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Post by Forum Cat on Mar 21, 2009 20:33:34 GMT
So what will be new for the iPhone this year. I am thinking that an OLED screen might not be out of the question.
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Post by wierdostomps on Mar 30, 2009 8:04:50 GMT
It's early on a Monday morning - what does OLED mean?
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Post by Forum Cat on Mar 30, 2009 9:18:02 GMT
It's early on a Monday morning - what does OLED mean? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLEDIn a nutshell Oleds or Ogranic LEDs use a lot less power; are a lot thinner so take up less space allowing for bigger batteries; can be seen really well in daylight; have massive viewing angles; but do cost rather more. Cat
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Post by davidmn on Mar 30, 2009 16:54:00 GMT
I like the biometric thing with the fingerprint recognition. I think they would have better battery life, better camera, hopefully full GPS not the half arsed solution in the current one!
Finally I hope that I can get the phone free if i just sign another contract!
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Post by keith on Mar 30, 2009 20:29:28 GMT
All I'm really interested in is a slightly better camera with autofocus, more storage space and a longer battery life. With iPhone 3.0 on the way that's about all I need.
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Post by Forum Cat on Mar 30, 2009 21:05:15 GMT
I like the biometric thing with the fingerprint recognition. How would that work on a phone? There is no scanner on there. Are you suggesting that some scanning device should be built onto the back of it? I think they would have better battery life, By doing what? What is wrong with the current camera? It needs a flash but the camera is better than most as it is. hopefully full GPS not the half arsed solution in the current one! I am really confused by this. It already has AGPS this is the latest tech is it not? How could it be any better? Finally I hope that I can get the phone free if i just sign another contract! This is not a feature of the phone though. I would be interested in a little more detail about what you expect the new hardware to have. Cat
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Post by davidmn on Mar 31, 2009 9:01:45 GMT
Well the biometric thing, I saw a patent on a blog yesterday that Apple filed, there was a scanner built into the screen where there is the slide to unlock feature.
Battery life, well im not sure how they would do it, but maybe improve that battery life when using 3G, im not an engineer so I dont know how I would do that.
On GPS, I thought that the iPhone had gps but it also used wireless signal and wifi to triangulate my position, as at my house the GPS tells me im 5 miles south of my actual position.
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Post by Forum Cat on Mar 31, 2009 9:23:41 GMT
Well the biometric thing, I saw a patent on a blog yesterday that Apple filed, there was a scanner built into the screen where there is the slide to unlock feature. Battery life, well im not sure how they would do it, but maybe improve that battery life when using 3G, im not an engineer so I dont know how I would do that. On GPS, I thought that the iPhone had gps but it also used wireless signal and wifi to triangulate my position, as at my house the GPS tells me im 5 miles south of my actual position. I see. I will look into the biometric thing. It sounds interesting. As to GPS, the original iPhone did not have it. So it just used some clever triangulation to give you a "fix". In cities this works quite well but is not so good when you are not in a city. The iPhone 3G has full GPS. Like all GPS receivers it only works when there is a clear uninterrupted view of the sky. A clear line of sight to at least 4 satellites is needed and then a shed load of calculations calculate where you are. This can take several minutes. The iPhone 3G in fact uses both cell tower triangulation and GPS. Thus the cell tower triangulation gets you close and then the GPS takes over to get your position spot on. This means the iPhone 3G can locate your exact position far faster than a standard "Tom Tom" device. This using of both is called Assisted GPS or AGPS. Cat
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Post by davidmn on Mar 31, 2009 11:37:36 GMT
Ahhh, so I was thinking of the Edge iPhone.
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Post by Forum Cat on Mar 31, 2009 13:11:21 GMT
Ahhh, so I was thinking of the Edge iPhone. Probably, though if you tried an AGPS handset like the current iPhone indoors you may well have got the same result. GPS only works when the sky is visible and there has to be a sufficient number of satellites overhead or you just get the message "no coverage". Cell tower triangulation on the other hand works really well in cities where there are lots of tall buildings blocking out the sky. In such places there are lots and lots of towers that the device can get a fix from. So for town and country a device with AGPS gives you the best of both worlds.
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Post by wierdostomps on Mar 31, 2009 18:33:58 GMT
My TomTom has a little programme thingy which downloads the locations of the satellites on a weekly basis. This is supposed to improve its performance. The iPhone doesn't seem to have anything similar and I have noticed its performance is very variable. The last couple of weeks have been awful, but this week is better again.
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Post by Forum Cat on Mar 31, 2009 19:05:31 GMT
My TomTom has a little programme thingy which downloads the locations of the satellites on a weekly basis. This is supposed to improve its performance. The iPhone doesn't seem to have anything similar and I have noticed its performance is very variable. The last couple of weeks have been awful, but this week is better again. The cause will almost certainly be down to weather conditions and satellite coverage. Does either device give you a map of the sky showing satellites? My handheld Garmin does and the coverage varies enormously. The Tom Tom will have a better receiver in it too. Sometimes more than one so that a lock can be gained on several satellites in parallel. The iPhone will have just one chip so locking onto 4 satellites will have to be sequentially.
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Post by wierdostomps on Apr 1, 2009 16:38:15 GMT
Although I can't access it, I'm sure this is exactly what the TomTom is updating. I have noticed that if I don't update it, it's performance deteriorates significantly. That's why I was looking for some way to update the iPhone the same way. It's kind of irrelevant today anyway. The one thing Apple haven't put in the iPhone update is some way of preventing me leaving my iPhone on the train!
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Post by Forum Cat on Apr 1, 2009 18:27:29 GMT
The one thing Apple haven't put in the iPhone update is some way of preventing me leaving my iPhone on the train! Did I not read somewhere that they might use core location to tell you where your phone is? This does not stop you leaving it on the train of course but it will tell you which station it got off at.
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Post by wierdostomps on Apr 2, 2009 17:19:59 GMT
Bolting gates after horses have bolted - or something - I have had a quick look. There do seem to be a few apps which can track your iPhone's location. The problem is, of course, that those apps have to be the foremost application - you can't just leave them running in the background, which makes them pretty useless for finding a lost/ stolen iPhone. I actually use a thing called Trailguru to track my progress when I'm running, but again, if someone phones me while I'm running, it loses track of where I am - and the caller gets a very embarrassed panted phone call! Anyway I can't speak too highly of O2. I phoned at lunchtime yesterday to report my phone lost. It's just after 6pm and I have my new reconditioned iPhone 16Gb up and currently syncing my thousands of tracks. Activated - correct number and everything.
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