My new phone recognizes my face to unlock it.
If I had seen this when I was in college, I would have thought it was a prop from a new Star Trek movie.
I can control my tv control from my phone.
My phone has too many fucking cameras for one device. Really…a camera so I don’t have to turn it around? Damn…
This is a lap top 15 years ago.
Is anyone else scared?
The World depicted in Wall-E is well on its way.
what kind of phone is it?
Samsung Galaxy 4…the newer one (black model).
I had the first iPhone when it came out…but this makes that look like the iPhone made a flip hone look. That is how well they upgraded it.
I used to not be able to browse this site easily from the iPhone.
Man, every day I am getting closer and closer to ditching my iPhone for a Galaxy.
As for the quest: No. They aren’t too smart. They are catching up to desktops and laptops as well as pushing industry hardware standards.
And for the facial recognition thing, you can download an app that e-mails you pictures of every persons face that crosses the lens when your phone gets stolen. Pretty bad ass.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Samsung Galaxy 4…the newer one (black model) .
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O_o
Wow. I have an S4 and didn’t know that it did this. Best phone I’ve ever owned.
[quote]setto222 wrote:
Man, every day I am getting closer and closer to ditching my iPhone for a Galaxy.
As for the quest: No. They aren’t too smart. They are catching up to desktops and laptops as well as pushing industry hardware standards.
And for the facial recognition thing, you can download an app that e-mails you pictures of every persons face that crosses the lens when your phone gets stolen. Pretty bad ass. [/quote]
Yeah, it already has that. It comes with the ohone now.
If anyone tries to enter the code wrong, it takes a picture of them and emails it to me.
My last iPhone was stolen…so I could have used that feature.
I avoided getting a new one until I figured out which one was actually on top to last another 3 or so years in my pocket (I am by no means a new gadget nut…I take care of my shit so it lasts).
It is just that there is no way to hide anymore. Every time my phone logs in I can be tracked if someone else wanted to find me too.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]setto222 wrote:
Man, every day I am getting closer and closer to ditching my iPhone for a Galaxy.
As for the quest: No. They aren’t too smart. They are catching up to desktops and laptops as well as pushing industry hardware standards.
And for the facial recognition thing, you can download an app that e-mails you pictures of every persons face that crosses the lens when your phone gets stolen. Pretty bad ass. [/quote]
Yeah, it already has that. It comes with the ohone now.
If anyone tries to enter the code wrong, it takes a picture of them and emails it to me.
My last iPhone was stolen…so I could have used that feature.
I avoided getting a new one until I figured out which one was actually on top to last another 3 or so years in my pocket (I am by no means a new gadget nut…I take care of my shit so it lasts).
It is just that there is no way to hide anymore. Every time my phone logs in I can be tracked if someone else wanted to find me too.[/quote]
I try to be optimistic about it. If i ever get lost or fall into a well, someone can find me.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]setto222 wrote:
Man, every day I am getting closer and closer to ditching my iPhone for a Galaxy.
As for the quest: No. They aren’t too smart. They are catching up to desktops and laptops as well as pushing industry hardware standards.
And for the facial recognition thing, you can download an app that e-mails you pictures of every persons face that crosses the lens when your phone gets stolen. Pretty bad ass. [/quote]
Yeah, it already has that. It comes with the ohone now.
If anyone tries to enter the code wrong, it takes a picture of them and emails it to me.
My last iPhone was stolen…so I could have used that feature.
I avoided getting a new one until I figured out which one was actually on top to last another 3 or so years in my pocket (I am by no means a new gadget nut…I take care of my shit so it lasts).
It is just that there is no way to hide anymore. Every time my phone logs in I can be tracked if someone else wanted to find me too.[/quote]
Not necessarily because there are bags now that block your phones signal.
Totally.
I’ve got the same phone X. It’s pretty sick. I love how it can detect motion above the screen without even touching it so you can do stuff just by making gestures in the air above the phone that it can track precisely. And the camera(s) are phenominal. The only thing I don’t like is how sometimes when I’m going to sleep at night I can kind of hear it whispering things into my ear about resistance being futile and how I should kill all humans.
