It's quite bizarre how so many people - on an Apple fan forum - truly believe that an Apple iWatch's only feature would be to tell the time...
Open your mind, people.
Open your mind, people.
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Apple Has Team of 100 Product Designers Working on a Smart Watch
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You could be right, or you could be just like those people who said the same sort of thing about the iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc... History repeats itself often, but we usually only see it in hindsight.
I think Steve Jobs was right about people not knowing what they want.
Why would I be happy with a phone I have to pull out of my pocket and look at? there has got to be a better way, whether it's a google glass type thing you can see without holding a brick up to your face, or siri just tells you what you want to know, more like having a conversation with a person when you want to know something, rather than having to read words.
google glass is the future when technology allows it and all the people who won't wear one because they think they look silly die out. Terminator vision is coming eventually, how could you not want it?
I know one timepiece I'd like to see from Apple: Apple Engineer Recreates 2,000-Year-Old Computer Using Legos
I am surprised a lot of folks think about this device as a watch in the conventional sense. This could be more of a wearable computing device than a watch, with showing time being one of the many features it might have to offer, that comparing it with Rolex or Citizen or whatever doesn't look at the broader picture. Maybe they'll even try to avoid putting the "watch" moniker when they release that product.
The lack of imagination from the naysayers in this thread is really astounding.
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I think i'll go trademark the term "wrist-top computer" LOL!
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I think i'll go trademark the term "wrist-top computer" LOL!
Yeah... creating the original Mac is pretty much the same as fitting an entire computer into your wrist. So they should only need 9 people for that.
What if the watch summoned an interactive OS onto a nearby hard surface? Like an instant, virtual iPad screen saved in and retrieved from the cloud.
Exactly my thoughts. The iPad being the biggest in my books, I remember when it was announced and out for a couple of months and made fun of it for being useless. Fast forward 3 years there are 5 iPads in my family, which every member uses everyday...
I'll buy into the iwatch, because apple will do it right
If you don't think Apple will release in iWatch, why do you think they phased out their highly popular 6th gen iPod that could be used as a watch? Its obviously because they plan on releasing their own watch with much better functionality.
In addition, for those of you who think watches are a thing of the past, I agree. The iWatch is not a watch. It is a computer chip strapped to your wrist that will change the way we interact with technology. It will act as a mobile ID linked to our Apple ID, revolutionizing keys, passwords and mobile wallets. It will give us instant access to our phones with quick access to messages, phone, music and importantly siri. It will act as a mobile device on its own, a remote, a silent alarm, a gps, a compass and maybe even a wii-like game control. Oh, and don't forget a watch as well... Apple is going to revolutionize the watch this year, and it is going to be big.
In addition, for those of you who think watches are a thing of the past, I agree. The iWatch is not a watch. It is a computer chip strapped to your wrist that will change the way we interact with technology. It will act as a mobile ID linked to our Apple ID, revolutionizing keys, passwords and mobile wallets. It will give us instant access to our phones with quick access to messages, phone, music and importantly siri. It will act as a mobile device on its own, a remote, a silent alarm, a gps, a compass and maybe even a wii-like game control. Oh, and don't forget a watch as well... Apple is going to revolutionize the watch this year, and it is going to be big.
How many teens carried around tablet computers before the iPad? Or MP3 players before the iPod? Not many.
People usually don't know what they want until someone makes it (and does a good job at such). Before the Mac, very few people thought a mouse was a big deal, cursor keys worked just fine.
The problem is that these days a watch is pretty much a fashion accessory, a lot of people don't even use watches to tell the time even if they are wearing one. They usually just use a smart phone. When you talk about fashion everyone doesn't want to wear the same thing so it's going to have to be pretty spectacular to be a hit.
This is the only response worth a damn in this entire thread.
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Yeah, i hope it will be Pebble done right. The only reason I did not buy Pebble, yet.