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Apple filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against HTC this week in an indirect attack against Google’s Android platform.
That got us to wondering: If Apple wins this lawsuit, just what would a Google phone, such as the HTC-built Nexus One, look like?
Realistically, Apple and HTC are going to reach a settlement outside of court, and the impacts on actual hardware are unpredictable. But we thought that rather than barrage you with boring patents to explain the suit, we’d illustrate the suit’s potential implications by describing a Google phone in the hypothetical situation where Apple won — a phone stripped of every feature that Apple’s patents lay claim to.
The patents listed in Apple’s complaints are related to touchscreens, multitouch gestures, graphical user interfaces, signal processing and other technologies Apple pioneered for the iPhone. Here’s a hint: If Apple had its way, a Google phone wouldn’t be pretty.
(A hat tip to Engadget’s Nilay Patel, a former attorney, for his fantastic work rounding up and explaining the patents to help guide our analysis.)
Out of the 20 patents in question, there are a few that stand out as the most noteworthy: Patents related to the way icons automatically rearrange themselves, scrolling behavior, the “unlock” mechanism, how phones sleep and multitasking.
App Rearrangement
The patent titled “Time-based, non-constant translation of user interface objects between states” describes the way a row of icons automatically rearrange when icons are added or removed. When you delete an icon, for example, Apple’s iPhone springboard automatically shifts icons to fill an empty spot to keep rows in order.
How a Google phone would look without it
Without this ability, an Android phone’s main screen would revert to the behavior of traditional PC desktops. On your Windows or Mac desktop, when you delete an icon, it leaves an empty space; you must either manually move your icons or choose a command to fill in any gaps between icons. So an Android phone’s screen would look like a cluttered mess with gaps in between icons after you deleted apps. You’d either have to manually drag and rearrange your apps or a tap a button to automatically sort the screen.
Unlock Mechanism
The “Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image” (.pdf) patent attempts to grant Apple the exclusive rights to using gestures for moving an unlock image to perform an unlock. (With the iPhone, for example, you swipe the “Slide to unlock” tab to access the Home screen.) Given the broadness of the patent, this could apply to any manner of touching buttons or making swiping gestures on a touchscreen to perform an unlock.
How a Google phone would look without it
Google would be forced to work around the gestural unlock mechanism. Manufacturers would have to add an extra physical button to unlock the phone, or you’d have to press a combination of physical buttons to perform the unlock, as you do with many older candy-bar phones. Or perhaps to unlock the phone you would shake it, or, even sillier, speak a unique phrase into the microphone. Worst and least likely, Google could do away with the locked screen altogether and go straight to your menu, giving thieves easy access to your apps and personal data.
Scrolling
The patent titled “Touch screen device, method and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics” relates to scroll behavior on a touchscreen. If you start scrolling in a certain direction it locks you in that direction to spare you any wobbly chaos. And if you swipe at an angle you can pan freely.
How a Google phone would look without it
Google could either allow scrolling to be a bumpy mess, or it could again revert to the old PC desktop metaphor in which windows can be navigated with arrows (as illustrated above). Or it could require every manufacturer making an Android phone to add a scroll wheel, like the one on the Nexus One.
Notifications
The patent “Method and apparatus for distributing events in an operating system” relates to notifications changing behavior of apps, such as in the event of a power failure.
How a Google phone would look without it
An Android phone currently notifies you when your battery is running low, and then it shuts off the GPS to conserve power. So say goodbye to that.
Multitasking
The patent “Message protocol for controlling a user interface from an inactive program” addresses the act of a foreground application remaining active while an application running in the background is also processing. So yes, multitasking. Many believe the iPhone doesn’t have multitasking capability, but technically it does run some of Apple’s built-in apps in the background, such as the phone and the iPod.
