Who wants an iPhone in the face???
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/01/apple_headmount_patent/[^] I'm really not sure if this a windup, or some crazy fool at Apple thinking they can slip this under the radar because of the day the patent was filed. (I don't think the patent office would be amused if it is a joke) If it is real, I really can't see that anyone would be seen dead with it. (not that they would be able to see everyone else laughing at them!) There have been amazing advances in batteries, & as such the weight of hand held devices. But can you imagine balancing an iPhone or iPod on your nose for any amount of time??? Apple better get ready for claims of neck ache & possible litigation, if this patent application is real. What do u think? Fact or Fiction???
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/01/apple_headmount_patent/[^] I'm really not sure if this a windup, or some crazy fool at Apple thinking they can slip this under the radar because of the day the patent was filed. (I don't think the patent office would be amused if it is a joke) If it is real, I really can't see that anyone would be seen dead with it. (not that they would be able to see everyone else laughing at them!) There have been amazing advances in batteries, & as such the weight of hand held devices. But can you imagine balancing an iPhone or iPod on your nose for any amount of time??? Apple better get ready for claims of neck ache & possible litigation, if this patent application is real. What do u think? Fact or Fiction???
Look at the date on the article...
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Look at the date on the article...
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_Damian S_ wrote:
Look at the date on the article...
Err, yes I know But the patent exists! http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220100079356%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20100079356&RS=DN/20100079356[^]
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/01/apple_headmount_patent/[^] I'm really not sure if this a windup, or some crazy fool at Apple thinking they can slip this under the radar because of the day the patent was filed. (I don't think the patent office would be amused if it is a joke) If it is real, I really can't see that anyone would be seen dead with it. (not that they would be able to see everyone else laughing at them!) There have been amazing advances in batteries, & as such the weight of hand held devices. But can you imagine balancing an iPhone or iPod on your nose for any amount of time??? Apple better get ready for claims of neck ache & possible litigation, if this patent application is real. What do u think? Fact or Fiction???
You'd have to be super-myopic for this to work. I wear -4.50 (L) and -4.75 (R) contact lenses but even I couldn't read the screen of an iPhone without the contacts at that distance! If it is a prank, someone clearly has more patience, time and money than I could ever have! :laugh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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You'd have to be super-myopic for this to work. I wear -4.50 (L) and -4.75 (R) contact lenses but even I couldn't read the screen of an iPhone without the contacts at that distance! If it is a prank, someone clearly has more patience, time and money than I could ever have! :laugh:
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
PaulowniaK wrote:
You'd have to be super-myopic for this to work.
I hadn't considered that, which just leaves me more & more puzzled... I know (or think) that pilots have a display on their helment visor, but don't think they are quite as detailed, or information heavy as a video, or a movie. - I'm no expert (or a fighter pilot) It can't be true, can it??? :laugh:
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PaulowniaK wrote:
You'd have to be super-myopic for this to work.
I hadn't considered that, which just leaves me more & more puzzled... I know (or think) that pilots have a display on their helment visor, but don't think they are quite as detailed, or information heavy as a video, or a movie. - I'm no expert (or a fighter pilot) It can't be true, can it??? :laugh:
Alan Beasley wrote:
pilots have a display on their helment visor
I'm no expert, but I believe the that is a type of heads-up display that puts an image up that is at a focal point of infinity. The person wearing the display can see what's being displayed without having to focus on it. The thing about this iPhone idea is that they're saying you're putting something you'd normally watch a foot or so away right in your face. Maybe they change the content they display!? Also, the pilots' visor thing is translucent so I believe they can still see ahead as well as the heads-up display, which prevents them from flying (walking in the case of the iPhone) into things. ;)
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
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Alan Beasley wrote:
pilots have a display on their helment visor
I'm no expert, but I believe the that is a type of heads-up display that puts an image up that is at a focal point of infinity. The person wearing the display can see what's being displayed without having to focus on it. The thing about this iPhone idea is that they're saying you're putting something you'd normally watch a foot or so away right in your face. Maybe they change the content they display!? Also, the pilots' visor thing is translucent so I believe they can still see ahead as well as the heads-up display, which prevents them from flying (walking in the case of the iPhone) into things. ;)
Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike... me...
As you say, they may change the content they display. As well as possibly using the camera on the back to stop you walking in to things (And seeing the people laughing at you!) But this is all conjecture, presuming it is not a joke! :)
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/01/apple_headmount_patent/[^] I'm really not sure if this a windup, or some crazy fool at Apple thinking they can slip this under the radar because of the day the patent was filed. (I don't think the patent office would be amused if it is a joke) If it is real, I really can't see that anyone would be seen dead with it. (not that they would be able to see everyone else laughing at them!) There have been amazing advances in batteries, & as such the weight of hand held devices. But can you imagine balancing an iPhone or iPod on your nose for any amount of time??? Apple better get ready for claims of neck ache & possible litigation, if this patent application is real. What do u think? Fact or Fiction???
It's a phone. I want it to my ear. Phone. Ear. What's so ****in' hard to understand?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It's a phone. I want it to my ear. Phone. Ear. What's so ****in' hard to understand?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
It's a phone. I want it to my ear. Phone. Ear. What's so ****in' hard to understand?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: You need to invent the new "ePhone" then (before Steve Jobs gets there...) You could say they got the name wrong the first time, & are trying to put it right!
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Mark Wallace wrote:
It's a phone. I want it to my ear. Phone. Ear. What's so ****in' hard to understand?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: You need to invent the new "ePhone" then (before Steve Jobs gets there...) You could say they got the name wrong the first time, & are trying to put it right!
English is the only language that pronounces the 'i' as "eye", so the correct pronunciation of "iphone" is "e-phone".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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English is the only language that pronounces the 'i' as "eye", so the correct pronunciation of "iphone" is "e-phone".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I stand educated!!! :-D I did not know what, so thanks Mark. (Bloody ignorant English!!!) - That's me!