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FYI, our newest News Updates can typically be found on our Home Page. After a few days, they get moved here. Every few months we move everything on this webpage to our "private" (secure) servers. We last did so at 9 AM, Mon, Dec 9, 2024. -----
News Update : 7:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, May 12, 2025 One more thing to announce today. If we did have the necessary Resources for Trump TV, Season #1 / Episode #1 would be titled "Distractor in Chief". And for the record, Trump TV would be promoting the principles of our Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition. -----
News Update : 6 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, May 12, 2025 Three more things to announce: 1.) We're a day OR two behind schedule WRT the release of the next update of Photosets, v11.6. 2.) It's Crystal Clear to us that just-about everything Trump publicly states OR talks-about right-now is intended to distract from the $9T USD of additional U.S. National Debt that his "BIG Beautiful Bill" will saddle us ALL with. Case in point, the offer of the $400M USD luxury jet from Qatar, & the white south african farmers who are now (OR will soon be) U.S. citizens. 3.) We have an idea that we intend to present to Saturay Night Live, for their next "cold open". A cheat sheet (for Trump), a table really, that specifies who Trump can Bully (e.g., Republicans in Congress) & who he can't (e.g., China). As a reminder, we own the iOS rights to Trump TV. Unfortunately, we don't have the Resources to do anything with it right now. Which is UN-fortunate, because Trump gives us New Material to work with almost every single day. If we had sufficient Resources, we would turn Trump TV into a Simpsons-like series. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, May 12, 2025 FYI, we've been Asked (by potential Investors & Corp Partners) & have Agreed,
to prioritize two things in the near-term (i.e., next few weeks): 1.) Marketing, Business Dev, & Sales. 2.) Completing our "per-Scene Dynamic Metadata" R&D task for Photosets' 10-bit 422 Video Maker. When done, we'll merge that with Photosets' existing Short-Form, 60-scene 8-bit 420 Video Maker so that it also supports 10-bit 422 content. Two distinctions: i.) 8-bit Videos crafted by the Video Maker may optionally include concurrently captured Audio data. ii.) 10-bit Videos crafted by the Video Maker will ALWAYS include per-Scene Dynamic Metadata. As you may OR may NOT know, ALL known brand-name BIG screen TVs support Dolby Vision OR HDR10+, but NOT both. And BTW, our R&D Team is (now) using both an 11" M4 iPad Pro & a 42" LG C5 as its Reference Platform. -----
News Update : 2 PM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, May 10, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) We're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.6, along with a RE-written version of the User Guide, on Monday, May 12th ! 2.)
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Friday, May 9, 2025 FYI, we've crafted a new table that lists our top five (plus) tasks.
(table last updated 2 PM, Sat, May 10, 2025)
| Priority |
Due Date |
Item |
|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Monday |
Release of Photosets v11.6 (+ RE-written User Guide) |
| #2 |
by Wednesday |
Amicus Brief |
| #3 |
by Fri 5/23 |
1st set of App Notes & Video Tutorials: ● Baseball & Softball ● Dynamic Photo Modeling |
| #4 |
by End-of-June |
Dynamic Photo Modeling (Casting ?) Service Photos + Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos |
| #5 |
ASAP |
Resolving the Oil Consumption issue in our N52 in our prototype E90 M3 Lite |
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News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, May 9, 2025 FYI, later today the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition, for which we are the Founding members, will be recommending to President Trump that he encourage Congress to raise the Top Tax Rate here in the States to 43%. And naturally that's in-response to Trump's comments of yesterday about letting the 2017 Tax Cuts for the Highest Tax Bracket expire at the end of this year. Specifically, on those earning $2.5M USD or more. The gist, the U.S. National Debt needs fixing ASAP & just letting the Tax Cut for the Highest Tax Bracket expire at the end of this year simply won't be sufficient ! Our recommendation to Trump will be straight-forward: 43% (for the Highest Tax Bracket) until the U.S. National Debt is back to a more-manageable $29T USD.
And once it gets there, back down to 37%.
And Make it Law. The key here, tie it to the U.S. National Debt. Now is the perfect time for Trump to show some real courage ! The last time a President did so was the first President Bush. And he did it during his 1st term ! Didn't get a 2nd term, but the U.S. economy prospered in a BIG way.link to the U.S. National Debt clock link to U.S. Tax Rates -----
News Update : 9 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, May 8, 2025 We stumbled across this today: Mishimoto N52 Thermostat Is it possible to reduce Oil Consumption simply by lowering an Engine's Temp ? And BTW, going with Ductile iron sleeves is our current preferred option. E.g., Bore the cylinders 0.5 mm over & add 0.5 mm-thick Ductile iron sleeves. But, it's NON trivial & much more of a longer-term strategy. Shorter Term, we need something to try this month. And that's where this Racing Thermostat comes into play as a possibility. The gist, the piston rings on our N52 are probably shot. And because the cylinder walls are made of Alusil, just like with many Porsche engines, RE-honing the cylinder walls is a NON-trivial task. Probably on-par with the Ductile iron sleeve option. BIG picture perspective, we really can't move forward with our prototype E90 M3 Lite project until we resolve the Oil Consumption problem. The Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job that we had done in Jan did NOT resolve the problem. The BG #109 EPR piston ring-specific Engine Flush that we had done two Wednesdays ago solved the problem for six days, but then it failed on the 7th (yesterday). We solve this one issue & we've got the makings of a nice car company. 2006-2008 BMW E90 sedans are UN-Discovered Gems. Except to those who have, OR have had, one. Of course, the "Trump & Musk Sales Tax" (i.e., Trump's Tafiffs) doesn't help the cause. Genuine BMW parts have shot way-up in price just the past few weeks. What we paid & when, vs what it cost now. In fact, we're now working on a table that will illustrate just that. We hope to publish it tomorrow; Sunday at the latest. And BTW, here we include Musk because we're hearing in the news that other countries are changing their stance on Starlink as a way to "butter up" Trump. Make NO mistake, Trump's 2nd term has become the very definition of Crony Capitalism. -----
News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, May 8, 2025 One more (important) thing to announce today. One of our top priorities is getting Apple to publicly state whether they believe they have a Duty & Responsibility to Recommend & Promote the best apps in their App Store. And that's naturally irrespective of whether ANY such apps may make Apple look bad. i.e., for having been Leapfrogged in a Technology & the Technology's associated Domains & Applications/Use-Cases. E.g., Burst Photo Camera App Technology & its associated Domains & Applications/Use-Cases. One would think that among ALL the court cases involving Apple over the years that this very important topic would have come up at least once. But nope. -----
News Update : 5 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, May 8, 2025 A few more things to announce today: First, we've been reviewing Apple's latest legal doc regarding the Epic vs Apple court battle. We encourage ALL others to review it as well. You may need to read it twice, but there are definitely some good nuggets in there. link to Apple's latest legal doc Second, we're making good daily progress on our Amicus Brief (for the Epic vs Apple court battle). We intend to prove to the Court that Apple left $113B USD of high-end iPhone revenue "on the table" starting with the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, & ending on April 4, 2023. i.e., due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., due to Apple suppressing knowledge of 1/3 of the Camera Technology in every iPhone & its associated Domains & Applications/Use-Cases. It's important to us to put visibility on what is very-likely Tim Cook's BIGGEST screw-up ! NO ONE should be surprised if both Tim Cook & Phil Schiller are Forced Out (by the AAPL Board) once Our Story becomes Common Knowledge. It's simply NOT OK for Apple to cheat iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provide partners, out of the benefits of 1/3 of the Camera Tech in every iPhone. Simply UN-acceptable ! And for the record, it is our very-strong opinion that Tim Cook should have been replaced as Apple's CEO shortly-after the release of the 2017 iPhone X. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, the 2016 iPhone 7+ had noticeably-better capture performance than the 2017 iPhone X. Go Figure ! Who would sign-off on that (i.e., the X) ? Clearly someone who does NOT know ANY better ! Third, Trump is clearly Playing MAGA for a Fool ! Latest case in point, his so-called UK trade deal. Also, there is NO way to sugar coat it, there is clearly something wrong with Trump's brain. Except for Immigration, what he thinks is OK, clearly is NOT. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, May 8, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the leader in Burst Photo Camera App Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that we'll soon be offering a Dynamic Photo Modeling service here in La Jolla, California. Also, on a different subject, from the entire team here at Cosmosent, Congrats to Pope Leo XIV. -----
News Update : 7:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, May 7, 2025 We've moved our prototype E90 M3 Lite project back to the Back Burner. The piston ring-specific Engine Flush that we had done last Wednesday & which we thought had resolved the Oil Consumption problem, didn't stick. It worked for six days, but then failed on the seventh, today. Oil Consumption is back to where it was before the latest Engine Flush experiment. And specifically, we're referring to the BG #109 Engine Performance Restore product. -----
News Update : 6:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Four things to announce today: 1.) (redacted) 2.) We're kicking-around an idea for a Casting service. One that would showcase Photosets' features & capabilties. The gist, when Photosets goes mainstream, perhaps just 1-2 months from now, we can see that as being Useful & Profitable. 3.) It's become clear to us that what's needed here in the States is a Center-Right "News Outlet". Perhaps that's what our Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition evolves into, vs. a PAC. It's unfortunate that it isn't Up & Running right now. As a reminder, CRIT's top priority is the problematic U.S. National Debt, which currently stands at $36.8T USD. Federal Govt "transparency & accountablility" just-below that. 4.) We don't think Trump is gonna make it another six months. He's in poor health, & very-likely under tremendous stress. He should spend alot less time trying to make his Rich Friends Richer, & get some damn exercise !
link to U.S. National Debt clock -----
News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, May 6, 2025 One more thing to announce today. We now estimate the chances of a Full Blown Late Bronze Age-like collapse at 10%. Trump (clearly) doesn't know What the F#%K he's doing ! And it certainly doesn't help that he has surrounded himself with Yes Men & Women. And BTW, we think everybody should listen to this speech by Rand Paul, which we found-out about & listended to just yesterday: link to important speech by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul -----
News Update : 6:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, May 6, 2025 One more thing to announce today. The ONLY thing (now) holding-up the release of the next update of Photosets, v11.6, is our desire for new App Store screenshots, & for that we need the Weather here in San Diego to cooperate. Friday looks good for us to plan-around. mid-70s (is predicted) at the beach ! Until then we'll continue to work on the User Docs. On a side note, we do want to state that we've NOT yet released our updated custom Reported iPhone Revenue graph. We're working on it side-by-side with our Amicus Brief. Which BTW, covers Apple's App Store monopoly WRT: ● Apple's control of App Discovery ● Apple's control of Ratings & Reviews ● Apple's control of who gets App Updates ● Apple's control of Search Ads ● NO evidence that Apple does in-fact have ANY (skilled OR seasoned) App Store Editors covering the Photo & Video category; in fact, just the opposite -----
News Update : 1 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Two (more) things to announce today: 1.) The next update of Photosets, v11.6, out soon, will very-likely include a "Get Premium" button. Similar to the "Get Book" button used by Amazon in their latest Kindle app update. 2.) Just like Putin dug himself into a Deep Hole WRT Ukraine that he is having trouble getting out of, Trump has done the same with his China tariffs. Neither went in with a proper Exit Strategy if things didn't work out as expected. Trump should put us in charge of resolving both issues. WRT the Russian / Ukraine conflict, we'd start with Crimea. Have Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, & Moldova sign an Agreement in which Crimea is carved-up among the four, with each getting a 49-year lease. Russia (SE), Moldova (SW), Ukraine (NW), & Belarus (NE). And specifically, NO offensive weapons allowed in Crimea, & that includes drones. WRT to China tariffs, it should have been setup as four OR five phases, with each phase being six months in duration. And, starting with a 10% tariff across the board, and going-up 5% AFTER every six months, till it peaks at 25% OR 30%. On a side note, Trump has become a Noise Generator UN-like ANY President we'v ever seen. Both traditional media & social media are OK with it because it helps them sell Ads. ONLY CRIT may be able to break that cycle. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, May 6, 2025 FYI, quick update regarding our Amicus Brief comments of yesterday. It's NOT our intent to help win a court case against Apple (takes too long), but simply to win in
the Court of Public Opinion. Where our control can be greater and the pace of success can be significantly faster. -----
News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, May 5, 2025 FYI, it's time for us to Pile On ! And naturally, we are referring to Apple's App Store monopoly. Specifically, we're now crafting an Amicus Brief that we intend to submit to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers regarding the Epic vs Apple court case. As you may OR may NOT know, Apple today filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court in Northern California. That action Opened the Door for our Amicus Brief. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, we submitted an Official Objection to a different Apple-related court case that Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers was presiding over, the U.S. App Dev Class Action Settlement Agreement. The judge stated that our Objection was "without Merit". From that we concluded we simply did NOT do a good-enough job of convincing her. Plus, we were NOT well-versed in what constitutues a monopoly at the time. Things are much different now ! The key point to know is, was Apple financially harmed by their Actions ? Easy to prove, their stock price says NO. And for reference, the release date of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first true High-Perf iPhone, is the start date that we'll be using to make our case.
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
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BREAKING NEWS : 5:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, May 4, 2025 FYI, our prototype E90 M3 Lite project may be back on. The piston-ring specific engine flush that we had done last Wednesday, using the BG #109 EPR product, which we found-out about ONLY about one week prior, appears to have "completely resolved" the Oil Consumption issue ! In fact, we're shocked by the preliminary results. For the record, the sequence we used last Wed was: 10 minutes at 1500 RPM,
5 minutes at Idle,
Engine OFF & let sit for 30 minutes,
15 minutes at 2K RPM,
Engine OFF & perform the Oil & Filter R&R job. Also for the record, so-far we give the product an A++ grade. Also, for clarity, you can think of this as an Example of bringing back manufacturing to the States. -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, May 4, 2025 FYI, we're On Track to Release an Updated version of our custom Reported iPhone Revenue graph by day's end. As a reminder, the graph illustrates where Apple has fallen short, due to their stance on third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos, preferably captured in High-Res with High-Precision Timing, in the middle. Apple has done well on the ends, but NOT so in the middle, where (our) Photosets NOT ONLY competes, but is (also) Light Years Ahead of ALL other Camera Apps.
For background, here's ourmost-recently released version, v12 (released 4/4/23).
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
The orange line represents (our estimate of) the Total Addressable Market (TAM) when taking into account third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. The difference between the Orange line & the Burgundy line represents (our estimate of) the high-end iPhone revenue Apple "left on the table," due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. And for clarity, it's a direct result of Apple supressing knowledge of 1/3 of the Camera Tech in every iPhone. And by extension, the Domains & Applications/Use-Cases they represent. The gist, Apple's actions prevented Enthusiam for Burst Photo Technology & the Domains & Applications/Use-Cases they represent from gaining traction, & thus assisting Apple with selling more iPhones. i.e., they shot themselves in the foot ! As a reminder, the two men who run Apple's App Store, Tim Cook & Phil Schiller,
have NO Engineering OR Software Development experience,
& NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. Go Figure ! -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, May 3, 2025 FYI, we're On Track to Wrap Up the code changes for the next update of Photosets, v11.6, by day's end today. Please see our three newest tables (below). And BTW, the gating item for release will very-likely be our desire for a new set of App Store screenshots. And for that, we need the weather here in San Diego to cooperate. -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, May 2, 2025 FYI, we're looking-into RE-structuring Photosets into a $4.99 USD Base version combined with a $4.99 USD per year Premium version. And naturally, leveraging the new U.S. App Store rules. And BTW, we're using Spotify's latest app update as a guide.
📌 How the different versions of Photosets "will soon" stack up,
Capture-wise. (table last updated 8 PM, Fri, May 2, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
Capture Duration (Photos per Set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
|||||||
| 8 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
12 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
|
| In House |
75 |
75 |
75 |
TBD |
60 |
45 |
45 |
TBD |
| Premium |
60 |
60 |
60 |
TBD |
60 |
45 |
45 |
TBD |
| Base |
30 |
30 |
30 |
- |
30 |
15 |
15 |
- |
📌 ... and Video Maker-wise.
(table last updated 5 PM, Sat, May 3, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
Max Capture Duration (Seconds per Video Scene) |
Video Maker |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K60 Image Stabilized (1) |
12 Mpx (30 fps) NOT Image Stabilized (2) |
8-bit 420 60-scene (3) |
10-bit ProRes 422HQ Single-Scene (4) |
|||
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
|||
| In House |
1.25 |
0.75 |
2.0 |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
| Premium |
1.0 |
0.75 |
2.0 |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
| Base |
0.5 |
0.25 |
1.0 |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
(1) Image Stabilized; 4K30 & 4K60 supported, 4K120 "in the works". 8-bit 420 capture supports JPEG & HEIC. 10-bit 422 capture supports ONLY Lossless (specifically, LZ4 data compression). (2) NOT Image Stabilized; Fixed Capture Rate of 30 fps. (3,4) R&D's schedule for adding "collaborative" Multi-Scene Video Maker support: (3) v11.7 (4) v11.8 -----
News Update : 3 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, May 2, 2025 FYI, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' latest ruling regarding Apple's App Store two days ago has become a Catalyst for us to RE-visit our complaints regarding Apple's App Store. As a reminder, NOT ONLY does she preside over the Epic vs Apple court case, but she ALSO presided over the U.S. App Dev Settlement Agreement with Apple court case in which we were the ONLY App Dev to "Officially" Object. For clarity, she stated that our Objection was "without Merit". Our take on that is that we simply did NOT do a good-enough job convincing her that were right. Plus, back then we weren't as well-versed in what constitutes a Monopoly. Apple's App Store does in-deed represent a Monopoly. Best illustrated by the fact that they are able to suppress third-party apps better than their native features & they are NOT financially harmed by it. And that's best illustrated by the UN-Discovered Gem third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps, which compete with Apple's native Burst mode feature. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, May 1, 2025 FYI, based-upon Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' latest ruling regarding Apple's App Store, we're now pursuing a strategy that will enable us to circumvent the Apple Tax regarding BREAKING NEWS we announced on Tuesday, April 29th:
FYI, we're now looking-into how to RE-position our Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition into a Political Action Committee (PAC), funded by Photosets. Our goal is to influence the upcoming 2026 midterms. Specifically, by (financially) backing ten OR so Center-Right Republican candidates
& ten OR so Center-Left Democratic candidates.
See our New Update of 6 PM Tues, April 29th for some important background info. Disregard the 15% number. 100% of what comes in via this new (funding) option would go to the PAC ! -----
News Update : 6 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, May 1, 2025 FYI, we've crafted a new table we felt was needed for v11.6, out soon.
📌 v11.6 Performance & Efficiency Improvements
for the app's Prime-the-Pump
& Intelligent Camera Startup features (table last updated 8 PM, Thurs, May 1, 2025)
| Fast Back2Back Capture switch (1) |
6 GB iPhones & iPads |
8 GB iPhones & iPads |
|---|---|---|
| ON |
3.33x |
5x |
| OFF (Default) |
2x |
3x |
(1) We're considering changing the name to "Faster Camera Setup". i.e., before releasing v11.6. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, May 1, 2025 FYI, as requested, here's our list of where we'll be shooting Dynamic Shoreline Photoshoots
starting in just-over a week from now: ● The (small) beach between Windansea & Marine Street. Use the dirt path, especially if High Tide. ● The southern end of La Jolla Shores. Use the beach access just south of The Marine Room. ● The southern end of Blacks Beach. Use the paved road in La Jolla Farms near UCSD to walk down to the beach. Also, don't forget, the theme is Late Bronze Age attire. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, May 1, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) We want to RE-iterate what we first stated yesterday. That the next update of Photosets, v11.6, out soon,
includes important refinements to the app's Capture Engine. Specifically, to the Prime-the-Pump & Intelligent Camera Startup features. You can think of it as an AI twist, our first-ever. Today, we want to add that the Performance & Efficiency improvements are signficant, up-to 5x for both ! 2.) We've pivoted Photosets back to its regular price of ~$9 USD. NO ONE purchased it yesterday when it was priced at ~$6 USD. Go Figure ! 3.) This morning we got wind of the Judge's latest ruling in the Epic vs Apple court battle. As such, we are now evaluating whether the timing is right for us to Pile On. If we do, Apple will very-likely lose its 125% Tariff Exemption. i.e., 20% Trump Tax Hit back up to a 145% Trump Tax Hit. -----
News Update : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Two things to announce this morning: 1.) The next update of Photosets, v11.6, out soon,
includes important refinements to the app's Capture Engine. Specifically, to the Prime-the-Pump & Intelligent Camera Startup features ! You can think of it as an AI twist, our first-ever. 2.) We've dropped the price of Photosets by 1/3, from ~$9 USD to ~$6 USD. Very-likely just a temporary price drop. -----
News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Consider this question that came up during one of our meetings earlier today: "What is the Trump Tax (i.e., Tariff) on a 42" LG C5 ? It's NOT as straight-forward as one might think. LG displays are manufactured in South Korea, China, & Vietnam. Bezos may have backed-down earlier today, but Consumers are gonna want to know the details of purchases they consider. The gist, there's an opportunity there for someone OR someones to fill the knowledge void. So, we'll start ... And we'll focus on Products released this year.
📌 Today's Snapshot of the Trump Tax (i.e., Tariffs) First Cut ONLY here ... (table last updated 8 PM, Tues, April 20, 2025)
| Product |
Trump Tax (i.e., Tariff) If Manufactured in ... |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China |
South Korea |
Vietnam |
India |
|
| 17 Pro Max (Sept ?) |
145% -to- 20% |
- |
- |
26% -to- 10% |
| 42" LG C5 (3/11/25) |
145% -to- 20% |
25% -to- 10% |
46% -to- 10% |
- |
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News Update : 6 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 29, 2025 FYI, we want to clarify what we meant regarding our "funded by Photosets" statement of earlier today. We're thinking 15% of Proceeds from Unit Sales would be a good starting point. Would effectively match the Apple Tax up-to $1M USD in annual net sales. And BTW, it takes 131K unit sales per year to reach $1M USD in annual net sales. Based-upon the fact that Photosets is an UN-Discovered Gem in Apple's App Store, & perhaps the best one, we think we can pull it ALL off. 15% channeled to (what we believe to be) a Nobel Cause. i.e., doing our part to help move America back towards the middle. Some Really Good Background Info Knowledge is key to making good decisions ! -----
BREAKING NEWS : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 29, 2025 FYI, we're now looking-into how to RE-position our Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition into a Political Action Committee (PAC), funded by Photosets. Our goal is to influence the upcoming 2026 midterms. Specifically, by (financially) backing ten OR so Center-Right Republican candidates
& ten OR so Center-Left Democratic candidates. And for the record, from our perspective, Trump is proving to be just as Clueless as Biden was. And that says alot ! -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, April 28, 2025 Four things to announce today: 1.) While Field Testing the new 10-bit ProRes 422HQ "auto" video maker support yesterday, it hit us that an App Note that covers Cycle-to-Cycle Times for: i.) Capture ONLY, & ii.) for Capture + (auto) Video Maker, could be very useful Education to alot of End Users. So, we kicked off work on that this morning. 2.) This article on CNBC today caught our attention: How Trump's first 100 days compares, Stock Market-wise ALL four of the Column Headers are dynamic, & can be used to change how the table data is presented ! 3.) We would NOT be surprised if the S&P tested the 5125 support level. If Trump doesn't blink first (with China) it easily could ! And BTW, it's probably a very good thing he has the upcoming 2026 midterms to worry about. Otherwise, a Late Bronze Age-like Collapse becomes more probable. i.e., up-to 5-10% vs ~0% 4.) We plan on releasing an updated version of this by day's end on Thursday. One that will bring it up to date. As a reminder, AAPL's 2Q25 Earnings Call is Thursday.
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
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News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Sunday, April 27, 2025 FYI, a few important things to announce today: First, with the next update of Photosets, v11.6, out soon, you'll have the option of (automatically) making 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K video scenes during 10-bit 422 4K (Lossless) photo capture ! Currently, it's a two-step process, first Capture, & then make the Video Scene. And, importantly, when you opt for having 10-bit Video Scenes automatically made, the 10-bit Photos used to make a Video Scene won't be stored in NAND flash memory. That's, in fact, one of the main reasons we added support for this Enhancement. Another being that ProRes 422HQ are just easier for most to work with. i.e., vs. our custom .rgb3x file format. As a reminder, when it comes to 10-bit 422 4K photo capture, Photosets produces Lossless (LZ4) "Data Compressed" photos. And as such, the photo files are BIG. Also as a reminder, Photosets can ONLY support 10-bit 422 4K photo capture on iPhones & iPads that Apple offers native support for it. Currently, ONLY the four newest Pro iPhones. Also as a reminder, RGB3x is our starting point for adding HDR Gain Maps to JPEGs. Those sufficiently Skilled in the Art will very-likely appreciate the significance of that. Second, it's possible that the ONLY reason Photosets remains an UN-Discovered Gem (Camera App) in the App Store is because most iPhone owners simply don't know what they've been missing-out on. As such, we're gonna step up our efforts to Educate customers. Two ways we're gonna do that is it to start from the ground up, Education OR Tech-wise, and, at least with 10-bit photo capture, promote making Video Scenes rather than capturing Photo Sets. Third, we're NOT out of the woods yet. Trump has proven repeatedly to be a loose cannon. As such, we're continuing to promote a Late Brone Age attire theme. And today, we add a new twist. What would a Late Bronze Age Bride look like ? What would she be wearing & how would she be made up ? And BTW, that's where our Dynamic Photo Modeling Use-Case comes into play. And for clarity, a Late Bronze Age-like Collapse is a (real) possibility. NOT probable, but possible. We live in a Specialist Society dependent-upon Trade. Just like those living in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age.