How a Google phone would look without it
If you’re typing an e-mail on a Google phone and you get a phone call, the phone app would immediately close the e-mail, or the call would go straight to your voicemail box. Listening to your Android phone and want to browse the web? Tough beans: You can only do one at a time. It’ll be a familiar feeling with videogame consoles, which only let you run one game at a time.
Sleep Mode
The patent “Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a process” is filled with a flurry of technical jargon, but it most likely refers to a process of reducing power consumption, or minimizing power leakage, when a device is put to sleep.
How a Google phone would look without it
Manufacturers would have to draw up alternative methods to conserve battery life in sleep mode (which they most likely already have done). Or they could foolishly let the processor run at full power even when the phone is “asleep,” which would get phones pretty hot in your pocket. And if all else failed, manufacturers could ship phones with a battery extender to keep the phone up and running, like the modest example we’ve fashioned above.
Summary
Put it all together and what do we get? Something like the admittedly hyperbolic mock-up above. Picture an HTC Google phone whose desktop shows a grid of icons with gaps. Arrows on the screen help you navigate your windows. A physical unlock button on the phone gets you past the lock screen. Battery life could potentially be poor in sleep mode, which could be addressed with a free battery extender — or even better, a hand-crank charger — as shown in the illustration above.
Illustration: Dennis Crothers/Wired.com
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t4tav said:
At least that mockup still looks better than an iPhone
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But such an impartial article author should be taken seriously... http://www.denniscrothers.com/wired_iphone.html
wow I'm diggin that unlock button!
What Google should have done is use a Finger Print Scanner for an unlocker! uh? did I just give an idea for an app? I only want 10%.
I'm sure the unlock screen will be safe, Google developed it long before they had a patent. The rest is just BS and I'm hoping HTC and Google will take them to court and show the justice system how bogus our patent system is these days.
I'm sure many of the patents Apple are aiming for were already invented?
Weren't many Winmo phones using the multitasking and sleep mode...etc?
Also regarding the desktop icons, you have to manually move them anyway? The Android desktop is completely different from the iPhone.
If I delete an app shortcut, the gap stays there on one of my many screens until I fill it again.
Apple seem to be clutching at straws I think.
just because apple has the patents doesn't mean they aren't in use by others. They just haven't sued.... Though if a patent can be shown to be already in use before thier filing that would be great. Also, the iphone is using every major patent in the phone world already and has to own that fact as well. if you invent a better version of a patented product you STILL have to pay fees to use the first patent so that you can produce the second improved version. Apple won't get anywhere with this for years at best and in the end it will only cost us the consumer more money and time. Who really thinks that the "auto reargange' funciton of the desktop is worth something as a patent? a large number of these patents could be overlooked if you apply them to another application (ie desktop/laptop computers!) who is to say my 1ghz smart phone isn't a portable laptop with a built in cell phone
Patent law is messy and this should just end up being a silly contest to see who squeals first.
SiNJiN76 said:
What Google should have done is use a Finger Print Scanner for an unlocker! uh? did I just give an idea for an app? I only want 10%.
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It was featured in the movie 2012.
Apple probably saw it then filed for patent so noone can use there thumb for anything.
Apple is pathetic.
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Apple is pathetic.
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Not So much so there sire..
It's a Scared thing.. Google was never a threat when they came out as a search engine.. But, neither was it a threat when Jobs, Eric E. Schmidt, And Bill Gates all sat at the same conference table for the same company, not even mention school, same.
So, the time has come to be that Apple won the war with Microsoft and dominates on the Music and Film/Photo scene's but Microsoft has always had their footprint well planted in the Government and well the Public.. After years of passing, Google grew, and Grew, and Grew...
They took scraps from others that didn't want it anymore and moved it into better foroms, I.E. Grand Central, Google Voice, and it goes on.. So with this, Apple now see's a potential threat, but why now, Why after so many years, well this gets explained by Cockiness, all by Jobs doing.. Apple has always been on top, had the latest tech and some dumb crazy developers and engineers.. If others ran Apple, and had all that power, There would be no Google, or it would have merged a long time ago...
