Re: [DMCForum] Test email

["Jon Heese" <dmcforum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack Stiefel wrote:
> Apple has licensed exchange.  Its already an option when setting up
> email, just not push yet.  That's whats due out very soon from what
> I've been told.

Interesting.  That's news to me, but good for them.

> I've used mine laying down in bed. What happens is it stays in
> portrait until you tilt it round and make it straight, then it
> changes and as long as toy don't turn I'd back straight and lean it
> back straight it won't change... God I sound stupid, but you get the
> gist.  Also spinning it on a table does nothing as the unit is laying
> down not perpendicular to the ground...  Does any of this make sense?

Kind of, but either you missed the point of what I was saying and I'm 
not getting your response..

It must use a sensor that "feels" gravity in the x- and y-axes of the 
phone.  When you turn it like a PSP, it "feels" gravity pulling along 
the short axis, and turns the orientation.  Likewise, when you turn it 
up like a phone, it "feels" gravity pulling along the long axis and 
turns the orientation appropriately.  My question is:  What if gravity 
is pulling along the z-axis, i.e. you're laying the phone flat on like a 
table, or over your head pointed down at you?

It sounds like you're saying it just keeps the last known orientation. 
If so, that's exactly why I think it's a flawed feature.  Good to 
impress co-workers, but of limited use if you tend to hold your cell 
phone flat when looking at it (as I do).

My idea of spinning it flat on a table was to get the accelerometers 
that are designed to "feel" gravity to go wacky and freak out the 
programming that determines which way gravity is pulling.  I suppose 
that spinning it like that would fire the sensors for both the x- and 
y-axes, and I suppose they would tell it to do nothing when that happens.

Regards,
Jon Heese

> Jack Stiefel Stiefel Aluminum
> 
> On Jul 2, 2007, at 5:55 PM, "Jon Heese" <dmcforum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> The one thing I thought was sort of a gimmicky feature, from the 
> commercial was the tilt sensor that changes the orientation of the 
> screen when you turn it from landscape to portrait and vice versa...
> 
> What if you have it laying flat on its back? Which way does it orient
>  itself? It can't possibly know which way I'm looking at it, can it?
> 
> Then I started wondering what it would do if you spin it like a top
> on its back, like on a smooth table or something?... Will the tilt
> sensor go crazy? I'd like to see that.
> 
> On the topic of the Exchange Direct Push stuff: Are there plans to 
> support this eventually? As far as I know, this is not open
> technology, and I would be surprised if Microsoft would license the
> API to Apple so they can use it to try and take the PDA tech market
> away from them.
> 
> Regards, Jon Heese
> 
> Jack Stiefel wrote:
>> So far I have been very impressed. The only thing I really want is 
>> the exchange push and sync. I have had every PDA Verizon and at&t 
>> sell and have had lackluster results until now. The ipod part is 
>> great as is the visual voicemail and the use of the finger for 
>> resizing web sites and pictures. It is cool to just choose a
>> message and hear it, no logging in or listening to prerecorded
>> voice prompts. I also enjoy full HTML email support and while the
>> exchange sync is not there YET, yahoo emails push in just fine.
>> 
>> The camera takes very good pics, I'm very impressed.
>> 
>> The phone reacts just like on the ads, no trick photography there.
>> 
>> I've been reading tons of posts and there are some updates coming 
>> down the pike that will make this more of a business phone.
>> 
>> Jack Stiefel Stiefel Aluminum
>> 
>> On Jul 2, 2007, at 5:04 PM, "Dave Stragand" 
>> <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> No problem. I, like everyone else, have heard a LOT of hype about 
>> those. Is it true they allow you to place calls to the dead? And is
>>  there really a built-in AED unit? =)))
>> 
>> Want to tell us all your first impressions?
>> 
>> -Dave
>> 
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>> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>  Behalf Of Jack Stiefel Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 4:54 PM To: 
>> DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Test email
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>> I didst even notice that. Sorry that's removed now
>> 
>> Jack Stiefel Stiefel Aluminum
>> 
>> On Jul 2, 2007, at 4:21 PM, "Dave Stragand" 
>> <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:dave.stragand%40forwardlook.net>
>>> wrote:
>> "Sent from my iPhone"?
>> 
>> Sheesh. =)))
>> 
>> -Dave
>> 
>> Sent from my computer.
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