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  • Apple releases iOS 11.4 for iPhone and iPad with AirPlay 2, Messages in iCloud support

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    Well GD -- Apple released AirPlay 2 before WWDC '18!  :D
    patchythepirateLukeCageAlex1Nwillcropointwatto_cobra

  • Apple to unlock iPhone's NFC chip capabilities in June, report says

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    It's not the most convenient option at this point, but it's more than a marketing ploy. It's a great backup option because one is less likely to forget their smartphone in their room over the hotel key they were just issued. It's a great to have a a backup solution.
    Fair point.  

    I doubt that was the pitch made to executive management, though -- "Guys, it'll be a great backup option!" --or-- "Hilton will be the leader in seemless, backup room access."

    ;)
    anantksundaramStrangeDays

  • Apple to unlock iPhone's NFC chip capabilities in June, report says

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    Hilton hotels allow door entry today via their “Digital Key” feature within the Hilton iOS app.

    Does that use NFC today? How will the new capabilities differ? Just curious.
    Nah, it uses Bluetooth.

    Depending on how its locks work, Hilton might already be able to use NFC under current iOS offerings ... Hilton would just need to switch from the app-based implementation to issuing Wallet passes (like airlines issue boarding tickets) with the NFC entitlement.

    IMO, the current, app-based system is more of a dumb marketing play (“Look — Digital Key — we’re innovative!”).  In practice, it involves more steps than using a physical key, so it fails a basic, technology 101 “Does it make life easier?” test.

    Until Hilton (and others) have the hardware to support auto-presentation of a pass — like what happens when you hold your phone up to a merchant terminal — their solutions won’t be any better than the physical alternatives.
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • 'Apple Glasses' AR headset could launch in 2021, says Gene Munster

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    I would bet my house on two design characteristics of Apple's to-be glasses:

    1. Apple will intentionally de-emphasize any front-facing camera // make it difficult for a casual observer to tell that there even is a front-facing camera (or cameras).
    2. The user will not be able to record using the front-facing camera(s) -- aka: no video or picture capture -- the camera will merely serve as an OS-level input, not a feature onto itself.

    I think Google Glass & SnapChat Spectacles have proven that society is a long ways from accepting face-mounted capture devices as the new norm.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple again said to cut HomePod orders on poor sales performance

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    zone said:
    ... If this was not an Apple product people would be saying how great it is!
    Apparently, a fairly small number of people who actually bought one.

    HomePod is a well-engineered product with fairly poor market fit + a terrible launch strategy.
    zeus423larryapatchythepirateairnerdMplsPstanhope