But... Google is a standalone company.. Everything is free for them.. Just about, the only thing I have ever had to pay for that Had GOOGLE written on it was a SmartPhone.. Which now leads me to my Point..!
Apple is afraid cause all they have LEFT is the Iphone and the Newly launched but soon to fail, IPad. The Mac's will forever be on top, so this doesn't count, Until, lets say Chrome OS is official and crazy, which we all know it will be.. Then Apple midaswell **** their pants..
See, the Android system debuted Sept. 23, 2008:
Apple Iphone: 2007
Android Came last in all this mess. Microsoft Mobile, Iphone, **** the PDA. See, it gave a chance for Android and Google to think and apply all these things into one.. Give a soft launch on SPONSORED "With Google" devices and watch it Grow.. Personally the 80,000 sold on the Nexus One is perfectly fine with Google, they never charged anyone for anything before anyway.. So, let it be, The Nexus Hold's it's own Title, as Google now holds "ALL" titles, and Steve Jobs is afraid of that.. You don't see Microsoft messing with Google Do You, no they learned, Get money.. Thats It.. Not ***** and bicker..
So, I say, Honestly, Lay back and enjoy the war, for us Phone Geeks, wait, Androidians, this is nothing but Good, and Google knows this..
See, what sucks is this.. Eric is on the Board of Administrative Staff for our President, and Steve is a Free Mason.. What a "political" war this is..
My two cents!
SiNJiN76 said:
What Google should have done is use a Finger Print Scanner for an unlocker! uh? did I just give an idea for an app? I only want 10%.
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You should file a patent and sit on it for years until someone with money develops a product with that integrated, and then you can sue them to leech money from their hard work.
Patent law is a double-edged sword. Most often it is useful in protecting what is genuinely unique to your product, but when it is allowed to be so broad as the claims Apple is making, it is anti-competitive at best.
Most of these things wm6.5.x have as well. Like the lock mechanism, icon arrangement and so on. Why don't they go and try to sue Microsoft?
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Most of these things wm6.5.x have as well. Like the lock mechanism, icon arrangement and so on. Why don't they go and try to sue Microsoft?
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They already finished with Microsoft....
They want the Bigger THREATENING fish..
Just because you file a patent, doesn't mean you actually get it.
If Apple wants to play that game....Google should take away google maps and search and email. then iphone would be nothing but a dumb phone.
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If Apple wants to play that game....Google should take away google maps and search and email. then iphone would be nothing but a dumb phone.
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Jesus, that is the best I have ever heard it.. Now, i wonder, If we could start a Petition, But, I love Apple too.. I use my MacBook Pro, And have the 27inch Imac, I will roll over in hell, before I go back to a windows machine, ugghh.. Jesus.. Uggghh.. They're like alien like to me.. I learned mac before I could speak, Speak I tell you.. I looked at windows in school, and started carrying a mac laptop to do my schoolwork, I even bought the programs the school used, just to be able to stay with my Mac-Baby...
So take aways all you want.. Just not the Company..
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If Apple wants to play that game....Google should take away google maps and search and email. then iphone would be nothing but a dumb phone.
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Google could. And if they wanted to have a major shift towards android they would.
But the traffic usage and Ad revenue from iphone users using google apps is too significant still.
I do see Google pulling out at some point. But I think apple will have its search/map ducks in line before that happens.
I believe having google search / gmail / gmaps available and used by as many people as possible is more important to google then android/android based phones.
After all, nearly all of google's revenue comes from those apps.
They will, of course, keep pushing android, and it will keep getting adopted by more and more phones and developers and increasing in market share - but until android smartphones have a considerably larger market share then any other smartphone developer, there is no way google will pull any of their apps from other phones (and even then, they will still want other people to start / keep using their apps and eventually decide to go the android way since it integrates all those apps much better then other phones).
