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I hope they have a standing connection to the server during the throw and detect ... disconnects. That way, they could detect crashes and give approximate credi
by jhuckestein 13y ago
I hope they have a standing connection to the server during the throw and detect ... disconnects. That way, they could detect crashes and give approximate credit for the height.
I don't want to throw my phone high into the air, watch it go to pieces and not even get a high score.
- wubbfindel 13y agoPlus they would be able to keep a total count of destroyed phones, which would be quite interesting. "This app has destroyed ??? phones."
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- dylangs1030 13y agoA cute error message would be appropriate afterwards for comic relief, when you accessed it on your computer, etc. "Your phone soared 100 ft. before dying a soldier's death. New high score! Good luck about the phone though."
- incision 13y ago>"I don't want to throw my phone high into the air, watch it go to pieces and not even get a high score." I'd think that would defeat the purpose of the "...and catch it!" step. If anything, I'd want such an app to record video or perhaps fire the camera for a still the peak. I'm thinking that would a be huge plus to the idiotic entertainment potential, like a less inane Vine and a slight deterrent from the inevitable result spoofing.
- dylangs1030 13y agoI agree with your idea of the camera firing...but you think this could be less inane than Vine...?
- Kliment 13y agoThere is a camera design that uses exactly this method, unfortunately patented: http://www.slashgear.com/squinto-throwable-ball-camera-granted-patent-with-prototype-in-the-works-09289505/ http://www.slashgear.com/squinto-throwable-ball-camera-grant... Prior art, unfortunately also attempting a patent is at: http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera
- schiffern 13y agoUnless your phone includes "a substantially spherical housing suitable for being projected into an airborne trajectory", I think you're in the clear. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8477184.PN.&OS=PN/8477184&RS=PN/8477184 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H...
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- tjbiddle 13y agoHeh - Great idea, but can you imagine testing that during development?
- xutopia 13y agoNo way! This is the price is right rule. Go over and you lose it all!
- gcb0 13y agothey should multiply the height with the current market price for the phone you used. so you have to keep throwing to stay in the charts as your model devalues. Also, a multiplier for the case you describe.