I was thinking maybe it could look like this...
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I must say I absolutely love this design, I am one who believe you can never have to many keyboards, I think this design has everything needed, but where is the PCI slot and also where it the most popular innovative device that everyone wants in their iPhone....well......The Butane Lighter! (put it right next to headphone jack or ear speaker, with an electronic ignition with a toggle in the Notifications menu)
I also love the idea of an iRing, its fashionable yet it is an efficient tool while on the move, "One Ring to rule them......" I think an iWatch would take its Niche as far as having the ease of controlling simple song selection, repeat, volume, ext. plus a little microphone for siri commands.
Also to the skeptics, without a doubt there is a big demand and a huge niche to fill with an iWatch, as old world watches become unwanted and merely just a nostalgic wrist piece now a days. I respect the nostalgia of watch wearers, but they're old technology for a new age, that is unless your a diver, ext. and we all know those are more than just simple watches, as well they are tools with a particular use for the few professions and hobbies that require these watches. Watch makers and corporations have took a big hit since cell phones and especially smart phones took over the market, the losses are staggering and they just don't move units like they used to. I think apple has a chance to create and evolve and piece of technology that could still have a use in todays device driven society. Then again they could **** it up too, lol, by being cheap and lazy and working to much on the fashionable implications and less on innovation. Anyway i think most would agree that an iWatch should run a type of iOS with the same look and feel of an iPhone, a little more powerful version of the iPod Nano's. It should be a device that has all the functionality and use of all the times we take our phone from our pocket throughout the day just took check little things. I see a device that u can see and answer text with Siri, see and answer phone calls and be able to make phone calls. I say put a headphone jack on it, and of coarse bluetooth, and it could use the paired iPhones data connection so theres no need to add cellular antennas and unwanted bulk. Let it be up to the user whether they want to answer from their iWatch or their phone, not to mention using FaceTime from your iWatch would be a fantastic realization Sci-Fi writers on fantasized about in the 80's. Maps functionality could be interesting, chose destinations thru the watch, get all the usual direction badges and voice guidance while on your journey, A watch would be easier to look at than your phone. Also they should take this opportunity to come up with a new and innovative type of notifications just for the iWatch, I'm assuming with the patents filed recently it should have the rumored slightly curved glass and decently large display. So of coarse all the iOS standard onboard social networking features, also email, iPod and with a small uni directional speaker Siri could read you whatever you'd like without disturbing too many around you. That is if apple incorporated a new type of directional speaker, lol (call me if you want my schematics and design ideas Tim). Another feature would be an HD 720 FaceTime Camera, also a type of SBSettings menu would be nice like apple finally lifted from cydia in iOS7. Im sure app makers could figure out ways to incorporate iWatch with certain apps, even games (prop your phone up and use iWatch as a controller). Also most importantly get a good foothold in this new smart sports bands that are huge now a days, kill two niches with one stone! If they could work closely with Jawbone, maybe give Jawbone a steak in this new enterprise or buy em out. Jawbone, although they do not have the most innovative and eye-catching wrist band and no lcd, they have to most innovative and all around best tools by far. The app is phenomenal, not only can u measure your steps, but u can measure sleeping cycles and eating habits, add calories from a huge dictionary of restaurant meals and store items, it even displays nutrition info of recognized meals, also you can add your own. You can see a wealth of charts and detailed info from day to day, even over years, its absolutely genius and the best out there. Nike's Fuelband, although it looks more attractive and sexy, when compared to Jawbones Up and iPhone app, Nike's Fuelband looks like one of those homemade color bead bracelets that were all the rage back in mid 90's, and has about that much functionality for avid health nuts and even simple runners and power walkers. So partnering with Jawbone and giving the iWatch the same functionality as the Up and an intuitive info display app that works right along side of the iPhone app
for use while working out, ext. They would kill the market if Apple and Jawbone could collaborate on the iWatch! I think people with and abstract imaginative abilities can think of ways all day of how the watch niche in the market could really take off, i mean remember what everyone was saying about the iPad when rumors started surfacing, seems silly now that anything negative was said about bringing a tablet back after many fails before technology was good enough to bring a dream to life!
I think Samsungs Gear watch was definitely a step in the right direction, but I think apple can really be the ones to expand on a big idea of pairing a smart phone with a watch for everyday functionality, of coarse now a days they seem to be 2nd to the finish line yet they always have something more to offer in most ways. Id like to see what the Jailbreak/Cydia market could do with a tool like an iWatch. I sure most of you have an idea of how an iWatch could serve you and offer functionality in your daily lives. Too bad ill probably never get my hands on or finger in an iRing, I just love to idea as long as it wasn't too expensive. Imagine how much you could save just getting a custom paint job on an iRing to use to propose to your future wife, lol! Well if you read it all, thank you for your interest in this topic...
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