Interestingly, part of patent and trademark law is protecting those patents and trademarks.
This means that if someone can show a company to have not protected their patents and trademarks from known, widespread infringement, they can potentially lose the exclusive rights.
I'm no patent attorney, but since so many of these items have already been in use on various other devices, I wonder what will come out of this lawsuit? Will Apple, in their haste to damage a strong competitor, lose some of these patent rights?
Now that the Rise has become a Fall with many stranded in ICeySch reboot hell, it's time for some fun thread.
FaceUnlock worked quite well recently, but reared its ugly head not recognizing me but should have said instead, "sorry, you are too stoned to recognize you".
Now maybe some dev is willing to add extra lines to this app's messages if possible, f.e.:
"Sorry, is that your dog staring at me?"
"Sorry, you are too f-ing drunk to even operate this device. Let alone driving."
"Hello, [insert name]'s secret boyfriend." On your gf/wife's Transformer of course.
Perhaps we have some more multilingual input lines, which can be added below. Eat your heart out.
I guess these enhancement pics made in Settings and somewhere stored on the device (there is no network traffic at that moment) and can be tagged with customized lines? Know zilch about coding and like to keep it that way, so I leave that up to you if you want. Now on a serious note, reading the latest leaks in iOS and Android concerning pics on our smartphones, this is a bit worrying to me or is it just me being paradroid?
Cheers.
"Your face, your a**, what's the difference?" /dukespeak
I haven't tried this yet, so if you're a guy should you redo it if you've shaved or grow a some facial hair, will it still work
Yes, in enhancement it takes different conditions, glasses, bearded into account, and adds them to a database somewhere. Read somewhere colored people have difficulties being recognized, so it's also racist.
"Please, leave the dark room for better lighting."
that was uncool. you could change what it says in the strings xml when decompiling the apk
Will look into that. What's uncool about it?
the racist stuff +the lighting conditions
^ That was not an opinion just an observation: http://androidcommunity.com/ice-cream-sandwich-face-unlock-has-issues-with-dark-skin-tones-20120126/
Wait... what?
You realise that op is (likely) being flippant and that skin tone does have an adverse effect on image contrast, making edge detection and hence recognition difficult. CCD cameras are nowhere near as sensitive as the human eye, until they start approaching that sensitivity software algorithms will struggle to identify some individuals.
There was a recently reported case of a person making a complaint to HP about face unlocking features on a laptop performing in a sub par manner depending on skin tone. Terms such as "racist" were banded about for a day or two by alarmist individuals (racism being a social prerogative, not an equipment function) until common sense prevailed and the news outlets stopped running the story.
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1) Google Glass: possibilities of advertisement; basing adverstisement of what you see and geographically enable, taking advantage of streetview and visually as to what the user is seeing on the UI. For example, if a user walks by and views a McDonalds, a Google Goggles application will identify the image and instantly rely an advertisement to you.
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New render of the future.
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I see where you are coming from and i agree. It would also be great for museums and what not to give you the information on the artwork without having to read a tile and what not.
It's a neat product for sure.
More thoughts are welcome. Discussion and relative views are encouraged!
I think it'll be used for those reality TV shows a lot.
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Oh my, OP, Google isnt just all about ads, They do other stuff too.
2) I think most people don't realize this yet. There are some very neat things that can be done with Google Glass for the visually impaired. It could be used as a tool that will assist by using a combination of Google Goggles, and GPS to guide the visually impaired in ways that nothing else has really done...
glass
i think this tech is great...but i'm afraid it will kill our social life..i watch from youtube about project glass advertisement..that person a wearing glass make a date without her girlfreind and at the book store he is looking for ?? section..he didn't ask from a lady at counter..its look like a film WALL-E..just sit at chair..everything in front your eye and you are not noticed who are between of you.. this is only my 2cent opinion..sorry for my bad english..
