2009 = 2 years
    June 2009-June 2010 = 3 years
    June 2010-June 2011 = 4 years
    June 2011-June 2012 = 5 years
    June 2012-June 2013 = 6 years
    June 2013-June 2014 = 7 years
    June 2014-June 2015 = 8 years
    June 2015-June 2016 = 9 years
    June 2016-June 2017 = 10 years

    June 2017 would make 10 years.

    @bdkennedy is correct.

    At least that's how I count it.

    Then again I am terrible with birthdays and anniversaries so I could be wrong.
    Thank goodness for calendar reminders.


    Or you could count it like this:

    June 2007 - iPhone 1

    June 2008 - iPhone 2

    June 2009 - iPhone 3

    June 2010 - iPhone 4

    June 2011 - iPhone 5

    June 2012 - iPhone 6

    June 2013 - iPhone 7

    June 2014 - iPhone 8

    June 2015 - iPhone 9

    June 2016 - iPhone 10

    Or we could count all 13 iPhone's that have been released over the last 9 years like this:

    • 1st gen: June 29, 2007
    • 3G: July 11, 2008
    • 3GS: June 19, 2009
    • 4: June 24, 2010
    • 4S: October 14, 2011
    • 5: September 21, 2012
    • 5C5S: September 20, 2013
    • 6 / 6 Plus: September 19, 2014
    • 6S / 6S Plus: September 25, 2015
    • SE: March 31, 2016
    The total number of days between Friday, June 29th, 2007 and Thursday, March 31st, 2016 is 3,198 days.

    This is equal to 8 years, 9 months, and 2 days.

    edited June 2016
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 27 of 37
    lkrupplkrupp Posts: 10,557member
    Wow, all the techie wannabes here are fantasizing about what WWDC will bring. Get ready because none of it will happen. Apple doesn’t do wiz-bang techie/nerd nonsense. As a typical user I am looking for improvements in my user experience, things that will make my online life easier, not more complicated. Hopefully Apple will continue to focus on users like me instead of going all out for the wiz-bang crowd who won’t be satisfied anyway, no matter what Apple does.
    netmage
     1Like 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 28 of 37
    timbittimbit Posts: 331member
    You can't say "Apple will prolong its cycle to every 3 years" and then suggest that it will make a new device in the fall, then in the spring again. 

    Similarly, you can't state that Apple should get rid of the S model, and then offer up that a 10S model should come out in the spring.... Stick to your story
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 29 of 37
    Apple has developed a pretty good online retail store. Why isn't it a prominently placed app integrated into the Mac computing experience, and available from the billion iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs the company already has installed?
    There's an app in the Dock on a Mac called "App Store". There is also an app on iOS called "App Store". You might want to give these a look, they seem to have the functionality for which you wish...
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 30 of 37
    TurboPGTturbopgt Posts: 355member
    The best part about WWDC this year is, apart from a handful of items, the rumorsphere has absolutely no idea what is in store for this year's software.
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 31 of 37
    darelrexdarelrex Posts: 146member
    Not to be a nit-picker, but the original NeXT computer had a two-bit, not four-bit, greyscale display. But with two bits per pixel, it could produce four shades of grey (black, dark grey, light grey, and white), and dithering these greys could produce pretty nice, photo-like gradations. It was remarkable what a difference one more bit made!
    edited June 2016
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 32 of 37
    abridenabriden Posts: 36member

    No, that's 11 years. 2007-2016 "inclusive" is 10 years.
    Anniversaries are based on the last two digits in a year. (I can't believe this has to be explained)

    For example:  1776-1976

    The US Bicentennial was not in 1975

    Therefore... iPhone 2007-2017

    Not 2016
    It's not about the anniversary, it's about the model number. If model (1) was was launched in 2007, 9 models later, model (10) will be launched in 2016 ...I can't believe this has to be explained.
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 33 of 37
    Apple has developed a pretty good online retail store. Why isn't it a prominently placed app integrated into the Mac computing experience, and available from the billion iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs the company already has installed?
    There's an app in the Dock on a Mac called "App Store". There is also an app on iOS called "App Store". You might want to give these a look, they seem to have the functionality for which you wish...
    I'm pretty sure the reference is to hardware not software.
    mobius
     1Like 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 34 of 37
    michael scripmichael scrip Posts: 1,916member
    abriden said:
    Anniversaries are based on the last two digits in a year. (I can't believe this has to be explained)

    For example:  1776-1976

    The US Bicentennial was not in 1975

    Therefore... iPhone 2007-2017

    Not 2016
    It's not about the anniversary, it's about the model number. If model (1) was was launched in 2007, 9 models later, model (10) will be launched in 2016 ...I can't believe this has to be explained.
    It is absolutely about the anniversary.  
     
    As soon as the comment thread mentioned a year... like 2007 for instance... we're talking about anniversaries.

    2007-2017

    If you wanna talk about iPhone models... that's a whole other discussion. And that's not very accurate either... since there have been a few years more than one model were launched.  iPhone 5S and 5C were launched in a single year... and let's not forget the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and 6S and 6S Plus.

    In short... there are already more than 10 models.
    edited June 2016
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 35 of 37
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,733member
    With the announcements made...
    http://9to5google.com/2016/06/13/apples-wwdc-shebang-was-one-big-catchup-with-google-heres-everything-they-copied/

    Delivering something truly new and innovative is becoming harder by the year. 
    techlover
     1Like 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 36 of 37
    techlovertechlover Posts: 879member
    gatorguy said:
    With the announcements made...
    http://9to5google.com/2016/06/13/apples-wwdc-shebang-was-one-big-catchup-with-google-heres-everything-they-copied/

    Delivering something truly new and innovative is becoming harder by the year. 
    That was a fun read.
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
  • Reply 37 of 37
    jlanddjlandd Posts: 873member
    techlover said:
    Thank goodness for calendar reminders.


    Speaking of reminders, will Calendar's alerts still be limited to the same lead times?  (One hour - two hours - 24 hours)
     0Likes 0Dislikes 0Informatives
Sign In or Register to comment.