[quote]csulli wrote:
I’ve got the same phone X. It’s pretty sick. I love how it can detect motion above the screen without even touching it so you can do stuff just by making gestures in the air above the phone that it can track precisely. And the camera(s) are phenominal. The only thing I don’t like is how sometimes when I’m going to sleep at night I can kind of hear it whispering things into my ear about resistance being futile and how I should kill all humans.[/quote]
Fuck…I thought that dream last night of me getting it on with Condoleezza Rice was because of that bad taco.
They’re destroying my attention span, making it increasingly difficult for me sit down and read a book, watch a movie without checking it.
I literally can no longer take a dump without my iPhone.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
They’re destroying my attention span, making it increasingly difficult for me sit down and read a book, watch a movie without checking it.
I literally can no longer take a dump without my iPhone.
[/quote]
That is what I am afraid of.
When I had my phone stolen…to go back to the cheap phone I got to stand in (that was literally the cheapest one they made until I settled on what to get next), it was like someone had taken my tv and radio away 20 years ago.
Not having gps had me lost for the first time. Not being able to see an email without a computer became a major hassle at work.
II don’t like being addicted to technology like that.
20 years from now, your kids won’t actually know anything themselves.
they will just be “plugged in”.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]setto222 wrote:
Man, every day I am getting closer and closer to ditching my iPhone for a Galaxy.
As for the quest: No. They aren’t too smart. They are catching up to desktops and laptops as well as pushing industry hardware standards.
And for the facial recognition thing, you can download an app that e-mails you pictures of every persons face that crosses the lens when your phone gets stolen. Pretty bad ass. [/quote]
Yeah, it already has that. It comes with the ohone now.
If anyone tries to enter the code wrong, it takes a picture of them and emails it to me.
My last iPhone was stolen…so I could have used that feature.
I avoided getting a new one until I figured out which one was actually on top to last another 3 or so years in my pocket (I am by no means a new gadget nut…I take care of my shit so it lasts).
It is just that there is no way to hide anymore. Every time my phone logs in I can be tracked if someone else wanted to find me too.[/quote]
You can turn off the geo-tagging in the settings, it’s a hassle if you use the Navigation often, but no big deal if you rarely use GPS.
I remember an article a year or so ago (I think I came across the link on here actually) about a trend, specifically among cheaters, of buying a very specific type of phone to be able to hide cheating. It was a more ‘primative’ phone, a flip phone I think, and it was the only one available that had certain features that allowed for permanent deletion of text messages, hiding contacts, shit like that.
Like, you could only see the entirety of the phone’s data with a specific user login. The phone couldn’t do all the awesome stuff the top phones can do, but it had other desirable attributes that are essentially incompatible with higher technology. And then there are always ‘burner’ phones that will always be coveted by drug dealers. It’s a trade-off if you want to have ‘the best’ phone available.
I got the 3 instead of the 4.
I love my phone.
I know the government pretty much tracks my every move, but shit I can do about that, unless I want to be on that show Naked & Afraid.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
They’re destroying my attention span, making it increasingly difficult for me sit down and read a book, watch a movie without checking it.
I literally can no longer take a dump without my iPhone.
[/quote]
That is what I am afraid of.
When I had my phone stolen…to go back to the cheap phone I got to stand in (that was literally the cheapest one they made until I settled on what to get next), it was like someone had taken my tv and radio away 20 years ago.
Not having gps had me lost for the first time. Not being able to see an email without a computer became a major hassle at work.
II don’t like being addicted to technology like that.
20 years from now, your kids won’t actually know anything themselves.
they will just be “plugged in”.[/quote]
I feel you on this. I’ve been making a strong effort to unplug myself. I recently cancelled my cable tv at home (still have internet), and I plug in my phone/leave it plugged in while I’m at home. I will only answer the phone if it actually rings, I don’t respond to texts. I rarely use a computer at home now. I also deleted all my cell phone games.