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i think this tech is great...but i'm afraid it will kill our social life..i watch from youtube about project glass advertisement..that person a wearing glass make a date without her girlfreind and at the book store he is looking for ?? section..he didn't ask from a lady at counter..its look like a film WALL-E..just sit at chair..everything in front your eye and you are not noticed who are between of you.. this is only my 2cent opinion..sorry for my bad english..
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Good point. We've already reached some of that. As in people looking down at their smartphone most of the time rather than socializing.
I don't know how you're supposed to be driving and wearing this thing at the same time. Will the DOT allow this on public roads? I mean... Imagine you're driving down I-95 S while wearing it and something pops up on the ride of the glasses. At the same time, a truck is trying to merge into your lane from the right. You didn't see it coming because your glasses prevented you from seeing that truck in your right-side mirror...
Imagine they make real time translation lang to lang in text or voice mod...
I hope thant when i walk or drive, I haven't my eyes full of advertising!!! Or i collise with other people or wall xD
Random thoughts
The idea is not new, but being a big and supposedly not evil company behind it may success.
- The official video can create a lot of hype. But. You won't be able to perform most things they do there. It is expensive.
Will this eventually get better? Who knows. I guess this is an experiment, it may success or not.
- Btw, does exist already any kind indoor GPS like in the video?
- Could this eventually kill the phone as we know it (with the help of tablets)?
- Is it only for one eye? and no way to remove reality background? Not good for watching movies then.
- Input interfaces: I don't think voice commands can work when surround by crowd in the street. As someone said, work by blinking eyes? by moving head? by moving eyes? have a couple of buttons?
- Presbyopia. When we get older we have trouble watching our small phone screens. These glasses will naturally overcome this.
- Casual public social networking: See what radom people around you is thinking realtime (like Google Plus' "near you" but better), see their avatars. Have your GPS on 24/7 and drain your battery too, or use NFC if it helps. May a new p2p GPS network emerge, or ground GPS, who knows.
- Easy and fast NFC sharing is required, as you cannot just show your screen to your friend like you can do with phones.
I tried to say a few things as I thought them, probably all of the have been worked out already elsewhere.
Well, i believe and Google also says it at some places that it'll cause accidents.
Definitely you won't be using it while driving a car or walking across the street therefore it won't be local mostly professionals will be using it like sky divers, astronauts etc ..
LatinSuD said:
The idea is not new, but being a big and supposedly not evil company behind it may success.
- The official video can create a lot of hype. But. You won't be able to perform most things they do there. It is expensive.
Will this eventually get better? Who knows. I guess this is an experiment, it may success or not.
- Btw, does exist already any kind indoor GPS like in the video?
- Could this eventually kill the phone as we know it (with the help of tablets)?
- Is it only for one eye? and no way to remove reality background? Not good for watching movies then.
- Input interfaces: I don't think voice commands can work when surround by crowd in the street. As someone said, work by blinking eyes? by moving head? by moving eyes? have a couple of buttons?
- Presbyopia. When we get older we have trouble watching our small phone screens. These glasses will naturally overcome this.
- Casual public social networking: See what radom people around you is thinking realtime (like Google Plus' "near you" but better), see their avatars. Have your GPS on 24/7 and drain your battery too, or use NFC if it helps. May a new p2p GPS network emerge, or ground GPS, who knows.
- Easy and fast NFC sharing is required, as you cannot just show your screen to your friend like you can do with phones.
I tried to say a few things as I thought them, probably all of the have been worked out already elsewhere.
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Awesome points made there. This really makes you think.
Sounds Cool!
I happen to use a lot of coupons. Normally I'll look up the coupons at home for businesses I'll be around during the next day.
It would be fairly handy if eventually an app could be made for google glass that would pop up coupons/sales for places as I travel past them.
