You’re dreaming. I have both Alexa and Siri and they both have problems listening or producing the correct results. I just love how people pretend Alexa is so perfect just to give reason to trash Siri. SMH.One advantage here for Tile is that Amazon has a real assistant who actually knows what she/he is talking about. Apple has Siri.
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Tile to Leverage Amazon Echo and Ring Devices to Better Compete With AirTags
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I've used Tiles for several years. Mainly to find my stuff in my home. It worked well. However, I'll probably move to AirTags. As I this this is the death knell for Tiles. Which is too bad. I'm not too fond of the manner in which you attach it to things. My Tile tends to get squeezed in my pocket by my keyring/keys. It sets off my iPhone/iPad alarm. Will AirTags do this?
Finally I can't see the non-mobile Echo/Rings as effective as AirTabs in locating lost items, as the AirTags which depend on many, many, more Apple mobile devices.
Finally I can't see the non-mobile Echo/Rings as effective as AirTabs in locating lost items, as the AirTags which depend on many, many, more Apple mobile devices.
Yeah, but a CEO’s idea of ‘level’ isn’t the same one you learned growing up. To them ‘level’ means ‘heavily slanted in my favor.’
You could write an entire dictionary for corporate speak, possibly an entire language.
Imagine certain words changing meanings depending on POV.
Right: 1. (Used in first person)
in accordance with accepted standards of moral or legal behaviour, justice, et
2. (Used in second or third person) a fictional buzzword used by marketing to generate revenue
Privacy: 1. (Used in first person) legal authority to keep certain information from becoming public.
2. (second or third person) information that is more valuable to sell to affiliates to generate revenue.
privacy is a ‘right’ (see above)
and so on
Because the network and the platform is where the value is. The hardware is a one of sale and not that profitable. Without the Tile network, there is no barrier to entry, and there is no competitive edge. So, price will be dictated by the perfectly competitive market, thus, no Economic profit can be made, only accounting profit.
I’m a bit confused… Apple DID open the SDK BEFORE introducing AirTags. In fact I think it is why they held AirTags back — they wanted to be seen as playing fair and opening up the third party SDK before they introduced their own product. Mind you, that AirTags are shipping before most competing products because third parties can only move so fast to adopt the new SDK.
I personally think that they should publicly introduce new SDK’s like this at WWDC each year with a few partners being given early access and then wait to introduce their first party products until the late fall at the earliest. This would help a lot with their image.
With GPS navigation they opened up the capability when they introduced the iPhone 3GS and Tomtom was their early access partner but NAVIGON was first to market with a GPS navigation app and Tomtom had many issues getting their’s released. It took years for first party navigation to come to iPhone via Apple Maps in iOS 6. Too bad NAVIGON got bought by Garmin and then discontinued their iOS app a few years ago. That app let you download maps by state/province or country and no need for cellular to get GPS nav functionality.
The likelihood that Apple monetizes on where/how you spend your live is pretty small... But yes at the end it's about trusting and caring.
yeah totally
oh wait, you were serious?
well then...
"Apple does not need to take advantage of its monopoly position, the App Store and the iPhone, [or] enable advantages that only they can partake in," continued [Tile CEO CJ] Prober. "They can make those [platform] advantages available to all companies so we can compete on a level playing field."
that's just five seconds in Google and just specifically Tile. But I don't know, maybe you've been asleep for the last year and missed all the news on the lawsuit with Epic, the US Senate hearings, the EU probes, the misnamed industry group The Coalition for App Fairness, various failed state legislative efforts, etc, etc....
Yep, so goes the meme.One advantage here for Tile is that Amazon has a real assistant who actually knows what she/he is talking about. Apple has Siri.
It's a reasonable move for Tile.... until suddenly in 2022, both Ring and Amazon will also announce their own "Tile/AirTags copycat Finder Gadgets", which then will take priority integration (over Tile) within their own location networks.
Then what's Tile gonna do? File more anti-trust lawsuits against Amazon and Ring? LOL.
Then what's Tile gonna do? File more anti-trust lawsuits against Amazon and Ring? LOL.
Most likely this is a prelude to amazon buying tile. It would seem to fit in nicely with amazon‘s business - they could shove trackers in all sorts of “amazon basics” junk they sell, and integrate it with alexa, echos, etc. Kindles could have it built in, etc. etc.
I’m fine with Siri. I have never really had an issue unless I ask her some esoteric question that I know she can’t answer anyway.One advantage here for Tile is that Amazon has a real assistant who actually knows what she/he is talking about. Apple has Siri.
Or: amazon doing it because they are getting paid, and Tile doing it because they need to improve their network.
Let me ask you. If you were to sell your MacBook or even a car. Would you want it to be a "level" (CEO version) playing field where you make a profit selling your product or do you want a "level" playing field where you're being the good guy and selling your Mac or car for far less than you expected and you don't make a profit? After all you DID make sale still and your customer got the deal they wanted right?
Your comment is interesting and I agree with much of it.
I find it very odd Apple did not add some type of AR implementation for when you are physically searching for the item.
Instead, Apple sort of blurs the background before giving you a green background and screen when the item is close.
Why not an AR overlay of where the network "sees" your item?
Why is the Series 6 Watch and HP Mini not acting as locaters? They have a U1 chip and I think they would "see" your item and the Tag.
Perhaps just early days and Apple is already working on this for WWDC. Such low hanging fruit.
There were rumors, and even alleged screenshots, showing an AR interface where a balloon indicated the location of the airtag. No idea why they backed away from It - perhaps it didn’t work so well.
It's like a who's who of companies I would not trust with my private data.
Amazon for obvious reasons, Tile for being a dishonest company selling a crappy product and Ring for all the crap they've pulled like warrantless access to video doorbells.
There's a reason I continue to entrench further with Apple, they offer better products with a major focus on privacy.
Amazon for obvious reasons, Tile for being a dishonest company selling a crappy product and Ring for all the crap they've pulled like warrantless access to video doorbells.
There's a reason I continue to entrench further with Apple, they offer better products with a major focus on privacy.