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Apple Working to Leverage New 'M7' Motion-Sensing Chip for Mapping Improvements
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If Apple needs inspiration for how to innovate, they can always look at this for an example:
http://www.zdnet.com/samsung-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-looks-rushed-misses-the-mark-7000020243/
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I mean honestly, what exactly are you worried about? Apple is using the data to improve the mapping experience. It's not like they're using the data for target ads, etc.
Now how's that for hypocrisy?
So I'm guessing you don't know what "/s" means? As in "end of sarcasm".
Like Google platforms are so much better and innocent?
Here's a clue for you: Google and Microsoft collaborated with the NSA years before Apple caved in. They were willing and eager "let me go first!" sellouts.
Granted, what you just posted is worthless ranting as long as you continue to use a product from either Apple, Google, or Microsoft. All are complicit to some degree in sending your personal data to the Big Government. The only way you can rant with a straight face is if you became a luddite, after removing all your Facebook and Twitter accounts, shut down your Google Plus accounts, threw your Google Android phones into the garbage can, and swore never to use a website that is tracked by Google Ad Partners. Only then can you criticize without hypocrisy.
I love all of the genius "engineers" out in the wild. These guys have proven their chops time and time again. Yet the second guessers continue to throw darts.
From the very first iPhone they have worked diligently to put as little processing power as possible in the phone, so as to reduce battery drain, while designing the whole system to run smoother and more efficient than the competitors who just throw massive horsepower at the problem.
You think they can have the benefit of the doubt for once? I'm quite sure that they have some extremely good reasons for the M7, and that there will be many "ah-ha" moments for the rest of us in the coming months.
I don't get that same problem at all... I have turned 'ask to join networks' off... try that. and forgetting any cellular data wifi networks (here in the U.K O2, and BT both have Wifi free all over London, and it doesn't automatically join at all, unless I go in, and turn it on.
First, you need to chill. I have no idea what you're going on about. What was I "doubting"? Who's this engineer? I'm just wondering what, besides a few battery percentage, is the reason for not implementing these ideas now? Does the M7 do anything differently than that A6 can't do (albeit at a lower "efficiency)?
BTW, there is a difference between asking a question to seek an answer and questioning something. We fanboys often can not tell the difference
Which one you were going for?
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You're right that it's a technical necessity.
You're wrong that big/little would be able to save enough power to let it handle the task without impacting battery life.
- Samsung's S4 uses an Atmel AVR to handle S Health motion tracking.
- Motorola's Moto X uses a TI MSP430 to handle the camera twist gesture and voice activation.
I'd assume the M7 is something similar to the AVR or MSP430s.
A Cortex-A7 (the little in big/little) is significantly more power hungry than the two microcontrollers mentioned. (of course Cortex-A7 is significantly more powerful too) In fact, I recall there's been demos of both AVRs and MSP430s powered by hand made batteries made by sticking metal rods into fruit.
Unfortunately it is not Data that Apple lacks
Apple does not lack Map data. It gets it from different sources. It does not have a method to integrate the data properly. Not sure how M7 will help. It will get Apple more data which it does not know what to do with..
Apple does not lack Map data. It gets it from different sources. It does not have a method to integrate the data properly. Not sure how M7 will help. It will get Apple more data which it does not know what to do with..
Proven? When? Where?
Here's where paranoia hits you: When you don't look at reliable sources, but at unreliable websites who read these reliable sources, don't understand a bit of what they are reading, and as a result claim things that their source never claimed. And like this poster, when you make claims without turning the brain on and thinking about what you're saying first.
I'm not dismissing privacy concerns. Quite the contrary. There's a lot of evil stuff going on. What I dismiss is people who make up things and poison the discussion with paranoia. For example, idiotic claims of NSA backdoors. The NSA having a backdoor usually means game over for privacy. Nothing you can do. But that's not true, it's just paranoia. If you read the proper facts, you'll know that your privacy is endangered, and you can learn what to do about it.
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Would be good to have an auto-reply, plus an option for the caller to state that the call is really important and you should stop to reply. Of course phone companies could and should charge heavily for that service so it doesn't get abused.
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To enable texting, point the camera at the drivers face so the phone knows you're not alone in the car.
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It is 'paranoid nonsense' until they come for you.
No, it is paranoid nonsense.
Spouting paranoid nonsense instead of getting informed means you don't have a clue what's really going on. It means that people who try to inform you about the real dangers don't get listened to because the paranoid nonsense is blotting out the real information.
In this case, the paranoid nonsense is also insulting to some excellent engineers who try their best and work very hard to improve people's lives.
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The first two, show us the evidence.
The third: I don't mind if the NSA shares info with foreign governments. I _would_ mind an awful lot if it is true that GCHQ or BND share info with the US government.
Think of it like this: YES, a cpu with built in graphics chip can run video games... but a discreet gpu provides MUCH better video performance & leaves the cpu to run at peak capacity. Similarly... YES, a mobile cpu could continuously monitor all motion related processes in the mobile device... but a discreet motion processor provides MUCH better performance & leaves the cpu to run at peak capacity.
If you're skeptic then I would say you might as well just need to go ahead and unplug your entire computer, destroy every single hardware component until it is just dust.
Now they can automatically detect "wrong directions" when the M7 processor detects your sudden wild swerving trying not to die. In the event they direct you off a cliff they should be able to detect that too. Iphone 5s should be able to beam this info to the mothership for updates just before it burns up in a horrible crash.
As they don't want to appear to be spying on you, calling emergency services will be next year.
He's responding to a claim that a big/little arrangement with A15 and A7 cores can be a solution to that problem by engaging the less power hungry Cortex A7 core to do what the M7 does.
Uhmm, and that data apple collects wouldn't then be used by prism??
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Its not paranoia, apple is part of prism, end of.
This alone is worth buying the 5s for. I can't believe it took 6 years for someone to come up with this.
You're talking to the wrong person. I was simply pointing out that you're rude. To be fair though, I can see you thought you were funny.Don't let it ruin your day