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Apple Again Seeks FCC Approval for Mysterious 'Wireless Device' With Bluetooth and NFC
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A UL listing tells you that this is a door lock? UL has over 1300 standards ranging from electrical wiring to pumps to fireplaces to heating pads to pressure cookers to vaults... It's a bit of a leap to say that just because this has RS485 and it has UL, it must be a door lock.
New keyboard for the iMac with a touchbar. Hence the bigger battery.
What if this is the charging pad/beacon for the next iPhone?
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/23/iphone-8-in-house-inductive-wireless-charging/
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/01/23/iphone-8-in-house-inductive-wireless-charging/
Giving me another device to use with Siri wouldn't be useful for me. I can already access Siri on five devices in my home -- two of which are almost always either on my person (watch) or nearby (phone). For me, the problem with Siri is not accessibility. The problem with Siri is that she's an idiot in her current form.
It is a half duplex (two-wire) contactless smart card reader (up to 848 Kbps (4)) that got tested on a 2015 MacBook Pro (1) with Cool Mac 1.4.6 (2). Power to the device was delivered by a Sorensen XT 15-4 (3).
(1) https://checkcoverage.apple.com/nz/en/?sn=73043BDQAGU
(2) http://freeware.the-meiers.org
(3) http://www.programmablepower.com/dc-power-supply/XT/downloads/Sorensen_XT_Datasheet.pdf
(4) ISO 14443 A/14443 B with 848 Kbps transmission.
(1) https://checkcoverage.apple.com/nz/en/?sn=73043BDQAGU
(2) http://freeware.the-meiers.org
(3) http://www.programmablepower.com/dc-power-supply/XT/downloads/Sorensen_XT_Datasheet.pdf
(4) ISO 14443 A/14443 B with 848 Kbps transmission.
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Either an NFC payment terminal, or perhaps more likely, an internal swipe door lock for the new Apple HQ.
So you have no idea what it is, but you needed to feed your 'I hate Tim Cook' agenda somehow.
Has the correct RS-485 interface, has the correct Apple wireless protocols, the correct voltages, and the correct size, from the last version, for a mullion reader. Definitely not a thermostat, why would you use NFC for a thermostat? Not a contactless Apple Pay reader either. People use USB and RS-232 first. And you don't need UL.
For those readers who missed the description, it has four colored wires. Two for power and two for an RS485 industrial serial interface.
So it's not a casual plug in consumer product, nor is it portable.
So it's not a casual plug in consumer product, nor is it portable.
yes. thats what i mentioned. thanks for saying what i said.
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yes, i never said they could.
steve announced the iphone before they filed for FCC. proper way to do it.
and nice of you to get all serious about a joke.
Its related to a walk-up 'wide color" display that Apple is working on, in which women will use the displays to help them evaluate the wide color attributes of certain fabrics ... you'll see it first at places like Victoria's Secret, but eventually everywhere where fabrics (& flowers) are sold ... the problem is, Apple is very late to the party.
Those with an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus will capture a "wide color" photo, transfer it (via Bluetooth) to the walk-up display, and then make their Buy / No Buy decision, in-part on how it looks on the display.
Its intended for Non-pros who are serious about photography, as well as professional models & photographers.
The walk-up displays will very-likely be in the 37"-40" range.
Those with an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus will capture a "wide color" photo, transfer it (via Bluetooth) to the walk-up display, and then make their Buy / No Buy decision, in-part on how it looks on the display.
Its intended for Non-pros who are serious about photography, as well as professional models & photographers.
The walk-up displays will very-likely be in the 37"-40" range.
No, they filed it before they announced it. They just announced it before the FCC announcement. You can't announce a phone in the US without FCC approval.
Further FCC digging has revealed further info. The original 1844 is listed as a Wireless Device in the UL documentation however it operates on 2.4Ghz and 13.56Mhz which is a very low frequency most likely for a charging pad etc. The 1846 model operates on the same frequency however the UL documentation indicates its "Bluetooth Low Energy", not just "Wireless Device".