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TOTA - APPLE iPHONE & iPAD & Mobile News Thread PT1 (CLOSED) (pg. 468)
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Brennen
does anyone know if iMessenger has status updates and profile pictures like BBM? |
(Take a look @ the screenshots here or on the web.)
There's no need for that nonsense, it's not BBM or MSN.
iOS 5 automatically scans & detects your other party if they're using iOS 5 and switches to iMessage mode.
It's all integrated, consolidates your SMS and iMessage painlessly and effortlessly for you. You don't need to open another "IM" app nor do you have to add users PIN and user names at all. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
(Take a look @ the screenshots here or on the web.)
There's no need for that nonsense, it's not BBM or MSN.
iOS 5 automatically scans & detects your other party if they're using iOS 5 and switches to iMessage mode.
It's all integrated, consolidates your SMS and iMessage painlessly and effortlessly for you. You don't need to open another "IM" app nor do you have to add users PIN and user names at all. |
How do you add somebody that you don't already have on your list? |
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| E2EK1EL |
^^^
It's uses your contacts; sending and recieving is the same, you can use a phone number or whatever email address. Just add them as you would normally for your contacts. It's system wide for calling, emailing, sms, imessage, cal, FaceTime and etc etc etc.
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| E2EK1EL |
Next-gen WiFi will let you connect to a Time Machine 60 miles away and ditch your cellular data
The IEEE standards body that oversees the development of WiFi technology announced today a next-generation WiFi 802.22 technology designed to facilitate wireless data transfer up to 22Mbps over great distances up to 60 miles, or a hundred kilometers. The interesting thing is, the new technology is utilizing television bands without interfering with reception of existing TV broadcast stations:
This new standard for Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs) takes advantage of the favorable transmission characteristics of the VHF and UHF TV bands to provide broadband wireless access over a large area up to 100 km from the transmitter. Each WRAN will deliver up to 22 Mbps per channel without interfering with reception of existing TV broadcast stations, using the so-called white spaces between the occupied TV channels.
The technology will be great in rural areas and developing countries with vacant TV channels, IEEE says. In our view, this could also knock out any rationale for the much talked-about AT&T/T-Mobile merger. For example, why use pricey cellular data if your phone is within the range of a 802.22 hotspot? Apple is one of the leading backers of WiFi and has long ago incorporated wireless capabilities to all their products. As of recently, Apple ships its Macs with souped up WiFi capable of hitting 450Mbps over wireless networks, even though they aren’t advertising this as a feature. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
^^^
It's uses your contacts; sending and recieving is the same, you can use a phone number or whatever email address. Just add them as you would normally for your contacts. It's system wide for calling, emailing, sms, imessage, cal and etc etc etc.
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Ok, that makes sense, so you do need a unique identifier. From your previous post, you make it sound as if it's magic...but a phone number, email addy, or BB PIN...they are all the same thing in the end. |
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| E2EK1EL |
Yes and no; can't really call, SMS or email a BB PIN or any other type of unique username.
Plus we use those types of identifier everyday for everything. It's really convenient for mutli communication connections.
EDIT: I wonder what route will Android take their IM system ... auto detect if the user has gmail account loaded within their contacts? |
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| Cyrus King |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Next-gen WiFi will let you connect to a Time Machine 60 miles away and ditch your cellular data
The IEEE standards body that oversees the development of WiFi technology announced today a next-generation WiFi 802.22 technology designed to facilitate wireless data transfer up to 22Mbps over great distances up to 60 miles, or a hundred kilometers. The interesting thing is, the new technology is utilizing television bands without interfering with reception of existing TV broadcast stations:
This new standard for Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs) takes advantage of the favorable transmission characteristics of the VHF and UHF TV bands to provide broadband wireless access over a large area up to 100 km from the transmitter. Each WRAN will deliver up to 22 Mbps per channel without interfering with reception of existing TV broadcast stations, using the so-called white spaces between the occupied TV channels.
