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Is this Apple's latest attempt at blocking innovation? (Apologies if I offend the fanboys / fangirls who think only Microsoft ever did that)
by hyperliner 12y ago
Is this Apple's latest attempt at blocking innovation?
(Apologies if I offend the fanboys / fangirls who think only Microsoft ever did that)
- jamesaguilar 12y agoKinda silly to accuse Apple of blocking innovation considering we're talking about a technology that they innovated that everyone now supposedly wants to use. Blocking use of their innovation on other platforms, perhaps.
- choppaface 12y agoAll an iBeacon does is emit 160 bits of data at 1hz. That's not the sort of innovation that warrants disrupting so many others. Apple's behavior is strictly reckless and selfish here.
- maxsilver 12y ago> we're talking about a technology that (Apple) innovated Let's be clear here -- iBeacon is just Apple's marketing label for work that the Bluetooth SIG did. Apple innovated nothing here, they simply starting using Bluetooth SIG's proximity profile at https://developer.bluetooth.org/gatt/profiles/Pages/ProfileViewer.aspx?u=org.bluetooth.profile.proximity.xml https://developer.bluetooth.org/gatt/profiles/Pages/ProfileV... and slapped an 'iBeacon' sticker on it. Just like dozens of companies had done before them. Thousands of people were already using this technology, producing and shipping hardware and software, before Apple even thought about jumping into this area. To claim that Apple innovated beacons is a huge stretch. They've popularized them certainly, but they haven't invented or innovated any of the technology involved here (hardware of software)
- jamesaguilar 12y agoIf that is true, it is totally unclear to me why these docs coming down matters. :-/
- jamesaguilar 12y agoIf that is true, it is totally unclear to me why these docs coming down matters. :-/