Apple Possibly Looking to Japanese Expertise to Improve Siri

[citysnaps]

Well, Tim is a logistics wizard, trying to keep inventory low. That's why he loves "Services", and won't announce product updates as long as there are still large stocks of unsold components...

There are no large stocks of unsold components.

 

[RedOrchestra]

Well, Tim ... won't announce product updates as long as there are still large stocks of unsold components

Ah those large stocks of unsold components, in the out-back scrap bins, brought about the birth of the one-off iPhone 5 SE. Lots of reports of loose ill-fitting parts BUT hey selling like hotcakes - ifans will buy anything that's the latest offering.

 

[Solomani]

Will it be Zen-Siri or Mario-Siri?

Neither! It will be Hentai-Siri

 

[wol]

There are no large stocks of unsold components.

Well, don't know, but rumor had it that the original Mac Mini was "invented" to help Apple find use for large stores of laptop components (CPUs, HDs, etc.).

Nowadays, Apple probably has contracts with suppliers to get xx million CPUs, screens, flash memory, etc. delivered over a period of yy months. Intel, Samsung, Foxconn etc. then go ahead and produces these CPUs, flash memory, ..., and Apple has either to accept delivery or to pay some contractual penalty (like Samsung, who is currently "compensating" the suppliers of Note 7 components).

 

[z chamber]

For decades after WW-II, Japanese goods were seen as cheap copies of American tech.

But able to turn things around thanks to the great (or horrible, if you work for an American car company) Edwards Demmings depending on how you look at it.

 

[jagooch]

Wrong. Consumers love cash. Citizens should love cash. Citizens should never, ever allow only digital currency: your privacy will be eliminated. They will track Every. Single. Transaction. Forever.

Banks and tech companies also will constantly push for transaction fees and other costs every time you seek to use your "digital money." You will be constantly taxed, charged, gouged to use your own money.

This already happens with credit cards via the ubiquitous interchange fee, a massive tax all of us are paying to use credit cards. And it also happens with outrageous fees for out-of-network ATMs. It will be much, much worse with digital currency -- because there will be no alternative, which is exactly what tech, banks, and the corrupt Federal Reserve want.

I'm a consumer and I hate cash. It's easy to steal. If the vending machine steals your quarters or if the unattended parking says you didn't pay there's no way to prove that you did. If you need exact change but don't have it you are SOL. It's just bad all around. Physical money can be lost or damaged. I could talk about counterfeiting as well, I was ripped off with fake currency on Craigslist not too long ago.

Digital money solves all of those problems and more. I say the benefits outweigh the costs.

 

[Tech198]

Well people speak for themselves already, cash is getting less love with each generation. Young people dont stand in lines at ATMs. They swype and wave their cards.

Seems not everyone is scared to use cards.

There are no lines at an ATM if u don't go there during the day. ....

 

[aussieinjapan]

Cook talked up the Japanese model of the iPhone with regard to its hardware integration with Sony's contactless FeliCa standard, which is widely used across the country for making quick payments. "Japan is important to us. FeliCa was born in Japan. So by extension, FeliCa is important," he said.

Haha - according to Engadget Japan, Apple pay here will be only for Japanese iphones because they will use that standard. So When you come over here for the olympics or just on holiday, you cant use Apple pay here unless you have a Japanese iphone (which means you need to have an address and be a resident of Japan to apply for the credit cards etc that will be added to Apple pay).

Here is the link:

http://japanese.engadget.com/2016/10/21/apple-pay-10-25/#continued

It says "Japan will be using Type-F not A/B used in other countries" - Another Sony system that has only been adopted in Japan...........

 

[patent10021]

Cook also said he hoped the use of Apple Pay, the iPhone and the Apple Watch would promote a cashless society: "We would like to be a catalyst for taking cash out of the system," he said. "We don't think the consumer particularly likes cash."

Apple is my company (well the SJ Apple), and I love Apple and all, but TC is totally lying here. First of all, who is he speaking for? Certainly not the hundreds of millions of Asians that I know love cash. There's a reason why countries like Japan and China have traditionally been cash societies. Secondly, this proves that the new Apple is also part of the big gang that's trying to do you know what.

Some of us know what a digital cash society means. We also know why crypto currencies were created. Not to create a "decentralized" monetary system like 99.9999% of people believe. We like cash, we don't like fiat.

This post did it for me. I now know for a fact that there is no turning back. There's no more calling Apple fanboys or Android fanboys sheep. We are all in this together now. Sammy, Apple, MS, Google, Tencent etc do not have our best interests at heart. There are only two sides now. Us and them.

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