I found it really strange that, in 30 years of life, I’ve never gone more than what I would guess is a week without access to cable tv in my home, or wherever I’m staying. That’s crazy. I literally don’t know what it’s like NOT to have tv as an integral part of my life.
[quote]flipcollar wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
They’re destroying my attention span, making it increasingly difficult for me sit down and read a book, watch a movie without checking it.
I literally can no longer take a dump without my iPhone.
[/quote]
That is what I am afraid of.
When I had my phone stolen…to go back to the cheap phone I got to stand in (that was literally the cheapest one they made until I settled on what to get next), it was like someone had taken my tv and radio away 20 years ago.
Not having gps had me lost for the first time. Not being able to see an email without a computer became a major hassle at work.
II don’t like being addicted to technology like that.
20 years from now, your kids won’t actually know anything themselves.
they will just be “plugged in”.[/quote]
I feel you on this. I’ve been making a strong effort to unplug myself. I recently cancelled my cable tv at home (still have internet), and I plug in my phone/leave it plugged in while I’m at home. I will only answer the phone if it actually rings, I don’t respond to texts. I rarely use a computer at home now. I also deleted all my cell phone games.
I found it really strange that, in 30 years of life, I’ve never gone more than what I would guess is a week without access to cable tv in my home, or wherever I’m staying. That’s crazy. I literally don’t know what it’s like NOT to have tv as an integral part of my life.
[/quote]
That is one major change I made years back…I do not watch much “programmed tv”. I watch tons of movies and dvds, blue rays…but I stay away from much of the chatter.
I turned it on a few weeks back and the constant barrage of commercials (most at a louder volume even than the program) just feeding shit into my head gave me a headache.
I like my phone…it is a huge step up from the tech that the iPhone just brought…but seriously, the only next place we can really go is human interface with the tech on a biological level…and there will be no such thing anymore as “on your own”.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]flipcollar wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
They’re destroying my attention span, making it increasingly difficult for me sit down and read a book, watch a movie without checking it.
I literally can no longer take a dump without my iPhone.
[/quote]
That is what I am afraid of.
When I had my phone stolen…to go back to the cheap phone I got to stand in (that was literally the cheapest one they made until I settled on what to get next), it was like someone had taken my tv and radio away 20 years ago.
Not having gps had me lost for the first time. Not being able to see an email without a computer became a major hassle at work.
II don’t like being addicted to technology like that.
20 years from now, your kids won’t actually know anything themselves.
they will just be “plugged in”.[/quote]
I feel you on this. I’ve been making a strong effort to unplug myself. I recently cancelled my cable tv at home (still have internet), and I plug in my phone/leave it plugged in while I’m at home. I will only answer the phone if it actually rings, I don’t respond to texts. I rarely use a computer at home now. I also deleted all my cell phone games.
I found it really strange that, in 30 years of life, I’ve never gone more than what I would guess is a week without access to cable tv in my home, or wherever I’m staying. That’s crazy. I literally don’t know what it’s like NOT to have tv as an integral part of my life.
[/quote]
That is one major change I made years back…I do not watch much “programmed tv”. I watch tons of movies and dvds, blue rays…but I stay away from much of the chatter.
I turned it on a few weeks back and the constant barrage of commercials (most at a louder volume even than the program) just feeding shit into my head gave me a headache.
I like my phone…it is a huge step up from the tech that the iPhone just brought…but seriously, the only next place we can really go is human interface with the tech on a biological level…and there will be no such thing anymore as “on your own”.[/quote]
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I like my phone…it is a huge step up from the tech that the iPhone just brought…but seriously, the only next place we can really go is human interface with the tech on a biological level…and there will be no such thing anymore as “on your own”.[/quote]
You familiar with this guy X? Ray Kurzweil - Wikipedia
He has been working on human->computer interface technologies for years. But then comes the mind hackers.
Sounds scary for sure, but I bet after a couple million fruitless hacks they’ll get the picture.
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