(table last updated 12 Noon, Sun, April 26, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
High-Res, High-Precision Timing Burst Photo Capture |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
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| JPEG |
HEIC |
Lossless |
JPEG |
HEIC |
Lossless |
|
| v11.5+ |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
- (1) |
- |
✔ |
(1) 8-bit JPEGs with 10-bit 1/4-Res HDR Gain Maps. It's one of the projects our Cosmosent R&D Team has been working on. Which Update it goes into, Release-wise, is TBD. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, April 26, 2025 FYI, today we simply want to clarify that we're currently focused on juse two Use-Cases: ● Baseball & Softball ● Dynamic Photo Modeling With this 2nd one now having the tag line "Notice the Eyes". If we execute according to plan, the whole world may take notice of our (Example) Content. On a side note, today we do want to add that we don't have time to Beat Up on Trump and/or Apple. We need to stay focused on Photosets. Things are moving fast now ! -----
News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Friday, April 25, 2025 Two more things to announce today: 1.) We don't think history will be kind to the CEOs of the MAG 7 companies ! Today, we got wind of a letter to Treasury Sec Bessent by some of his Yale classmates, in which they warn him of being an Enabler of Trump's desire to model America after Italy's Mussolini. That got us thinking, why aren't the CEOs of the MAG 7 companies pressing the point as well ? Don't they have a Duty & Responsibility to the U.S. Constitution as influential American Citizens ? We certainly think so ! 2.) We wanted to summarize precisely where we believe we can prove Apple's App Store does in-deed represent a monopoly: i.) It controls "App Discovery". ii.) It controls App Store Ratings & Reviews. iii.) It controls who receives App Updates. iv.) It suppresses third-party apps that are better than Apple features & capabilities by Controlling the Narrative. Case in point, the Camera Technology & Domains/Applications/Use-Cases in the middle, between Photos on one end & Videos on the other end. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, April 25, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We assume that just-about everyone who has Downloaded & Installed Photosets on their iPhone and/or iPad is running v17.7 of the respective OS. Yet, the number of Users updating recently doesn't correlate to that. i.e., the number of Users updating to v11.5 is noticeably lower than we believe it should be. For the most part, Apple controls updates. And, we believe it represents control that enables Apple's App Store monopoly. And as such, we'll be using it against them (in the Court of Public Opinion). i.e., as just one of many important data points (to prove our point). -----
News Update : 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, April 25, 2025 Four things to announce today: 1.) We're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.6, early next week. 2.) We're pressing ahead with our plans to try to Break Up Apple's App Store (monopoly). We want high-end iPhone owners, AAPL shareholdlers, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, to know precisely what benefits Apple's Upper Mgmt intentionally cheated them out of. 3.) WRT to the NFL Draft, the #1 factor that determines (real) success is whether one has a
Chip on their Shoulder ! Applies to NFL Draft picks ! Also applies to Engineers & Software Developers ! 4.) We've been crafting our own plans for ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Today we're announcing a new twist to it, carving-up Crimea. Specifically, under our latest plan, Ukraine (NW), Russia (SE), Moldova (SW), & Belarus (NE),
would each get a piece of Crimea. And BTW, NW = north west, SE = south east, SW = south west, NE = north east. NOT Rocket Science, Putin won't agree to any Peach Plan that doesn't allow him to safely & securely live out his days. We believe this plan will enable him to do so. -----
News Update : 9 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 24, 2025 FYI, we've finally begun updating our v11.4 Roadmap Docs to represent the state of v11.5. Here's our first stap at it. And BTW, if we Execute, we believe we can hit 10K Photosets unit sales per month by mid-Summer. i.e., $89.9K USD per month in Revenue. i.e., just-over $1M USD per year in annual Revenue. We would need to expand our Headcount to expand much past that. i.e., to cover more Domains/Applications/Use-Cases than what we're currently working on. i.e., Baseball, Softball, & Dynamic Photo Modeling.
(table last updated 9 PM, Thurs, April 24, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
Photo Capture (Max photos/set) |
Video Maker |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K Image Stabilized (1) |
12 Mpx NOT Image Stabilized (2) |
8-bit 420 60-scene (3) |
10-bit ProRes 422HQ Single-Scene (4) |
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| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
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| In House "Redline" |
75 |
30-45 |
60 |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
| v11.5+ |
60 |
30-45 |
40 |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
| v11.4 |
30 |
- |
20 |
- |
✔ |
- |
(1) Image Stabilized; 4K30 & 4K60 supported, 4K120 "in the works". 8-bit 420 capture supports JPEG & HEIC. 10-bit 422 capture supports ONLY Lossless (specifically, LZ4 data compression). (2) NOT Image Stabilized; Fixed Capture Rate of 30 fps. (3,4) R&D's schedule for adding "collaborative" Multi-Scene Video Maker support: (3) v11.7 (4) v11.8 -----
News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 24, 2025 FYI, quick follow-up to our earlier News Update. We're thinking-about publishing a newspaper. One focused on the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition. For one, the U.S. National Debt needs to move to the spot light. For two, we believe there needs to be Accountability WRT what DOGE has been,
& continutes to be, up to. There, we're very-much aligned with Steve Bannon's efforts. -----
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 24, 2025 FYI, today we are announcing that we plan to use Photosets' status in the App Store to our advantage. i.e., as an UN-Discovered Gem (Burst Photo Camera) App. We believe we have the potential to generate (even) more Enthusiasm for iPhones & iPads than Apple's
so-called "Apple Intelligence". Based simply on the fact that most iPhone & iPad owners don't know what they've been missing out on. Due in large part to Apple's App Store "monopoly". Due in large part on the Technical Incompetence & Market Opportunity Ignorance of Apple's App Store Mgmt Team. i.e., Tim & Phil. Perhaps it's simply just NOT best that Tim & Phil have NO Engineering OR Software Development experinece, OR that both have NO known OR proven
"Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. And BTW, it's important to us that both Tim & Phil Fess Up to the Cover Up. We believe it would set a good example for Who Know Who. On a side note, a few days ago, we began pointing out to others that we believe both Trump & Musk are trying to model America after Italy's Mussolini, rather than Germany's Hitler, which is often portrayed in the media. And BTW, while researching Mussolini's rise to power, we discovered that he had been a Journalist & used that to his advantage. That got us thinking about doing something similar with the
Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition. For which we are the Founding Members. Also on a side note, NO ONE should UNDER-estimate the amount of stress that President Trump is under right now. We believe he could have a major health issue at ANY time. -----
News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 22, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We predict Photosets will gain (real) traction in Apple's App Store in the next 30-45 days ! Something BIG occurred for us today. NO going back now. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 22, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We just want to add that at some point along the line, we believe Apple realized they had dug themselves into a hole. And, to date, they haven't quite figured-out how to get out of it. But, it's actually quite easy. They simply need to Fess Up to the Cover Up & Move On. And, would set a good example for You Know Who. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) we're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.6, two days from now, on Thursday, first day of the NFL Draft ! 2.) We're stepping-up our efforts to Educate high-end iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, just how much high-end iPhone revenue Apple "left on the table" over the years because of their "stance" on third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. And in particular, our Photosets, which is Light Years Ahead of ALL other Camera Apps in Burst Photo Camera App Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support. And BTW, by our count, "the Number" is (now) north of $113B USD ! See the graph (below) for a Heads Up. And for the record, it is our very strong belief that it was a combination of Technical Incompetence & Market Opportunity Ignorance by Apple's Mgmt Team that was at the root of their decision to intentionally suppress third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. i.e., they simply didn't know ANY better. And Yes, our discovery of the A11/A12 Performance Controller NEON Access Chip Bug, aka "Phil's Bug," the day AFTER the iPhone Xr was released, very-likely played a major role (in their decision) as well. As a reminder, that Discovery occurred just a few days BEFORE announced announced that they would NO longer report iPhone Unit Sales. And Yes, our Timmy app, the ONLY pe-Qtr, per-Device iPhone Unit Sales Estimator App in the App Store at the time, very-likely ALSO played a role in that as well. On a side note, we intend to make it Crystal Clear to ALL that (very-likely) the ONLY reason Tim Cook named Phil Schiller an Apple Fellow was to Cover Up their Screw Up. i.e., to Buy his Silence. It's time for Apple's App Store "monopoly" to be broken up ! Actually, way overdue ! Also on a side note, (most of) the so-called Pro Stock Analysts on CNBC don't know shit about AAPL ! How is it possible that they completely missed 1/3 of an iPhone's Camera Tech (& Use-Cases) over the years ? -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, April 21, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the leader in Burst Photo Camera App Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that the next update of Photosets, v11.6, out soon, adds support for controlling the camera's Trash button via a BT remote. As a reminder, this is the camera feature that enables a User to delete a just-captured photo set BEFORE it is written to NAND flash memory. It is a Unique & Innovative Feature of Photosets' Capture Engine. From an application perspective, for starters, think Baseball & Softball. And specifically, capturing a batter's activity, with the User beginning a Long Press capture op just as the pitcher is releasing the ball. When the op is started, one does NOT really know if the photo set will be worth keeping OR NOT. That's the beauty of this camera feature. It enables the User to delete it if they (quickly) decide NOT to keep it. -----
News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, April 21, 2025 FYI, this has been making the rounds lately so we thought we'd make it public for ALL to see. It illustrates what it would take for us to hit $1.5M USD in revenue this year. The gist, 210.4K "Photosets Unit Sales" is what it would take. Very doable, we believe, with a proper Marketing & Branding Campaign.
Photosets Unit Sales Estimates for CY2025 (table last updated 6 AM, Mon, April 21, 2025)
| List Price (USD) |
Apple Tax (1) |
Net (USD) |
Photosets Unit Sales |
Extended (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8.99 |
30% ($2.70) |
$6.29 |
79.5K |
$500K |
| 15% ($1.35) |
$7.64 |
130.9K |
$1M |
(1) First $1M USD in annual sales taxed at 15%. Everything after that taxed at 30%. And naturally we're referring to the Apple Tax in both cases. -----
News Update : 5:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We want to clarify why some of our posts are related to what we refer to as
our prototype E90 M3 Lite project. Simply put, we believe we can financially capitalize upon an opportunity if we can figure-out how to cost-effectively Rebuild N52 Engines. And currently, we're up againsgt a Key Decision, what to do regarding the cylinders. i.e., regardng the oil consumption problem that remains even after the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job. As a reminder, the Cylinder Head work was completed a month OR so ago. Also for clarify, we don't do the work, we farm it off. i.e., we have other build to our Tech Specs. And ideally, we would be selling Refurbished 2006-2009 BMW E90 sedans
(& most with a 6-speed manual transmission). And naturally, with a Cosmosent-built N52 engine as the centerpiece. -----
News Update : 2 PM (La Jolla-time) Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 FYI, here's two good Tech Articles related to our current task for our prototype E90 M3 Lite project: BMW cylinder sleeves Gen. sleeves & liners And BTW, Ductile iron sleeves is the main take-away. Probably NOT the route we'll take, but it is an interesting option. E.g., Bore 0.5 mm over & add 0.5 mm-thick Ductile iron sleeves. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We're now trying to Drum Up support for our Baseball & Softball Marketing Campaign. i.e., Corp Partners. And Yes, it's more along the lines of Business Dev than Marketing. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 FYI, we're on track to release our Baseball & Softball App Note + its companion Video Tutorial by month's end ! And BTW, we estimate the the Total Addressable Market (TAM) for just this Domain/Application/Use-Case to be ~1.5M End Users. And that's just here in the States. And, as a Heads Up, it's one of Photosets' under-the-radar Camera Features that makes it special for this Domain/Application/Use-Case. Specifically, the ability for an End User to delete a captured photo set BEFORE it's processed & written to NAND flash storage. Consider this scenario, you start capturing just-BEFORE the pitcher releases the ball. At that point, one does NOT know if the batter will swing, OR hit the ball. If neither occurs, OR if one is just concerned with hits, the End User hits the Camera's "trash" icon to delete the just-captured photo set. And BTW, it's this feature plus the app's custom Photo Set-based filesystem that makes it ALL possible. That and the unique & innovative High-Res, High-Precision Timing Capture Engine, that is. On a side note, today we'd like to point-out that one of Trump's main weaknesses is that he is NOT a Detailed-oriented person, he is a BIG picture ONLY person. i.e., kind of the opposite of an Engineer, Scientist, & (Technical) Economist. As such, it is our very strong opinion that he should be surrounding himself with Engineers, Scientists, & (Technical) Economists. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 7:40 PM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, April 19, 2025 Three things to announce: 1.) We "may" have just witnessed a meteor passing by. Heading up the coast, at a slight angle out to sea. We've put the word out to everyone we know up the coast. i.e., ALL the way up to the US/Canada border. And BTW, we captured photos of it both with Photosets & with the native iOS camera app. Also BTW, our observation was made here in Sunset Cliffs 5-10 minutes OR so after Sunset. (Many) others along Sunset Cliffs Drive may have captured it as well. Since it's a popular place to watch Sunsets. Although most would be in their cars driving away just as it was passing by. We'll investigate social media & the internet shortly. 2.) We've been Asked & have Agreed, to publish our Baseball & Softball App Note by month's end. If at ALL possible we'll release the companion Video Tutorial at the same time. 3.) Regarding the cylinders in our N52 engine in our prototype E90 M3 Lite, here are the results of the compression test recently-performed by Trinidad Auto, which has done ALL the work on our prototype E90 M3 Lite the past year OR so. The numbers look fine for an engine with 217K miles on it. Alittle lower than preferred, but very reasonable. And since they are ALL within 5 PSI, it is considered a Passing Test. For comparison, 190 PSI = 13.1 bar, & 195 PSI = 13.4 bar. As a reminder, even after the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job on the cylinder head,
the oil consumption problem remains. And, importantly, before having the piston rings replaced, we want to eliminate
ALL other options beforehand. E.g., having Trinidad perform a BG EPR #109 Engine Perf Restoration service on our N52. It's a ring-specific service.
| Compression Test Results in PSI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
#2 |
#3 |
#4 |
#5 |
#6 |
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| 190 |
192 |
195 |
190 |
190 |
195 |
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News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Friday, April 18, 2025 FYI, here's a link to a good technical article related to our current task for our prototype E90 M3 Lite: link to Cylinder Plating article While it doesn't cover AluSil cylinders, like what's used in N52 engine, it's a good read. On a side note, the best similar solution available in a new car is probably Mercedes' NANOSLIDE cylinder wall technology. See the E450 as an example, which we consider to be the highest value premium sedan available. If Mercedes offered a Sports Package for that vehicle at a reasonable price, it would be a Tesla killer ! And especially now that Musk is toxic. Of that we have NO doubt. Also, as a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, we devote about 5% of our (daily) Time & Engery to our prototype E90 M3 Lite efforts. Our current task is rebuilding the Engine Block. The Cylinder Head rebuild was completed a month OR so ago. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, April 18, 2025 FYI, ALL signs are pointing to the possibility that we could be "In the News" very soon, & as such,
we're now aligning our ducks. If you know Our Story you know precisely what we're talking about. If NOT, you can either do the necessary Due Diligence, OR simply wait till it (ALL) hits the wires. We will however, provide a Heads Up today. Has to do with Photosets, Apple's App Store monopoly, the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition, for which we are the founding members, & our proposal (to Trump) for putting pressure on Putin to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That last item has to do with Crimea & a third-party country. i.e., NOT Ukraine, NOT Russia, & NOT the U.S. The gist, Putin needs to know the more he delays the more leverage he loses ! -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 17, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce, or more-precisely, point-out today. And we'll do so as a Question. Ask yourself, why did Tim Cook make Phil Schiller an Apple Fellow (Apple's ONE & ONLY Apple Fellow) ? NO ONE outside of Tim Cook's inner circle OR even the AAPL Board probably knows the real reason, but from our perspective, it's Crystal Clear, "to Buy his Silence" ! And, we believe, the significance of such should NOT be UNDER-estimated by anyone. It's Ammo for our Cause. As a reminder, Phil has NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. Yet, he runs the App Store & is Apple's ONLY Apple Fellow. Go Figure ! We stand by our claim that Phil is the Apple employee most-responsible for Apple having left more than $100B USD of high-end iPhone revenue "on the table" over the years. It's time for us to put some much needed visibility on what we believe
& what the Market (clearly) does NOT know about. And BTW, we hope to recruit President Trump to our cause. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 17, 2025 FYI, day-by-day we'll be turning up the heat on Apple's Mgmt & Board. If you know Our Story you know precisely what we're referring to. If NOT, you can either do the necessary research, OR simply wait. As a heads up, it's related to Apple's App Store "monopoly". Meta & Google are In the News right now because of their (perceived) Monopolies. Soon, it will be Apple's turn ! It's NOT OK for Apple to suppress third-party U.S. company Camera App innovation simply because they were Leapfrogged in a Camera Technology. OR to Cover Up a Chip Bug. i.e., the A11/A12 Performance Controller NEON Access Chip Bug, aka Phil's Bug, which we discovered the day AFTER the iPhone Xr was released. For clarity, the A10 didn't have the Chip Bug & Apple fixed the bug prior to releasing the A13. -----
News Update : 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, April 13, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. Trump clarified that Apple isn't getting a 145% Tariff Exemption, ONLY a 125% Tariff Exemption. Reinforces some of what we stated earlier. -----
News Update : 7:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Two more things to announce today
BREAKING NEWS : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, April 16, 2025 FYI, it just hit us, that if Zuckerberg is forced to divest Instagram & Whatsapp, (we believe) he will be "Extremely Open" to helping us Break Up Apple's App Store monopoly. i.e., the Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend. For clarity, to us, Apple is (much) more Enemy than Friend. We've said it many times before, & we'll say it again, Apple should have simply Fessed Up to the Cover Up (years ago) & moved on. Now, it may be too late. Heads may soon roll at Apple ! -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Three things to announce today
News Update : 11 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 15, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. Our prototype E90 M3 Lite project is back on ! In part because it's well-aligned with President Trump's desires to bring-back manufacturing to the U.S. And as such, we believe we can use that to our advantage. i.e., for funding purposes when we're ready to mass produce. As a reminder, we've recently had the the Cylinder Head for our N52 engine rebuilt. And that includes new Valve Stem Oil Seals & VANOS parts for both intake & exhaust. The engine runs extremely well, even with 217K miles on it, but does consume oil at a fairly high rate. So, now we need to address the Cylinder Block. Specfically, working with a machine shop to have the cylinders bored 0.5 mm over. And, pairing that with a set of (custom ?) Forged 85.5 mm pistons (+ rings). As a reminder, the N52 has Alusil cylinder liners, which makes it trickier than traditional cast iron liners. relevant link -----
News Update : 12:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 15, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We simply want to clarify that there is a way to pull off a Merger with Instagram (post-Meta), in which others provide 99% of the required funds. See Bush & the Texas Rangers as an example. That's the one that we're promoting. -----
News Update : 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 15, 2025 FYI, our decision to fold our In House "Advanced Features" (feature set) into the Base version is strategic ! There is a chance that Meta will be forced to divest Instagram & WhatsApp. If so, we want to be ready to make a bid for Instagram. Just like what we pointed out regarding Apple, the same thing holds-true for Social Media. i.e., "... done well on the ends, but NOT so in the middle" As such, and because of Photosets' status in Tim Cook's App Store (i.e., as an UN-Discovered Gem Camera App), we bring something to the table that NO other company on the planet does ! Specifically, we have the ability to move Social Media forward UN-like ALL other companies. As a Heads Up, think Short Form, Multi-Scene Videos. And BTW, the challenge is on the Producer side. On a side note, CNBC's Carl Quintanilla just nailed it. i.e., & paraphrasing, "companies will wait Trump out". i.e., regarding "actually" building factories here in the States. -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, April 13, 2025 Four things to announce today: 1.) Tim Cook would never tell you this, but Tariff Exemptions, like what was recently-announced for iPhones & Macs manufactured in China, are are a form of Corruption. Either NO company should get an Exemption, OR every company should get the same Exemption. In other words, either everybody gets it, OR nobody gets it ! 2.) It is our very strong opinion that Trump, Musk, & Fox News, must think that the vast-majority of MAGA must be retards. If they didn't, they wouldn't Lie so much. Everybody makes mistakes. Our advise to Trump, Musk, & Fox News, (simply) Fess Up & Move On ! (Way) Too much BS coming out of the Trump White House the past few weeks ! 3.) We're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, in just a few days. And BTW, for those who are UN-aware, we've aligned Photosets with the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition. For which we are the founding members. CRIT's Top Priority is to try to get Trump to prioritize the U.S. National Debt. And specifically, to get it to a more-manageable $29T USD or so. vs. the $36.2T USD where it currently stands, & the $40T-$45T USD where the Trump Tax Plan will take it. Specifically, Trump needs to throttle-back his Tax Plan ! 4.) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appears to be a Total Retard ! Prior to April 2nd, we were convinced that Musk would be responsible for Trump's downfall. Now, we believe Lutnick & Musk are tied for that distinction. That's ALL we're gonna say about that. -----
News Update : 2:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, April 12, 2025 FYI, a few more things to announce today. Regarding this past week, it is our very strong opinion that Bond yields rising & the Dollar falling isn't simply due to ALL the talk & expected consequences of Trump's Tariffs. We believe the projected significant increase in the U.S. Debt (due to Trump's Tax Plan) was ALSO playing a major role. Just look at the timing of how Trump's Tax Plan was progressing through both Houses this past week. Off the radar of most, but should NOT be. The gist, we're NOT out of the woods ! Trump's Tax Plan could still sink the U.S. Economy. On a side note, we need to move forward with either a Substack, OR alternatively our own blog. OR alternatively, our own YouTube channel. ONLY way for us to get the word out. Specifically, we do NOT use X/Twitter anymore. Also on a side note, today we want to state that ALL the Trump-induced chaos this past week has forced many of us to become 10-year Bond Yield & U.S. Dollar experts. And that that's NOT a bad thing ! Select YouTube videos in particular, were instrumental in helping educate us. OK, but what's the gist ? As a group, (we believe) we need to put pressure on Trump to throttle-back his Tax Plan. Before it (completely) sinks us as a Nation ! There's something seriously-wrong with the GOP members of both Houses. As a reminder, we are the founding members of the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition. And very importantly, we are already on the record as having stated that we've aligned Photosets with the CRIT coalition. Our primary objective is to get the U.S. National Debt down to a more-manageable $29T USD or so. If that was Trump's primary objective AND he was able to achieve it, we believe he would go down in history as one of the best Presidents ever. Instead of potentially one of the worst if he adds to the current $36.2T USD. Trump wants to be a Hero. Let's ALL convince him that driving the U.S. National Debt to a more-manageable $29T USD or so will get him that Status ! -----
BREAKING NEWS : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, April 12, 2025 FYI, while analyzing the current Market Conditions now that select Electronics such as smartphones & computers are Exempt from Trump's Tariffs, it hit us that Photosets offers alot of Value to select companies here in the States. i.e., those with an existing Service tied to the iPhone. And that it's especially true if Photosets' "Advanced Features" is folded-into the Base version of the app. BIG picture, what if Photosets gets folded-into someone elses' Service ? It's something we're now considering. E.g., Tier 1: the cellular service providers -----
BREAKING NEWS : 7:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, April 11, 2025 FYI, it hit us this morning that we're In the Driver's Seat (right now) alot more than we originally thought. Specifically, even if Apple receives a Tariff Exemption on ANY given day, Trump could Pull it Back on ANY given day +1. And we see high probability of that happening if/when Trump finds-out just how Apple's App Store has "cheated" AAPL shareholders, high-end iPhone owners, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, the past decade OR so. Tim Cook & Phil Schiller would have been wise to Fess Up to the Cover Up years ago ! Now, it's very-likely gonna cost them their Jobs & their Reputations. And here we are assuming that Cook & Schiller did NOT keep the AAPL Board in the loop on this very-important issue we're referring to. i.e., one that influences iPhone Upgrade Cycles. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. And BTW, if you know Our Story, you know precisely what we're talking about. On a side note, it's clear to us that CNBC's Jim Cramer is Totally Clueless about Apple. Just like Howard Lutnick.
Cramer's comments earlier today on CNBC makes it clear that he is just an Apple Cheerleader.
He should be required to wear a Cheerleader Skirt whenever talking about AAPL. Need an example ? Cramer says the Tariffs on China will force iPhone owners to pivot to Samsung smartphones. That's NOT gonnaq happen ! iPhone owners will simply Hold-Off on upgradng. Also on a side note, we recommend everyone visiting our website today pivot over to our News webpage, & do a search for "shock". Please review ALL three hits. -----News Update : 9 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 10, 2025 FYI, Apple is gonna need a Catalyst to move ALL those iPhones recently Airlifted to the U.S. 600 tons worth, just from India, if rumors are correct. Photosets, v11.5, out soon, could be that Catalyst ! As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, our position has been & continues to be that ONLY UN-Discovered Flagship-caliber Camera Apps of the type that have been Off the Radar of most but should NOT have been, have ANY real chance of moving the iPhone Unit Sales needle. In an ideal world, we would cut a deal with Apple, OR alternatively with Apple's cellular service provider partners, in which they would compensate us for including the Features & Capabilities that make up the "Advanced Features" in the Base version of Photosets. -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 8, 2025 FYI, we're working on a presentation that we intend to present to President Trump. Covers NOT just Photosets & the App Store, but also the BIG picture. We believe the timing is now perfect for us to present our case to both President Trump & to the General Public. Simply put, lots of visibility on Apple right now & we intend to use that to our advantage. Details to follow. And BTW, to those of you who know Our Story, NONE of what we're now up to should come as a surprise to you. In simplest terms, it's called Payback. On a side note, we're continuing to Field Test & Refine the next update of Photosets, v11.5,out soon. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, April 6, 2025 FYI, Cosmosent R&D is today wrapping-up the next update of Photosets, v11.5. Among other things, v11.5 adds support for the iPhone 16e and moves the app's Camera Shutter Angle controls from the native iOS Settings App to Photosets' Camera Settings Dialog. i.e., the Dialog that is presented to the User as the first-step towards transitioning into the app's Camera. And BTW, as of today, we've made NO decision regarding Photosets' "Advanced Features" support. -----
News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Friday, April 4, 2025 Late today, it hit us, just-AFTER (relatively speaking) the Late Bronze Age Collapse, the color purple became very popular. Specifically, Purple textiles dating back to the early second millennium BCE. It's the BIG picture perspective here that's most important. See our earlier News Update, as well as our older News Updates that tied our Marketing & Branding Campaign to it, as to why this is important. -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, April 4, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) Earlier, on the App Store, we stated: FYI, today, 4/4/25, Powell made a few statements regarding his Purple Ties. The gist, it (now) represents the Fed's NON-Political "stance". We're gonna run with it ! ... What that means is that we're gonna incorporate it into our first-ever Marketing & Branding Campaign. 2.) Civilizations based-upon Trade can be Fragile. Case in point the Late Bronze Age Collapse. For its time, Trade was Firing on ALL Cylinders, & then it abruptly stopped. 3.) Cosmosent R&D has been devoting much of its Time & Energy lately towards adding (pre-Standard) HDR Gain Map support for JPEGs. -----
News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 3, 2025 FYI, we're NOT gonna get a chance to make our pitch to Trump regarding Apple's App Store monopoly while his so-called "Reciprocal Tariffs" are creating so much UN-certainty. So, we're gonna do our part to try help clean that up. Our recommendations to Trump are as follows: First, the name needs to be changed to "Trade Balancer Tariffs". Second, there needs to be an Exemption for ALL NON-Electronic apparel items. E.g., clothing & footwear. Third, we should ONLY be going after the Top 10 countries on the (new/updated) list. i.e., those with the biggest trade deficits. Fourth, we need to assume Corruption could be rampant, & as such, that needs to be addressed from the Get Go. -----
News Update : 1 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 3, 2025 FYI, we're working thru our (strategy) options WRT Trump's "Reciprocal Tariffs" announced yesterday, 4/2/25. UN-Discovered Gem Apps like our Photosets "may" (finally) have a chance to shine ! One option we are now seriously considering is offering our upcoming Advanced Features (sub) to the General Public. vs. keeping it In House. Would require, at a min, a Marketing Partnership with Verizon and AT&T. -----
News Update : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 3, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We've crafted a new table to try to make it easier for others to appreciate our way of thinking. The gist, prior to the Tariffs going into affect, UN-Discovered Gem Apps like our Photosets had significant potential as an iPhone Unit Sales Catalyst. Starting April 9th, that may NO longer be the case. App Services Revenue potential is still there, however.
| Pre Tariffs (prior to April 9) |
Post Tariffs (starting April 9) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| App Services Revenue |
iPhone Unit Sales Catalyst |
App Services Revenue |
iPhone Unit Sales Catalyst |
| ✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
TBD |
Also, while we haven't updated our custom table in two years, it's still relevant & provides important insight into AAPL. And for the record, we know more about Apple than Trump's Admin.
