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Did not watched the whole hoopla but the bit that I had the chance to watch reminds me the 1984 Apple Ad.
The one based on George Orwell book called 1984.
Search for the Ad, I think is posted in You Tube and see what I am talking about.
They had all these people with the jaw open (as a figure of speech) staring a Monitor, on a cult like setup; that is the feel that gave me.
Apple is full of Newspeak that is very creepy I must say.
The other thing about the Pay thing Apple is implementing was done already by Shell, American Express and many other credit card companies.
Shell used to call it Wave and Pay.
Get fuel for your car and wave the card at the pump or at the cashier.
All based on Near Field Communication (NFC).
The drawback was the chip broadcasted information when it was close to one of those card NFC Scanners.
Huge security concern and they all ditched the idea pretty darn quick.
Now the same old idea in a phone... that is dumb on my book.
Samsung has the NFC since the Galaxy S3 to transfer data
The other is the watch.
Around 1995 Timex came with a watch called Datalink; Google for it and you will see.
Was approved by NASA for space travel, Cosmonauts used them.
The watch can be programmed by placing the watch in front of the computer monitor.
Information was transferred by a series of bar codes and blinking.
Was capable to store phone numbers, dates, set the time/dual time and set the alarm for whatever you want it.
Sold for about $40 USD in Walmart (I still have 2 of them).
Another old idea implemented in Apple.
Another funny tidbit is that Apple buys the display screens from Samsung.
Another bit is that Apple OS is a spin off of Free BSD that is Linux which Android is one of the multiple flavors of it.
What Apple has that Android lacks is the boutique appeal.
I have used both platform and to be honest the most easier and user friendlier of all is the Blackberry OS but is too draconian and does not allow much to do.
Used the iPhone and was not thrilled, does the same thing as any other phone, texting, reads e-mail, surfs the web (oops no flash support for Apple), makes phone calls.
Anything that is stored on the cloud is for gullible people.
I do my own backups so I have no need for Google Drive, iCloud, etc...
Buying music is a waste of money now days, subscribe to streaming audio is a better bang for your bucks.
Sad thing is the iPhone does not have a SD Card.
Right now I am using a Samsung Galaxy S3, rooted and reflashed with CyanogenMOD ROM.
Is a Samsung Phone with a different operating system or let us say a different Linux Distribution.
No bloatware to speak of, no F-book, to Twatter, none of that nonsense.
Still have the NFC, Bluetooth, is a Hot Spot Router for 5 Devices and play any media under the sun with a great battery life.
Pairs up with my BlueStar/Costar that I installed in the G8 and use all the features from the GM phone controls.
And no OnStar spyware
The one based on George Orwell book called 1984.
Search for the Ad, I think is posted in You Tube and see what I am talking about.
They had all these people with the jaw open (as a figure of speech) staring a Monitor, on a cult like setup; that is the feel that gave me.
Apple is full of Newspeak that is very creepy I must say.
The other thing about the Pay thing Apple is implementing was done already by Shell, American Express and many other credit card companies.
Shell used to call it Wave and Pay.
Get fuel for your car and wave the card at the pump or at the cashier.
All based on Near Field Communication (NFC).
The drawback was the chip broadcasted information when it was close to one of those card NFC Scanners.
Huge security concern and they all ditched the idea pretty darn quick.
Now the same old idea in a phone... that is dumb on my book.
Samsung has the NFC since the Galaxy S3 to transfer data
The other is the watch.
Around 1995 Timex came with a watch called Datalink; Google for it and you will see.
Was approved by NASA for space travel, Cosmonauts used them.
The watch can be programmed by placing the watch in front of the computer monitor.
Information was transferred by a series of bar codes and blinking.
Was capable to store phone numbers, dates, set the time/dual time and set the alarm for whatever you want it.
Sold for about $40 USD in Walmart (I still have 2 of them).
Another old idea implemented in Apple.
Another funny tidbit is that Apple buys the display screens from Samsung.
Another bit is that Apple OS is a spin off of Free BSD that is Linux which Android is one of the multiple flavors of it.
What Apple has that Android lacks is the boutique appeal.
I have used both platform and to be honest the most easier and user friendlier of all is the Blackberry OS but is too draconian and does not allow much to do.
Used the iPhone and was not thrilled, does the same thing as any other phone, texting, reads e-mail, surfs the web (oops no flash support for Apple), makes phone calls.
Anything that is stored on the cloud is for gullible people.
I do my own backups so I have no need for Google Drive, iCloud, etc...
Buying music is a waste of money now days, subscribe to streaming audio is a better bang for your bucks.
Sad thing is the iPhone does not have a SD Card.
Right now I am using a Samsung Galaxy S3, rooted and reflashed with CyanogenMOD ROM.
Is a Samsung Phone with a different operating system or let us say a different Linux Distribution.
No bloatware to speak of, no F-book, to Twatter, none of that nonsense.
Still have the NFC, Bluetooth, is a Hot Spot Router for 5 Devices and play any media under the sun with a great battery life.
Pairs up with my BlueStar/Costar that I installed in the G8 and use all the features from the GM phone controls.
And no OnStar spyware
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