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This is pretty clever, but is this much better than the existing Bluetooth proximity unlock utilities? The iPhone app that this pairs with costs $3.99 by the w
by codezero 13y ago
This is pretty clever, but is this much better than the existing Bluetooth proximity unlock utilities?
The iPhone app that this pairs with costs $3.99 by the way.
If you use Mac OS, Proximity is similar to BlueProximity, there are probably other solutions that don't require an iOS app and accomplish the same thing without the magical novelty, all the same, I think it's neat and if the app weren't $4 I would try it out.
- sitharus 13y agoFunnily enough MacOS itself used to have bluetooth proximity unlock built in, in 2005. It also could receive and send SMS on the machine and pause/resume music on phone call.
- colmvp 13y agoI think you underestimate how much delight it gives people. Search on Twitter and behold how many people are blown away by this 'magic.' Not to mention I wouldn't be surprised if they extended their app to work with other devices.
- mistercow 13y agoI suspect that this kind of delight, even though it becomes routine, actually enhances user experience in the long run. For example, I have compiz set to use the "Burn" effect when closing windows. This is delightful and unobtrusive, and completely pointless. But man is it a stress reliever when I decide to close all of my windows in frustration.
- codezero 13y agoThis is a good observation. You're probably right. Routine and habit and the actual experience of those routines and habits do have intrinsic value in the way you go about executing them :)