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
The difference between the Orange line & the Burgundy line represents (our estimate of) the high-end iPhone revenue Apple "left on the table," due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they should have been. -----
News Update : 5:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, April 3, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) Today we are ALL one BIG step closer to a Late Bronze Age-like collapse. Off the radar of most, but should NOT be. 2.) We stand by what we stated yesterday: Thanks to Trump's "Reciprocal Tariffs" announced today, 4/2/25, UN-Discovered Gem Apps like our Photosets now have significantly more (Market) Value ! The gist, UN-Discovered Gem Apps like our Photosets have significant near-term Revenue Generating Potential ! And that's at a time when the Sales Potential of most other Products & Services will be Drying Up. Simply put, it's ALL relative. Yesterday, our (Market) value went up, the (Market) value of most other Products & Services went down. -----
News Update : 7:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) The next update of Photosets, v11.5, won't be released by mid-week. Marketing isn't ready for its release, in-part because of the Marine Layer along the coast here in San Diego, so, we need to delay by a few days, perhaps longer. It is what it is. As a reminder, Burst Photo Camera Apps work best in an Outdoor Bright (Sun) Light Env. 2.) The Base version of Photosets will remain a $4.99 USD Paid App. Until such time that we Agree to Terms with an Insititutional Investor we believe it's the best "compromise strategy" for us. 3.) Most of the Info on this website has NOT yet been udpated to reflect our fairly-recent Business Strategy pivot. We are working on it. -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, March 31, 2025 Just one thing to announce this morning. Late yesterday, we passed-off an idea to President Trump on how to move the Peace Talks between Russia & Ukraine forward. The gist, it's an Out of the Box strategy in which Crimea becomes the starting point, and in which a specific third-party country participates in a key way for a specified Term (e.g., 29 years). -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, March 30, 2025 Four things to announce today: 1.) We're on track to release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, by mid-week. 2.) At this time we cannot provide a date as to when we'll publish our findings regarding our investigation into the Signal app. "We're going to investigate the Signal app from a security perspective, & publish our own conclusions." 3.) We believe now is a good time for every single U.S. Citizen to become a U.S. Constitutional Law expert. OR as much of an Expert as possible. 4.) NO ONE should be surprised if we soon attack Iran. Lots going on on Diego Garcia. -----
News Update : 4:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, March 29, 2025 Five things to announce today: 1.) We've pivoted the Base version of Photosets (back) to a FREE app. The change will help us Stir the Pot. Simply put, if we're serious about breaking up Apple's App Store monopoly, & very-likely with Trump's assistance, the Base version MUST be (set) FREE. It is what it is. As a reminder, Trump will very-likely receive, from the General Public, a Feather for his Cap for his efforts. That's why we believe he will agree to help us. And Make NO mistake, Tim & Phil will (very-likely) both be On the Hot Seat. Cover Ups ALWAYS get people in trouble ! It's NOT Rocket Science, "Fess Up & Move On" should be the strategy adopted by ALL. 2.) We're going to investigate the Signal app from a security perspective, & publish our own conclusions. We are afterall, seasoned App Devs. Specifically, since just-after the Labor Day weekend in 2014. 3.) We're On Track to release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, by mid-week. Among other things it adds support for the iPhone 16e and moves the Camera Shutter Angle control from the native Settings app to Photosets' In App Settings section. The latter of which is a change Requested by a User. As a reminder, we added Camera Shutter Angle support in v10.27, which was released on Nov 9, 2023. Also as a reminder, v11.5 will represent Photosets 400th App Store App Review Approval. 4.) We're currently ONLY able to devote ~5% of our Time & Energy to our E90 M3 Lite efforts. 5.) Musk announced yesterday that X/Twitter was folded-into his xAI company,
& with a valuation of $45B USD. We think that's just a Made Up Number for Musk to Save Face / CYA.
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BREAKING NEWS : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, March 28, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the leader in Burst Photo Camera App Technology & Applications support, is today announcing that the company is pivoting to an Application Services Company ! And naturally we'll be establishing our Beachhead for it here in San Diego. For starters, think Baseball, Softball, & Shoreline Dynamic Photo Modeling. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 27, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the leader in Burst Photo Camera App Technology & Applications support, is today announcing that our E90 M3 Lite is "Back On" ! Trump's Auto (& Auto Parts) Tariffs, which go into effect early on April 3rd, made it an easy call for us. Please note that we are considering one important change, however. Specifically, offering the custom camshafts as an option. That would enable us to set a much-earlier FCS date. i.e., 4-6 months from now, vs 8-12 months from now. From the BIG picture perspective, the important thing to know about our E90 M3 Lite effort is that most 2006-2008 BMW E90 sedans are UN-Discovered Gems. Generally, the ONLY ones that aren't have excessive wear at the Intake Cam Bearing Ledge, which prevents VANOS from working properly. Specifically, VANOS requires high-pressure oil to work properly. The excessive (Intake Cam Bearing Ledge) wear acts as an oil leak inside the engine, effectively lowering the oil pressure to the VANOS components on the Intake side. But it is possible to fix the problem. ALL that would be required is custom-sized O-rings. Generally, just alittle bit thicker than stock. OK, so what's the plan ? We need to make a proposal to President Trump. That's because we need a small Federal Grant to get the ball rolling. And BTW, just in case it's NOT clear to ALL, our E90 M3 Lite is extremely-well-aligned with Trump's desires to bring-back Manufacturing to the U.S.
📌 How our E90 M3 Lite stacks up (table last updated 7:30 PM, Sat, Dec 14, 2024)
| Mod |
Intake |
Exhaust |
Performance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lift (mm) |
Duration (degrees) |
Lift (mm) |
Duration (degrees) |
HP |
Torque |
0-60 (seconds) |
|
| Cosmosent E90 M3 Lite |
11.0 |
268 |
11.0 |
268 |
245 at 6250 |
230 at 2750 |
~4.9 |
| Marty's MILVs |
+1 |
+2-3 |
- |
- |
+ 5-10 |
+ 5-10 |
~5.7 |
| Stock |
9.7 |
255 |
9.7 |
263 |
325i: 215 at 6250 328i 230 at 6500 |
325i: 185 at 2750 328i 200 at 2750 |
~5.9 |
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News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the leader in Burst Photo Technology & Applications support, is today announcing that we're stepping-up our efforts to put some real visibility on Apple's App Store. If ALL goes well, we will soon be Responsible for, & get Credit for, the Complete Break Up of Apple's App Store "monopoly". The gist, Tim & Phil should have simply Fessed Up to the Cover Up years ago ! Do NOT be surprised if both are Forced Out by the AAPL Board. And BTW, CNBC should change their name to "CNBC for Dummies" for NOT picking up on this issue years ago ! By our count Apple left $113B+ USD of High-End iPhone Revenue "on the table" over the years because of their "stance". i.e., due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. The BIG unknown, did Tim keep the AAPL Board "in the loop" on this very important issue over the years. If NOT, he's as good as gone ! And BTW, CRIT stands for Center-Right Independent Thinkers. It's a coalition, NOT a political party. But it could become a political party. i.e., one that represents the 40% in the middle who currently have NO politcal voice OR power. Our advise to Trump, someone needs to lose their job over the Signal Chat Group screw up ! It's simply NOT OK for Trump to allow Incompetent People to run our country. Especially on the Defense side. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, March 25, 2025 FYI, yesterday, as a Team, we drilled-down on one of our more-interesting newer ideas. Today we'd like to provide a Heads Up on that idea. What if Cosmosent Labs, Inc. offered a service that distributes Short Form, Multi-Scene 10-bit Videos stitched-together from End User 10-bit video scenes (crafted by Photosets & uploaded to our servers) ? And specifically, think of "the Stitching Op" as being under End User control with optional AI assist. As a reminder, Photosets already supports crafting Short Form, Multi-Scene 8-bit 420 videos with up-to "60" video scenes, & crafting 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K video scenes. It NEVER caught-on in the App Store, but that has nothing to do with the app, ONLY with the App Store. The gist here, we take what we've developed (i.e., Photosets) & develop a Service Offering around it. One that targets Businesses & Higher-End Consumers. And BTW, everyone on the Producer-side would need the Advanced Features Sub to participate.
How the different versions of Photosets "could" soon stack up, Capture-wise (table last updated 10 AM, Tues, March 23, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
Capture Duration (Photos per Set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
|||||||
| 8 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
12 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
|
| Advanced Features (1) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
TBD |
40 |
45 |
45 |
TBD |
| Base |
30 |
30 |
30 |
- |
20 |
- |
- |
- |
(1) Auto-Renewing (AR) Sub. -----
News Update : 5 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, March 24, 2025 FYI, we're still debating what to include & what NOT to include in the next update of Photosets, v11.5. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, March 24, 2025 One more thing to announce today. Will it take a Class Action Lawsuit to find-out if the App Store as a whole has had ANY $0.29 USD sales ? OR (even) promoted ANY $0.29 USD apps. Apple made a BIG deal years ago about adding $0.29 USD as an option. We want to see if their Actions correlate to their Statements. i.e., we intend to hold them Accountable. The gist here, we need Tim Cook & Phil Schiller to provide the General Public with some relevant App Store sales data. If they choose NOT do, we may need to go the Class Action Lawuit route simply for "Discovery" purposes. Food for thought ! And BTW, if we do move forward with a Class Action Lawsuit, in it we will request that on Wednesdays, the App Store prioritize & promote ONLY NON-Game Apps for Adults. As you very-likely know, the App Store has been obsessed with Apps for the Young & the Dumb. And that's (unfortunately for many, been) 24x7. Our idea would give the App Store a 24-hour break from their primary focus. And very-likely become a welcome change to Adults, many of which have more OR less abandoned the App Store under Tim Cook's reign as CEO of Apple. Wednesdays would become the One Day of the Week that many Adults visit the App Store. Compare that to NO days under the Status Quo. And BTW, ideally, Apple would release per-Category & per-Sub Category App Store Revenue Numbers on a weekly basis. For the Photo & Video category, we envision the following Sub-Category "format".
(table last updated 8 AM Mon, March 24, 2025)
| |
Capture |
Post-Capture ONLY |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photos |
Burst Photos (30+ fps) |
Videos |
Photos |
Videos |
|
| Top 5 Apps |
|||||
| Revenue |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
| # of $0.29 USD sales |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
| Apps Ranked 6-10 |
|||||
| Revenue |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
| # of $0.29 USD sales |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
| ALL others |
|||||
| Revenue |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
$xxx |
| # of $0.29 USD sales |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
yyy |
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News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, March 24, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) What to include & what NOT to include in the next update of Photosets, v11.5, is still being debated by Mgmt. How-Best to Roll Out the "Advanced Features" Sub is the key hold-up. And BTW, almost ALL of the relevant R&D work is done. 2.) We've resurrected an idea from years ago. Developing a third-party Ratings & Reviews solution that we'll prototype with Photosets. One of our main complaints against Apple is that they have Judge, Jury, & Executioner -level control over In App Ratings & Reviews. We tried to get that fixed years ago via a U.S. App Dev Class Action Lawsuit that was brought against Apple & in which we were the ONLY U.S. App Dev to "Officially" Obect to. The judge stated that our Objection was "without Merit". She was wrong then & continues to be wrong. And for clarity, we were simply trying to improve the App Store, with the main benefit being "improved App Discovery" for App Store consumers. iPhone owners, AAPL shareholdlers, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, ALL missed-out on the benefits that our efforts "could have provided". i.e., from an AAPL shareholder perspective, some portion of the $113B+ USD in High-End iPhone Revenue (we estimate) that Apple "left on the table" because of their App Store Screw Ups. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, March 23, 2025 FYI, because the next update of Photosets, v11.5, will represent the app's 400th App Store App Review Approval, we've decided to go live with "Advanced Features" in it, rather than wait till v11.6. And here's the kicker, except for New Screenshots, we can have everthing else ready to go by day's end. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, March 22, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) We've made an important decision regarding our Business Strategy for Photosets. We're gonna keep the Base version priced at $0.29 USD, & pivot the app's two one-time-purchase IAPs, Producer & Super Producer, to a single Auto-Renewing Sub. The name of the new Sub is "Advanced Features". See the table below. 2.) A Heads Up, our first App Note, out soon, illustrates how to use Photosets for Baseball & Softball. 3.) We're RE-visiting a certain U.S. App Dev Class Action Lawsuit against Apple, in which we were the ONLY App Dev to "Officially" Object to. Class Action Lawsuit
How the different versions of Photosets will soon stack up, Capture-wise (table last updated 9 AM, Sat, March 22, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
Capture Duration (Photos per Set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
|||||||
| 8 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
12 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
|
| Advanced Features (1) |
60 |
60 |
60 |
TBD |
40 |
45 |
45 |
TBD |
| Base |
30 |
30 |
30 |
- |
20 |
- |
- |
- |
(1) Auto-Renewing (AR) Sub IAP; will Go Live in v11.5 OR v11.6. We've priced it at $5.99 USD per Year. -----
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 20, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today, this one regarding our first-ever
Photosets Marketing & Branding Campaign: "Time to Make our presence felt". There are two other ways to look at it: "Time to Make my presence felt". "Time to Make one's presence felt". We'll be using ALL three in our Marketing & Branding Campaign "in various capacities" ! And naturally, with Photosets at the center of it ALL. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 20, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We've been Asked & have Agreed, to clean-up & update our website. i.e., so that it reflects the next update of Photosets, v11.5, out soon. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 20, 2025 FYI, today, First of Spring 2025, we've Kicked Off Photosets' first-ever Marketing & Branding Campaign: "Time to Make our presence felt". For starters, we've pivoted Photosets to a $0.29 USD Paid App, & have RE-enabled the ability for App Store consumers to purchase both of Photosets' two IAPs.
How the different versions of Photosets stack up, Capture-wise (table last updated 7 AM, Thurs, March 20, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
Capture Duration (Photos per Set) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
|||||
| 8 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
12 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
|
| "Super Producer" |
- |
- |
- |
- |
30-45 (1) |
30-45 (1) |
| "Producer" |
60 |
60 |
60 |
40 |
- |
- |
| "Base" |
30 |
30 |
30 |
20 |
- |
- |
(1) "45" photos/set with the "Producer" IAP, "30" photos/set without. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) The next update of Photosets, v11.5, out soon, "may" include the Features & Capabilities of the app's "Producer" IAP in the Base version. We're still debating it ... There are Pros & Cons to both sides of the debate. Please note that as of this morning there's a 2/3 chance we will include the Features & Capabilities of the app's "Producer" IAP in the Base version of Photosets. See the relevant table below. 2.) Regarding the AI-based Photo Grader we mentioned yesterday. Think of it as a Front End to helping us select Females for our In House Photo Shoots, from (the Photo Sets of) which we intend to craft Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos. 3.) Starting today, we plan to devote ~10% of our Time & Energy to preparing a presentation specifically for President Trump. The other 90% will be devoted to Photosets-related activites.
How the two-newest versions of Photosets might soon stack up (table last updated 10:30 AM, Wed, March 19, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
Capture Duration (Seconds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Mpx |
4K30 |
4K60 |
4K120 |
12 Mpx |
|
| v11.5 ? |
2.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
1.33 |
| v11.4 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
- |
0.67 |
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News Update : 9:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, March 18, 2025 FYI, quick update on our AI-based Photo Grader project. Today we began enhancing it so that it works well with our Late Bronze Age "attire" theme. i.e., for our In House Photo Shoots, from which we'll craft Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos. And for clarity, "the Grader" is more of a Photo evaluator than a Photo Set evaluator. But operates (& reports results) on a per- Photo Set basis. And importantly, it's irrelevant whether a Photo Set represents a Burst Photo Set. The software program simply processes each photo individually. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Today we are announcing that we're thinking about asking President Trump to talk to the AAPL Board on our behalf. OK, but why would He do so ? Two main reasons: i.) He would very-likely receive a Feather for his Hat for his efforts. ii.) Has the potential to reverse the market's current slide down. As most know, "Hype for AI" drove much of the market's momentum in CY2024. And naturally, that was during a "Risk On" period. Now that we're clearly in a "Risk Off" period, something else needs to Fill the Void. OR at least, Fill Part of the Void. Most don't know it, but iPhones have that something, & which could provide a Trickle Down effect. Consider this ... Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos, preferably captured with High-Precision Timing, in the middle. Apple has done well on the ends, but just the opposite in the middle. Which is where Photosets is well-positioned to become the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. A status it could have & very-likely whould have achieved Years Ago ! Think of it as the type of native Sub-Category Camera App Apple should have made, but never did ! OK, by why the push now / today ? Two main reasons: i.) Yesterday, President Trump attended a Board meeting, as the new Chairman, at the Kennedy Center. That got us thinking about the BIGGER picture. ii.) The timing is perfect. Burst Photo Camera Apps are ideal for Spring, Summer, & early Fall. Spring Break is upon us, the MLB season kicked off earlier today, & March Madness kicks off on Thursday (OR tonight if you're a San Diego St. OR similar fan). And BTW, we've had CNBC on in the office this morning, & it's clear from listening to the so-called Experts that they "Don't Have a Clue" (about anything). We at least have something that could immediately fill 5-10% of the void left by the AI Hype. And, with significant upside potential, including a Trickle Down effect. Think Sports, Health, Travel, Fashion, Wildlife, & (yes, even) Dating. The Gist of it ALL, Photosets represents the kind of Camera Feature & Capability that has been Off the Radar of most, but which should NOT have been. And because of its current status in Apple's App Store, i.e., as an UN-Discovered Gem, "it has the potential to make an immediate impact !" -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, March 17, 2025 Four more things to announce today: 1.) We want to make it Crystal Clear to ALL that we're holding 90-95% of the value of Photosets in reserve. i.e., the Features & Capabilities that make up the app's "Producer" & "Super Producer" IAPs. And, importantly, we'll continue to do so until either our Top 100 Videos effort starts to gain traction, OR we Agree to Terms with an Institutional Investor. 2.) We're continuing to evaluate options for how-best to serve-up our upcoming Top 100 Videos. One option is YouTube, but it's NOT a very attractive option based-upon where Photosets currently stands, Tech-wise. i.e., Photosets is way-past where they are. YouTube is our default, but NOT our preferred option. Rolling our own infrastructure is our preferred option. And that's what we're currently developing towards. 3.) Good weather here in San Diego is expected to start next Monday. As such, we're now planning our first Photo Shoots around that. 4.) Today we decided that if Photosets gains traction as a $4.99 USD Paid App in the near term, we'll simply fold the Features & Capabilities that make up the "Producer" IAP into the Base version. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, March 17, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) We want to get the word out that "the theme" for our first set of In House Photo Shoots & Multi-Scene Videos (crafted from them) is Late Bronze Age "attire". And for a very specific reason: 2.) We're convinced that if the "shock to the system" caused by Trump, Vance, & Musk, is too great, it "could" trigger a Late Bronze Age-like collapse. Musk, in particular, we believe is up to NO good. 3.) As you may know, the Democrat Party's favorability has hit record low. As such, does that then mean the timing is perfect for the Center-Right Indenpendent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition to step-up its efforts to try to gain traction ? For the sake of debate, assume the Extreme Left & the Extreme Right each has has a lock on 30% of voters. That leaves the 40% in the middle, who has a group, have the most power. Food for thought. And BTW, those on the Center-Left are welcome into the CRIT coalition. And for clarity, reducing the U.S. National Debt down to a more-manageable $29T USD or so is One of CRIT's Top Priorities. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) (Selection) Sunday, March 16, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) The next update of Photosets, v11.5, out soon, adds innovative support for Selecting & Automating "the order of scenes" when crafting a multi-scene Video. Think of it as an important interim step towards adding the "collaborative" Video Maker support that we've already hinted at. See our recent News Updates on our upcoming Top 100 Videos effort for a Heads Up on why this is so important right now. 2.) Everything could change for us here at Cosmosent Labs, Inc. in just 1-2 months. We can feel it. We just need to Execute to Plan. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, March 15, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) Regarding our Top 100 list, we've decided to make it Author / Producer / Creator centric. We'll explain the Reasoning behind that when our Top 100 list goes live. Please see the updated table format. 2.) Some clarity on why Photosets is divided the way it is. We've had NO luck getting Photosets off the ground in Apple's App Store. Has nothing to do with the app, ONLY with Apple's App Store. As such, we're now trying something new. i.e., as a Content Producer. And it's evolving. i.e., now with an Author-focused Top 100 list. The gist of it ALL, we don't want to give too much away BEFORE capitalizing on ALL our hard work. The "Base" version of Photosets represents ~10% of the value of the app. The Features & Capabilities behind the "Producer" & "Super Producer" IAPs represent ~90% of the value of the app. Still, the "Base" version is well-positioned to become the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. ALL it needs is some proper Marketing to achieve that goal ! We expected some of that to come from Apple, as they have a vested interest in our success. i.e., a surge in iPhone Unit Sales But it NEVER happened. So, we missed out, & they missed out. So, we're now trying something new. And BTW, it's alot harder to develop an app like Photosets than it is to build-up the infrastructure needed to serve-up a Top 100 list. -----
News Update : 1:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Friday, March 14, 2025 FYI, two more things to announce today: 1.) We plan to present our upcoming Top 100 Videos (crafted by Photosets) using the following format:
Top 100 (table last updated 9 AM, Sat, 3/14/25)
| This Week |
Author / Producer / Creator |
Video |
Last Week |
Top Position |
Weeks on Chart |
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| 1 |
- |
#1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| 2 |
- |
#2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| 3 |
- |
#3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2.) Most don't know it, but outside of perhaps Siri Apple Intelligence, ONLY Photosets has the potential to move the iPhone Unit Sales needle. Once it's up & running, #1 (above) will make that Crystal Clear to ALL ! -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, March 14, 2025 FYI, today we've pivoted with our first-ever Photosets Marketing & Branding Campaign, now: Top 100 Videos
(crafted by Photosets) Will be hosted on this website, will initially be curated, & will be updated weekly. And naturally, because it's Photosets, will consists of Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos with up-to "60" video scenes, & with (optional) concurrently captured Audio data. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 13, 2025 FYI, 50% chance we release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, in a day OR two. In preparation for the release, we've RE-enabled the ability (in the App Store) for consumers to purchase the app's "Producer" IAP, & have also pivoted the "Base" version to FREE. We would prefer NOT to offer the "Base" version for FREE, but doing so very-likely greatly increases Photosets' chances of becoming the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. Which from a Technical & Domain/Application/Use-Case perspective, it is well-positioned to be / become. Also, for clarify, the "Producer" IAP basically doubles the capture durations. Which can make ALL the difference in the world. -----
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, March 12, 2025 FYI, we believe we know how to get most Americans behind Trump's Tariffs. President Trump simply needs to instruct Republicans in Congress to Enact New Law that would make it a Basic Requirement that 100% of the proceeds from his Tariffs MUST BE USED
"to Pay Down the National Debt". So, rather than a (potential) Slush Fund, 100% of the proceeds would be used to improve the Long-Term Financial Health of our Nation. And here's the kicker to getting fellow Americans to back it, the New Law needs to be Iron Clad so that NO ONE can renege on it, & he needs to (enthusiastically) promote it to the American public. "I'm helping pay down the National Debt"
is what we hope many Americans will say in the near future. We will try to get this idea presented to President Trump later today. And BTW, this idea is brought to you by the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, March 11, 2025 FYI, we are well-positioned to be Responsible for, & get Credit for,
the Complete Break Up of Apple's App Store "monopoly" ! Most don't know it, but Apple has cheated iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, out of the benefits of an entire "sub-category" of Camera Apps. And in the process, left (by our count) more than $113B USD of high-end iPhone revenue
"on the table" over the years. i.e., due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. Today we're Kicking Off a New Strategy to (help) "get the word out": Did Photosets "Overshoot the Skill Level" of App Store consumers ?, OR perhaps,
(just) that of Apple's App Store Mgmt Team ? Hard for us to explain Apple's position ! As a reminder, Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos, preferably captured with High-Precision Timing, in the middle. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet despire their Poor Showing in the Middle, Apple NEVER Recommends OR Promotes third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps that are far superior to their native Burst mode feature. Go Figure ! Also as a reminder, today we want to remind everyone that the two men most-responsible for running Apple's App Store, Tim Cook & Phil Schiller, have NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. Go Figure ! And here's the kicker, we're gonna see if Trump would like a "Feather for his Cap" for helping us Break Up Apple's App Store "monopoly". It's NOT OK for Apple to intentionally suppress U.S. company innovation ! Even if such U.S. company innovation makes Apple look bad for having been Leapfrogged in a Camera Technology. It's time for Apple to Fess Up to the Cover Up, Pay Up, & Move On. That's our message to Tim Cook & the AAPL Board. We don't believe they will, so that's why we're now pivoting to Trump. Time to Stir the Pot. Trump loves being In the News. This will give him something brand-new to run with. NO ONE should be surprised if Cook & Schiller are both Forced Out by the AAPL Board. Mostly for NOT keeping them In the Loop.
