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Apple Has Also Filed for an 'iWatch' Trademark in Japan
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Most people here think that their needs are and should be the same as everyone else's. Hence the people that think a watch is useless because they don't use one. Or all those that said the iPad would bomb because it's just a large iPhone.
The same would happen if and when Apple would introduce a watch. Gazillions will buy it and other large groups will cry outrage that it's useless and that Apple should focus on updates of "real" hardware such as the Pro or the Macbook or whatever.
Nice! And yours still tells the time no better than my $100 G-Shock.
This "IS" exactly the point
Many people don't buy a watch for it's function (hey clocks are everywhere now) They buy it for fashion/jewelry and/of gift from loved ones/sentimental
Whilst I've no doubt a electronic watch will be deemed cool/hip/radical by some, I'd suspect someone wearing nice cloths in a nice setting may want something more classy that a digital plastic gizmo strapped around their wrist.
For many men their watch "IS" their main item of expensive jewelry. they go out for a nice meal, they would put on a nice watch that compliments their look.
This made me laugh so hard (bold portion). I am going to apologize proactively because my post may sound as if I am attacking but I promise I am not. No watch, by any company is going to make it into football. There's just so much "impossible" and impractical to overcome for this to even make it to the realm of possibility.
-It would have to made from darn near indestructible material. Football is a contact sport. 1st play of the game. Helmet hits watch. Watch dead.
-Looking at a watch for the play clock? The play clock is in each end zone, right above the defense. Defense is what the QB will be watching, not a watch. Looking at anything but the defense is a recipe for your 2nd string QB to become your starter.
-Play calling is not an interpretation scenario. They know the plays. That's why they practice.
-Plays are relayed from the sideline to directly to the QB's helmet.
There are many, many more reasons this is not a good idea. I applaud your creative thinking but this idea is not fully developed. The twitter feed is pretty cool though.
What's rumors got to do with trolling and flaming something that doesn't exist yet? This is exactly my point, all rumors and speculation so how can the iWatch even be judged at this point. If people think it will simply tell the time and display notifications from your iPhone I think they will be suprised. Don't get me wrong I think a Watch these days is purely a fashion statement so in order to get people excited and sell lot of them it will have to do some pretty special stuff, but I am keeping an open mind and I know Apple won't release rubbish just for the sake of it.
Would make more sense to me than a watch, they can't use iTV for a TV set because the UK TV channel ITV has had that one since black and white TV was the norm i think..
apples watch should be called the iStrap
I understand the concerns, but it's a possibility if everything is taken into consideration. An off-the-shelf Apple product wouldn't do, but some sort of case around it (like cell phones) would help.
Quarterbacks in the NFL right now have radios in their helmets. They survive a lot of impacts, but not all. Either way, I'm sure they can design something that has a hard helmet-type outer shell so it won't be destroyed by contact.
How many times did Tony Romo get a delay of game penalty when he was calling signals? He can't constantly stare at the play clock as (1)they are in different places in different stadiums as well, (2) he has to read the defense which is not where the play clock is. If his watch vibrates with, say, 3 seconds left, he'll get another clue to know to hurry the snap.
How many QBs get a play call from the sideline and then look on their play sheet on their wrist to know what to call? If it's on their watch in text instead of some series of letters and numbers that they then have to interpret with on their wrist play sheet, it helps in getting the play off quicker.
Yes, this technology is available in the NFL, but not college or high school. But this is only for the QB, not the other players. Every player would get the generalized play call, say '344 blue dog' and individual receivers would get 'Fly pattern', 'crossing pattern' etc. on their watch so they would know individually what to do. It happens all the time that players run the wrong routes because they misinterpret their part of a play call.
Maybe referees can wear a watch, for example, to know where the ball was spotted and the down/distance of the last play, so when a ruling gets overturned by replay, they can more easily spot the ball and continue the game. (or have referees carry large Samsung Galaxy S4's on the field so they can review the play on the field instead of the booth
)I agree that a lot of thinking has to go into this, but I can see where maybe Google glass would be better fitted in the player's helmets to see this information instead of a watch. This will happen, eventually.
iWatch seems like a strange gamble for Apple. Knowing Apple, they have found some sort of niche market and are hoping for crossover.
Nice! And yours still tells the time no better than my $100 G-Shock.
And yours still tells the time no better than my $20 G-Shock.
Mine has a stopwatch and timer. Get owned, Rolex. Oh and it's also kinda ugly...
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We have to wait until late 2014?
Seriously?
If Apple wait that long, they will be behind everyone else and people like me who have been waiting long enough will simply have already bought a competitor's product!
Get a move on, Apple!
Seriously?
If Apple wait that long, they will be behind everyone else and people like me who have been waiting long enough will simply have already bought a competitor's product!
Get a move on, Apple!
Nice! And yours still tells the time no better than my $100 G-Shock.
Don't think people buy Rolex watches to tell the time lol. This is my dream watch -
I'll settle for an iWatch though.
Is it really gonna be named 'iWatch'? I thought it was just a rumor codename. It kinda sounds eaughhhhh
I hate people that say they wish Steve was alive. You know what? Tim Cook is doing a great job so far. Just because he hasn't reinvented something and made a revolutionary product yet doesn't mean he is any less a CEO that Jobs. Give him time and he will amaze you.
All I have to say... Is that if Apple decides to "reinvent" the watch, it better have a compass, GPS and be solar powered.