iPhones without cameras are given to nuclear plant workers since no cameras are allowed

Eric

Mama's lil stinker
Top Poster Of Month
Joined
Aug 10, 2020
Posts
14,636
Solutions
18
Main Camera
Sony
Interesting.

o51rlnn1glsf1.jpeg


 
Nuclear plants in Canada - your phones don't get past the locker room. You go through the metal detector - if you're caught trying to sneak your phone in, you'll likely be fired on the spot.

The only cameras allowed inside would be for anything authorized for official release - commercials usually - and they're very careful not to capture anything in frame that would give any IP away.

I do see that some areas of government would desire an iPhone without a camera as a corporate device. While MDM solutions can disable the camera, you could potentially jailbreak the iPhone to get around that.
 
You used to be able to buy Palm Treo’s without a camera, if I recall correctly. When I first became a lawyer, certain courthouses would not allow camera phones inside. I had to leave my phone in the car a couple of times. Now there are still some courts that don’t allow phones of any sort, but they all make exceptions for attorneys (at least all the federal courts I go to).
 
You used to be able to buy Palm Treo’s without a camera, if I recall correctly. When I first became a lawyer, certain courthouses would not allow camera phones inside. I had to leave my phone in the car a couple of times. Now there are still some courts that don’t allow phones of any sort, but they all make exceptions for attorneys (at least all the federal courts I go to).
Mike Lazaridis used to have "Vision Meetings" at the RIM 4 Amphitheater on Thursdays when I was at BlackBerry. Some of the non-visionary things he said in that meeting? "We'll never put a camera in a BlackBerry". "We'll never put an mp3 player in the BlackBerry". "The Phone is the killer app." "The iPhone is just a toy. You try to make a call on that thing?! Horrible!" "We own the market. People will buy what we tell them to buy!"

Mike and Jim's egos were beyond massive. Mike surrounded himself with yes men. Reality never entered his sphere.

Had to acquired QNX and built the SDK when we were all screaming for it to happen, I really don't think Android would have even gotten off of the ground.
 
Mike Lazaridis used to have "Vision Meetings" at the RIM 4 Amphitheater on Thursdays when I was at BlackBerry. Some of the non-visionary things he said in that meeting? "We'll never put a camera in a BlackBerry". "We'll never put an mp3 player in the BlackBerry". "The Phone is the killer app." "The iPhone is just a toy. You try to make a call on that thing?! Horrible!" "We own the market. People will buy what we tell them to buy!"

Mike and Jim's egos were beyond massive. Mike surrounded himself with yes men. Reality never entered his sphere.

Had to acquired QNX and built the SDK when we were all screaming for it to happen, I really don't think Android would have even gotten off of the ground.

The book was great, and the movie was pretty great too :-)
 
The book was great, and the movie was pretty great too :-)
Actually, no, they weren't....at least they weren't accurate. Mike re-wrote history when they interviewed him. And Mike was NEVER a visionary!

Research in Motion originally created film editing equipment - and won an Emmy for it. The RIM logo was meant to represent a projector streaming a film to a screen. The "Motion" was referring to motion pictures.

Doug Fregin was the hardware guy. Doug designed the SMS boards for the servers, then came up with the idea of doing a two-way pager and built it. RIM originally hosted SMS servers for the North American carriers. After the two-way pager, the first Mobitex device brought email to the handheld....and Pin-to-Pin.

Allan Lewis wrote the BlackBerry software initially (he was the VP that hired me in 2004). People loved "PIN to PIN" - aka BlackBerry Messenger because it got around the SMS charges that the carriers charged back then (and it was encrypted and guaranteed delivery). Allan continued to lead our infrastructure software development until the writing was on the wall and we started to lay people off. Can't imagine how big the package was that they would have offered him. He was already rich because of his stock. Allan's passion is racing his BMWs. :)

Allan actually came to RIM because he met Mike at the Univerity of Waterloo. Mike dropped out after / in first year. Allan stayed and finished his Computer Science degree.

I think a lot of people didn't realize that SMS was (is) "fire it and forget it" :D

Edit: Oh....and Jim Balsillie is SUPER-creepy! As in - you wouldn't leave your kids alone with this guy. He would hit on the co-op students. :( Jim was having an affair with one of his secretaries. Heh. He thought he was so smart. His pre-nup with his wife had a set amount for a settlement. When the stock cratered, he was left virtually penniless. :D
 
Back
Top