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
The difference between the Orange line & the Burgundy line represents (our estimate of) the high-end iPhone revenue Apple "left on the table," due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. -----
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Monday, March 10, 2025 FYI, today just RE-iterating, that we plan to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, by week's end. Also, today we did (again) "Pull" Photosets' "Producer" IAP from the App Store. It's relatively-new and has had NO sales. We're now evaluating whether to turn both the "Producer" and "Super Producer" IAPs into a single low-cost Sub, & (perhaps) in which "we control" who has access to it. i.e., an IAP that would be "alinged with" our In House Content Producer efforts. Are we in UN-chartered waters ? Uber, Lyft, & DoorDash have the closest Business Model to what we're after. But naturally, we're in a completely different market. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, March 9, 2025 Three things to announce today, the First Day of Daylight Savings: 1.) We plan to release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, by week's end. 2.) We've put our E90 M3 Lite on the Back Burner. 3.) We've been Asked & have Agreed, to see what we can do to get on both Apple's & Trump's "good side". -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, March 8, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. The Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition is an imporant aspect of what we're up to. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, March 8, 2025 FYI, we've been Asked (by both potential Investors & Corp Partners) & have Agreed, to devote 50% of our Time & Energy to Photosets' 8-bit 420 support for the General Public, & the other 50% to Photosets'
10-bit 422 support for our In House Content Creator efforts. Long story short, Valuation is the ONLY thing keeping us from Agreeing to Terms. Our goal now is to close the gap by month's end ! And we fully intend to Stir the Pot to achieve that goal. And, we are extremely excited to be doing so ! If ALL goes well, we will be Responsible for, & get Credit for, Breaking Up Apple's App Store "monopoly". We've said it before, we'll say it again, Tim Cook should have simply Fessed Up (to the Cover Up), Paid Up, & Moved On. Now it's too late ! We've got BIGGER fish to fry. If you know Our Story you know what we're talking about. If NOT, here's a hint, we want Prop Boy out of Govt ! Trump was a Fool to give him Free Rein. And he probably knows that now, but doesn't know how to get rid of him without offending him. On a side note, once they realize its significance, we predict 20% or so of those using Photosets will purchase the app's "Producer" IAP. In an ideal world it would be selling (well) for 3x of what we've got it priced at. i.e., ~$30 USD vs ONLY ~$10 USD. Perhaps it will some day soon ! -----
BREAKING NEWS : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, March 7, 2025 FYI, today we've RE-enabled (the ability for Users to purchase) Photosets' "Producer" IAP in the App Store. The next update of Photosets, v11.5, out soon, will include the necessary changes. And, probably just as important to most, we've decided to keep the Base version of Photosets FREE. -----
News Update : 12 Midnight (La Jolla-time) Thursday, March 6, 2025 FYI, the past 1-2 weeks we've been confronted with an important question: Do we RE-enable the Producer & Super Producer IAPs ?, OR do we spin-out a 2nd app with those Features & Capabilities Enabled by Default ?
And for clarity, the 2nd app would strictly be for our In House Content Producer efforts. We hope to have an answer soon. -----
News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) It hit us this morning that just five OR so members of Congress "aligned" with the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition would represent the most-Powerful multi-Person Voting Block on the planet. ONLY the President (of our United States) would have more Power. Food for thought. OK, what would it take ?
A (financial) commitment to back their Next-Two RE-election campaigns.
And that would (naturally) require a War Chest of sufficient size. 2.) Contrary to what Trump says, the "actual" Ukraine War Numbers are as follows: Europe is in-for $142B USD, while we're in-for $121B USD. 40% -to- 60% of what Europe is in-for is a Loan. 0% of what we're is in-for is a Loan. -----News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, March 4, 2025 FYI, today we are announcing that we've begun recruiting for those "Dynamic" Photo Shoots we've hinted at. As a reminder, it's related to our In House Content Producer efforts. The gist, we'll be using Photosets to capture short-duration 10-bit Lossless 422 4K Photo Sets, & using those to craft both Multi-Scene 10-bit ProRes 422HQ Videos as well as JPEGs with HDR Gain Maps. Except for the JPEGs with HDR Gain Maps support, which we're currently working on, everything else was added back in Oct in v10.31. Also, to help get the word out, today we've pivoted the Base version of Photosets to FREE (on a temporary basis). -----
News Update : 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, March 3, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) We simply want to state that it's ONLY Photosets' 10-bit 422 4K Photo Capture (support) that we're using for our In House Content Producer efforts. The ability for End Users to purchase Photosets' 8-bit 420 "Producer" IAP has been RE-enabled in v11.5, out soon. We've already RE-enabled it in the App Store. 2.) NO way to sugar coat it, regarding Trump, "that Boy ain't right". Credit goes to james carvell for educating us on that phrase. As it perfectly describes Trump. And Vance & Musk, for that matter. 3.) We have alot on our plate right now. Some of which could put us In the News at ANY given moment ! -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, March 2, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) We've decided NOT to release Photosets' JPEGs with HDR Gain Maps support UNTIL AFTER we've established ourselves as a Content Producer. The way we're looking at things now is simply to divide Photosets up into two key parts: 8-bit 420 vs 10-bit 422 And, where we offer ALL of Photosets' 8-bit 420 Features & Capabilities to the General Public, while ALSO keeping ALL of Photosets' 10-bit 422 Features & Capabilities In House (for our Content Producer efforts), at least for the time being. Photosets v11.5, out soon, will add-back the ability for End Users to purchase the
"Producer" (8-bit 420) IAP. 2.) To pull off what we intend, we're gonna need to start recruiting "select" Females for those "Dynamic" Photo Shoots we've hinted at. i.e., those with rare, true Super Model potential. And we believe we have a rare, true Business Model to support it. 3.) If left UN-checked, Trump, Vance, & Musk will eventually get us ALL killed ! There's NO way to sugar coat it, there's something seriously wrong with Trump ! -----
News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, March 1, 2025 FYI, today we are announcing that our first-ever Photosets Marketing & Branding Campaign will be centered-on JPEGs with HDR Gain Maps & Late Bronze Age (attire) "Dynamic" (Beach ?) Photo Shoots. That's what we're working towards, both R&D and Marketing. ALL goes well, will Go Live mid-March. -----
News Update : 4 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, March 1, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) The Base version of Photosets is now FREE ! We've concluded we need to sacrafice the value of the Base version of Photosets for a greater cause. 2.) Yesterday, it became crystal clear to us that Trump is NOT playing with a full deck ! And that ONLY the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition probably has ANY real chance of saving America. 3.) We encourage everyone to follow Ian Bremmer. -----
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BREAKING NEWS : 2 PM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Feb 28, 2025 FYI, the Trump / Zelensky meeting in the Oval Office earlier today "Forced Us to Pivot" with our plans for our "Trump TV" iOS app; now more of a Henry Kissinger role. Our plan, Crimea & the other Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine should become an Independent Country & DE-Militarized Zone (DMZ). It "may" be the ONLY way to quickly end the war. Neither side will concede (land) to the other, but might to a third-party. And for clarity, as part of the deal, Ukraine must give up the part of Russia that it occupies. That too should become part of new Independent Country & DE-Militarized Zone. And BTW, the number Trump keeps throwing-around, first $300B USD & now $350B USD, is Way Off Base. The real number is $110B USD, of which 90% went to U.S. arms manufacturers. The EU's number, by contrast, is $135B USD, of which 40% or 60% is considered a loan. Also BTW, almost ALL of what Trump & Vance said in the Oval Office earlier today was for MAGA consumption. But also, intended to simply be a distraction (to ALL) to Try to Help Get the Trump Tax Cuts Extended. It's NOT every day that a New Administration tries to add $4.5T USD to the U.S. National Debt. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Feb 28, 2025 Quick update to our earlier News Update, & in particular, item #1. Inherit in the strategy is a dedicated Reader App, which when completed, will enable us to separate Consumer functions from Producer functions. -----
News Update : 4 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Feb 28, 2025 Five things to announce today: 1.) We're implementing a plan that will enable us to expand Photosets' ("Super Producer") 10-bit 422 4K Photo Capture support to the General Public. When completed, it will represent an industry first ! In simplest terms, a Repository for High-Quality 10-bit 422 4K photos & 10-bit 422HQ 4K video "scenes" crafted from them. Think of something like Giganews, but NOT for newsgroups / newsgroup binaries. As a reminder, we first added 10-bit 422 4K Photo Capture support in v10.31 back in Oct, & wrap'd the Features & Capabilities in an IAP, ultimately called "Super Producer". NO ONE purchased the IAP, so we (ultimately) "Pulled it" from the App Store. Super Producer is (now) at the core of our In House "Content Producer" efforts. 2.) A few weeks back we DE-activated our X/Twitter account. Since then we haven't had time to investigate the alternatives that we intended to. On our To Do List. 3.) We're still working thru the strategy for our upcoming "Trump TV" iOS app. 4.) Yesterday we came up with an idea for how we could resurrect our "Timmy" iOS app. As a reminder, Timmy was the planet's ONLY per-Qtr, per-Device iPhone Unit Sales Estimator App. It made its debut in the App Store in May of 2018, & was, we believe, at least partially responsible for Apple to announce on Nov 1, 2018, that they would NO longer report iPhone Unit Sales. And BTW, Apple pulled Timmy from the App Store the day BEFORE their BIG iPhone annnouncement in Sept of 2019. And the reason they gave us for doing so was Total BS. 5.) We believe Apple Mgmt is worried about us right now. Mostly because we own the iOS rights to "Trump TV" & we're moving forward with our plans for it. And, how that may affect the 20% tariff on iPhones imported from China later this year. You think Trump is gonna be happy a Political Fact Checker named "Trump TV" is
available in the App Store ? For clarify, our recently-established Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition will be
selecting and/or crafting the content. Trump likes to make things up & use Steve Bannon's strategy of "just repeat it till they believe it". That strategy works in a polarized two-party-ONLY political system. But it won't work if/when the 40% in the middle have a Political Voice. Do you see where we're going with this ? -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Feb 27, 2025 Four things to announce today: 1.) We-re On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, by Monday, March 3rd. Among other things, it adds support for the iPhone 16e, which will be officially released by Apple tomorrow. 2.) We're devoting just as much Time & Energy right now to our Marketing activities as we are
to wrapping-up v11.5. ALL goes well, Photosets will soon become the first-ever popular $0.29 USD Paid App. Made possible by the fact that Photosets is (currently) an UN-Discovered Gem (App). The gist, perhaps ALL it (really) needs is a Marketing Campaign sufficient to circumvent Apple's stranglehold on "App Discovery" in their App Store. 3.) We've said it before, we'll say it again, if the shock to the system is too great, that could trigger a Late Bronze Age-like collapse. And naturally we're referring to Trump & Musk. 4.) What to do about Photosets' 10-bit 422 4K photo capture & (companion) 10-bit ProRes 422HQ video "scene" maker is still an Open Question. Neither IAP is currently available for purchse. -----
News Update : 11:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025 FYI, yesterday we publicly stated: Who will be the first to stand up to Trump ? Perhaps us, since we own the iOS rights to "Trump TV" in the App Store ! Details to follow ! ... Today, we're gonna provide an Important Hint as to what we're up to. We're convinced that if the Trump Tax Cuts get extended (as currently envisoned by both Trump & Congress) they will (ultimately) lead to a Revolution here in the States. Very specifically, adding another $4.5T USD or so to the U.S. National Debt, which currently stands at $36.2T USD, will, we believe, ultimately become the tipping point for U.S. citizens of certain age ranges. The youngest voting-age U.S. citizens & the oldest U.S. citizens. Moreover, that the Revolution will start just as soon as a sufficient number of them realize that their U.S. Federal Govt has Royally Screwed Them Over & has been Playing Them for Fools. Alot depends on the Mega MAGA Bill working its way thru Congress. Simply put, we're against the Trump Tax Cuts being Extended until such time that the U.S. National Debt is reduced to a more-manageable $29T USD or so. And that's what we hope to achieve with our Trump TV iOS app. On a side note, today we want to publicly state: Does pricing an UN-Discovered Gem (App) at the Bare Min for Paid Apps, $0.29 USD, provide ANY benefits WRT "App Discovery" ? We think it could ! Details to follow ..... The gist here, Apple made a BIG deal about offering numberous additional Price Points for Paid Apps, with $0.29 USD being the one they made the biggest deal about. Yet, to our knowlege, to date, Apple has NEVER ONCE recommended OR promoted ANY Paid App priced at $0.29 USD. If Apple were to do so with Photosets, & if Photosets were to get to the top of the Paid Apps chart, that would be a BIG wake-up call to many. And for the record, Photosets is Light Years Ahead of ALL other Camera Apps in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support. i.e., it is the very definition of an UN-Discovered Gem (App) ! -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025 FYI, quick update to our earlier News Update regarding our "Trump TV" efforts. The current plan is to use an AI-based Ross Perot-looking avatar to make the case for reducing the U.S. National Debt to a more-manageable $29T USD or so. As you very-likely know, the U.S. National Debt currently stands at $36.2T USD. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025 Who will be the first to stand up to Trump ? Perhaps us, since we own the iOS rights to "Trump TV" in the App Store ! Details to follow ! -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Feb 24, 2025 FYI, today we are announcing that we're Kicking Off our first-ever
Photosets Marketing & Branding Campaign. Our intent is simply to showcase what is possible with Photosets. For our initial effort, we'll be capturing photo sets & crafting Short-Form, 60-scene Videos from them. And that includes with concurrently captured Audio data. -----
News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Feb 23, 2025 FYI, Mgmt is still debating what to include & what NOT to include in the next update of Photosets, v11.5, out soon. Most of the R&D work is done. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Feb 22, 2025 Four things to announce: 1.) We're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, in a day OR two. Once released, it will represent Photosets' 400th App Review Approval ! Among other things, it adds 10-bit 422 4K120 Photo Capture support ! But please note, capturing photos at 120 fps requires skill. Which ONLY comes with experience. With practice, ANY fool can capture the motion of their photo subject at 30 fps & even at 60 fps, but 120 fps is a different ball game entirely. (45 photos/set) / (120 fps) = 3/8 of a second ! That's the Max Capture Duration at 120 fps. 2.) We've pivoted the Base version of Photosets to FREE ! ALL part of the plan to establish Photosets as the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. See our News Update of yesterday for background. 3.) We've put our prototype E90 M3 Lite on the back burner. After the recent cyclinder head work the car runs noticeably smoother,
& it's especially noticeable on the Highway. The car simply purrs at 90 mph. But we don't have Time to work on it any longer. OR at least, NOT in the near future. Some final thought ... We've learned alot about what it takes to properly rebuild an N52 cyclinder head since the
first week OR so of December. Resolving the 28A2 VANOS intake fault, which pop'd-up AFTER the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job, required having the DME reset with (expensive) BMW "factory" tools. And during that process, we learned alot about the Camshaft Bearing Ledge issue on the intake side of an N52 cyclinder head. Our BMW now has the single-piece Teflon seals (instead of the original metal seals with a split hook design). Did adding those make ANY difference to resolving the 28A2 VANOS intake fault ? Nope, but they could be contributing to making the car run smoother. The seals have a BIG impact on the delivery of the High-Pressure Oil used by the VANOS components. link to relevant FCP Euro article 4.) As much as we'd light to Beat Up on Trump via our recently-established Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition, we simply don't have Time for that either. OR at least, NOT in the near future. And that goes for our "Trump TV" ideas as well. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Feb 21, 2025 FYI, we've been Asked & have Agreed, to find out what might happen if we simply Drop the Price of both of Photosets' IAPs to ONE U.S. Buck, while simultaneously stepping-up our Marketing efforts. Could that alone be sufficient to establishing Photosets as the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App ? That's the key question that we're now trying to answer. And for clarity, while we've RE-enabled the ability for End Users to purchase both of Photosets' IAPs in the App Store, the Features & Capabilities that represent each IAP won't be RE-enabled in the app until we release v11.5, out soon. -----
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Feb 20, 2025 Three more things to announce today. 1.) We don't plan to release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, until after we've added support to it for the newly-announced iPhone 16e. And, we simply need the Device ID(s) / Platform String(s) for us to do so. The info hasn't yet made it to the internet. 2.) We're gonna step-up our efforts to try to convince Photosets' End Users that the Features & Capabilities of the app's "Producer" IAP are 9x greater than those of the Base version. And we'll be using Photosets' 8-bit 420 Short Form, 60-scene Video Maker to prove our point. Please see the relevant table below. 3.) Our latest thinking for our upcoming Trump TV iOS app has a Ross Perot-looking puppet presenting the current state of the U.S. National Debt, & where it might go if the Trump tax cuts get extended. And by extension, how that might (ultimately) lead to a Revolution by the youngest U.S. citizens, when enough of them figure-out that they've been Screwed-Over by their U.S. Govt. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Feb 120, 2025 FYI, in preparation for the release of the next update of Photosets, v11.5, we've RE-enabled (in the App Store) the ability to purchase both of Photosets' two IAPs. And BTW, we've been Fine Tuning our Business Strategy the past week OR so, & that includes whether to offer one OR both of Photosets' two IAPs. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Feb 120, 2025 FYI, we're now splitting our time between the next update of Photosets, v11.5, & our upcoming Trump TV iOS app, a
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Feb 19, 2025 Two more things to announce today: 1.) When we release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, out soon, we plan to RE-enable the ability for End Users to purchase the Producer IAP. Both in the app & in the App Store. 2.) We've kicked off an R&D task force to define the categories for our near-term "Dynamic" ML Training Data capture & classification efforts. For starters, just Spring Training, Spring Break, March Madness & The NFL Draft. As a reminder, the RGB3x file format, the format we use for 10-bit 422 4K photo capture, includes an optional 255-byte ML Tag/Caption/Label section in the Header. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Feb 19, 2025 Five things to announce today: 1.) Trump has gone Off the Reservation again, & this time we won't stand for it ! We own the iOS rights to Trump TV, so guess what we're now up to today. We've decided to pivot our Trump TV iOS app into a Fact Checker ! Controlled by us, members of the fairly-new Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition. And starting today, we're putting the word out that a Grant would enable us to significantly expedite its completion. It's NOT OK for Trump to claim that Ukraine started Putin's war, OR to claim that the Jan 6, 2021 Insurrection attempt, for which Trump was clearly the catalyst, was a Day of Love. If Photosets starts to gain traction in the App Store, we won't need a Grant. On a side note, we're NOT currently looking at CRIT as an independent political party, just a coalition of like-minded individuals. It's open to Center-Right & Center-Left individuals. Including those in both houses of Congress. In fact, that's who we're after. It's time for the 40% in the middle to take back our Country ! And BTW, initially we were planning for Trump TV to be a Simpsons-like TV series. More entertainment than anything else. But that's now out the window. And BTW, we're 100% convinced Trump doesn't know shit about what Musk & his team are up to. It's crystal clear to us that he's a Total Bull Shitter when he says otherwise ! Trump has never been interested in "the Details". ONLY a Fool would think he would change now, at age 78. Also, as a reminder, Musk tried to pick a fight with Zuck, but then chickened-out when he found out Zuck was some kind of martial arts expert. And that's even though Zuck ONLY weights 170 lbs OR so. Do you think Iron Man would do that ? We certainly don't ! Disclaimer: The founder of Cosmosent Labs, Inc., is an American citizen, born in the U.S.A. & whose parents were both born in the U.S.A., & whose ethnic background is 50% Ukrainian & 25% Polish. 2.) Photosets hit a milestone today, 1M upgrades over the life of the app ! See the STATs below. 3.) We may OR may NOT include 10-bit 422 4K photo capture support in the Base version of Photosets v11.5, out soon. We're currently enhancing the Photosets' 8-bit 420 On-the-Fly (OTF) Video Maker support. While also adding the 10-bit 422 4K photo capture -to- "auto video" support we've hinted at. i.e., the app's 10-bit 422 On-the-Fly Video Maker support. The gist here, it may simply be too valuable to include in the Base version of Photosets. i.e., it may simply become part of the Super Producer IAP. 4.) We're still investigating alternatives to X/Twitter. As a reminder, we recently DE-activated our X/Twitter account. 5.) Progressig with our prototype E90 M3 Lite is now On Hold. We simply don't have the bandwidth. The Engine runs exceptionally well & smooth, & is especially noticeable on the Highway. However, an Oil Consumption issue remains. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Feb 18, 2025 FYI, we're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.5, by week's end. We're lining-up our Marketing Collateral for it now. On a side note, this morning we made some Fine Tune Adjustments to our Business Strategy. For starters, we've RE-enabled both of Photosets' IAPs, & have reduced the price for each. Now, 3 x ~$3 USD = ~$9 USD gets everything Photosets has to offer. The gist, Photosets could be In the News on ANY given day now, so it ONLY makes sense for us to have everything else lined-up beforehand. With just alittle bit of luck Photosets will soon become the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Feb 17, 2025 FYI, we're moving forward with adding 10-bit 422 4K photo capture to the Base version of Photosets, but NOT how it's currently implemented in the app. The gist, because the Feature will ONLY be available on Apple's "four" newest "Pro" iPhones & because we're limiting the Max Number of Photos per Set to ONLY "10" OR "15" 10-bit 422 4K photos/set (to protect our IP), we believe it makes alot of sense for us to config the capture process to "Auto Craft" 10-bit ProRes 422HQ videos (during capture). In other words, with this approach, End Users will end up with (Short) 10-bit ProRes 422HQ video "scenes". And from there, craft Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos. For reference, see Photosets' existing 8-bit 420 Short-Form, 60-scene Video Maker. As a reminder, v11.5 will represent Photosets' 400th App Review Approval, & because of that we want to make a BIG splash with it. On a side note, we plan to keep the Base version of Photosets priced at ONE U.S. Buck. And, until further notice, we plan to keep both IAPs in their current state. i.e., "Removed from Sale". Both IAPs are relatively new, & neither has had ANY sales. For clarity, it's the Features & Capabilities behind those two IAPs that we'll be using for our
In House Content Producer efforts. And BTW, we expect to generate 95% of our Revenue from our In House Content Producer efforts, & ONLY 5% from App Store sales. Do NOT be surprised if we "set a trend". -----
News Update : 1:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Feb 16, 2025 FYI, as requested, a new table. The gist, ONLY Apple's "four" newest "Pro" iPhones offer support for 10-bit ProRes 422HQ capture and recording. And ONLY Apple's "two" newest "Pro" iPhones offer that at 120 fps. As a reminder, Photosets' 10-bit 422 4K photo capture does NOT encode during capture, but does offer the option to craft a dedicated 10-bit ProRes 422HQ video scene from each captured set of
10-bit 422 4K photos. Which is how it's (currently) intended to be use.
