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Finger Print Recognition in 2.0
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I would be a good idea to prevent theft, but someone could get someone else to put their fingers on it.
Apple could easily do this. Wasn't there a patent that said they could use each pixel to pick up data of what was in front of it and turn that data into a picture? If this is the case they could show a virtual finger reader on the screen and the user just places finger on screen and the phone reads it. Genius.
I doubt this is going to ever happen. At least not for awhile. People borrow each others phones all the time. Then apple will have to make a way to be able to cancel it if something goes wrong. You won't be able to unlock it. Therefore, someone will find a way to do it and be able to crack it. Also, a friend takes your phone for a bit. They can't use it... It would just get annoying. + the technology is multi touch, but not finger print sensitive. Also, you can't even use a stylus which is muuuuch thicker then the line on a finger.
Not for a loooooooooooooooooong time.
Not for a loooooooooooooooooong time.
Fingerprint scanning hasn't exactly taken the world by storm.
Windows Mobile / CE devices have had fingerprint recognition for years, using a separate tiny scanner (not integrated into display... much cheaper).
I suppose that if you carried secrets around, it would be handy (PINs or other user entered patterns can be observed by others).
Windows Mobile / CE devices have had fingerprint recognition for years, using a separate tiny scanner (not integrated into display... much cheaper).
I suppose that if you carried secrets around, it would be handy (PINs or other user entered patterns can be observed by others).
Fingerprint recognition is a good idea for security purposes, I doubt that they'll have it though.
The only way I could see this being implemented is if it's a security nod for the corporate market. They could make it remote on/off, so let's say you've turned on fingerprint recognition, but then your screen goes haywire and it won't recognize your prints. Maybe you can log into a website run by apple that remotely "turns off" the fingerprint recognition.
I only wonder about that because historically PDAs with fingerprint recognition have also had password backup, in the event of reader failure, etc. With an all-touch design there needs to be a good override system in place or it is really going to be awkward when the screen fails and you can't sync because it can't read your fingerprints or the password.
I only wonder about that because historically PDAs with fingerprint recognition have also had password backup, in the event of reader failure, etc. With an all-touch design there needs to be a good override system in place or it is really going to be awkward when the screen fails and you can't sync because it can't read your fingerprints or the password.
Perhaps I should've added the older term "PocketPC" as well.
HP added a fingerprint scanner to a lot of their PDAs, starting back in 2002. Scanners were popular all around for a couple of years. You just swiped your thumb down across the sensor line below the screen.
The latest Windows Mobile device to have one (nowadays called a biometric scanner), is the Toshiba G900 Phone.
I know why you think that...but you're wrong.
My guess is that you are speculating this because of this part of the banner pics that were released yesterday:
That is not indicative of fingerprint recognition. That is the icon representing the "Cocoa Touch" framework. I'm pretty sure we saw this icon during the iPhone Roadmap preview back in February.
There is a whole book of secret information on this at the bottom of the grand canyon, but the only way to get to it is to jump off the top. Good luck.
You can't use a stylus with it because it works by picking up the charge from your fingers. Its the same reason you can't use a stylus with a track-pad, yet you can put 3 pieces of paper on-top of it and still use it.