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On 24-8-2009 18:09, Darren New wrote:
> scott wrote:
>> I guess they didn't bother with such things in the iPhone :-)
>
> The bit I like best is where they count the number of bytes they
> received before they turned off the receiver and then adjust the wake-up
> time they program into the hardware, on the basis that the heat from
> running the receiver will have made the crystal run at a different speed
> for the next 1.28 seconds they're asleep, and you don't want to wake up
> too soon or too late. :-) Scary stuff going on inside there.
>
> I also found out that while my car has a bluetooth headset feature built
> in that lets me make hands-free calls from the car without taking the
> phone out of my pocket, lots of cars in Europe use the "SIM profile" of
> bluetooth. So there's an entire phone built into the car that just
> wirelessly accesses the SIM chip, pulling in the phone book of whoever
> is in the car and everything. Very cool.
>
I like that. Nice idea for our cab-driver when he has to transport
another celebrity.
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