How the iPhone's Burst Photo Capture Capability Stacks Up (table last updated 1:30 PM, Sun, Feb 16, 2025)
| iPhone |
Image Stabilized |
NOT Image Stabilized |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K30 (1) |
4K60 (2) |
4K120 (3) |
12 Mpx (4) |
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| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422HQ |
8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422HQ |
8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422HQ |
8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
|
| 16 Pro / 16 Pro Max |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
| 16 / 16+ |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
- |
| 15 Pro / 15 Pro Max |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
- |
✔ |
- |
| 15 / 15+ |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
- |
1/2-second of capture duration (per photo set) correlates to: (1) 4K30: 15 photos/set (2) 4K60: 30 photos/set (3) 4K120: 60 photos/set (4) 12 Mpx: 15 photos/set -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Feb 16, 2025 One more thing to announce today. Basically, a Heads Up on our current thinking regarding our Content Producer plans. The current plan has End Users uploading 10-bit ProRes 422HQ video "scenes" crafted by Photosets to Cosmosent servers, & has us stringing them together to make Videos. And BTW, we'll be setting the themes. As a reminder, we've been working on "collaborative solutions" for Photosets the past few months. Specifically, regarding the app's 8-bit & 10-bit Video Makers. And for clarity, you can think of what we're currently working on as just a first phase of making Photosets collaborative. On a side note, we like the idea of keeping the Base version of Photosets priced at $0.99 USD and with NO IAPs. -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Feb 16, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) The next update of Photosets, v11.5, could be out as early as tomorrow, President's Day / Washington's Birthday here in the States ! 2.) We've been Asked (by potential Investors) & have Agreed, to NOT include 10-bit 422 4K photo capture support in the Base version of Photosets at this time. i.e., in v11.5 And by extension, we've once-again Removed both of Photosets IAPs from Sale in the App Store. Neither had ANY sales. -----
News Update : 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Feb 15, 2025
News Update : 4 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Feb 15, 2025 FYI, Photosets' lack of success in the App Store is telling us that it makes NO sense to "enable" 10-bit 422 4K photo capture support in the App Store version of the app. It is what it is. Until further notice, we're keeping it as an In House Feature & Capability. As a reminder, Apple has Full Control of App Store Ratings & Reviews. Apple decides when iOS presents the In App Ratings Dialog when requested by an app, & also decides which Ratings & Reviews to keep & which to discard, ALL without ANY transparency to App Devs. We tried to get that Fixed years ago via a Class Action Lawsuit in which we were the ONLY App Dev to "officially" object to it, but the Judge presiding over the case stated that our claims were "without Merit". She was wrong then, she is wrong now ! And BTW, ALL we tried to do was improve the App Store. As a reminder, combined, Tim Cook & Phil Schiller have NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. As such, we believe it's NOT out of line for us to publicly state that: Apple has been Playing iPhone Owners for Fools ! Case in point, Photosets is Light Years Ahead of ALL other Camera Apps in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, yet you would NOT know it by its status in Tim Cook's App Store. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Feb 14, 2025 FYI, we've been Asked (by potential Investors) & have Agreed, to be very careful about giving-away too much WRT Photosets' flagship 10-bit 422 4K photo capture support. As a reminder, we first-added 10-bit 422 4K photo capture to Photosets in v10.31 in Oct of last year, & wrapped it around an IAP called "Super Producer". And, we Enhanced & Refined it in v11.0-v11.3. The IAP had zero sales, so we pulled it in v11.4. As of today, it's strictly an In House Feature & Capability. Also, for clarity, since Day 1, Cosmosent Labs, Inc. has been a Boot-Strapped company. i.e., to date, NO third party investments. We do anticipate, however, Agreeing to Terms with at least one Investor by mid-2025. On a side note, we recently DE-activated our X/Twitter account & have been researching alternatives. This morning we started investigating whether Substack might be a viable option. X/Twitter didn't work for us OR Photosets. What we really need is more of a Blog. We had been considering a Dedicated Blog, but we "may" (ultimately) decide to go the Substack route, OR something similar. Either way, it's very-likely the gating factor for the release of Photosets v11.5. -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Feb 13, 2025 Two more things to announce today: 1.) Prior to a day OR two ago, we never once considered giving-away Photosets' 10-bit 422 4K photo capture support. Now we see it as Creating Opportunity. 2.) We took our prototype E90 M3 Lite out for a Test Drive, & it ran exceptionally well ! On the freeway in particular, the engine ran noticeably smoother than it has in quite some time. Prior to the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job & subsequent VANOS upgrades, we would have given our N52 engine with 215K miles on it an A- on the freeway. Now, at least an A & possibly even an A+. More testing is needed, but it does look like we'll be able to move forward with our E90 M3 Lite plans. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Feb 13, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) Today we're making it Official, v11.5, out soon, will in-deed include 10-bit 422 4K photo capture support ! Specifically, 4K30 & 4K60, up-to "15" photos/set ! Think 10-bit Photos + the ability to craft 10-bit ProRes 422HQ video scenes ! Make NO mistake, we're NOT just positioning Photosets to become App of the Year this year, which it should have been last year, but also to become the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App ! 2.) We got our prototype E90 M3 Lite back from the Auto Shop yesterday & the VANOS intake fault "appears to be" resolved. We won't know for sure for a couple of days. -----
News Update : 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025 FYI, regarding item #1 in our earlier News Update, it's looking more & more likely as time progresses. And, will very-likely just be a scaled-down version of what we use In House. E.g., perhaps limited to "15" photos/set. Before we release it, however, we want Marketing collateral for it ready to go beforehand. That's now the gating factor. -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Feb 12, 2025 Four things to announce today: 1.) NO promises & ONLY because v11.5 would represent Photosets' "400th" App Review Approval, we're thinking about enabling some level of 10-bit 422 4K photo capture in it. It's something we added to Photosets in October of last year, & currently, NO End Users have access to it. And BTW, it was ONLY yesterday that the Team was asked: "what would it take for Photosets to become App of the Year ?" Guess what the Team came up with. 2.) As you may OR may NOT know, we recently DE-activated our X/Twitter account. We're currently evaluating alternatives. 3.) Updating the Docs & Tables on this website is one of our top priorities,
& we'll be kicking off that task later today. 4.) We get our prototype E90 M3 Lite back from the Auto Shop today. Alot depends-upon whether they were able to resolve the VANOS Intake fault. If Yes, then we can move forward. If NOT, then it's a Show Stopper. As a reminder, our E90 M3 Lite went into the Shop in early Jan for a (Cylinder Head) Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R Job & came-out with that resolved, but also with a new problem, the (dreaded) VANOS intake fault. Which BTW, our N52 engine with 215K miles on it never once experienced before this. -----
News Update : 7 AM (Washington-time) Monday, Feb 10, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that Photosets v11.4, out soon, builds-upon the Business Strategy pivot we've recently announced. As a reminder, we now intend to make a name for ourselves as a Content Producer ! Specifically, using the advanced Features & Capabilities of what had represented Photosets two IAPs, Producer & Super Producer. -----
News Update : 1 PM (Washington-time) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb 9, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. The 2026 midterms are very-likely the ONLY thing that will give Republicans in the House pause for concern. And there are 20-30 of them. It's the Republicans in Congress running in them who are the ones we (really) want to Recruit into the CRIT coalition. NOT Rocket Science, it's common knowledge to us Football fans here in the States that the best Defense is a good Offense. The Dems are strictly playing Defense to try to halt Trump's actions. CRIT is going on the Offense. There is an important distinction there. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 8 AM (Washington-time) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb 9, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today announcing that we've pivoted Photosets to a FREE app & Removed both IAPs from Sale in the App Store. The changes will be reflected in the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out soon. The gist, rather than try to make Photosets a Dual-Use app, we've decided to develop a new app for our In House Content Producer efforts. We'll begin updating the Docs on this website tomorrow, to reflect the changes. -----
News Update : 8 AM (Washington-time) Saturday, Feb 8, 2025 FYI, today we simply want to state that "It's no longer a research exercise". CRIT may be the ONLY hope we here in the States have moving forward ! Biden was way too far to the left, Trump & Musk are way too far to the right ! As a reminder, CRIT stands for (the) Center-Right Independent Thinkers (coalition). -----
News Update : 11 AM (Washington-time) Friday, Feb 7, 2025 Four things to announce today: 1.) We've aligned Photosets with the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coalition, a brand-new political party here in the States. We're convinced ONLY CRIT can save America ! 2.) We've DE-activated our Twitter/X account ! We're NOT fans of Elon Musk, have never been, & are much less so now. 3.) We've dropped the price of the Base version of Photosets to $0.29 USD,
the lowest-possible for Paid Apps. 4.) Day by day, Trump & Musk are trending us ALL towards a Late Bronze Age-like collapse ! Obvious to us, & we wish it was to many others as well. It is what it is. -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today announcing that we are expediting our pivot away from Apple's App Store. The gist, we're now working on making a name for ourselves as a Content Producer, using Photosets' advanced Features & Capabilities. Something that ANY of Photosets' End Users could have done, but apparently NONE did. Because if just ONE had, you would have heard about it In the News. And specifically, we're working on producing Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos, with up-to "60" video scenes. And that's with concurrently captured Audio data included. From the BIG picture perspective, Photosets is Light Years Ahead of ALL other Camera Apps, as well as Apple's native Burst mode feature, in Burst Photo Technology & Application/Use-Case support. But you would NOT know it by its status in Apple's App Store. We see NO future for Photosets in Apple's App Store as long as Tim Cook continues to run Apple & Phil Schiller continues to run the App Store. It is what it is. Time to move on to Greener Pastures ! -----
News Update : 7:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Feb 4, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) Trump & Musk are setting us ALL up for a Late Bronze Age-like collapse ! The signs are crystal clear to us, & hopefully to some others as well. 2.) Because Photosets is very-likely the ONLY app in the App Store that has the potential to move the iPhone Unit Sales needle, we're very deliberate with our next move. 3.) We won't know whether we'll move forward with our prototype E90 M3 Lite until this time next week. Our prototype sports sedan goes back into the Auto Shop on Thursday. If the Shop is able to resolve the VANOS intake issue, we'll move forward with it. If NOT, we won't. As a reminder, we've been dealing with a VANOS intake fault eve since mid-Jan, when the Shop completed the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job on the car's N52 engine. Prior to mid-Jan, the car's N52 engine never once experienced the VANOS intake fault. And that's over 215K miles. When the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job was performed, the Cam Bearing Ledges were evaluated for wear. Both looked good. So, we're puzzled as to what's causing the problem. Hopefully it gets resolved by this time next week. And BTW, our plan was to use our prototype E90 M3 Lite to try to help Photosets gain traction in the App Store. Photosets is the best app in its category by a wide margin, but you would NOT know it by its status in the App Store. -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Feb 3, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) Photosets, in conjunction with the Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) coaltion, is today "making a stand" against Trump's attempts to White Wash the J6 Insurrection attempt, for which he was clearly the Catalyst. And for the record, we're in favor of alot of the things Trump is doing right now, but 100% against his attempts to go after the DOJ & FBI employees who were simply doing their jobs regarding the J6 Insurrection attempt. That's where we Draw the Line ! NO f$#king way are we going to Sit Idly By while Trump tries to RE-write history on this very important subject. In our opinion, he would have been much better off just moving on from it. Now, Trump has given CRIT something to Rally Around ! Trump has nothing to fear from the Dems. But, CRIT may soon represent his Achilles Heel. 2.) If the Trump & Musk shock to the system is too great, it could trigger a Late Bronze Age-like collapse ! Starting today, we'll be using Photosets to get the word out. OK, but how ? By producing & distributing Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos that illustrates how (young) people dressed back then. We believe that will then get people talking. -----
News Update : 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Feb 1, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today announcing that effective immediately & until further notice, we'll be focused on just two things: 1.) Educating others on how-best to use & master Photosets (90%). With some luck, Photosets could pivot to the #1 Paid App here in the States in Apple's App Store. 2.) Distilling Open Source AI Models for specific Domains & Applications/Use-Cases aligned with Photosets' feature set (10%). -----
BREAKING NEWS : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 31, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today announcing that we're now Distilling Open Source AI Models for specific Domains & Applications/Use-Cases aligned with Photosets ! -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 31, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today announcing that we are Prioritizing our recently-established Content Division. Our reasoning for the pivot is simple. It both amazes us & puzzles us that NONE of Photosets' End Users used the app's advanced Features & Capabilities to make a name for themselves. So, we (now) will ! From the BIG picture perspective, this pivot may represent the start of Phase 2 of Cosmosent Labs, Inc. Photosets could have & very-likely should have become the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App. But, Apple's App Store monopoly prevented that from happening. If we get the chance to make our case, either in the Court of Public Option OR in a legal court, we believe we will be able to convince many others that our Complaints against Apple do in-deed have Merit. If you'd like to get a Head Start on most others on this very important topic, we recommend you research when & what Apple has publicly stated regarding their "Performance Controller" designs. And while doing so, ask yourself: Why does Apple NO longer tout their Performance Controller designs ? Here's a hint, we refer to it as "Phil's Bug". Something Apple doesn't want you to know about. And will go to great lengths to try to keep it suppressed. Including suppressing an entire sub-category of third-party Camera Apps ! -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Jan 30, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today announcing that we intend to secure a Business Loan for our recently-established Content Division, which is tasked with producing Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos,
both 8-bit 420 & 10-bit 422, using Photosets. Showcasing what Photosets is capable of is perhaps the best way (for us) to illustrate to others that the app is in-deed the Single-Best UN-Discovered Gem in Apple's App Store ! On a side note, it will be interesting to see if Tim Cook says anything later today during Apple's Earnings Call, regarding the missed-opportunity that we've been "shouting from rooftops". We suspect NOT, & if NOT, the Hole that Apple dug themselves into will simply get deeper. -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025 We could spend a lifetime trying to get Photosets off the ground in Apple's App Store, & still NOT be successful, OR we could pivot, to trying to convince some in the AI investor community of just-how-easily Photosets could become a dominant ML Tool. The newest catalyst is what we refer to as Application Specific Distillation. Something we first started thinking about on Monday, thanks to ALL the attention that DeepSeek was receiving. Combine that with Photosets' existing support for Capturing & Collecting "Dynamic" ML Traning Data, & we believe we'll have something special. The hard part will very-likely be Agreeing to Terms. -----
News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 FYI, we're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.4, by week's end. Among other things, it updates the IAP names used in the app: ● 2x Capture is now "Producer" ● ML Super Pro is now "Super Producer" And BTW, we're going ALL IN on what we had mentioned yesterday: With DeepSeek in the news again today, & to the extent that it is, we're RE-visiting an idea we've had. Is it possible to turn Photosets into an AI Assistant ? Specifically, an Application Specific AI Assistant. i.e., one built-upon custom "Dynamic" ML Training Data. On a Side Note, the Auto Shop that did the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job on our prototype E90 M3 Lite informed us yesterday that they will resolve the 2A82 VANOS intake issue FREE of charge. As a reminder, the 2A82 fault code & associated issue pop'd-up immediately AFTER the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job had been completed. The Shop believes the DME may simply need to be RE-programmed. -----
News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 27, 2025 With DeepSeek in the news again today, & to the extent that it is, we're RE-visiting an idea we've had. Is it possible to turn Photosets into an AI Assistant ? Specifically, an Application Specific AI Assistant. i.e., one built-upon custom "Dynamic" ML Training Data. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 27, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) Yesterday we set the Base version of Photosets FREE for a day. Today we're keeping it FREE for another day, & perhaps longer.
The gist, we're gonna try to make Photosets the de facto Burst Photo Camera App just by Fine-Tuning our marketing strategy for it.
That means, from our perspective, & with Pricing (possibly) now out of the way, at a Min. we need updated User Docs & a set of Video Tutorials (to make it happen). As well as a (proper) platform to serve-up the Educational Content. So that's what we're focused on this week, & very-likely also the next few. And BTW, NONE of this is new to us. We're just making it a Top Priority now. 2.) Regarding our E90 M3 Lite, late yesterday we began looking into the possibility of installing a new N52 cylinder head as a last-ditch effort to try to resolve the 2A82 VANOS intake fault code & associated issues. i.e., potentially lower than desired oil pressure into one of the VANOS components on the intake side, & possibly due to Cam Bearing Ledge wear. For clarity, like many BMW N52 owners who have encountered this problem, we don't know precisely what the root cause of the problem is. Also, as of today, we're looking into whether we should make a new N52 cylinder head part of the Baseline for our E90 M3 Lite. As well as whether we should consider alternatives to BMW's N52. And BTW, a new N52 cylinder head is ~$7K USD. So that naturally isn't a very attractive option. -----News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Jan 26, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) Trump's attempts to try to White Wash History has forced us to RE-think our strategy. And naturally, we're referring to the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection attempt. The gist, we've got a new plan, centered-around Photosets as a catalyst for CRIT,
the Center-Right Independent Thinkers coalition. And BTW, today we RE-priced the 8-bit 420 (Base) part of Photosets to try to make it
more-enticing to potential customers. i.e., to try to help the cause. 2.) We may be forced to cancel our E90 M3 Lite project. The Auto Shop completed the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job our on prototype two Wednesdays ago, but ever since then, we've been dealing with a brand-new problem. Fault code 2A82 (VANOS intake) We've thrown alot of Coin at it, but so far, NO success. If we can't resolve it, it becomes a Showstopper. -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 24, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today announcing that we've established a Content Division, tasked with producing Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos, both 8-bit 420 & 10-bit 422, using Photosets. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Jan 23, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today, Day #4 of Trump's 2nd Term, announcing that we'll be focused on Content Creation for the next 2-3 weeks. And BTW, v11.4 out soon. News Update : 1:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025 FYI, as much as we'd like to work on our proposal to TikTok Mgmt, our prototype E90 M3 Lite is in the Shop again today, & we must devote the rest of today to preparing ourselves in-case they can't resolve the 2A82 VANOS intake & P0012 A Camshaft Position Timing Over-Retarded Bank 1 fault codes. Two new VANOS Solenoids & an Oil Level Sensor as being installed today. If that doens't fit it, then a new "non-return valve" for the intake side will be installed next. If that doesn't fix it, then a new intake camshaft position sensor will be installed after that. As a reminder, we need to verify the Oil Consumption issue is resolved before we can move forward with the custom 1/4-race camshafts. On a side note, our pitch to TikTok Mgmt will be very straight-forward: "The benefits that Photosets would provide are greater than the others' !" -----
BREAKING NEWS : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today, Day #3 of Trump's 2nd Term, announcing that we've decided that we too will "make a bid" for TikTok ! After ALL, our Photosets is the Single-Best UN-Discovered Gem in the App Store ! If you're NOT familiar with Photosets, think of it as a Next-Gen Video Maker. E.g., Short-Form, Multi-Scene Videos, with up-to "60" video scenes ! And naturally, that's in addition to the app's Best-in-Class Burst Photo Capture Engine. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025 FYI, now may be a good time for us to Push to get Our Story out. As you probably know: "when Apple's stock is doing well, few pay close attention, when Apple's stock is NOT doing well, many pay close attention". What you may NOT know is that: ONLY UN-Discovered, Flagship-caliber "Camera Apps," of the type like our Photosets, have the potential to move the "iPhone Unit Sales" needle ! NOT even AI is able to do that ! And here's the kicker, for the first time ever, we're gonna focus on getting the word out to AAPL shareholders. After ALL, do they NOT have a vested interest in our success ? -----
News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 20, 2025 FYI, we've been Asked & have Agreed, to specify what we mean by an E90 M3 Lite. Basically, they're just 2006-2008 BMW E90 sedans with our custom 1/4-race camshafts. BMW never produced an E90 M3 with their Highly-Prized N52 inline-6 engine. They should have ! And BTW, ONLY the 2006-2008 E90 sedans have BMW's Highly-Prized Hydraulic-assist power steering. -----
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 20, 2025 FYI, our prototype E90 M3 Lite goes back into the Shop on Wednesday. We got it back from the Auto Shop last Wednesday, unfortunately, with new issues: 1.) Fault code 2A82, VANOS Intake 2.) An Oil Leak that is more-pronounced than when it went into the Shop. It was a known relatively-minor issue going into the Shop, with the hope that the new Valve Cover Gasket Kit would resolve it. For clarity, we don't know precisely where the Oil Leak is occurring. We suspect somewhere at the back of the Engine. Today, we're gonna try to figure-out precisely where it's occurring. Also, importantly, because of the Oil Leak we are UN-able to verify whether the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job fixed the Oil Consumption issue. i.e., the Reason our BMW went into the Shop in the first place. Also, on Wednesday, the plan is to have new VANOS solenoids & a new Oil Level Sensor installed. ● (2) VANOS solenoids (11-36-7-585-425) ● Oil Level Sensor (12-61-7-607-910) Also, importantly, after going thru the List of Parts that the Shop added, they installed an "aftermarket" VANOS solenoid (probably on the Intake side) that they should NOT have ! Should have been ALL Genuine BMW parts ! We suspect the Shop installed the "aftermarket" VANOS solenoid after encountering the VANOS intake fault code (post-Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job), & after installing other parts didn't fix the problem. E.g., the $650+ USD intake & exhaust VANOS camshaft adjusters/sprockets P/Ns 11-36-7-583-207 & 11-36-7-583-208 Also, we "may" decide to have a new Camshaft Position Sensor (OR two ?) installed, P/N 13-62-7-525-014. The P/N for its associated o-ring is still TBD. And "appears" to be VIN dependent. On a side note, we suspect the VANOS intake fault code could be caused by
lower than expected Oil Pressure. As such, today we also need to investigate the o-rings used throughout the VANOS infrastructure. Could be one & the same as the Oil Leak mentioned earlier. -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 20, 2025 To celebrate the Peaceful Transition of Power here in the States, today, Mon, Jan 20, 2025, we've set the Base version of Photosets FREE ! -----
News Update : 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Jan 19, 2025 FYI, Cosmosent Labs, Inc. is today announcing that we're now using Photosets': ● 8-bit 420 60-scene Video Maker & ● 10-bit 422 single-scene Video Maker In House to expand into the Content as a Service (CaaS) Market ! -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 17, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the Leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that we have a plan on how to reduce, perhaps significantly, the "grave" National Security "threat" that TikTok represents. But the implementation (of such plan) won't happen over night. And we can't do it without (Financial) assistance. But we are well-positioned to make it happen ASAP. Our Photosets represents perhaps the best starting point of ANY app on the planet. At least on the High End. i.e., those running TikTok on an iPhone. Specifically, videos crafted from Photosets' Short-Form, 60-scene Video Maker have the potential to
make TikTok look out-dated. NOT some pipe dream, the feature has been in the app for years ! Yet, to date, NONE of Photosets' Users have used it "to Make a Name for Themselves". WTF ? We find that extremely puzzling, but it is what it is. In its current state, Photosets should be thought of as a Producer app. To Compete Head On with TikTok, we would need to add Consumer-side support. And that's where the Financial assistance is needed. But we would also use some of the Financial assistance to expedite the completion of select Producer-side R&R tasks (to help it stand out even more). E.g., adding "collaborative" Video Maker support for both 8-bit 420 content & 10-bit 422 content. On a side note, (we believe) Producer-side product differentiation is key to NOT just Competing Head On with TikTok, but ALSO over-taking them. Stated differently, ONLY Unique & Innovative Camera Apps have ANY real chance of over-taking TikTok. And of ALL the Camera Apps in the App Store, (our) Photosets is the most-Unique & most-Innovative ! And, is the best-positioned to over-take TikTok, at least on the High End. -----
News Update : 6:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Jan 16, 2025 FYI, we've pivoted back to working Full Time on the next update of Photosets, v11.4. The gist, there's simply too much uncertainty at this time with whether TikTok gets banned OR NOT for us to devote ANY resources to preparing Photosets to compete in its Market in a post-TikTok Env. On a side note, we've got what we think is a good idea on how our U.S. Govt can ultimately come out on top (WRT the TikTok national security problem). But it's too important to state publicly. We're gonna use back channels to try to make it happen. In the meantime, we'll continue to work on Photosets so that it can play the role we had envisioned. i.e., representing the High-End of a splintered post-TikTok Env. Which as you can probably guess, is NOT a bad place to be. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025 FYI, to prepare Photosets for participating in a post-TikTok Env, today we began partitioning Photosets' User Docs into two parts, one for Consumers, & another for Producers. On a side note, today we are also announcing that we've decided to use Photosets' RGB3x file format on our internal Content Servers. Among other things, RGB3x is the ONLY known file format that includes support for Machine Learning (ML) Tags/Captions/Labels ! Specifically, up-to ML "255" bytes per photo. And naturally, from our perspective, it's intended for the Capture & Collection of "Dynamic" ML Training Data. -----
News Update : 6 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025 FYI, one more thing to announce today. While we do expect to get our prototype E90 M3 Lite back from the Auto Shop later today, we've decided (this morning) that we will NOT be moving forward with our planned custom camshafts for it. The TikTok opportunity is simply too important. We need to stay focused ! And BTW, our E90 M3 Lite had both Valve Stem Oil Seal & VANOS "R&R jobs" done on it over the past 1.5 weeks. Parts & Labor came to $6K USD. -----
News Update : 5:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025 FYI, quick update to our earlier Breaking News: 1.) We could have Photosets' Social Media feature Up-and-Running by this time next month ! 2.) If TikTok's market value is in-deed $50B USD, how much of that is due to their Higher-End customers ? We leave it to the Reader & to potential Investors & Corp Partners to figure out. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the Leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that we're positioning Photosets to participate in a post-TikTok Env. Assume for the moment that TikTok does in-deed Shut Down here in the U.S. on Sunday. Then what ? Alternatives will emerge. With the Social Media feature that we've hinted at over the past few weeks, Photosets could compete. It would in fact, represent the High-End of a splintered post-TikTok Env. Which as you can probably guess, is NOT a bad place to be. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025 Two things things to announce today: 1.) Times Up ! NO ONE has yet made a name for themselves using Photosets' Short Form, 60-scene Video Maker. So, we're now expanding into Content Creation so we can do so ourselves ! And, since we're on the West Coast, we're thinking Sunrise Bikini Photoshoots on the beaches here in San Diego. 2.) Our prototype 2006 E90 M3 Lite is still in the Shop. The Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job has been completed, but the Engine is now throwing VANOS codes, which the Shop is now trying to resolve. We're now also investigating on our end. As a reminder, one of the primary reasons we're developing a protype E90 M3 Lite is to put some much-needed visibility on Photosets. From our perspective, Tim Cook's App Store is catastrophically-broken ! And we have ALL the necessary Ammo (i.e., relevant data points) to prove our point both in a Court of Law AND to the General Public. Consider this: Except for those who have one, BMW's 2006-2008 E90 sedans are UN-discovered Gems. Even for those who have it installed on their iPhone, Photosets is an UN-Discovered Gem. How is that even possible ? We know the reason. Soon, many others will as well. Here's a hint, who has Full Control of both App Discovery & App Store Ratings ? Certainly NOT us. Who has the ability to Cover Up a Chip Bug to such an extent that they can suppress knowledge of one-third of an iPhone's Camera Tech, & NO ONE (with influence) is the wiser ? Certainly NOT us. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 13, 2025 As we understand it, Tim Cook's Apple believes it is under NO legal obligation to Recommend & Promote the best apps to "our" mutual customers. However, we believe they're wrong ! In fact, we believe Tim Cook violated his Fiduciary Duty to AAPL shareholders, and most importantly, we believe we can prove it in the Court of Law. The gist, iPhone owners have missed-out-on 1/3 of what an iPhone has to offer WRT its Camera Technology. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos in the middle. Each has their own set of Domains/Applications/Use Cases. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet despite that, Apple refuses to Recommend & Promote third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps that are significantly better than their native Burst mode feature. The net result, iPhone Upgrade Cycles have been longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. By our count, Apple has left $113B+ USD of high-end iPhone revenue on the table over the years because of their "stance" on third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. That's NOT Trump change ! And while High-End iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, have ALL missed-out on the benefits that our Photosets offers, from a legal perspective, we believe Tim Cook ONLY has to worry about AAPL shareholders. As we understand it, Tim Cook has NO Fiduciary Duty to iPhone owners OR to Apple's cellular service provider partners. But Cook certainly does to AAPL shareholders. We need the DOJ to Kick Off an investigation into our claims. It's time for Tim Cook to Fess Up to the Cover Up. Something he should have done years ago !
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
The difference between the Orange line & the Burgundy line represents (our estimate of) the high-end iPhone revenue Apple "left on the table," due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they should have been. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 13, 2025 FYI, the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out by week's end, adds the following Enhancements: 1.) The ability to Adjust the Look & Feel of your 10-bit 422 (Apple) Log photos. 2.) 4K120 photo capture. 3.) Reduced Power Consumption & Memory Footprint. -----
News Update : 1 PM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Jan 12, 2025 A few more things to announce today: 1.) We've RE-named Photosets' two IAPs: ● "2x Capture" (+ 10-bit 1.5x) -to- "Pro" (8-bit 420) ● "ML Super Pro" (10-bit 422)" -to- "Super Pro" (10-bit 422) 2.) "Guidance on Adjusting Front & Rear Sights" is the focus of the R&D project we hinted at earlier. 3.) We're continuing to update the Docs !
Updated High-Level Overview (table last updated 5 AM, Mon, Jan 13, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
4K60 Photo Capture (Max photos/set) (1) |
12 Mpx Photo Capture (Max photos/set) (2) |
8-bit 420 60-scene Video Maker (3) |
10-bit ProRes 422HQ Single-Scene Video Maker (4) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
|||
| In House |
75 |
30-45 |
60 |
- |
- |
✔ |
| Super Pro (10-bit 422) ($7.99) |
- |
30-45 |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
| Pro (8-bit 420) ($7.99) |
60 |
- |
40 |
- |
✔ |
- |
| Base ($7.99) |
30 |
- |
20 |
- |
✔ |
- |
(1) Image Stabilized. (2) NOT Image Stabilized. R&D's schedule for releasing "collaborative" Multi-Scene Video Maker support: (3) v11.5 (4) v11.6 -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Jan 12, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) We're now adding "collaborative" Multi-Scene Video Maker support to Photosets ! You can think of it as a New Kind of Social Media ! When released, it will (initially) be available ONLY to those running Photosets on an M4 OLED iPad Pro. 2.) Every technical member of the company is now using a G34 as their CCW. This has allowed us to standardize on Federal AE 147 grain. Which most of us average 9K OR so rounds of per year. And BTW, this is related to an AI & ML R&D project we've been working on for well over a year.
