I didn't post the wrong link, I meant for it to be the link for the apple patent.
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iPhone 4 - Seams = Touch Sensors | Physical buttons for mute and camera
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I didn't post the wrong link, I meant for it to be the link for the apple patent.
I thought that might be the case and I suggested that a snap-on Bluetooth keyboard (from Apple or a third party) was coming but these seams are flush with the case so they wouldn't provide any grip -- I still think that a slideout BT keyboard from a 3rd party is inevitable.
The bottom line is that the seams have a purpose. They're very intentional. Whether they're placeholders for sensors or whatever, we'll find out in June.
This is the best theory I've heard so far. The more I looked and the pics and thought of the time line, the more I'm convinced those seams aren't going away.
And the more Apple markets the iPhone as a gaming platform has me thinking....this would be a great way to connect a keyboard/joystick accessory of some sort. Or as you said....a car mount.
I have a feeling that the physical buttons will servie the following purposes;
Volume up and down for speaker and ringtone
Left button to take a picture and right button to start video when in camera app - or turn flash on/ off
Hold both bottons down when in Apps and safari to lock screen rotation
These split buttons are a fantastic and exciting idea for the iPhone.
Shawn
Volume up and down for speaker and ringtone
Left button to take a picture and right button to start video when in camera app - or turn flash on/ off
Hold both bottons down when in Apps and safari to lock screen rotation
These split buttons are a fantastic and exciting idea for the iPhone.
Shawn
infrared is heat.. the IR emitted by the moon is not reflected sun IR but rather the consequence of the sun slightly heating the moon, then this energy is released in the form of IR radiation.
humans emit IR radiation, but using your argument you could argue it's the sun's IR since the plants absorb the IR, then another animal eats the plant and consequently metabolises the plant generating heat then comes a human, eats the animal, metabolises it, generates energy, that is released in the form of IR radiation.
My point is.. the stellar objects aren't simply mirrors of the suns' IR radiation. This radiation is partly reflected, yes, hence the whiteness of the moon. But part is absorbed and re-emited later in the form of heat (=IR radiation).
Reflection and re-emission aren't the same thing.
Oh my days did people learn nothing in school (not directed to jmmo) anything which gives of heat gives of IR radiation!
without getting in to the dispute between infrared/ultraviolet and whatnot it would seem far more sensible (if they are sensors) if they are simply touch sensors working off the electrostatic charge in our skin, therefore zero light is needed.
ps infrared is emmited by anything giving off heat esp. the earth and esp. at night it is how over the summer the sea absorbs heat and then emmits it at night and over winter
ps infrared is emmited by anything giving off heat esp. the earth and esp. at night it is how over the summer the sea absorbs heat and then emmits it at night and over winter
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The metal around the outside of the iPhone seems to be seperated not only by these much-talked-about black plastic or rubber-filled zones, but also insulated from the front display and the back...therefore each side piece can conceivably be electrically isolated from the other 4 or 5 on the phone.
But at the same time, this basically eliminates the ability of anyone to make an iPhone case since one would need to physically touch the sides of the phone to make an electrical connection and all cases need to wrap around the side of the phone to be able to remain attached. Isolating spots for buttons is easy, but to be able to have enough space/holes to allow for ease of holding in a way to properly utilize these additional 'buttons' would be very difficult to design.
I don't buy the light-sensor theory in the least.
+1.
I didn't read all the posts in this thread, but has it occurred to anyone that the seams make the sides of the phone clickable, like the sides of the previous Mighty Mouse?
That, and since clicking it would presumably give some tactile response, I'm pretty sure the folks at Gizmodo would have noticed it, even on a bricked prototype.
LED indicator would be nice but the one on the front of the macbook pro is laser etched to only be visible when there is a light on. Ive touted this feature for being only there when it is needed. (The black line on the front is the IR sensor for remote)
Infrared transmitter?
Could it be that the seams are for sending infrared signals, rather than receiving them (or both)? So that you can use the iPhone to power-on TVs and Bluray/DVD players without any special attachments and use it as a universal remote? And it's on the top and side so it works at both orientations?
The seams have been bothering me a lot, but not so much if they have a special purpose.
Could it be that the seams are for sending infrared signals, rather than receiving them (or both)? So that you can use the iPhone to power-on TVs and Bluray/DVD players without any special attachments and use it as a universal remote? And it's on the top and side so it works at both orientations?
The seams have been bothering me a lot, but not so much if they have a special purpose.
If you look at the component pictures, you can see the seams are filled with a black compound which takes up a lot of room inside the case - forming a sort of barrier between the internal components and the outer case.
I think this strongly suggests the shock absorber theory.
C.
