However, there's still the issue of the touch ID being fooled with fake fingerprints. The guy who demonstrated that in 2013 demonstrated again with the iPhone 6.
Sent from my iPhone 5S > On Sep 24, 2014, at 4:04 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > > 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:372662 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