News Update : 3:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Jan 11, 2025 One more thing to announce today, a Heads Up on the types of content that we're looking to "first" support with Photosets' (upcoming ?) social media feature: 1.) 10-bit 4K photos. 2.) Short-Form, Multi-Scene 10-bit 4K Videos. #1 won't include support for 10-bit LZ4 Lossless Data Compressed photos,
& #2 won't include support for 10-bit ProRes 422HQ Encoded videos. For both 10-bit Photos & 10-bit Videos we need something more BW & storage efficient than what Photosets currently offers, which is intended for Capture & Post ONLY. E.g., 10-bit AVIF or 10-bit JPEG XL for Photos & 10-bit AV1 for Videos. -----
News Update : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Jan 11, 2025 FYI, after sleeping on it, we concluded "we need to stay nimble". As such, we've Bailed on the Business Strategy pivot that we described (just) yesterday. i.e., pursuing a potential Partnership with Disney. It was a good idea, but perhaps NOT the best idea. Pursing a First Institutional Investment is very-likely the better strategy. The gist, we've been carving-out the High-End of smartphone-based Burst Photography over the years, & have recently taken a BIG step forward with the addition of 10-bit 422 4K Photo Capture & 10-bit ProRes 422HQ videos crafted from those photos. Should have resulted in Photosets being named App of the Year by Apple last year. But, Technically, Tim Cook & Phil Schiller don't know shit ! Either that, OR they are simply so worried about how much the Cover Up may cost Apple in terms of Coin & Reputation, that they would rather continue to cheat high-end iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, out of their respective benefits of the third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. Either way, we want to put visibility on the issue. Apple's App Store represents a Monopoly, & we can prove it. Apple was NOT financially harmed by their Cover Up. That point is extremely key in the Court of Law. Ask yourself: 1.) Why does Apple NEVER Recommend OR Promote third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps ? 2.) Why does Apple NO LONGER promote the Performance Controller in their A-series chips ? The two are tied together, & ALL the necessary info is publicly available. And BTW, if Tim Cook didn't keep the AAPL Board in the loop on this very important topic over the years, he will be forced out ! Cover Ups always get people in trouble. Didn't they learn anything from Bill Clinton's presidency ? -----
News Update : 2 PM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 10, 2025 FYI, quick update to our 1:30 PM News Update. We will in-deed include it in our Pitch to Disney. For starters, from a Technical Perspective, we would need to add 10-bit Lossy Image Compression support to Photoests' existing 10-bit 422 4K Photo Capture support. And, we're already on the record as having stated that it's a Top Priority. On a side note, we want to publicly state that our preference is to Partner with both Disney & Apple. -----
News Update : 1:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 10, 2025 FYI, one more "really important" thing to announce today. Years ago, we looked into adding Social Media support into Photosets. We didn't move forward with it back then primarily because we didn't have the resources to do so. NOT because we didn't think it was a good idea. But now, OR soon, if we were able to Partner with Disney, we believe we could move forward with it. And Make NO Mistake, TikTok's current situation should make it an Easy Sell (to Other Mgmt). At least to get it Up & Running as a Pilot Program. Travel & Theme Parks would be its initial focus. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 10, 2025 FYI, quick update to our earlier Breaking News. 1.) Partnering with Disney is NOT a new concept for us. It's something we seriously thought about just-after Bob Iger left the Apple Board. But which we simply never pursued. 2.) Today we crafted a first new table for our Sales Pitch to Disney.
(table last updated 10:30 AM, Fri, Jan 10, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
4K60 Photo Capture (Max photos/set) |
Disney's Theme Park Customers |
Disney's Studios |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 (1) |
|||
| In House |
75 |
30-45 |
- |
✔ |
| ML Super Pro ($7.99) |
60 |
30-45 |
✔ |
✔ |
| 2x Capture ($7.99) |
60 |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
| Base ($5.99) |
30 |
- |
✔ |
- |
(1) 30 photos/set without the 2x Capture IAP,
45 photos/set with the 2x Capture IAP. Currently code-limited to 45 photos/set,
but we do have plans to increase it to 60 photos/set. But NOT until AFTER we've added 10-bit Lossy Image Compression support. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 10, 2025 Do you think Disney might like to partner with Photosets now that "Venu Sports" is NO more ? We do ! Do you think Bob Iger might like a new Feather in his Cap ? We do ! Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the Leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing a Business Strategy pivot, effective immediately ! Now that the "Venu Sports" venture has been terminated, we believe there is good potential for us to partner with Disney. As a reminder, Bob Iger used to be on the Apple Board. And BTW, while Photosets is NOT a streaming media app, it offers potential benefits to Disney far-beyond what Venu Sports ever could. It's now up to us to convince Bob Iger & his staff of those benefits. Such benefits should have been Crystal Clear to Tim Cook & Phil Schiller, as many of them also applied to Apple, but for some UN-known reason, never was. And BTW, it's ONLY 120 miles between La Jolla (where we are) & Disney's Studios (in Burbank). -----
News Update : 2:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Jan 9, 2025 Quick update to our 5 AM News Update. We want to clarify one important point regarding 10-bit Apple Log. Referring to the "Adjust the Look & Feel" row in the table, beginning with the next update of Photosets, v11.4, that's a New Required Step for 10-bit Apple Log when crafting a Video. And very specifically, changes are applied to the image data that resides in DRAM, just before it is used to craft a Video, NOT to the actual photo files themselves. For example, for each photo of a set, & performed sequencially, Photosets will: i.) Read the photo into DRAM ii.) Apply ANY necessary (Look & Feel) changes iii.) Use the image data in DRAM to craft a Video And by performed sequencially, we simply mean the Sequence of Operations is performed one photo at a time. -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Jan 9, 2025 What would it take to support a 10-bit Full-Res 4K HDR Gain Map ? For Memory Packed, we assume 5 bytes for every four pixels. And Yes, ONLY applicable to 10-bit data, NOT 8-bit data. For Encoding, we assume a 1/3 reduction in file size.
vs. an 8-bit 4K HDR Gain Map: Full-Res: +1.38 MB 1/4-Res: +0.35 MB
HDR Gain Map Comparison (in bytes) for 4K photos (table last updated 9:30 AM, Thurs, Jan 9, 2025)
| Memory Packed |
Encoded |
8-bit |
10-bit |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4-Res |
Full Res |
1/4-Res |
Full Res |
||
| - |
- |
2.07 |
8.29 |
4.15 |
16.59 |
| ✔ |
- |
- |
- |
2.59 |
10.37 |
| - |
✔ |
1.38 |
5.53 |
2.76 |
11.06 |
| ✔ |
✔ |
- |
- |
1.73 |
6.91 |
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News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Jan 9, 2025 FYI, the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out tomorrow ?, adds support for Adjusting the Look & Feel of your 10-bit 422 (Apple) Log 4K photos ! And naturally, ALL the photos of a particular photo set at once (i.e., as a Batch Operation). What to do after that (i.e., for v11.5) is NOT clear to us. Ideally, we would add a 10-bit Lossy Image Compression option for sRGB & HLG during capture & for Apple Log post capture. But neither of the Next-Gen candidates, JPEG XL & AVIF, are really ready for prime time. And the JPEG with HDR Gain Map option isn't really a good fit when the starting point is 10-bit 422 content. Gain Maps appear to be standardized around 1/4-Res & 8-bit. With NO option for Full-Res & 10-bit. And why that is we have NO clue. So, we (like others) have a BIG dilemma. To present the BIG picture, we've crafted a new table that reflects our current thinking. Key factors: 1.) There is NO (desirable) industry standard for 10-bit photos. 2.) Photosets already supports crafting 10-bit ProRes 422HQ videos from RGB3x photo files. And, it's currently always a two-step process, first photo capture, then crafting the video. We could make it a one-step process for sRGB & HLG, but that would add delay to being setup to capture a subsequent photo set. 3.) The 15P, 15PM, 16P, & 16PM iPhones support ProRes 422HQ video playback. The 13P, 13PM, 14P, & 14PM iPhones should as well, but we've NOT yet tested them. Note that NONE of the NON-Pro iPhones do.
(table last updated 5 AM, Thurs, Jan 9, 2025)
| Feature OR Capability |
10-bit 422 4K Photo Capture |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sRGB |
P3 D65 |
HLG |
Apple Log |
||
| Photosets v11.5+ |
|||||
| 10-bit Lossy Image Compression |
During Capture |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
- |
| Post Capture |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
|
| Photosets v11.4+ |
|||||
| Adjust the Look & Feel (Post Capture) |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
|
| Photosets v11.2+ |
|||||
| Craft 10-bit ProRes 422HQ Videos (Post Capture) |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
|
| Photosets v10.31+ |
|||||
| 10-bit LZ4 Lossless Data Compression (During Capture) |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
|
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News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the Leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that the odds our prototype E90 M3 Lite moves into Production greatly increased today, with the announcement by Porsche (earlier today) that their Next-Gen 911 S will NOT offer a manual transmission option ! Some important facts: BMW never offered an E90 M3 with an In Line 6. The last NON-M BMW sedans with BMW's highly-prized Hydraulic-assist power steering were the
2006-2008 E90 sedans. The N52 engine in the 2006-2008 E90 sedans is Rock Solid, & except for an Oil Consumption problem that begins at around 200K miles, is very-likely good for 300K miles. (our prototype 2006 E90 M3 Lite is getting its Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job at 215K miles) On a side note, we want to make it Crystal Clear to ALL that we plan on producing NO more than
12K 2006-2008 E90 M3 Lite sports sedans per year. And that most will include a 6-speed manual transmission, just like our prototype E90 M3 Lite. -----
News Update : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025 One more thing to announce today. We plan to bail on X/Twitter in favor of other platforms. X/Twitter simply hasn't worked for Photosets. -----
News Update : 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025 Two more things to announce today: 1.) Today is Day #3 & hopefully the final day that our prototype E90 M3 Lite will be in the local Auto Shop receiving its Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job. If ALL goes well, we'll be able to pick it up later today. If/when we're able to verify the Oil Consumption issue is behind us, we'll move onto developing the custom camshafts that we've previously described. i.e., 11 mm lift / 268-degree duration, both Intake & Exhaust 2.) In addition to the updated Photosets User Guide, we're also working on an updated strategy for App Store screenshots. One we refer to as App Store Supermodels. If ALL goes well, that goes Live with v11.4. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) Do you think President-elect Trump would like a Feather in his Cap for helping Break Up Apple's App Store Monopoly ? We do, & we intend to recruit him to our cause. And BTW, for those who are UN-aware, we have ALL the necessary Ammo (i.e., relevant data points) to make it happen. The gist, iPhone owners have missed-out-on 1/3 of what an iPhone has to offer WRT its Camera Technology. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos in the middle. Each has their own set of Domains/Applications/Use Cases. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet despite their poor showing In The Middle, Apple won't Recommend OR Promote significantly-better third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. Effectively cheating high-end iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, out of their respective benefits. And BTW, do NOT be surprised if the AAPL Board is (ultimately) forced to force Cook & Schiller out. 2.) We've decided to include Photosets' upcoming 4K120 Photo Capture support as part of the app's 2x Capture IAP. That's because the Base version's 30 photos/set Max capture duration is simply too short to properly support it. 3.) Like yesterday, our top priority today is continuing to RE-write our Photosets User Guide. And, we don't plan to release the next update of Photosets, v11.4, until we've completely updated the User Guide. -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025 FYI, we've decided to make the new User Docs the main upgrade for the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out by week's end. Read that to mean that support for 4K120 photo capture will NOT be enabled in v11.4. Even at "60" photos/set it would be right at the limit of what we deem acceptable. i.e., one-half-second of capture duration per photo set. Additionally, since Photosets' RGB3x Lossless 10-bit 422 4K photo capture is currently limited to "45" photos/set, it wouldn't make sense for us to enable it for 10-bit capture either. And we don't really want to increase the Max capture duration for 10-bit capture until AFTER we've added a 10-bit Lossy compression option. i.e., to reduce file sizes. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025 One more thing to announce today, Assume President-elect Trump (because of his BIG Bill strategy) soon realizes that he will very-likely NOT have ANY accomplishments to point to during the first 100-200 days of his 2nd Term AND that he is setup to become Railroaded by the J6ers & their families. In such case, Trump would naturally like to have a Feather in his Cap (for something). We can offer him that something. Specifically, a chance to help Break Up Apple's App Store Monopoly. We have all the necessary Ammo (i.e., relevant data points) to make it happen. Make NO mistake, if Trump gets behind our cause the AAPL Board will be forced
to force Cook & Schiller out. And they will be doing so on the grounds of Technical Incompetence & Market Opportunity Ignorance. As we've previously mentioned, iPhone owners have missed-out-on 1/3 of what an iPhone has to offer WRT its Camera Technology. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos in the middle. Each has their own set of Domains/Applications/Use Cases. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet despite that, they refuse to Recommend & Promote third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps that are significantly better than their native Burst mode feature. And (yet) despite that, Apple has NOT been financially harmed by their Actions. And that Boys & Girls is how you can prove in a court of law
that a company does in-deed have a Monopoly. -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025 Three things to announce today: 1.) We've NOT yet made a decision on whether to enable support for 4K120 Photo Capture in the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out by week's end. See our "Photosets' Capture Duration Comparison" table. 2.) Late yesterday we decided to prioritize updated User Docs with v11.4. 3.) Today we dropped the price of the Base version by half,
& increased the price of the ML Super Pro IAP by 1/3. Our intent is to help Photosets become the first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App,
while also protecting our AI & ML interests. -----
News Update : 4 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 6, 2025 FYI, we needed to craft a new table for both Internal & External discussions
& thought others might like to see it as well. By sufficiently Skilled in the Art, we are referring to Skill using Photosets' Long Press Shutter (support) controlling the Capture Engine's Circular Buffer.
Photosets' Capture Duration Comparison (Red = Too short for most, Blue = Best for those sufficiently Skilled in the Art) (table last updated 8 PM, Mon, Jan 6, 2025)
| Version of Photosets |
Image Stabilization |
No Image Stabilization |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K30 (seconds) |
4K60 (seconds) |
4K120 (seconds) |
8 Mpx (seconds) |
12 Mpx (seconds) |
|
| In House (1) |
2 + 1/2 |
1 + 1/4 |
5/8 |
2 + 1/2 |
2 |
| 2x Capture IAP (2) |
2 |
1 |
1/2 |
2 |
1 + 1/3 |
| Base (3) |
1 |
1/2 |
1/4 |
1 |
2/3 |
(1) 4K: 75 photos/set, 12Mpx: 60 photos/set. (2) 4K: 60 photos/set, 12Mpx: 40 photos/set. (3) 4K: 30 photos/set, 12Mpx: 20 photos/set. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Jan 6, 2025 Two things to announce today: 1.) The next update of Photosets, v11.4, could be released as early as later today. It "may" OR may NOT include 10-bit 422 4K120 Log Photo Capture. Strictly a Business Decision & strictly Our Call. And Yes, we've NOT yet submitted v11.4 to App Review. The gist, even though Photosets has included support for 10-bit 422 4K60 Log Photo Capture since the release of v10.31, NO End Users have yet used it. i.e., requires the ML Super Pro IAP, which we can monitor sales of in the App Store. Simply put, it "may" be in our best interest to align the 4K120 support with our planned Uber/Lyft/DoorDash-style Business Strategy for the Capture & Collection of "Dynamic" ML Training Data. Something we first began adding support for in Photosets v11.1. 2.) Our prototype E90 M3 Lite is now in the Shop receiving its planned Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job. If/when we're able to verify the Oil Consumption issue is behind us, we'll quickly move on to developing our custom camshafts for it. i.e., 11 mm lift / 268-degree duration, both Intake & Exhaust. And BTW, 11 mm = 0.433". Will make for a very nice "Daily Driver" !
📌 Photosets v11.4 ? 10-bit 422 Photo Capture (table last updated 10:30 AM, Mon, Jan 6, 2025)
| iPhone |
4K60 (1) |
4K120 |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sRGB |
P3 D65 |
HLG |
Apple Log |
sRGB |
P3 D65 |
HLG |
Apple Log |
|
| 16P 16PM |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
| 16 16+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 15P 15PM |
✔ |
- |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 15 15+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(1) Released in v10.31. -----
News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Jan 5, 2025 FYI, we plan to release the next update of Photosets, v11.4, tomorrow, with another smartphone industry first, 10-bit 422 4K120 photo capture ! -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Jan 5, 2025 FYI, quick update to our earlier News Update. One way to prove a company has a Monopoly is simply to illustrate that they've NOT been financially hurt by their Actions. And it comes down to a company's ability to Fully Control the Narrative. As we previously mentioned, iPhone owners have missed-out-on 1/3 of what an iPhone has to offer WRT its Camera Technology. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos in the middle. Each has their own set of Domains/Applications/Use Cases. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet despite that, they refuse to Recommend & Promote third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps that are significantly better than their native Burst mode feature. And (yet) despite that, Apple has NOT been financially harmed by their Actions. On a side note, NO member of the AAPL Board has ever contacted us regarding this extremely important issue. We find that extremely puzzling. -----
News Update : 7:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Jan 5, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the Leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that we're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.4, by mid-week with (added) 4K120 photo capture support. On a side note, (early) yesterday we referenced (via a Tweet) just how much iPhone revenue (we believe) Apple left on the table via their "stance" on Photosets. Today we simply want to add that yesterday's Tweet "could become" the Catalyst for a potential Class Action Lawsuit against Apple. And in such case, would Open the Floodgates to a whole slew of problems for the AAPL Board to address. E.g., should Tim Cook, a man with NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise, be allowed to continue to run Apple ? OR e.g., should Phil Schiller, a man with NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise, be allowed to continue to run Apple's App Store ? From our perspective, it has been Technical Incompetence combined with Market Opportunity Ignorance on the part of Apple's Mgmt Team that has gotten Apple into trouble. Also on a side note, today we simply want to RE-iterate that there is a 50% chance that AI flops. As a team of seasoned EEs, the enthusiasm for AI reminds us of the enthusiasm for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) back in the mid-1990s. And we ALL know what happened there. And here's the kicker, we're very-likely NOT gonna know if AI flops for 5-7 years. If it does, AND the AI data center Power Generation Infrastructure is built-up responsibly, we'll ALL have cheap abundent "clean" energy to tap into moving forward. That, in fact, might be the Best & Preferred Outcome for AI. FOMO is driving AI today. FOMO was driving ATM in the mid-1990s. There is a parallel for those who look closely. One should NOT assume that AI will gain traction. Right now it's just a Pipe Dream. Lack of Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise is the most-likely factor to derail it. We're playing our part to try to help out. i.e., via (dedicated) support for Capturing & Collecting "Dynamic" ML Training Data. Off the radar of most, but should NOT be. If Tim Cook wasn't running Apple & Phil Schiller wasn't running the App Store,
you would have heard about it already ! And BTW, we're gonna make it hard for Trump to provide Apple with another Tariff Exemption. It's NOT OK for Apple to suppress third-party innovation just because they've been Leapfrogged in a Camera Tech by a much smaller company ! -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Jan 4, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the Leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out soon, adds support for 4K120 burst photo capture ! Upon release, It will be available to those running Photosets on a 16 Pro OR 16 Pro Max iPhone. On a side note, today we'd like to point out that (upon release) v11.4 will represent Photosets' 399th App Store App Review Approval ! As such, we feel compelled to make v11.5 extra special. Perhaps with added support for crafting JPEGs with Gain Maps from your captured RGB3x Lossless 10-bit 422 4K60 & 4K120 photos. And BTW, we were planning to add that into v11.4, but it's a somewhat-challenging implementation task. The delay now works to our advantage. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Jan 3, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the Leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that we've expanded Availability of Photosets to include Canada, (mainland) China, & the United Kingdom. Also, today we've RE-priced the Base version of Photosets to ONE U.S. Buck. And BTW, NO ONE took advantage of it yesterday when it was priced at twenty-nine cents. -----
News Update : 1 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Jan 2, 2025 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the Leader in Burst Photo Technology & Domain/Application/Use-Case support, is today announcing that Apple would NOT have needed to discount their "16 Pro" & "16 Pro Max" iPhones in China, if they had simply announced Photosets as App of the Year (for 2024) one month ago ! As we mentioned earlier today, iPhone owners have missed-out-on 1/3 of what an iPhone has to offer WRT its Camera Technology. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos in the middle. Each has their own set of Domains/Applications/Use Cases. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet despite that, they refuse to Recommend & Promote third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps that are significantly better than their native Burst mode feature. By our count, Apple left $113B USD of high-end iPhone revenue "on the table" over the years because of their "stance" on third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. i.e., From the Release Date of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first true High-Perf iPhone, thru April 4, 2023 (when we stopped analyzing the issue). And now, with today's news regarding iPhone discounts in China, Apple Mgmt (clearly) still doesn't get it ! We say it's time for the AAPL Board to replace Tim Cook & Phil Schiller
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Jan 2, 2025 FYI, effective immediately, we're now promoting Photosets as the twenty-nine-cent Burst Photo Camera App. And we're doing so for multiple reasons, one of which is we believe it's the perfect place to begin extracting concessions from Apple regarding their third-party Burst Photo Camera App "Cover Up". It's NO secret that Tim Cook wants another Tariff Exemption for Apple from Trump. This time, it could be alot more difficult for Trump to grant it. Neither the General Public NOR President-elect Trump know that Tim Cook's Apple "cheated" high-end iPhone owners & AAPL shareholders out of their "respective benefits" of third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. From an AAPL shareholder perspective, by our count, Apple has left $113B USD of high-end iPhone revenue "on the table" over the years because of their "stance" on third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. And very specifically, due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. The gist, iPhone owners missed-out-on 1/3 of what the iPhone had to offer WRT its Camera Technology. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos in the middle. Each has their own set of Applications/Use Cases. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet despite that, they refuse to Recommend & Promote third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps that are significantly better than their native Burst mode feature. OK, but why ? Insecurity, we believe, is the main reason. They simply don't want the General Public to know that they've been Leapfrogged in a Camera Tech by a much smaller company. And, ever since we pointed out to Apple just how much they've left on the table, they're probably extremely scared now of that getting out. In other words, the Hole that they Dug themselves into is getting Deeper Over Time. And will continue to do so until it becomes Common Knowledge & they finally agree to the Cover Up. Starting today, we're gonna do our best to get Apple to publicly agree to a list of concessions we want for the App Store, BEFORE Trump kicks off his 2nd term on Jan 20th. Here is a first-cut of our list: 1.) MUST publicly admit to the third-party Burst Photo Camera App "Cover Up". 2.) MUST agree to a fixed & permanent 0% Apple Tax on Paid Apps priced at $0.29 USD. 3.) MUST agree to promote a Paid App priced at $0.29 USD every Wednesday as App of the Day that has been in the App Store for at-least ONE Year & has NEVER received ANY love from Apple in their App Store. 4.) MUST agree to provide feedback to App Devs on Ratings Requests made by an App that were both Granted & NOT Granted by iOS. 5.) MUST agree to Explain to both App Devs & AAPL shareholders on how they screwed-up so badly, & describe in detail on how it won't happen again. -----
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 1, 2025 FYI, today we are announcing that we intend to challenge the Technical & Market Competence
of Apple's App Store Mgmt Team. And we're starting today with an updated promo for Photosets: ● Light Years Ahead of Apple's Burst mode feature ! ● Very-likely the Single-Best UN-Discovered Gem (App) in the entire App Store ! ● Should have been App of the Year in 2024 ! Consider this
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
The difference between the Orange line & the Burgundy line represents (our estimate of) the high-end iPhone revenue Apple "left on the table," due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they should have been. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Jan 1, 2025 FYI, we've pivoted somewhat WRT Photosets from what we had outlined yesterday. Today, we've RE-enabled the ability for End Users to purchase both of Photosets' IAPs, and we've RE-priced both the Base version & the 2x Capture IAP to $0.29 USD. And BTW, prior to today, Photosets' 2x Capture IAP has never been priced below $4.99 USD. -----
News Update : 4:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 31, 2024 FYI, quick update to our earlier News Update. Because of the relatively-new change-in-sentiment regarding AI, we now believe we can move forward with our planned Uber/Lyft/DoorDash-style business model for the Capture & Collection of custom "Dynamic" Training Data. And specifically, using the Features & Capabilities of what had represented Photosets' 2x Capture & ML Super Pro IAPs. i.e., as a Services Offering. Consider this: 1.) We keep the Base version of Photosets FREE, to build-up an Army of Highly-Skilled End Users. 2.) We update Photosets so that those aligned with our Uber/Lyft/DoorDash-style business model have access to the Features & Capabilities of what had represented the 2x Capture & ML Super Pro IAPs. And BTW, if CNBC is reporting on it, then it's already mainstream within the VC community. -----
News Update : 2:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 31, 2024 FYI, we've Removed Photosets' two IAPs, 2x Capture & ML Super Pro, from Sale in the App Store. Both were new & neither had any sales. And, we've pivoted the Base version of Photosets back to a FREE app. And BTW, we made the changes in response to this,
which represents others (finally) coming-around to our way of thinking: link to CNBC AI Video -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 31, 2024 FYI, Photosets should have been App of the Year this year, but it NEVER had a chance with Apple having 100% Control of both App Discovery & App Store Ratings. Yet, that doesn't diminish what Photosets represents: ● A rare, true Flagship-caliber Camera App ! ● Light Years Ahead of Apple's Burst mode feature ! ● Very-likely the Single-Best UN-Discovered Gem (App) in the entire App Store ! If the U.S. Govt asked third-party Camera App Devs "does Apple play favorites ?" ALL but ONE would say Yes ! And BTW, for those of you who don't know, one of the best ways to prove a company has a Monopoly is to illustrate that they weren't financially hurt by their Actions. And in this case, intentionally suppressing knowledge of third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps that are significantly better than Apple's own native Burst mode feature. There is NO way to sugar coat it, Apple cheated high-end iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, out of their respective benefits of the third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. WRT to AAPL shareholders & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, iPhone Upgrade Cycles have been longer than they could have & should have been, due to Apple's actions. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. From our perspective, Apple gets 90% of the blame, CNBC gets the other 10% of the blame. Make NO mistake, the so-called Pro Stock Analysts who make a living covering AAPL,