Luckily you'll be able to get a driverless car so that you don't crash while using your glasses
please everything except advertising, i wont wanna pay $1500 for adverts to be directly beamed into my face:silly:
Google will release their project glass...then get sued by Apple because apple just patented Google's invention. :banghead:
Adsense for Google Glass.. that's funny!
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT
I am making this thread so that we can communicate to the developers what we want to be able to do with Glass. Them having the devices in advance is a huge advantage to the costumer in the future. This will all go to waste if they don't know what the masses want from them. I encourage everyone to post what they would like to see in the new technology. I will update the list as people contribute.
1) The ability to send info pulled up on Glass to be sent to chrome browser on either a computer or a phone
2) The ability to store info of people you have met. Then later use facial recognition when we see them again to pull up info like there name, where we met them, and other relevant info.
2) Integration with Google Keep to be able to view and create lists and notes
3) A flashlight. I know the hardware limitations prevent this right now, but maybe by the final release they will include a LED.
4) Video playback for things like Netflix and HBOgo
5) Ability to track physical activity. It could replace things like Nike FuelBand and promote exercise
6) Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine, and Foursquare integration
7) Real time translator. Both Samsung and Google have great apps, so integration of one, or a new one would be awesome.
Mods, if this is in the wrong place or would serve better function some where else, please move it there. Thanks
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Them having the devices in advance is a huge advantage to the costumer in the future.
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Why restrict it just to people who make costumes in the future? I say that the advance release should be a huge advantage to all consumers!
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1) The ability to send info pulled up on Glass to be sent to chrome browser on either a computer or a phone
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And, more importantly, vice-versa.
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4) Integration with Google Calender
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I'm pretty sure this is already there, out of the box.
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5) Ability to track physical activity. It could replace things like Nike FuelBand and promote exercise
6) Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine, and Foursquare integration
7) Real time translator. Both Samsung and Google have great apps, so integration of one, or a new one would be awesome.[/SIZE]
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Yes please.
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With regards to facial recognition, I want all of the following:
1.) Facebook can already scan my photos and attempt to identify my FB friends. I want Glass facial recognition to draw from FB to identify my friends IRL, based either on processing my existing network of tagged photos or via FB creating a facial recognition API that Glass can ping pics against. (The latter seems a little unlikely, but perhaps FB will see it as a way to get Google to do all the work and then it can release Facebook Glass based on Google Glass?)
2.) Glass should also consult an open database of public figures (politicians, FBI Most Wanted list, celebs) to identify individuals via facial recognition.
3.) Facial Recognition API that allows me to write an app or launch a widget whenever a person matching criteria is identified. (I want to write an app that, whenever I look at a politician, will do a public records look-up on his/her donors, identify the corporations, and overlay their logos at 40% opacity over the politician's clothes, making them look like a NASCAR driver sporting sponsor patches.)
These all require Google to expand the Glass APIs, though, and are not things that developers can do now.
I want video playback, netflix, hbo go, amazon etc if ti can mirror my phone that'd be ideal
The facial recognition will be amazing but there would be huge privacy concerns imho.
1. I want glass to be on both my eyes
2. Tech is getting better but battery life has stagnated. I want this to do better than a day.
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Dual eye Glass, 3D AR!
Facial recognition could be bad, how long until there's an app for searching for nude pics of someone?
Maybe I should patent that
Oh! I've just remembered why I want them.
Lifelogging, a GPS tagged photo every 15 minutes, just so I can remember what I've been up to.
A micro zoom lense on the camera so it can see far away like binoculars... or uniocular I dunno .. but yeah deffo zoom lense :3
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I want to put CM10.1 on it and thats all
WhatsApp
And the ability to see all notifications from the Smartphone
ebook reader
I'd love to have an ebook reader on glass.
It means I can run/bike and read a math book at the same time. They can't put mathematics books in to audiobook because of the symbols. The same goes for other technical books and also comic books I think.
I still find it hard to find any use for Glass, but reading what people want is certainly interesting.
