L’iPhone 5S,
accompanied by the very colorfuliPhone 5C, has been
presented this week with lots of superlatives: faster,
more powerful, more secure... And it seems that it was able to seduce where
the iPhone 5C remains behindif we are to believe the testimonies
and oursurvey
in progress here. But the iPhone 5S brings with its A7 processor, a sidekick, a
coprocessor which we will see, will quickly transform into…
sports coach, but who perhaps anticipates the next
Apple's flagship product... the iWatch:
Principle and operation
The iPhone 5S did not introduce an additional internal sensor besides the
fingerprint sensor. He still has the now classics
accelerometer and gyroscope for measuring movements and compass for
direction. These sensors are used internally but also by many
applications including sports apps, including certain apps that measure
number of steps and other physical activity (see below).
Except that until now, to know the movements and others
information necessary for their operation, these applications had to
interrogate the sensors and do this through the processor
principal. Now the processorM7 is dedicated to capturing
and the analysis of the different measurements constantly, even when the
smartphone is turned off, without needing to use the main processor
for this nor develop the complex algorithms implemented.
The obvious objective is to relieve the processor by providing it with a companion
optimized for this task and...less greedy
energy!
Sports tracking applications will therefore be able to
know the movement parameters in a much better way
simple and effective and above all without seeing the battery gauge melt at
eye view.
We are of course thinking of these applications which are in charge of
calculate the physical exercise performed each day, THE
pedometers and all the functions that we see flourishing in bracelets
recently released fitness.
We can cite
The Human app available hereetview in detail
recently thereor even theappli MovesWho
currently use GPS but could improve to become more accurate
and more energy efficient with the information relayed by the chip
M7.
But new applications will appear to take advantage
new possibilities and Apple presented one at the conference of
launch this week (videos
available here) and not the least since it is Nike which will release
l’application "Nike+ Move"which will be able to detect when a
user walks, drives or remains at rest, measure physical activity and
link this to GameCenter.
We understand, this comes in addition and for certain functions in
replacement of bracelets marketed by many brands which
participate in this movement of "personal measurement" as theUp by Jawbone seen there, the
fitbit
seen hereor that of Nike, theFuelBand+.
Other uses would also be implemented in the iPhone 5S,
such as for example the use of thesecontext information
of usepouroptimize the operation of the iPhone
himself: no need to try to connect to all
surrounding WiFi networks while the iPhone user is in a car
or a moving train.
And we can imagine that clever developers will find
new uses for the “CoreMotion” interface (API) which allows access to
parameters returned by the M7. Apps which will have the immense advantage of not
consume too much therefore to make them really usable.
What future for this processor?
We can imagine that the M7 processor if it delivers what it promises should
move quietly towards future generations of iPhone
according to Apple's usual pattern in the coming years, for two
reasons: offering the technology to more models while
rachieving economies of scale linked to the production of
masse.
But this is not
not everything because who says energy saving and fitness, also says…
Connected watch!
But everyone knows that Appleis currently working on trying to
produce an iWatchwhich would be more than a smart watch but
would also havepersonal tracking capabilities using sensors
embarked. But the main challenge of connected watches, which
will make their commercial success or failure, it’s autonomy! Who wants
charge your watch every evening like you do with an iPhone?
Person !
This M7 processor is therefore aexcellent candidate to be integrated into
la future iWatch d’Apple, a first result of Apple's efforts on
the subject?
So… the M7,Soon on the wrist?We hope so
!
We will come back to the applications that take advantage of it in the weeks to come.
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By : Keleops AG
founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.