can't be trusted when talking about Apple. How could they miss something so significant that it would result in Apple leaving more than $100B USD of high-end iPhone revenue "on the table" over the years ? Specifically, since the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first true high-end iPhone. -----
News Update : 1 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Dec 30, 2024 FYI, we're On Track to Release the next update of Photosets, v11.4, by week's end. As of today, we are UN-sure if it will include support for Optionally Crafting Pre-Standard ISO 21496-1 JPEGs with Gain Maps from your RGB3x photo files. The decision to do so OR NOT is more Business Strategy-related than Technical. And, if we did include it, would many use it ? Seems to us that the initial target market might ONLY be those, like us, developing a
Next-Gen HDR-enabled JPEG Decoder. As a reminder, our Next-Gen HDR-enabled JPEG Decoder, which should be completed this week, also decodes RGB3x Lossless 10-bit 422 photo files. And because of that has the real potential of becoming a De Facto Industry Standard. On a side note, if Apple's Market Cap of $3.8T USD is truly justified, then (surely) Cosmosent Labs, Inc. should have a Market Cap of $3.8B USD. We are AFTER ALL, Light Years Ahead of Apple in Burst Photo Technology & Applications support. Off the Radar of most, but should NOT be. Also, different subject, if you didn't catch the CNBC story earlier today regarding
China's AI model breakthrough, here's the link: link to CNBC AI video
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News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Dec 29, 2024 FYI, we'll be working on our RGB3x Decoder for a couple of days, perhaps longer. When completed, we'll be using it to test the capabilities of iPhone & iPad Pro displays. E.g., can they properly display 10-bit 422 photo content ? And BTW, when completed, we intend to release a version of our RGB3x Decoder
as a command-line macOS app. -----
News Update : 5 PM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Dec 28, 2024 To Gain Main OR NOT to Gain Map ? That's the gist of what we're currently dealing with WRT the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out soon. We'll continue to work on our implementation, but we're NOT sure we'll bring it to market. -----
News Update : 7:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Dec 28, 2024 FYI, late yesterday, we were Asked by potential Investors & Corp Partners, to consider pivoting the Base version of Photosets to FREE on a permanent basis. While we didn't commit to making it a permanent price change, we did pivot it to FREE this morning. On a side note, WRT crafting JPEGs with HDR Gain Maps from your RGB3x Lossless 10-bit 422 4K60 photo files, which we've hinted support for "may" be included in the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out soon, we "may" decide NOT to go that route. Our (strong) preference is for a "pure" 10-bit color solution. Perhaps that's RGB3x with a Lossy Compression option, perhaps it's something else entirely. Plus, we simply don't understand why the Gain Map "Decision Makers" decided to go with
an 8-bit Greyscale solution. To us, a 10-bit Greyscale solution would be the much better choice. Consider this, ONLY Next-Gen HDR-enabled JPEG Decoders are/will-be capable of processing the added HDR Gain Map & associated Metadata. So why then limit it to ONLY 8 bits ? Their decision to do so makes NO sense to us ! Are they really worried about the extra storage & BW requirements of an extra byte per 1/4-Res ? Which for 4K is 2.07 MB per photo. And that's with NO compression of the Gain Map data. Consider this 10 bits split across two bytes. data[9:2], {6'd0, data[1:0]} OR data[9:2], {data[1:0], 6'd0} Depending-upon the capabilities of a User's display, a Next-Gen HDR-enabled JPEG Decoder could choose to read just the upper byte (i.e., most-sig 8 bits), OR both bytes (i.e., ALL 10-bits). Also, importantly, Apple has been touting that they've been including Greyscale 1/4-Res Gain Maps in iPhone Camera captures for years. Let's just hope they're 10-bit Gain Maps & NOT 8-bit Gain Maps. But we doubt it. Ask yourself, would you be willing to incur a 2.07 MB per photo Storage & BW hit
to (better) future-proof your photos ? We suspect many, perhaps most, high-end iPhone owners would say yes. -----
News Update : 4:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Dec 27, 2024 FYI, we're moving forward with a brand-new Sales Pitch: How would you like to craft JPEGs with HDR Gain Maps from your 10-bit color RGB3x photo files, & help topple Apple's App Store Monopoly in the process ? ALL continues to go well, the next update of Photosets, v11.4, out soon, will make it possible. We intend to make it Crystal Clear to ALL that Apple's App Store Mgmt Team intentionally cheated high-end iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, out of their respective benefits of the third-party Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera Apps. And that they've done so since the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Apple's first true High-Perf iPhone. And importantly, that iPhone Upgrade Cycles have been longer than they could have & should have been, because of Apple's "stance". i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photo in the middle. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet despite that, we cannot tell you the last time Apple Recommended OR Promoted a third-party Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera App in their tightly-controlled, "curated" iOS App Store. And since Apple hasn't been financially harmed by their (Cover Up) Actions, that's legal proof that they do in-deed have a Monopoly. On a side note, we'd like to point out that we were the first Photo & Video App Dev to realize that Apple has NO so-called App Store Editors covering Photo & Video, & that it's very-likely been Schiller & Fisher making the calls on their own. When we posted as such, another App Dev who had received UN-deserving Recommendations & Promotions from Apple's App Store then came to the same conclusion, & raised the price of their app from $5.99 USD to $59.99 USD, knowing full-well that Apple very-likely wouldn't create competition for them. As a reminder, Apple's entire App Store Mgmt Team, Cook, Schiller, Fisher, has NO Engineering OR Software Development experience,
& NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. Go Figure ! -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Dec 26, 2024 FYI, quick update to our Gain Map R&D efforts
Gain Maps, a High-Level Overview (table last updated 6 AM, Fri, Dec 27, 2024)
| Resolution |
8-bit Color |
10-bit Color |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 Res |
Full Res |
Greyscale |
RGB |
Greyscale |
RGB |
||
| ✔ |
- |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
||
| ✔ |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
- |
||
| Will verify via Apple's SW |
|||||||
| ✔ |
- |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
||
| Will verify via our Next-Gen HDR-enabled JPEG Decoder (1) |
|||||||
| ✔ |
- |
- |
- |
✔ |
- |
||
(1) It's actually our RGB3x Decoder, which we've been working on,
& which we'll simply (now) enhance to support our JPEG w/ Gain Map efforts. -----
News Update : 7:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Dec 26, 2024 Yesterday, we asked the question: "Would a 10-bit Full-Res HDR Gain Map be of value to Next-Gen HDR-enabled JPEG Decoders ?" And we said: "We assume Yes !" Today, we're working thru the details to make it happen. Think RGB3x -to- JPEG w/ that Gain Map ! Photosets currently supports three Transfer Function / Color Space combos that we'll be using as the starting point, each 10-bit 422 4K: sRGB, HLG (with Rec.2020 color primaries), & Apple Log (with Rec.2020 color primaries) Please see our News Update of yesterday, including the brand-new table. -----
News Update : 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 25, 2024 FYI, as promised, we're stepping-up our efforts to Educate both existing & potential New Users of Photosets as to what the app is "now" ALL-about, as well as how-best to quickly master it. And to do so, we've crafted a brand-new table. Which BTW, should also make it Easier for us to get User Feedback. For example, consider this, before stating work on RGB3x-based Lossless 10-bit 422 4K photo capture, we were investigating ISO 21496-1. It wasn't a good fit for Photosets at the time, but potentially is now. Would a 10-bit Full-Res HDR Gain Map be of value to Next-Gen HDR-enabled JPEG Decoders ? We assume Yes ! See the relevant section in the (relevant) table
News Update : 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 25, 2024 FYI, today we dropped the price of Photosets' ML Super Pro IAP by half, to $4.99 USD. The Features & Capabilities behind the ML Super Pro IAP are relatively new, & NO ONE has yet purchased the IAP. We made the change because we believe it will help us prove our point. i.e., WRT Apple's App Store. Of ALL the iOS App Devs on this planet, we are in the Most Unique Position. And BTW, the Base version of Photosets will pivot back to ONE U.S. Buck at midnight tonight. Two people got it for FREE yesterday. Should have been downloaded by tens of millions ! And perhaps as many as 50M yesterday (here in the States). Most simply don't know what Apple has cheated them out of ! And they will continue to NOT know until we are successful making a BIG fuss out it. It's NOT OK for Apple to suppress third-party innovation just because such innovation makes them look bad. And since Apple hasn't been financially hurt by their Actions, we can use that to prove that they do in-fact have a Monopoly. Simply put, their ability to COMPLETELY Control the Narrative is what constitutes a Monopoly. And BTW, we gonna ask Trump if he would like a Feather in his Hat for assisting us with the Break Up of Apple's App Store. ALL it would take on his part is to put some visibility on the issue. i.e., suppression of third-party innovation. Apple will claim they do NOT have a Duty & a Responsibility to Recommend & Promote the Best Apps, but that won't hold up in the Court of Public Opinion. And BTW, for those who are UN-aware, for Parents with Young Kids, Burst Photo Camera Apps are ideal for Christmas morning ! Tim Cook should clearly know that, but clearly doesn't ! -----
News Update : 2:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 24, 2024 FYI, one more thing to announce today. The Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job for our prototype E90 M3 Lite got delayed till the first week of Jan. As such, we have some Free Time this week, so we've (just) kicked off R&D work on the next update of Photosets, v11.4. Among other things, it adds: i.) Enhancements & Refinements to Photosets' External Shutter support. ii.) RGB3x Depth Map support. iii.) Enhancements & Refinements to Photosets' RGB3x -to- ProRes 422HQ Video Maker. -----
News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 24, 2024 Two things to announce: 1.) Most of the so-called Pro Stock Analysts who cover AAPL for a living have setup Apple for failure. And naturally, we're referring to the Over-Hyped Apple Intelligence. We do NOT believe it will be the Catalyst that Ives & some others believe. Have you seen Apple's newest TV commercials ? Apple Mgmt would be wise NOT to show to those Adults ! If they continue to do so Apple will drop $100 USD per share ! i.e., what we believe WRT Apple Intelligence will become Common Knowledge. Specifically, with the help of certain Analysts, Apple's been able to (significantly) Fool the Street. But that won't last. What is Apple's true value ? Probably $100 USD per share less than where it's currently trading. It did afterall hit a 52-week of $164 USD early this year just before the Apple Intelligence hype Kicked Into High Gear. From our perspective, ONLY Camera Apps, of the type that have been Off the Radar of most but which should NOT have been, have any real potential to move the iPhone Unit Sales needle. i.e., trigger a surge in sales of iPhones. But that won't happen until either Tim forces Phil out, OR the AAPL Board forces Tim out. Either one could happen soon. Once our knowledge becomes Common Knowledge, we predict the AAPL Board won't be too happy with Tim Cook. And here, we naturally assume Tim hasn't kept the AAPL Board "in the loop" on a very important certain matter. Make NO mistake, Intel may NOT go down in history as having the ONLY technically incompetent Board. 2.) Happy Holidays, Photosets is FREE, today & tomorrow ONLY. And ONLY available via the iOS App Store here in the States. Get it now OR forever hold your peace. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Dec 21, 2024 FYI, our plan is to submit the next update of Photosets, v11.3, to App Review by 9 AM or so today. On a side note, yesterday we reduced the price of the Base version of Photosets, & today we reduced the price of the app's 2x Capture IAP. We made both moves in preparation for our first-ever Photosets' Marketing & Branding Campaign. -----
News Update : 4 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Dec 21, 2024 FYI, yesterday we began looking into the possibility of resurrecting our Timmy app as a Poor Man's Congressional Budget Office-like "Estimator App". We believe it's a great idea, but today we've decided we simply don't have the resources
to work on that right now. So, we've put it on the back burner. It is what it is. As a reminder, Timmy is/was our per-Qtr, per-Device iPhone Unit Sales Estimator App. It made its debut in the App Store in May of 2018 &, we believe, was at least partially responsible for Apple's decision to announce on Nov 1st of 2018 that they would stop reporting iPhone Unit Sales at future Earnings Calls. Also as a reminder, just a few days before Apple made that announcement, we discovered what we referred to as the A11/A12 Performance Controller NEON Access Chip Bug, aka "Phil's Bug," which we nicknamed after the guy who runs Apple's App Store, because if he had simply done his job he could have prevented the Chip Bug in the first place. Upon our Discovery of the Chip Bug, we immediately put the word out to both Apple & the General Public. Specifically here, we discovered the Chip Bug the day AFTER the 2018 iPhone Xr was released. The A10 did NOT have the Chip Bug, ONLY the A11 & A12. Apple fixed the Chip Bug BEFORE releasing the A13. Subsequent revs of the A11 & A12 very-likely also incorporated the Chip Bug Fix. BTW, Apple pulled Timmy from its App Store the day BEFORE their BIG iPhone event in Sept of 2019 & gave us a Total BS reason for doing so. If you want to know why Apple continues to force iPhone owners to use its (piss-poor) Burst mode feature, despite much-better third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps being available in the App Store, we've just given you a couple of reasons. But more than that, it's due to how much high-end iPhone revenue Apple left on the table because of their "stance" on the third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. Something we brought to Apple's attention a few years after our Chip Bug Discovery. Something they should have figured-out, but clearly never did. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Dec 20, 2024 Two things to announce: 1.) We're turning up the heat on Apple's App Store. We were encouraged by 38 Republican members of the House demonstrating Courage yesterday. i.e., standing up to the Bullying ! The gist of what we're now up to
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Dec 19, 2024 Two things to announce: 1.) We've (temporarily) Dropped the Price of the Base version of Photosets to the Bare Min, $0.29 USD. NOT Rocket Science, to get CRIT off the ground, we're gonna need to sacrifice (the value of) the Base version of Photosets. How long is anybody's guess. And BTW, we won't be mentioning the Price Drop on X/Twitter OR elsewhere, just here. 2.) We've updated the Parts List Table for the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job
on our prototype 2006 BMW E90 M3 Lite. We were hoping to have that job done this week, but now next week at the earliest. It's a 2.5-day job. Please see the table at the bottom of this webpage. As a reminder, when completed & we can verify the Oil Consumption issue is behind us, we'll immediately pivot to working on the custom camshafts, which are at the core of our E90 M3 Lite efforts. ALL goes well, we'll (soon) be taking on Porsche, BMW, & Mercedes ! The key selling points will be: ● NO Oil Consumption issues. i.e., due to new Valve Stem Oil Seals, the ONE part every N52 needs at 200K miles. ● Custom Intake & Exhaust Camshafts (11 mm lift / 268-degree duration) ● 245 HP at 6250 ● 230 lb-ft at 2750 ● Best In Class Steering Feedback i.e., incorporates BMW's highly-prized Hydraulic-assist power steering. ● Curb Weight < 3300 lbs ● 50/50 weight distribution ● 4.9 sec 0-60 time with a 6-speed manual ● 1/4-mile time TBD -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024 Two more things to announce: 1.) Starting today we will NO longer refer to Apple as BIG Tech. Starting today we will refer to them as BIG Marketing. We believe that more-accurately describes a Tim Cook-led Apple. And a Phil Schiller-led App Store. 2.) Today, we're Kicking Off a brand-new Marketing Campaign: What percentage of iPhone owners would be "Enthusiastically" using third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps if they (ONLY) knew that some are UN-Discovered Gems ? 40% ?, 50% ? We intend to put some real visibilty on Apple's native Burst mode feature. And how it compares & contrasts with our Photosets. The gist, Apple believes they don't have a Duty & Responsibility to Recommend & Promote the Best Apps. To our mutual customers, NO less. That "may" be true in the Court of Law, but won't hold up in the Court of Public Opinion, which has the potential to Affect an Outcome significantly faster. We don't want to take Apple to court, takes too long, we just want Apple to Fess Up to the Cover Up. -----
News Update : 5 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024 FYI, quick update to our earlier News Update. We just want to make it Crystal Clear to ALL that Apple's intentional suppression of third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps has "cheated" Young Females who live along the coast out-of-using such apps for what is clearly their preferred Burst Photo Use-Case. i.e., capturing themselves & their friends at the beach. As a reminder, Apple's intentional suppression of third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps has resulted, by our count, in Apple leaving $113B+ USD of high-end iPhone revenue "on the table" over the years. Mostly, we believe, due to Technical Incompetence & Market Opportunity Ignorance. And here we're referring to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have OR should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. -----
News Update : 4 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024 FYI, we've been Asked & have Agreed, to specify the strategy we'll be using to prove a certain company does in-deed have a Monopoly. It comes down to whether a company was financially hurt by their actions. We can prove that the company in question was NOT. In fact, they are approaching an ALL-time-high Market Cap of $4T USD.
(table last updated 10:30 AM, Wed, Dec 18, 2024)
| - |
Capture OR Record Mode |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Capture a Single Photo |
Capture a Burst of Photos (1) |
Record a Video |
|
| Applicable % of iPhone owners |
100% |
40% Min. |
~100% |
(1) Typical Use-Cases include capturing Kids, Pets, Sports, & Wildlife,
& if you live along the coast like us here in San Diego,
you know the #1 Use-Case is Young Females capturing themselves
& their friends along the shoreline (i.e., at the beach). And BTW, with the release of Photosets v11.3,
Drone Detection may soon become another Typical Use-Case. -----
News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024 FYI, we've updated the parts list table for the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job on our prototype E90 M3 Lite. See the table at the bottom of this webpage. As a reminder, if/when we can prove the Oil Consumption issue is resolved, we'll then move-on to the custom camshafts, which are at the core of our E90 M3 Lite efforts. -----
News Update : 6 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024 FYI, we plan to submit the next update of Photosets, v11.3,
to Apple App Review by this time tomorrow. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 5 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024 FYI, it just hit us, we ONLY need to convince one person, President-elect Trump, that Apple's App Store does in-deed represent a Monopoly. And BTW, we have ALL the Ammo (i.e., relevant data points) we need to make our case. -----
News Update : 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024 FYI, we've decided that Education will be key to convincing Lawmakers of our claims. And, we're starting with the Basics. The gist, Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. Yet, despite that, they clearly have suppressed knowledge of much better third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps. i.e., by NEVER Recommending OR Promoting ANY.
How Photosets compares to Apple's native iOS Camera App Here we present our Subjective Grades. (table last updated 11 AM, Tues, Dec 17, 2024)
| Camera App |
Capture OR Record Mode |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Capture a Single Photo |
Capture a Burst of Photos (1,2) |
Record a Video |
|
| Photosets' Burst Photo Camera App |
- |
A- (3) |
- |
| Apple's native iOS Camera App |
B+ (4) |
D- |
A |
(1) Preferably with High-Precision Timing;
Photosets supports it, Apple's native iOS Camera App does NOT. (2) Preferably with Long Press Shutter support controlling a User-defined circular buffer;
Photosets supports it, Apple's native iOS Camera App does NOT. (3) Simply needs some UI Refinements to score higher; we're working on it. And BTW, we would grade-out Photosets' low-level code implemention as a solid A ! There's always room for alittle improvement. (4) Too much post-processing on Apple's part. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024 Two things to announce today: First, a Heads Up on the what's new for the next update of Photosets, v11.3, out soon: ● Expands Photosets' 10-bit 422 4K60 Lossless Burst Photo Capture to ALSO support an iPhone's (Back) Wide 2x & Telephoto cameras. With v11.2, it's ONLY an iPhone's (Back) Wide camera. Note that this is the Key Enhancement that enables Photosets to be used for Drone Detection purposes. ● Adds support optionally crafting 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K60 videos during 10-bit 422 4K60 Lossless Burst Photo Capture. With v11.2, it's a two-step process, first Capture, then Making the Video. ● Up-to "60" photos/set of 10-bit 422 4K60 Lossless Burst Photo Capture for those with the 2x Capture IAP. With v11.2, it's code-limited to "45" photos/set with the 2x Capture IAP. Second, while Photosets could have & should have become a mainstream Burst Photo Camera App in Apple's App Store, that would have required Apple to Recommend & Promote it. But that would have required Apple to Fess Up to the third-party Burst Photo Camera App Cover Up. Something they've (clearly) been reluctant to do. Even though, by our count, it's cost them $100B+ USD of high-end iPhone revenue over the years. i.e., due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. We Ask you to Ask yourself ... When was the last time Apple's App Store Recommended OR Promoted
a Third-Party Burst Photo Camera App ? It's been so many years we do NOT know the answer to that ! Perhaps someone else does. -----
News Update : 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Dec 16, 2024 FYI, one more thing to add, we want to point out that Apple has three "Pro" iPhones that could be a very good fit for Drone Detection purposes, the 15PM, 16P, & 16PM. Each has a 5x (Back) Telephoto camera. Please see the last table on our Photosets User Guide webpage for how they fit into the mix. -----
News Update : 7:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Dec 16, 2024 FYI, we've been Asked & have Agreed, to Field Test & Report-Back on Photosets' v11.3 "Drone Detection" features & capabilities before releasing the update. See the relevant News Updates on our News webpage for background. -----
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Monday, Dec 16, 2024 It's becoming Crystal Clear to us that Apple is being setup for failure by some of the so-called Pro Stock Analysts who cover AAPL for a living. And naturally, we're referring to the over-hyped Apple Intelligence set of features as the main reason. Expectations for it are being set way too high by some of AAPL Analysts. On a side note, today we figured-out how to significantly drive down energy costs across the board. Let the Power Generation Industry build up its infrastructure for AI, & then simply let AI Fizzle Out. The net result would be a significantly greater supply of Power than what demand would call for ! -----
News Update : 6:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Dec 16, 2024 Four things to announce today: 1.) As we first stated yesterday, we're 100% convinced Apple has NO In House expertise in Burst Photo Technology & Applications support. If they did, we would NOT have been able to Leapfrog them years ago. OR again more-recently, with Photosets' 10-bit 422 4K60 Lossless Burst Photo Capture (added in v10.31) & companion 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K60 Video Maker (added in v11.2). 2.) We plan to devote most of our Time & Energy this week to the next update of Photosets, v11.3. We're On Track to release it by Friday ! 3.) We plan to devote a portion of our Time & Energy this week to our prototype E90 M3 Lite. It's scheduled for its Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job later this week. We're responsible for selecting & obtaining ALL the parts for the job. We've received most of them & the rest are on their way. As a reminder, we plan to produce & offer (to the General Public) E90 M3 Lite sports sedans with Cosmosent Labs, Inc. branding. 4.) We plan to devote a portion of our Time & Energy this week to turning up the heat on Apple's App Store Mgmt Team. Over the weekend we discovered what we believe to be a new clause in the Apple Dev Prog Lic Agreement, which we're convinced is an attempt by Apple to try to CYA. i.e., WRT Our Story & Our Claims.
News Update : 11 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Dec 15, 2024 Four more things to announce today: 1.) We're 100% convinced Apple has NO In House expertise in Burst Photo Technology & Applications support. If they did, we would NOT have been able to Leapfrog them years ago. OR again more-recently, with Photosets' 10-bit 422 4K60 Lossless Burst Photo Capture (added in v10.31) & companion 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K60 Video Maker (added in v11.2). 2.) We've been Asked & have Agreed, to specify precisely why we believe the next update of Photosets, v11.3, will shake-up the industry. Simply put, it builds-up v11.2, which should have been App of the Year ! Specifically, v11.3 adds support for: ● Using an iPhone's (Back) Wide 2x & Telephoto cameras with Photosets' 10-bit capture. With v11.2, ONLY an iPhone's (Back) Wide camera is supported with Photosets' 10-bit capture. This opens-up the possibility of Photosets being used for, among other things, "Drone Detection" purposes. ● Making 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K60 videos "during capture". With v11.2 it's a two-step process. ● Up-to "60" photos/set of 10-bit 422 4K capture "with the 2x Capture IAP". With v11.2 the limit is "45" photos/set. 3.) Apple has Full Control of App Store Ratings & provides NO transparency to App Devs. We tried to get that fixed, but the Judge presiding over the Class Action Lawsuit case of a few years ago stated that our Objection was "without Merit". She was / is simply wrong. And BTW, we were the ONLY App Dev to "officially" Object to that Class Action Lawsuit. Which BTW, gives us certain rights that most other U.S. App Devs gave up ! 4.) Our prototype E90 M3 Lite is On Track for its Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job later this week. We're now waiting on one final set of parts (i.e., the Intake Valve Springs) to be delivered before dropping the car off at the Auto Shop. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Dec 15, 2024 We noticed something new ? in the latest App Dev Prog Lic Agreement, that appears to be a CYA attempt on Apple's part, & strictly for the Court of Law. It appears to be brand-new & (we believe) very-likely in response to Our Story & our Claims. And importantly, we predict it will Backfire in the Court of Public Opinion. We've always believed, & we're 100% convinced that most iPhone owners have also always believed, that Apple has both a Duty & a Responsibility to Recommend & Promote the Best Apps. And that it's irrespective of whether such apps might may make Apple look bad. E.g., for having been Leapfrogged in a particular Camera Technology & Solution. Those interested simply need to do a search for "Discoverability" in the relevant doc. -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Saturday, Dec 14, 2024 Two things to announce today: 1.) We've delayed the release of the next update of Photosets, v11.3, till Monday. In addition to what we've already announced, we're now in the process of enhancing Photosets' Burst Photo Capture Engine so that the 2x Capture IAP will apply to both 8-bit & 10-bit capture. i.e., up-to "60" photos/set for both cases (starting with v11.3) ! With v11.2, the app's RGB3x 10-bit 422 4K Lossless Burst Photo Capture is code-limited to "45" photos/set (with the 2x Capture IAP). 2.) We're now "almost" Good to Go for the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job on our prototype E90 M3 Lite. We need to order one more part. -----
News Update : 6:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Dec 13, 2024 FYI, we're now Good to Go for the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job on our prototype E90 M3 Lite's N52 engine. Once that job is completed (late next week) & we can confirm the engine's Oil Consumption issue is behind us, we'll immediately move onto the next phase, our custom 11 mm / 268 degree camshafts. We're inching closer to something that BMW never produced & offered, but absolutely should have !
