Answering part of my own question, it looks like ApplePay does have a couple of advantages over Google Wallet that are explained well in this article: http://www.macworld.com/article/2607181/why-apple-pay-could-be-the-mobile-payment-system-youll-actually-use.html
It's a pretty good use case for some of the things you can do when you own the ecosystem in a way that Google doesn't. Cool stuff. Judah On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > Couple of questions (and these are serious questions)... > > Is a 64-bit processor on a phone a good thing? It has historically been > the case that 64-bit architectures were less efficient than 32-bit > architectures unless you were running applications that needed more memory > than a 32-bit architecture would allow. Phones are designed for smaller, > short running processes. It seems to me that making it 64-bit is just going > to end up being a waste of memory utilization because you need to allocate > twice the memory for every operation. > > Is ApplePay substantially different than Google Wallet? I have been able > to use Google Wallet with my phone at my grocery store for some time. Is > Apple doing something very different or is it just an Apple version? > > Is the stopping of a task in one spot and picking it up in the other any > different from what Google has been doing? I can start composing an email > on my (Android) phone and pick it up on my (Mac) laptop without a problem. > Same thing with documents. What is Apple doing differently? > > Better autofocus is cool. Not sure if it would make much difference for > me, but that sounds cool. Fingerprint scanners are also not my thing but > glad they are improving the tech. > > The bulk of what I've seen seems to be bringing feature parity to people > invested in the Apple ecosystem who just really like the way that that > stuff works for them. That's totally cool and what Apple should be doing. I > just don't understand why it is being seen as super important or > revolutionary or whatever but maybe I'm missing the details. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:40 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> For those of you wondering, here's what the iPhone 6 does better than any >> other phone out there on the market: >> >> The 64 bit A8 Processor is better and faster than anything else on the >> market. >> >> The fingerprint scanner is the best performing scanner on the market, and >> it is absolutely better than Samsung's S5 implementation >> >> The camera has an autofocus system usually reserved for DSLRs. >> >> Hand off of tasks between Apple devices is great, and a productivity >> booster for many. Pick up writing an email, an SMS, or sharing documents >> immediately between devices. (moving from your desktop to your iPad in >> your >> bedroom, for example, would be seamless) >> >> ApplePay is a tremendous innovation, with the ability to radically change >> the way we use Credit Cards >> >> So these aren't necessarily revolutionary changes, but neither has >> anything >> the competition has done been revolutionary. >> >> However, once again, Apple takes its incremental improvements and >> implements them correctly and with a marketing flair that appeals to its >> customer base. Which is why the iPhone launch always boast the best sell >> throughs of any mobile device. >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372661 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
