swat671

mcdave said:

“Indoor navigation” - always makes me smile

Why's that?

I'm also curious why Apple didn't put the U1 UWB chip into the new iPad... Kinda odd I think.

If Apple does this, I wonder if they'll license the x86 instruction set from Intel? That would make the most sense for at least the first few years until devs can update software. It will take YEARS for this to play out if they did. Of course, they could use a "Fat Binary" like they did during the PPC-x86 transition... That way, the app bundle will be able to support both platforms. My question would be about performance. No ARM chip will be able to outperform the Xenon chips in the Mac Pro and iMac Pro. What about those systems? Will developers have to keep using Fat Binaries forever because of that? There are just so many questions, that I don't know if it makes sense or not. 

I wonder if BMW, Audi, etc could put in the BLE/UWB hardware, and just leave it dormant, and then enable it with an OTA update down the line... That tech is already mature, so it shouldn't be too hard, and the chips themselves can't be more that a few dollars, chump change for a Beemer, Tesla, etc...

Since when did we have so many Euro-Sceptic libertarians around here? Sounds kinda odd for fans of a liberal California company like Apple. Since when is it a BAD thing for all phones to have a common charger? Why is it a BAD thing for it to be easier to change a dead battery?  

Hey, this can be really great. If we can get more/all smart home manufacturers on board, as well as keeping the end use companies (Apple, Google, Amazon, etc) on board, you SHOULD be able to buy any smart home device and use it with any other device (iPhone, Android, Alexa, etc). I'm still waiting to get smart home devices until the day I can drive up to my house, my garage door opens automatically, my front door lets me in, and the lights in the entrance way turn on, and I don't have to do a thing. And the house is already warm because my thermostat saw I was down the street and started warming the house up for me. When it's time to watch TV, "Siri, turn on the Warriors game" and the TV and surround sound system kick on, change the channel, turn the lights down, and send the home phone calls to VM, all automatically.