The technology will be great in rural areas and developing countries with vacant TV channels, IEEE says. In our view, this could also knock out any rationale for the much talked-about AT&T/T-Mobile merger. For example, why use pricey cellular data if your phone is within the range of a 802.22 hotspot? Apple is one of the leading backers of WiFi and has long ago incorporated wireless capabilities to all their products. As of recently, Apple ships its Macs with souped up WiFi capable of hitting 450Mbps over wireless networks, even though they aren’t advertising this as a feature. |
This is really cool. I think that this will probably be the near future practice for telcos and small interrnet business as well.
I wonder when this will be widely available or utlized. |
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| E2EK1EL |
New in Cydia. |
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| Adamo |
Apple now has more cash to spend than the United States government.
Latest figures from the US Treasury Department show that the country has an operating cash balance of $73.7bn (£45.3bn).
Apple's most recent financial results put its reserves at $76.4bn.
The US House of Representatives is due to vote on a bill to raise the country's debt ceiling, allowing it to borrow more money to cover spending commitments.
If it fails to extend the current limit of $14.3 trillion dollars, the federal government could find itself struggling to make payments, and risks the loss of its AAA credit rating.
The United States is currently spending around $200bn more than it collects in revenue every month.
Apple, on the other hand, is making money hand over fist, according to its financial results.
In the three months ending 25 June, net income was 125% higher than a year earlier at $7.31bn.
Spending spree
With more than $75bn either sitting in the bank or in easily accessible assets, there has been enormous speculation about what the company will do with the money.
"Apple keeps its cards close to its chest," said Daniel Ashdown, an analyst at Juniper Research.
Industry watchers believe that it is building up a war chest to be used for strategic acquisitions of other businesses, and to secure technology patents.
Bookstore Barnes and Noble and the online movie site Netflix have both been tipped as possible targets, said Mr Ashdown.
The company may also have its eye on smaller firms that develop systems Apple might want to add to its devices, such as voice recognition.
Apple dipped into some of its reserves recently when it teamed-up with Microsoft to buy a batch of patents from defunct Canadian firm Nortel.
The bidding consortium shelled out $4.5bn for more than 6,000 patents.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14340470 |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cyrus King
This is really cool. I think that this will probably be the near future practice for telcos and small interrnet business as well.
I wonder when this will be widely available or utlized. |
When this gets deployed, 4G will be pushing 150+ mbps with minor building interference and this Wifi might be a bit slow.
They might start charging ppl to use this UHF band, same business practise of WiMax. <--- LOL @ WiMax |
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| E2EK1EL |
iTunes 11 to feature redesigned layout, iCloud integration according to report
Following our exclusive report from Thursday suggesting Apple plans to release iTunes 11 in September alongside the iOS 5 and iCloud, a new report claims iTunes 11 will feature a redesigned layout and deep iCloud integration. IDownloadBlog on Friday cites a reliable source in stating that the next major release of iTunes will be “revamped from the ground up.” The report claims Apple’s new version of iTunes will feature a brand new user interface as well as iCloud integration. Mobile device app data and backups will also reportedly be integrated with iTunes 11, effectively mirroring iOS device backups and app data/settings that are automatically synced to iCloud. Apple has made major investments in its iCloud service, including the billion-dollar data center it built in North Carolina, so it would certainly be a logical move to showcase the service right out of the gate when it launches this fall.
Russian government may ban iPad, adopt PlayBook or Android tablets instead
The Russian government is considering disallowing the use of Apple’s iPad tablet within government agencies due to security concerns, Russian-language business news site RBC Daily reports. Instead, it is investigating various alternative tablet options including RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook, Android-powered tablets or even a new device created by a Russian agency. Government security experts are reportedly looking for more “cryptographically secure tablet PCs” than Apple’s iPad tablet, and if the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology’s recent certification is any indication, the BlackBerry PlayBook could fit the bill. RIM announced last week that its PlayBook tablet received FIPS 140-2 certification, thus allowing it to be used by U.S. government officials. No other tablet has received FIPS certification to date. |
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| VDub |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
How do you add somebody that you don't already have on your list? |
It detects other iOS5 users automatically and switches from text to iMessenger...
No need to add anything.. |
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