Final Parts List for the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R Job (table last updated 6:30 PM, Fri, Dec 13, 2024)
| Part |
2006 E90 325i / 330i (N52) |
2015-2018 F80 M3 (S55) |
2015-2020 F82 / F83 M4 (S55) |
2019-2021 F87 M2 (S55) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11_12_7_581_215KT Valve Cover Gasket Kit ($134.16) |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
| 11_34_0_034_068 Intake Valve Stem Oil Seals 12x 5mm seals ($72.99) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✓ |
| 11_34_0_035_853 Exhaust Valve Stem Oil Seals 12x 6 mm seals ($72.99) |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
| 11_34_7_523_971 Intake Valve Spring ($24.49 x 12) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_34_7_563_460 Exhaust Valve Spring ($18.99 x 12) |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
| 091919100 Timing Chain Kit (1) ($143.99) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_36_7_524_954 VANOS Sprocket Bolt ($6.39 x 2) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 07_12_9_903_192 Timing Chain Guide Bolt ($1.79 x 2) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_592_878 Timing Chain Guide Bearing Bolt ($10.29) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_584_170 Timing Chain Guide Bearing Bolt ($15.59) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_502_180 Crankshaft Sprocket ($31.59) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
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BREAKING NEWS : 11:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Dec 13, 2024 It works ! We've expanded Photosets' recently-added 10-bit 422 4K60 Lossless Burst Photo Capture support so that it can potentially ALSO be used for "Drone Detector" purposes. i.e., we've added support for an iPhone's (Back) Wide 2x & Telephoto cameras. This enhancement will be released in the next update of Photosets, v11.3,
which should be out tomorrow. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Dec 13, 2024 FYI, today we're looking into whether Photosets' recently-added 10-bit 422 4K60 Lossless Burst Photo Capture support can be enhanced so that it can ALSO be used for "Drone Detector" purposes. Specifically, we'd simply need to expand support for the feature to ALSO use an iPhone's
(Back) 2x Wide & Telephoto cameras. Currently, Photosets' 10-bit capture support ONLY works with an iPhone's (Back) Wide camera. If ALL goes well today, we'll include this as part of Photosets v11.3, out tomorrow ? And importantly, follow-up with a $1M USD grant request to the Biden administration to investigate "the feasibility" of using Photosets on a "Pro" iPhone as a "Drone Detector". -----
News Update : 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Dec 13, 2024 FYI, one more thing to announce today. Photosets v11.2 was released on Dec 2nd, which provided plenty of time for Apple to evaluate it & consider it for App of the Year. Whether they did evaluate it and/or consider it, is a complete UN-known to us. We suspect NOT. Apple, after ALL, has Full Control & User Ratings & Reviews, & with NO transparency to App Devs. The significance of that should NOT be under-estimated by anyone. And BTW, Apple has a known history of providing "UN-Deserving Favoritism"
to at-least one App Dev company. NOT Rocket Science, that's very-likely Crystal Clear to most Photo & Video App Devs. In other words, Apple had already made their mind up. On a side note, we do want to add that if/when Tim replaces Phil, the App Store will experience
its first-ever Renaissance Period. But until then, stuck in the Dark Ages. -----
News Update : 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Friday, Dec 13, 2024 Two things to announce today: 1.) The next update of Photosets, v11.3, could be out tomorrow. Among other things, it adds support for making 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K videos, up-to 60 fps, during RGB3x Burst Photo Capture. With v11.2 it's a two-step process. 2.) We've decided to move forward with our custom camshafts in two stages, first the Exhaust camshaft, followed-up by the Intake camshaft. This will enable us to Dyno Test between stages. As a reminder, this is related to our E90 M3 Lite efforts. And BTW, we've pivoted back to thinking we will sell both the Intake & Exhaust camshafts on the open market. That will be in addition to offering a Turn Key install solution here in San Diego. On a side note, we want to state up-front that we fully expect to receive some flake from BMW, Apple, & Tesla, for our E90 M3 Lite efforts. BMW for NOT having produced & offered what we're "now" up to, Apple for having spent $10B USD on their Apple Car & having nothing to show for it, & Tesla for NOT having developed a version of their EVs with something similar to BMW's highly-prized Hydraulic-assist power steering. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, BMW's 2006-2008 E90 sedans are UN-Discovered Gems. Except by those who actually have one, that is. -----
News Update : 9 PM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Dec 12, 2024 FYI, one more important update regarding our prototype E90 M3 Lite. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware,
it's our custom 11 mm / 268-degree camshafts that will make it special.
Timing Chain-related parts (table last updated 9 PM, Thurs, Dec 12, 2024)
| Part |
2006 E90 325i / 330i (N52) |
2015-2018 F80 M3 (S55) |
2015-2020 F82 / F83 M4 (S55) |
2019-2021 F87 M2 (S55) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11_31_8_648_732 Timing Chain ($96.99) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_585_020 Timing Chain Guide Assembly ($89.99) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_592_850 Timing Chain Slide Rail ($51.99) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_584_723 Timing Chain Tensioner ($99.99) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 07_12_9_903_192 Timing Chain Guide Bolt ($1.79 x2) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_592_878 Timing Chain Guide Bearing Bolt ($10.29) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_584_170 Timing Chain Guide Bearing Bolt ($15.59) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_31_7_502_180 Crankshaft Sprocket ($31.59) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
The total cost for the parts listed in the table is $400.01 (FCP Euro). -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Dec 12, 2024 FYI, UN-like Apple's Apple Car, our E90 M3 Lite isn't just fantasy. It's happening here & now ! i.e., this week & next. Except for the custom Intake & Exhaust Camshafts, which are NOT yet ready to go,
here is the complete parts list for the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job: Note that as of today we assume we have Exhaust valves with a 5 mm shaft dia.,
but won't know for sure until Monday. i.e., until we can actually measure one of the Exhaust valves.
(table last updated 11 AM, Thurs, Dec 12, 2024)
| Part |
2006 E90 325i / 330i (N52) |
2015-2018 F80 M3 (S55) |
2015-2020 F82 / F83 M4 (S55) |
2019-2021 F87 M2 (S55) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11_34_0_032_582 Valve Stem Oil Seals 24x 5 mm seals (1) ($110.99) |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
| 11_34_7_523_971 Valve Spring 5 mm (1,2) ($24.49 x24) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_12_7_581_215KT Valve Cover Gasket Kit ($137.16) |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
| 091919100 Timing Chain Kit (3) ($143.99) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_36_7_524_954 VANOS Sprocket Bolt (4) ($6.39 x2) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Total parts cost is $992.68 (1) For valves with a 5 mm shaft dia. (2) We need 24x of these, so $24.49 x 24 = $587.76. (3) The manufacturer is Iwis. ALL the other parts are Geniune BMW parts. (4) We need 2x of these, so $6.39 x 2 = $12.78. -----
News Update : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Dec 12, 2024 Two more things to announce today: 1.) Photosets v11.3, out soon, adds support for making 10-bit ProRes 422HQ 4K videos, up-to 60 fps, during RGB3x Burst Photo Capture. With v11.2 it's a two-step process. But that's NOT all, it's really the app's Long Press Shutter controlling a User-defined Circular Buffer, combined with the upcoming auto Video Maker support, that will make Photosets extra special. As a reminder, RGB3x refers to 10-bit 422 Lossless burst photos captured with High-Precision Timing. 2.) As we first stated yesterday, our prototype E90 M3 Lite could soon become "the catalyst" for Photosets soon becoming the De Facto Smartphone Industry solution in Burst Photo Technology & Applications support. And if/when that happens, it would represent one of the more Unique & Innovative ways to circumvent Apple's "Stranglehold on App Discovery" in their App Store. And BTW, Apple spent $10B USD on their Apple Car & has nothing to show for it. We'll be spending a tiny fraction of that & will have something very significant to show for it ! -----
BREAKING NEWS : 4:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thursday, Dec 12, 2024 Apple got it wrong again this year with their iPhone App of the Year pick ! To us, their pick can best be described as being due to "UN-deserving Favoritism" ! And, importantly, we believe, ANYONE can independently verify that. Ask yourself ... Should a guy with NO Engineering OR Software Development experience & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise be running the App Store ? If you said "Yes, I'm OK with that," we'll, that describes Phil Schiller, the guy who runs Apple's App Store. Who BTW, because of "his" Technical Incompetence, is directly responsible for iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been over the years. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. And the net result, Apple has left many, many billions of mostly high-end iPhone revenue
on the table over the years. And specifically here, we're referring to the timeperiod since the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+,
Apple's first "true" High-Perf iPhone. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos, preferably captured with High-Precision Timing, in the middle. Apple has done well on the ends but piss-poor in the middle. As such, & because Apple is afraid to admit to the General Public that they Dropped the Ball WRT Burst Photo Technology & Applications support & have been Leapfrogged by third-parties, iPhone owners have missed-out on an entire set of Domains/Applications/Use-Cases that simply can't be addressed by single photo OR video capture. By intentionally suppressing third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps Apple has prevented Enthusiasm for such Domains/Applications/Use-Cases from gaining traction with (mostly) high-end iPhone owners. If they had NOT done that many high-end iPhone owners would have upgraded at a faster pace, year by year. On a side note, we think there is something wrong with Tim Cook. The Cover Up has now been going on for years. The Hole that Apple dug themselves into has been getting Deeper year by year. -----
News Update : 8:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024 FYI, the plot thickens. We're continuing to research valvetrain options for our prototype E90 M3 Lite. Because it has a production date of 9/15/2005 its N52 probably has Exhaust valves with a 5 mm stem diameter. But that's NOT a certainty. We won't know for sure until the valve cover comes off & the stem diameter of one of the Exhaust values is measured.
Valve Spring comparison (table last updated 9 AM, Thurs, Dec 12, 2024)
| Part Number |
2006 E90 325i / 330i (N52) |
2015-2018 F80 M3 (S55) |
2015-2020 F82 / F83 M4 (S55) |
2019-2021 F87 M2 (S55) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11_34_7_523_971 (1) ($24.49) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_34_7_563_460 (2) ($18.99) |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
| 11_34_7_563_462 (2,3) ($28.19) |
? |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
(1) For Intake & Exhaust valves with a 5 mm stem diameter. NO issues with Intake valves, ALL ? BMW are 5 mm,
but ONLY for use with Exhaust valves with a 5 mm stem diameter. Some early N52 engines have Exhaust valves with a 5 mm stem diameter. Later N52 engines & ALL ? S55 engines,
have Exhaust valves with a 6 mm stem diameter. (2) For Exhaust valves with a 6 mm stem diameter. (3) S55 vs. N52 S55 Intake valves: 32 mm head dia, 104.9 mm length, 4.97 mm stem dia.
S55 Exhaust valves: 28 mm head dia, 112.9 mm length, 5.96 mm stem dia. N52 Intake valves: 34.2 mm head dia, 104.5 mm length, 5 mm stem dia.
N52 Exhaust valves: 29.0 mm head dia, 110.6 mm length, 5 mm OR 6 mm stem dia.
Valve Stem Oil Seal comparison (table last updated 9 AM, Thurs, Dec 12, 2024)
| Part Number |
2006 E90 325i / 330i (N52) |
2015-2018 F80 M3 (S55) |
2015-2020 F82 / F83 M4 (S55) |
2019-2021 F87 M2 (S55) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11_34_0_032_582 24x 5 mm seals (1) ($110.99) |
✔ |
- |
- |
- |
| 11_34_0_034_068 12x 5 mm seals ($72.99) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| 11_34_0_035_853 12x 6 mm seals ($72.99) |
? |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
(1) Set for 2006 BMW N52 engines,
& ONLY for those with Exhaust valves with a 5 mm stem dia. -----
News Update : 1 PM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024 FYI, one more thing to announce today. We simply want to point out that Photosets' 2x Capture IAP has significantly more value to Users who ALSO use the app's integrated 60-scene, Short-Form Video Maker. Users who ONLY use the app's High-Precision Timing Burst Photo Capture Engine, & who do NOT prioritize the app's 4K60 capture support, do NOT need it. It's more of a nice-to-have for such Users. If 4K60 capture is important to you, we highly-recommend you seriously consider it. -----
News Update : 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024 FYI, some interesting news to announce regarding our prototype E90 M3 Lite. The valve springs (11347523971) used in its N52 are also used in the following BMW vehicles: 2015-2018 M3, 2015-2020 M4, & 2019-2021 M2 Once we discovered that earlier this morning, we added valve springs back to the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job, sch'd for Monday. Adds $600+ USD of parts cost to the job, but now worth it. See our News Update of 9 PM yesterday for some background on what our primary concern had been. And BTW, the product date for our prototype E90 M3 Lite was 9/15/2005. Our Founder has driven it as his "Daily Driver" since Oct of 2005. A good number of Performance parts have been added to it over the past 1-2 years, but NONE to the Engine. If the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job resolves the existing Oil Consumption problem, then we'll be Good to Go with the custom Intake & Exhaust Camshafts. i.e., 11 mm lift / 268 degree duration on both Intake & Exhaust. Otherwise, we'll need to re-evaluate. On a Side Note, if ALL goes well, our E90 M3 Lite could soon become the catalyst for Photosets soon becoming the De Facto Smartphone Industry solution in Burst Photo Technology & Applications support. Could go down in history as one of the more Unique & Innovative strategies for circumventing Apple's stranglehold on App Discovery in their App Store monopoly. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024 FYI, Trump's pick of Andrew Ferguson to lead the FTC is a Game Changer ! We will soon present him with the details of Our Story so that he is Ready to Go on Day One ! And BTW, today Apple gave us another relevant & important data point for our cause. We do find it interesting, however, that Apple tried to bury that data point by also announcing ChatGPT integration with Siri on the same day. Make NO Mistake, it's now just a matter of time before Apple's App Store monopoly is broken up ! Hopefully, we'll get Credit for Playing a Major Part in making it happen. Do NOT be surprised if both Tim Cook & Phil Schiller are forced-out by the AAPL Board within the first six months of CY2025. Cover Ups always get people in trouble ! -----
News Update : 9 PM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024 FYI, one more thing to announce today before closing shop for the day. We've delayed the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job for our prototype E90 M3 Lite till Monday. The job will cost ~$3,300 USD, $3K USD for Labor & ~$330 USD for parts. And, we've decided NOT to include new stock valve springs with the job. The parts list now includes ONLY what's absolutely necessary. And BTW, the ONLY valve springs available for a 2006 N52 are the stock Geniune BMW ones, priced at ~$25 USD each, so ~$600 USD for a set of 24. If they were higher-perf than stock, the decision to include them would be easy. But since they aren't, it isn't.
It's a coin toss.
Ideally, we'd be adding slightly-higher-perf valve springs now that would be a better fit for our upcoming slightly-higher-perf Intake & Exhaust Camshafts.(table last updated 11:30 AM, Sat, Dec 7, 2024)
| Mod |
Intake |
Exhaust |
Performance |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lift (mm) |
Duration (degrees) |
Lift (mm) |
Duration (degrees) |
HP |
Torque |
0-60 (seconds) |
|
| Cosmosent camshafts |
11.0 |
268 |
11.0 |
268 |
245 at 6250 |
230 at 2750 |
~4.9 |
| Marty's MILVs |
+1 |
+2-3 |
- |
- |
+ 5-10 |
+ 5-10 |
~5.7 |
| Stock |
9.7 |
255 |
9.7 |
263 |
325i: 215 at 6250 328i 230 at 6500 |
325i: 185 at 2750 328i 200 at 2750 |
~5.9 |
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News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024 FYI, a few more things to announce today, related to our earlier Breaking News: 1.) Apple's App Store Mgmt Team, consisting of Cook, Schiller, & Fisher, (combined) has NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. 2.) Apple acquired a Burst Photo Camera App company more than a decade ago, leveraged its NEON-based JPEG implementation, & then promptly Dropped the Ball WRT the BIG picture. i.e., they never enhanced their native Burst mode feature OR developed a dedicated native Burst Photo Camera App. 3.) Upon the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Photosets had Leapfrogged Apple's native Burst mode feature by at-least two orders of magnitude. 4.) Apple very-likely has NO so-called App Store Editors covering the Photo & Video category, the one category in the App Store we know extremely well. We believe it has been Phil and/or Matt making the calls on their own. 5.) The day AFTER the 2018 iPhone Xr was released in late-Oct 2018 we discovered a Chip Bug, one that we call the "A11/A12 Performance Controller NEON Access Chip Bug," aka "Phil's Bug," which we nicknamed after Schiller because if he had simply done his job he could have prevented the Chip Bug in the first place. Please note that Apple fixed the Chip Bug BEFORE the release of the A13 chip. Please also note that a few days AFTER our Chip Bug Discovery, Apple announced at their 4Q18 Earnings Call that they would NO longer report iPhone Unit Sales. As such, & because we had a 2nd app in the App Store at the time & which we had launched in May of 2018, Timmy, the planet's ONLY per-Qtr, per-Device iPhone Unit Sales Estimator App, one of our goals for a Class Action Lawsuit is to force Apple to disclose the per-Qtr iPhone Unit Sales, starting with their 1Q19 fiscal qtr, & up-to present day. We think it's ONLY fair for Apple to do so. -----
BREAKING NEWS : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024 FYI, our (potential) $11.3B USD Class Action Lawsuit against Apple for the intentional suppression of third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps is inching forward. Specifically, for cheating App Devs, high-end iPhone owners, AAPL shareholders, & Apple's own cellular service provider partners, out of their respective benefits of such apps. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos, preferably captured with High-Precision Timing, in the middle. Apple has done well on the ends, but piss-poor in the middle. In fact, Apple's native Burst mode feature is perhaps Apple's worst-ever Camera feature. And because of that, few, if ANY, ever use it. Yet, there are much better third-party apps in the App Store. Apple's "stance" on third-party Burst Photo Camera Apps has cost Apple, by our count, $113B USD in lost high-end iPhone revenue, due to the fact that iPhone Upgrade Cycles have been longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. Also, as we stated just yesterday, the $11.3B USD number represents one-tenth of the high-end iPhone revenue we estimate Apple left on the table, starting from the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+ & ending on April 4, 2023, when we intentionally stopped analyzing the issue. -----
News Update : 3:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024 Cosmosent Labs, Inc., the leader in smartphone Burst Photo Technology & Applications support, is today announcing that the company has prioritized developing & publishing a set of new App Notes on how to Use & Master Photosets' Multi-Scene, Short-Form Video Maker. As a Heads Up, the Promo we're now using in the App Store is: Did you know that Photosets is the ONLY Camera App on the planet with an
integrated 60-scene, Short-Form Video Maker ? It's just one of the app's many UN-Discovered Gems. The gist, rather than focus our Marketing efforts on the app's High-Precision Timing Burst Photo Capture Engine, we're gonna focus it on the app's Video Maker support instead. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, as of Photosets v11.2 the app now has two integrated Video Makers, one for 8-bit 420 content & one for 10-bit 422 content. The 8-bit 420 Video Maker supports H.264 & HEVC encoding. The 10-bit 422 Video Maker supports ProRes 422HQ encoding. The (code for the) 8-bit 420 Video Maker is "shared" between the app's 60-scene Video Maker (accessible via the app's Home View) & the app's On-the-Fly Video Maker (accessible via the app's Camera Settings dialog). The 10-bit 422 Video Maker, added in v11.2, is accessible via the app's Home View.
How Photosets' Video Makers compare The important thing to know is that its Photosets' High-Precision Timing Burst Photo Capture Engine
that makes it ALL possible. (table last updated 10:30 AM, Tues, Dec 10, 2024)
| Input Content |
Video Maker |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-bit 420 |
10-bit 422 |
||
| On-the-Fly (1) |
60-scene (1) |
Single-scene (2) |
|
| 10-bit 422 |
- |
- |
✔ |
| 8-bit 420 |
✔ |
✔ |
- |
(1) Produces 8-bit H.264 or HEVC videos from 8-bit 420 JPEG/HEIC Burst Photos. Optionally adds concurrently captured Audio data. (2) Produces 10-bit ProRes 422HQ videos from 10-bit 422 Lossless Burst Photos. Added in Photosets v11.2. -----
News Update : 10:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Dec 9, 2024 FYI, if we do move forward with a Class Action Lawsuit against Apple, the number will be $11.3B USD, one-tenth of the high-end iPhone revenue we estimate Apple "left on the table" (because of their "stance" on Photosets & the other ? Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera Apps). i.e., due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. Few know how much Tim & Phil cost Apple's top line numbers of the years. -----
News Update : 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Dec 9, 2024 FYI, one more thing to announce today. The Business Strategy we're now taking with our BMW N52 intake & exhaust camshafts is similar to the one we've taken with Photosets. Specifically, one that simply attempts to maximize the intrinsic value. Photosets, like BMW's 2006-2008 E90 N52 sedans, can best be described as an UN-Discovered Gem. It is the best app in its category, & is Light Years Ahead of the competition, including Apple's own native Burst mode feature. Yet, Photosets has gone nowhere in Tim Cook's App Store. why is that ? Has nothing to do with the app. From our perspective, it's due to a mix of Technical Incompetence & Insecurity on Apple's part. As a reminder, the man who runs Apple's App Store, Phil Schiller, has NO Engineering OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven Camera App Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. Which BTW, also holds true for Tim Cook. More than a decade ago, Apple acquired the company behind the SnappyCam Burst Photo Camera App, leveraged the custom NEON-based JPEG implementation from it, & then simply Dropped the Ball WRT the BIG picture. i.e., they didn't develop their own Burst Photo Camera App, which we fully expected them to do. As a reminder, OR for those who are UN-aware, Photosets was initially an iPad-ONLY Burst Photo Editor, intended to be a companion to Apple's Burst Photo Camera App. i.e., the one they never developed. Six months after the release of the 2015 iPhone 6s & 6s+, we added a first-cut of Photosets'
High-Precision Timing Burst Photo Capture support. Didn't take us long to figure-out that we had Leapfrogged Apple, & it was then that we Kicked Off an aggressive R&D Campaign to Enhance & Refine Photosets' Camera support. Upon the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, Photosets became a
rare, true Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera App. But we didn't stop there, we made many hundreds of Enhancements & Refinements since then, as reflected in the high number of App Review Approvals Photosets has received from Apple over the years. But that's NOT the whole story A few years ago we did some Analysis on how much high-end iPhone revenue Apple left on the table because of their "stance" on Photosets. The gist, iPhone Upgrade Cycles have been longer than they could have & should have been. i.e., the decision by iPhone owners as to when to upgrade. If iPhone owners, & especially high-end iPhone owners, had known about Photosets, some, perhaps many, would have upgraded sooner than they have. And we're NOT just talking a single upgrade, we're talking repeated. By our count Apple left $113B USD of high-end iPhone revenue on the table, staring at the release of the 2016 iPhone 7+, & ending on April 4th of last year, when we intentionally stopped analyzing the issue.
Click on the graph to view its 4K Res version.
The difference between the Orange line & the Burgundy line represents (our estimate of) the high-end iPhone revenue Apple "left on the table," due to iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. Tim & Phil get ALL the blame ! -----
BREAKING NEWS : 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Monday, Dec 9, 2024 FYI, we're NO longer planning to offer our BMW N52 camshafts on the Open Market. Instead, we're now looking at keeping them In House, & will use them to produce our own line of E90 M3 Lite sports sedans. Also, just so it's Crystal Clear to ALL, our starting point for each will be either
a 2006 BMW 325i sedan OR a 2007-2008 BMW 328i sedan. i.e., ONLY the E90 N52 sedans with BMW's highly-prized Hydraulic-assist power steering. And ideally most with BMW's 6-speed manual transmission. Just like our 2006 BMW 325i prototype with 214K miles,
which our Founder has driven as his "Daily Driver" since Oct 2005. And BTW, the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job is planned for later this week. The camshafts are NOT yet ready & will need to be installed at a later date. But it was the urgency for the Valve Stem Oil Seal R&R job that prompted us to evaluate the financial benefits of having the camshafts. Simply put, having the camshafts enables us to produce our own line of sports sedans. And NOT just any sports sedan, an E90 M3 Lite, something BMW should have produced & offered but NEVER did. Also BTW, pricing for each E90 M3 Lite will be different & will depend-upon how much work we need to put into it before offering it up for sale. At a Min, each will get new Valve Stem Oil Seals & new (stock ?) Valve Springs, plus the entire set of new Valve Cover Gaskets, in addition to the camshafts. Doesn't sound like much, but should be good for an additional 50K-100K miles out of an N52 ! The gist of it ALL, rather than offer a set of intake & exhaust camshafts for $2K USD, we'll produce & offer E90 M3 Lite sports sedans for ~$10K USD above our purchase & parts cost. On a side note, what we're up-to with our E90 M3 Lite will help us get Photosets off the ground in Tim Cook's catastrophically-broken App Store. And, importantly, once the AAPL Board & Apple's largest shareholders find out just how much Coin Apple has left on the table because of Tim & Phil, both will be forced out ! It's NOT OK for Apple to suppress third-party app innovation just because
such innovation makes them look bad.
(table last updated 11:30 AM, Sat, Dec 7, 2024)
| Mod |
Intake |
Exhaust |
Performance |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lift (mm) |
Duration (degrees) |
Lift (mm) |
Duration (degrees) |
HP |
Torque |
0-60 (seconds) |
|
| Cosmosent camshafts |
11.0 |
268 |
11.0 |
268 |
245 at 6250 |
230 at 2750 |
~4.9 |
| Marty's MILVs |
+1 |
+2-3 |
- |
- |
+ 5-10 |
+ 5-10 |
~5.7 |
| Stock |
9.7 |
255 |
9.7 |
263 |
325i: 215 at 6250 328i 230 at 6500 |
325i: 185 at 2750 328i 200 at 2750 |
~5.9 |
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News Update : 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 FYI, we've been Asked & have Agreed, to list our Top Priorities.
(table last updated 8 AM, Sun, Dec 8, 2024)
| # |
% |
Item |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
90% |
Photosets v11.3+ |
Best app in its category & Light Years Ahead of Apple's native Burst mode feature, but you would NOT know it by its status in Tim Cook's App Store ! (1) |
| 2 |
5% |
BMW N52 11 mm / 268 degree intake & exhaust camshafts |
We're car guys, but more than that, we're addressing a Golden Financial Opportunity. Serves two purposes, one of which is to Fill a Void. (2) |
| 3 |
5% |
Center-Right Independent Thinkers (CRIT) |
Brand-new Political Party Serves two purposes, one of which is to Fill a Void. (3) |
(1) It is precisely because of Photosets' status in Tim Cook's App Store
that we're now actively working on the other two items. Those sufficiently Skilled in the Art (of Marketing) should appreciate what we're up to. (2) BMW never produced an N52-based M3 sports sedan. We consider that to be a Dumb Move on their part,
especially since the 2006-2008 E90 sedans were BMW's last
with their highly-prized Hydraulic-assist Power Steering. Our camshafts will result in what we refer to as an "E90 M3 Lite" ! And will very-likely suck ALL of the oxygen out of the EV market. (3) Intended to give the 1/3 in the middle a Political Voice
(& perhaps some much-needed Political Power). -----
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