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Submitted by thebudgetgamer 252d ago | news

Apple Patent Would Disable Smartphones by Location [VIDEO]

Yahoo News, Apple has been granted a patent that would make your smartphone useless when entering an area deemed too sensitive for mobile photo and video. (Industry, Phones)

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Dfooster  +   251d ago
And how long will it be before someone sues apple because they missed an important phone call that was a life and death situation because their phone went into sleep mode? This is a bad bad idea, if you pay for a phone and you pay for the telecom tariff then surely not being able to use this device as and when the user sees fit to do so must mean that certain laws are being broken here. The human rights law is surely one just for starters.
KingPin  +   251d ago
so basically apple wants to now control when and where you can take video.

see something happening that you might want to broadcast but apple thinks you shouldnt, they have the right to decide whether or not you can record or not.

im sorry, i dont need someone telling me when and where i can use my phone. i also dont need some dumb government officials telling me what games i can and cannot play.
Shadow Flare  +   251d ago
If it managed to turn every phone off in a cinema, I'd welcome it with open arms
shockdude  +   251d ago
Apple would get sued by James Holmes victims
Shadow Flare  +   251d ago
Emergency calls only then. I can't stand people yabbing on the phone in the cinema, or checking their phone for something. It's so rude and distracting
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KingPin  +   250d ago
theres a thing on your phone, if you look closely, it says something along the lines of silent mode. with options to vibrate if you get any sms or phone calls. check it. tell people who annoy you in the cinema to check for it. if they select this option, the phone will not self destruct.

as for people talking in the cinema, thats not coz of the phone. thats a personality flaw on their part. clearly they are inconsiderate pricks. you should stand up and tell them that. i do. it works.
astar123456789  +   251d ago
good so when i go to the movies i wont hear any phone calls
Kurylo3d  +   251d ago
Sounds to mee like law enforcement put them up to this. They dont like doing their job while being video taped to make sure they dont over step their boundaries.

Police state here we come.. only makes sense that the dooshbags at apple would be pushing for it. They close off everything else. They want total control.

So now they can track you and now disable you from showing things to the public. Scary stuff
hazelamy  +   251d ago
well, that doesn't sound like something that could ever be abused. o_O
tachy0n  +   251d ago
there are hackers who will manage to disable this you know, apple can put this patent up their a$$.

power to the people!! not the greedy corporations!!
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