I guess what we want Glass to do is lead the way into an augmented world where reality and technology co-exist to create a more informative, interactive, conscientious world through the direct access of information, in the moment that it is happening, with as little to no effort as possible.
Information can and is liberating. The more conscious we are of the world around us and of own our selves the more likely we are to change our bad habits and be more aware of what we are doing to ourselves, those around us, and the world around us.
We strive for moments that allow us to be fully in the moment, experiencing life, and add meaning to our lives. We are very much the construct of our past actions, our habitual behavior patterns, and of a consumeristic, capitalistic, money driven society driven in the areas of self-interest and mass manipulation that if we could reclaim our experience, reclaim our self integrity that would be a major step forward in humanity. And with instant worldwide connectivity and a global information database to rely on that could change the cultural agenda into what hopefully would be a more understanding, empathetic, knowledgeable, and connected world that we all can live and share in. But that's already here, the internet is it. So what of it? I guess now the task is to create a more seamless integration between technology and humanity, something easier to use, that's direct, personable, and performs the task at hand with as much user input or output he or she would like presented.
Many hurdles, and many afar away, but the path is there at least, It's happening.. the rest are in the details that lie ahead.
I want Google Glass to be able to show subtitels if I am watching a movie.
I want Google Glass to show me the keywords during my presentation in school for example.
I want Google Glass to show me where I can find good restaurants near to me too.
Not sure if it fits in this thread, but it would be nice in future hardware releases to make the screen size bigger. Especially for the price, I was expecting a bigger screen.
Sync with info from PC and Phone generally. That could do good.
I want:
- Smaller size
- Lighter weight
- Less heat
- Better battery life
- Faster boot up
- Nicer frame styles (current frames look like an enginerd designed them)
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The eye's optics limit Google contact lens since we're unable to focus and see anything that close. If we did we'd be annoyed by particles and imperfections on the cornea.
On the other hand, there's hope as experimental technology (bionic eye) sends video info to the retina enabling the blind to partially see. But it's very limited and only intended to treat a special disease.
Since Pixel 4/XL will starting using Face ID as security measure, will they do it differently than Apple? Personally, I don't think Face ID will be secure enough, especially when I tried it with my identical twin brother on the iphone XR, it immediacy unlocked the phone. In this situation, how can they say Face ID is more secure than finger print (yes, identical twins has different finger prints!)
I think there's always exceptions to this. For the vast majority of people, Face ID is probably fine security wise. There's never a full proof solution to privacy.
I don't personally think Face ID is better than a Fingerprint Reader, but I think it's an acceptable form of "security." I personally don't have much on my phone that I care much for Face ID or Fingerprint Readers other than the convenience of it.
I was against dropping the fingerprint reader.
But if they say the phone automatically unlocks at even a fast speed (so before you finish grabbing the phone), then I don't think I'll have a problem
However, I hope anything that support face unlock is draining extra battery life. Every extra % matters.
I wouldn't say it's more secure as a fingerprint reader, but probably on par. The true problem with the Pixel's Face ID is that right now it can unlock your phone while your eyes are closed. This needs to be rectified purely from the standpoint that someone can unlock your phone while you're asleep.
A FP reader can also be used with opened or closed eyes. ? Not sure about the commotion on this.
radlink14 said:
A FP reader can also be used with opened or closed eyes. ? Not sure about the commotion on this.
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They want to commit that it's unsecure because it can be used without you wanting it. Like when you sleep.
But all the arguments I've heard so far are also valid for fingerprint security, it can also be used while you sleep. :silly:
ptr_hamilton said:
They want to commit that it's unsecure because it can be used without you wanting it. Like when you sleep.
But all the arguments I've heard so far are also valid for fingerprint security, it can also be used while you sleep. :silly:
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But again, won't have issue with FP reader for twins! I tried the Pixel 4 yesterday with my identical twin brother and it unlocked immediately.