Ooohhhh an iWatch?
Who really wears Watches any more other than as a Fashion Accessory?
Anyone it seems can bring out wearable tech. LG had a wrist watch with touch screen five years ago, Sony, Pebble, even Nissan is touting one. Hell...even Samscumb managed to copy the LG launched five years ago and make it worse...
Innovation takes different forms. What Apple will most likely do is bring out a device that is fashionable to wear, not be clunky, have long battery life and have the type of integration that makes our phones easier to use. An iWatch needs to enhance our phone use...not replace it.
I fully expect Apple to leap frog the industry when they finally launch their wearable tech. Hopefully we see something tomorrow...but if not...soon enough. You don't have to be first to prove you can innovate...you just have to have the right product. Samscumb does not. The Gear is a clunky failure before it even launches.
Here is what I want to see in an iWatch:
- Thin (apple is great at this)
- Multi-day battery life
- UI that matches iOS (what Samscumb did was horrible)
- No phone feature...that is what I have an iPhone for. Allow me to see who is calling and mute/silence the ringer without pulling my phone out of my pocket.
- Read texts and email (the one redeeming feature of the Gear was the ability to launch the email on your screen)
- Control my music - playlists, artist, genre, etc...not just play stop.
- Biometrics.
- I don't need a camera - again...this is what I have an iPhone