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  • Face, the future: the new touch-less ID of iPhone X

    danvmdanvm
    When Samsung, HTC and others later tried to copy Apple's work, they introduced glaring security issues that did things like save an unencrypted photo of the user's fingerprints to the filesystem as world-readable (without setting any file permissions) so that any process could easily read and extract the data. 
    Interesting how you use the term "copy" with Samsung and HTC , but there is no mention on how Apple did the same with MS and Windows Hello, which has been part of the Surface since 2015.  

    williamlondonavon b7

  • $179 Apple TV 4K boasts high dynamic range support, free 4K upgrades to iTunes movie purch...

    danvmdanvm
    slurpy said:
    smaffei said:
    $180 is double what the competition is charging and 20% more than the last generation of Apple TV.

    So, that HD->4K "free" upgrade really isn't free. Eddy baked the cost of the 4K content upgrade into the price of the unit.
    Really? $90 boxes are comparable to the new Apple TV, in terms of ecosystem, power, reliability, design, apps, support, etc? Find me one that isn't complete trash. The "competition" does not have an Apple TV or anything like it. The price difference between the standard and 4K Apple TV is absolutely trivial. I mean, we're talking about $30.
    The $100.00 Roku Premiere+ and Ultra modeles are great devices for $90/$100.  On ecosystem, I don't think either of them have an absolute advantage.  If you have Windows and Android mobile devices, the Roku will have better integration, while Apple users have the advantage with the ATV 4K.  On power, I suppose Apple have the advantage, but I don't see any benefit, a part from gaming, where both devices have failed.  Apps, both have a long list of them, maybe even more in the Roku.  

    I see both devices doing good, but it's clear that the ATV 4k is expensive.  
    williamlondon

  • $179 Apple TV 4K boasts high dynamic range support, free 4K upgrades to iTunes movie purch...

    danvmdanvm
    melgross said:
    smaffei said:
    $180 is double what the competition is charging and 20% more than the last generation of Apple TV.

    So, that HD->4K "free" upgrade really isn't free. Eddy baked the cost of the 4K content upgrade into the price of the unit.

    Well, I’m surprised that they held the price to,what they did. Speculation, after we found out what would be inside, was that it could be as much as $249, even higher. So this is actually pretty good.

    and it is free. You can’t take increased hardware costs and use that to say that software costs have increased. That makes no sense. The costs of the hardware isn’t that much more. If Apple can get gaming to work on this, as a business, then the price is cheap, when compared to the competition, which would then be the PlayStation, and the XBox, both of which are being promoted as content boxes, and which cost far more.

    Xbox One S 500GB is $250, just $50 over the ATV 4K, and it has an Ultra HD Blu-ray player, and supports Dolby Atmos + DTS-HD / Dolby HD.  IMO, while the ATV 4K looks very nice, is expensive.  

    At the same time, it was nice to know that movies purchased in iTunes will be upgraded to 4K without additional cost.  
    williamlondonsupadav03

  • Sony, Bang & Olufsen combatting Apple AirPods with new wireless earbuds

    danvmdanvm
     Im  not a samsung supporter... but give credit where it due...samsungs new wireless earpod, at least on paper beat all these including apple AirPods(with the ridiculous Qtips sticking out of ears) .....with feachers like standalone onboard music storage of 1000 tracks and full health monitoring without need for watch or phone....on top of everything else  these earpods offer ....
    I give no such credit as I see little value in those features - I don’t want to manage onboard audio libraries on my headphones, nor do I expect its activity tracking to be as good as a dedicated device’s.

    I’m fairly certain you don’t actually have AirPods because if you did you’d know they don’t look like qtips at all. They’re quite streamlined and work very well in the gym (several other folks wear them in mine now) 


    You don't need to have the AirPods to see how they look.  Personally, I think they look more to an electric toothbrush head.  

    https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-airpods-earbuds-or-hair-dryers-15-of-snarkiest-tweets/
    EngDevmobius

  • Sony, Bang & Olufsen combatting Apple AirPods with new wireless earbuds

    danvmdanvm
    gatorguy said:
    And then there's Sony and their version (almost literally!) of the HomePod.
    http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sony-electronics-introduces-the-lf-s50g-wireless-speaker-with-the-google-assistant-built-in-a-smarter-way-to-enjoy-music-300511957.html
    I would say that's the Sony version of the Amazon Echo, a product that you can purchase today, and that Apple it's copying too.
    EngDev