Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Steve Smith
On 9/9/15 1:33 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote: That’s about the only way to get an iPhone open, unless you have one of those damn micro “pentalobe" screwdrivers. Does anyone use pentagonal headed screws? I've been in and out of my iPhone 4 *twice* thanks to Owen's "tool

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Steve Smith
Gil - I think you need the "Bear Grylls" edition.  Or maybe the Steve Irwin or event he Crocodile Dundee edition? Just watch out for Stingrays! - Steve Because of my prefrecence for hardy phones I wonder if we'll see so

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Owen Densmore
Well, maybe. But do you have wifi speakers? The Echo is part of what you want: a Digital Ecology. Ecology means balance, Between you phone, hifi, tv, dvr, tablet, computers, cd player, cloud, ... etc. -- Owen On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Jim Gattiker wrote: > My answer to the Echo, as ab

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Jim Gattiker
My answer to the Echo, as above, is: why is it a separate device? It should be an adjunct UI device to my phone. --j On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > We have an amazon echo and really like it. Not a phone, tablet, computer, > ... but just a general household utility. Gr

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Gary Schiltz
That’s about the only way to get an iPhone open, unless you have one of those damn micro “pentalobe" screwdrivers. Does anyone use pentagonal headed screws? On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > I can attest that you need a harder blade than your basic hacksaw to go > through gori

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Parks, Raymond
Eewww! Ray Parks Consilient Heuristician/IDART Old-Timer V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 NIPR: rcpa...@sandia.gov SIPR: rcpar...@sandia.doe.sgov.gov (send NIPR reminder) JWICS: dopa...@doe.ic.gov (send NIPR reminder) On Sep 9, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > I have ju

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Gillian Densmore
Because of my prefrecence for hardy phones I wonder if we'll see something hardy. Guessing based on our societies yen to have some kind sexy fun companion that's a doodad we might see something like a Ruby and Jarvis set. Some people want something like this: http://jarvis.ai-dot.net Just don't

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Steve Smith
On 9/9/15 9:32 AM, cody dooderson wrote: One thing I would like to see is a clam shell smart phone. I like my flip phone. It never pocket dials anyone, and the screen is always well protected. The only problem is I cant play angry birds or check my email. Here is a prototype Randal Monroe was w

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Owen Densmore
We have an amazon echo and really like it. Not a phone, tablet, computer, ... but just a general household utility. Great for radio/music and I think they're going to figure out more ways for it to manage anything in the house using wifi. On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > I h

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Owen Densmore
Device: - LTE & voice over LTE .. and as a - software radio which updates easily to new mobile services. - pholdable phablet? - 2 week battery life - More manufacturers like the OnePlus. $650+ phones? Nurts! Carriers: - Coverage! - Tethering-is stunts so one account for all internet.

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Steve Smith
I have just one word for this conversation:      HER I wonder, too.   It seems that we've entered the age where the cloud backed AI's compete for our attention from phone, tablet, and PC.  The

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Parks, Raymond
About 10, maybe 15 years ago, I predicted that phones (still flip or candy-bar at the time - before the first iPhone) would become like the Palm Pilots and would evolve into an integrated system with our desktops and laptops. The communication flow would be from our phone into the "cloud" (not

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Roger Critchlow
I wonder, too. It seems that we've entered the age where the cloud backed AI's compete for our attention from phone, tablet, and PC. There is Siri, Google Now, and Cortana, and now there are announcements of Duer (from Baidu) and M (from Facebook) in the past day. The Guardian notes that Echo (f

Re: [FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread cody dooderson
One thing I would like to see is a clam shell smart phone. I like my flip phone. It never pocket dials anyone, and the screen is always well protected. The only problem is I cant play angry birds or check my email. Here is a prototype Randal Monroe was working on http://www.xkcd.com/1372/ . Cod

[FRIAM] the next phone

2015-09-09 Thread Jim Gattiker
What's next for phones? Size seems settled. Screen quality is now tapped out. Battery life is at a wall. Cameras are there. Local storage space lost to cloud services. They're pretty powerful, for a non-gamer. What's going to make me covet my next phone? (force touch!) Someone will tell me there i