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Why no LED notification light?
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Apple won't allow that though. It will be fringeing on the existing noticiations.
only thing I can think of is apple adding a notification widget.
If Apple adds a notification light, it is likely to be implemented differently.
For example, not long ago they had that patent application on the idea of giving notifications by using just a subsection of the LCD while the phone was dormant.
The idea was that only a small LCD section would be softly backlit, and only that LCD section would be actively turned on.
This would allow complicated graphical color notifications without using as much power as lighting/activating the entire display.
For example, not long ago they had that patent application on the idea of giving notifications by using just a subsection of the LCD while the phone was dormant.
The idea was that only a small LCD section would be softly backlit, and only that LCD section would be actively turned on.
This would allow complicated graphical color notifications without using as much power as lighting/activating the entire display.
What did the yellowish-green one mean? I tweaked all of mine with BB Alerts, so I don't remember what any of the default colors meant. Mine were all like aqua-green, pink-green, and some kind of pinky-purple, I think.
To do this would require powering up the entire LCD. (Not lighting the entire thing...but still) which would eat battery life up like crazy compared to an LED.
Yellowish-green = low battery
Funny I know this, I've always hated BBs, but now I have one since I'm a BES admin.
Ahh, that's right. I think I left that one alone but I never let the battery get anywhere close to low so it never came on. Thanks!
take a look at the white part in the second pic. Above the main earpiece. Could that be an indicator? Has possibility to me.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/white-front-plate-looks-all-set-and-ready-for-next-gen-iphone-o/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/white-front-plate-looks-all-set-and-ready-for-next-gen-iphone-o/
It's giving me a little hope. Anyone know if there is anythinng in that spot on a teardown of a 3gs? Don't remember seeing anything there but a year is a long time.
There's no circuitry connecting to it. Don't see how any of what these people are guessing is possible.
This should be a message to everyone. Apple doesn't care one bit about the consumer. If it did, it would've kept Google Maps and it would've implemented at least an optional LED notification light by now.
Instead, they eliminate the best mapping option available and ignore a feature that would be so ridiculously simple to implement, and clearly a ton of users want.
Instead, they eliminate the best mapping option available and ignore a feature that would be so ridiculously simple to implement, and clearly a ton of users want.
Not the best.
Nokia is tons better. I used it on my symbian phones for offline navigation while in Europe and back in North America. Not sure why gmaps is hyped so much but iPhone having it onboard also helped it big time. Apple just saw what they did and decided to help themselves this time. Too bad they never thought it well and it is biting them now, but hopefully they will learn for their next follies lol.
At this point i would wish for apple to strike a licensing deal with navteq. Their mapping is unmatched. I would take a nokia lumia over an android phone if i was serious about mapping and navigation. It is way underrated for how good it really is.
so you just revived a 28 months old thread about LED notification... just to rant a little bit about Apple's Maps? couldn't you find one of the other gazillion threads about that?
*facepalm*
Why does it matter how old the thread is? The LED notificaton light issue still exists, doesn't it?
Then don't buy an iPhone. Go buy a Blackberry. I'm happy there is no notification light, people are glued enough to their damn phones when holding a conversation without having a damn light taunting them not to look at their phone.