So, Judah, how does that synch with your feelings about multinational corporations and monopolies and immoral businesses practices? On Sep 24, 2014 4:05 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:372664 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
