Personally, I think it's a cool concept, and I agree with all of you. Certainly they could be. I haven't yet purchased them, as I'm saving pennies for one of the new Macs, but will be very interested to own a pair one of these days. Donna
> On Jan 12, 2017, at 3:54 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Firstly I'd like to say I'm jellous, > But that's only because my pods don't turn up till feb 3rd. > > But yeah why couldn't the pods be the full phone, > The technology is there and very possible, > It will be a case of shrinking things further so that everything fits in to > the small ear pod size, > Don't think this year will be the one though, > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker > Sent: Thursday, 12 January 2017 4:20 AM > To: Macvisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Could AirPods be the new iPhone? > > Hi everyone, > > I’ve been reading a lot of articles the last few days on the 10th anniversary > of iPhone, what a success its been, and how its future is doomed. lol. > Everyone seams to be looking for the new killer feature, be it hardware or > software that will trumpet in the savior of the iPhone. > > So, I was one of the lucky ones who preordered the AirPods early, and got > them the day of release, December 19th. And using them the last 2 plus weeks > got me thinking. Imagine if Siri got better. I mean, Alexa amazon echo > better. Google home better. Is that out of the realm of possibility? I don’t > think so. It will be difficult because of Apples stance on privacy, and > refusing to collect and harvest our data to the extent of Google and Amazon, > but not impossible. I have to Echo. The Amazon Echo, and the amazon tap. I > love them both. I think this is the future of computer interaction. Its the > next thing that will take us away from multi touch displays. Technology is > almost to the point where we can have basic conversation with our tech. Let > me give an example of what I’m getting at. You have in your airPods, and you > would like to check twitter. You double tap an AirPod or say, “Siri” read my > home timeline. It proceeds to do just that. You get to a tweet you like. You > say Stop. Then Like this tweet. Siri then does so. Then, continue reading. > Get to a tweet you want to reply to. You say stop, reply to tweet. It says > ready for your reply. You dictate, it reads back your text and asks if you > want to send edit or cancel. All this happening while your on your > elliptical, or treadmill. All this without being distracted by your phone. > Let me give a bit of background to those who will say, sighted people don’t > want this though. They are all about 8K displays, and graphics. Well, yes and > no. I’m a big car guy. 10 years ago, you bought a brand new car, luxury or > top trim regular automobile. for example, a 3 series BMW, or a top trim Honda > Accord. You get a nav unit. You know what you had? Buttons and a generic > display. Voice command? not a chance. You were hunting and pecking, typing in > your destination address, and hoping you didn’t make any mistakes. fast > forward 5 years, and those are replaced by touch screen nav units, or much > more forgivable UI’s. In the case of BMW, you can write in the air with their > new gesture based systems. But what do they all have? Voice input. Press a > button and say, take me to 123 5th avenue, and you are on your way. Voice > will be king in the car. This will translate to out of the car too I think. > > I know, I know. What if you want to view movies, pictures, IG, FB, Snapchat? > What if iPhones ended up being glorified iPod touches or iPads? Just > extremely hi res displays. Flexible, folding displays like what Samsung and > LG has already developed. So for example. your at lunch with friends, and you > want to show them video of your new born. you reach into your shirt pocket, > this 3inch square unfolds into a 9 inch display. You have in your AirPods and > just say, show recent baby vids. It starts to play. You just say, next video, > or, zoom in. or, freeze, Isolate center image. Darkening and blurring the > background, so only your baby is in focus. *Shrug*. I think This is where > tech will be heading in the next 10 years. I know most have not been labeling > as such but, AirPods are wearables. Just like the Apple watch. Only think > thats really missing from either is a powerful enough virtual assistant. > > I was wondering what you guys thought? > > Thanks. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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