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This is great for all iPhone users, and a much better outcome than had a company like Facebook or Snapchat acquired them.

buro9 13y ago
Why? If Facebook acquired this then the technology would be accessible to a far greater audience than just the users of Apple products. Seems to me that we should want advances in technology (software or hardware) to benefit the greatest number of users possible, and with Apple owning this it now restricts this method to only those who use Apple products. Oh, just noticed your username. Edit: Being downvoted? Do I have to do the defensive thing of pointing out I own Apple products too?
- jhales 13y ago
  Agree with your general thesis, but it seems that the tech is for the iPhone specifically, not cameras in general.
- deleted 13y ago
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- manmal 13y ago
  You seem to imply that this kind of performance tuning would carry over to Android, via a Java/NDK bridge? I sincerely doubt that this would yield results as good as SnappyCam.
  - eurleif 13y ago
    Why wouldn't a JPEG compression algorithm work just as well on a different OS?
    - netrus 13y ago
      It's crafted for specific CPUs - that's much harder to do for Android'S great hardware diversity.
      - jonpeda 13y ago
        Android doesn't have such great CPU diversity.
- erichocean 13y ago
  Simple: Facebook app w/tech on two platforms << All Apple apps and users w/tech on one platform. If Google or Samsung thinks it matters to their users, they've got more than enough $$$ to fund something for Android specifically.
- raganwald 13y ago
  If Facebook acquired this then the technology would be accessible to a far greater audience than just the users of Apple products. I'm unclear why we are arguing whether this technology is somehow better off in the hands of one monopolistic, predatory giant instead of the other monopolistic, predatory giant. The way to make this technology truly accessible to a far greater audience is to make it open. Everything else is quibbling over which King has the softer boot on the neck :-)
- nl 13y ago
  In the previous post about SnappyLabs the author said he wasn't looking at doing an android version at the moment, and gave the impression that there were technical reasons why it was more difficult.
makomk 13y ago
Why? The app's been discontinued, and based on previous Apple acquisitions the integrated version will probably only be available for the iPhone 6 even if there's no technical reason to limit it in that way.
- lostlogin 13y ago
  Partly true - although ios7 on the iphone 4 hasn't won Apple many fans.
kalleboo 13y ago
> This is great for all iPhone users Except for those with a phone older than the 5S, who now can't use this feature anymore because Apple wants to sell them a new phone.

buro9 13y ago

Why? If Facebook acquired this then the technology would be accessible to a far greater audience than just the users of Apple products. Seems to me that we should want advances in technology (software or hardware) to benefit the greatest number of users possible, and with Apple owning this it now restricts this method to only those who use Apple products. Oh, just noticed your username. Edit: Being downvoted? Do I have to do the defensive thing of pointing out I own Apple products too?

jhales 13y ago
Agree with your general thesis, but it seems that the tech is for the iPhone specifically, not cameras in general.
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manmal 13y ago
You seem to imply that this kind of performance tuning would carry over to Android, via a Java/NDK bridge? I sincerely doubt that this would yield results as good as SnappyCam.
- eurleif 13y ago
  Why wouldn't a JPEG compression algorithm work just as well on a different OS?
  - netrus 13y ago
    It's crafted for specific CPUs - that's much harder to do for Android'S great hardware diversity.
    - jonpeda 13y ago
      Android doesn't have such great CPU diversity.
erichocean 13y ago
Simple: Facebook app w/tech on two platforms << All Apple apps and users w/tech on one platform. If Google or Samsung thinks it matters to their users, they've got more than enough $$$ to fund something for Android specifically.
raganwald 13y ago
If Facebook acquired this then the technology would be accessible to a far greater audience than just the users of Apple products. I'm unclear why we are arguing whether this technology is somehow better off in the hands of one monopolistic, predatory giant instead of the other monopolistic, predatory giant. The way to make this technology truly accessible to a far greater audience is to make it open. Everything else is quibbling over which King has the softer boot on the neck :-)
nl 13y ago
In the previous post about SnappyLabs the author said he wasn't looking at doing an android version at the moment, and gave the impression that there were technical reasons why it was more difficult.

makomk 13y ago

Why? The app's been discontinued, and based on previous Apple acquisitions the integrated version will probably only be available for the iPhone 6 even if there's no technical reason to limit it in that way.

lostlogin 13y ago
Partly true - although ios7 on the iphone 4 hasn't won Apple many fans.

kalleboo 13y ago

> This is great for all iPhone users Except for those with a phone older than the 5S, who now can't use this feature anymore because Apple wants to sell them a new phone.