iOS 8 Continuity as a Roaming Tool
Jul 11, 2014 | 9:35 pm
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iOS 8 Continuity as a Roaming Tool
iOS8 permits you to share text messaging, phone calls, etc. between two iOS devices. I'm wondering if this means that you can leave your home SIM in an old iPhone and receive your calls and text messages on a second iPhone with a foreign SIM card in it.
Jul 12, 2014 | 5:01 pm
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Probably. I get iMessages on an iPhone 5, an iPad Air and an iPhone Mini (all with different SIMS) as well as all of my Macs.
Jul 12, 2014 | 7:42 pm
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Jul 13, 2014 | 1:12 pm
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With Continuity, this feature set will get extended to to traditional SMS/text message and standard cellular voice calls. During the keynote, you saw samples of calls and text being answered on Macs and iPads and they were clear this was not iMessages or Facetime calls. They referred to the text messages as our "green bulb" friends denoting classic text messages.
Their hypo, however, implied where your phone was charging in the bedroom and you were on the deck with your iPad. I'm wondering if I can extend the principle to places where your iPhone is a continent away.
We may need to wait until September to figure that one out.
Their hypo, however, implied where your phone was charging in the bedroom and you were on the deck with your iPad. I'm wondering if I can extend the principle to places where your iPhone is a continent away.
We may need to wait until September to figure that one out.
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Jul 13, 2014 | 1:26 pm
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With Continuity, this feature set will get extended to to traditional SMS/text message and standard cellular voice calls. During the keynote, you saw samples of calls and text being answered on Macs and iPads and they were clear this was not iMessages or Facetime calls. They referred to the text messages and our "green bulb" friends denoting classic text messages.
Their hypo, however, implied where your phone was charging in the bedroom and you were on the deck with your iPad. I'm wondering if I can extend the principle to places where your iPhone is a continent away.
We may need to wait until September to figure that one out.
Their hypo, however, implied where your phone was charging in the bedroom and you were on the deck with your iPad. I'm wondering if I can extend the principle to places where your iPhone is a continent away.
We may need to wait until September to figure that one out.
Jul 15, 2014 | 12:52 pm
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With continuity, it's really a relay service. I thought the protocol was to use Bluetooth LE and not wifi (hence the cutoff of functionality to mac laptops later than mid 2011 and the new mac pro only) so, I don't think leaving the device at home is going to work.
Jul 16, 2014 | 11:49 am
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Jul 16, 2014 | 12:07 pm
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Jul 16, 2014 | 4:41 pm
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Ah too bad. I was hoping you were the same apple employee who lost an unannounced iPhone at the bar. Id love a smaller phone. I guess I'm the only person who is not excited by the phablet trend.
Jul 16, 2014 | 5:02 pm
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I too tend to like smaller phones, but alas, that isn't the trend. I posted on another thread that I want to be able to do everything over Bluetooth by voice and listening. A really small device would be ideal for me. I can put my iPad mini in my hip pocket when I need it.
Jul 24, 2014 | 11:17 pm
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