Apple's Rumored iWatch as an 'Even More Personal Personal Computer'

[HenryDJP]

Originally Posted by b166er

At no point did I say I purchase everything Apple makes. I own three apple products, and an iPhone is not currently one of them. Apple TV, MacBook, iPad. I gave up on the iPhone a while back, so chances are if they did make an iWatch it wouldn't even pertain to me.

All I meant was, there are a lot of people on this forum who seem to think the watch was something their great grandparents used to talk about. Like watches aren't still a relevant, functional thing that some people still wear regularly.

I agree with you about wearing watches. I don't think any generation will ever stop wearing them, wearing watches has never been a fad. I love my G-Shock. I wear it with casual clothing, for work and dress wear, but IMO walking around with an Apple watch looks a little silly unless you're a kid. It would just make a grown man seem like a geeky kid that feels the need to be first on the block with his new wrist toy.

[brookshanes]

Originally Posted by Aluminum213

if only I had something on me at all times that could tell me the time, offer maps, email, texts, browsing....

[nickgri]

Originally Posted by quasinormal

I have had my eyes on a Ceramica fake for a while. Really good ones can be bought for about $40 in South east Asia.

Oh I fixed the image for you.(use the IMG tags-although ideally youn should download it and then upload it as an attachment, because some site owners get pissed at people hot linking their images)

Yes but make it UNFOLD and become twice as large and be able to swivel- earpiece detachable

[brookshanes]

[Akuratyde]

Originally Posted by maxosx

Apple loves tiny screens. So do their followers.

I think you misunderstood my post. I said it won't use the iPhone's UI as depicted in the mockup.

[xgman]

I vote for the 5" iwatch!

[Kestrel452]

I have an extremely hard time believing Apple would release a watch as ridiculous as the one depicted in the mockup. If they do, then god help AAPL.

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On a more serious note, I think this watch's best potential opportunity is medical related. A vital signs/illness "tricorder"/metabolic process/etc monitor you can have on your wrist constantly keeping track of what's going on with your body is really what would propel the "smart watch" into mainstream use. With the XPrize's medical tricorder contest already drawing workable devices I think the technology is closer than it appears. Another feature that comes to mind is emergency "SOS" signaling, being able to request police/fire/medical assistance on-the-go without having to call up a 911 center and give them your location.

[z3r0]

This could work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYCvIr0fWnM&t=0m41s

[bedifferent]

Originally Posted by tech4all

Yea it just screams "I'm expensive!"

Social Networking? Don't need a watch for that. It's called Real Life. Sadly many here and other forums don't have it.

Absolutely. Perhaps I'm showing my age at 36, but I miss the pre anti-social social networking years. It's a shame that more people would rather "socialize" via FB 24/7 than venture outside to meet friends (and really, who has 5,000 friends?) or carry a conversation face to face. A friend who works in H.R. has expressed his dismay with the current college graduates lacking the social skills necessary in the workplace or in general life. I couldn't believe that people would text during interviews, let along avoiding eye contact.

There are some benefits to online social networking such as keeping in better touch with friends across the planet, however it doesn't take a degree in psychology or anthropology to realize that online social media is killing us as a society.

[MagnusVonMagnum]

Originally Posted by Spungoflex

So this item will be marketed specifically towards perverts?

Or thieves (you already have to watch your credit card when you pull it out for cell phone camera thieves trying to steal your number and buy new wallets to shield them if you have the new proximity chip type card as thieves need only bump up against you in line with a reader in their pocket to steal your card number). Maybe they could call such a watch, the iThief?

[rMBP15]

Originally Posted by MacRumors

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Former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée shares his perspective on Apple's rumored "iWatch", noting that the company likely has very ambitious plans for the device given its focus on continually pushing forward the concept of a "personal computer".After walking through how Apple's iTunes Store, retail effort, software, and Apple TV all serve as ancillary offerings to support this positioning of the company's primary products as increasingly personal computers, Gassée argues that the iWatch is the next step in this progression and thus Apple will do much more than simply slap a previous-generation iPod nano into a wristband.Gassée's piece comes just as British newspaper The Observer has produced its own mockup of what an iWatch might look like given claims of Apple using Corning's bendable Willow Glass for the device.

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There is no reason to believe that The Observer has any more insight into the strongly rumored Apple research project than anyone else, but the graphics which accompany the article reproduced on the sister-paper Guardian website do give an interesting feel for the difference a curved glass display could make to a smart watch and the article offers an overview of how Apple might fit into the smart watch market still in its infancy.

Article Link: Apple's Rumored iWatch as an 'Even More Personal Personal Computer'

If it can handle facetime, i'm sold!

[olowott]

Originally Posted by G4DP

You mean the same Samsung that have already demo'd phones with flexible/bendable screen?

Have u ever seen apple showing off sth that wont be used till like 2020( thats too much) but like that year. thats samsung lane

[flat five]

Originally Posted by xgman

I vote for the 5" iwatch!

a typical wrist has a larger circumference than 5".. probably closer to 7" on average..

[mono1980]

Originally Posted by chairguru22

An iWatch would be at most $300?? Thats dirt cheap for a nice watch.

Yes, I know that. I was being sarcastic.

[runeapple]

Originally Posted by flat five

a typical wrist has a larger circumference than 5".. Probably closer to 7" on average..

lol

[Mattjeff]

Originally Posted by Gasu E.

I imagine a digital readout strapped to a Marine's wrist showing where other Marines are during combat would be quite useful. Even better if information on enemy positions were available as well.

True, in theory it's a wonderful idea but... That's perfect world scenario. Maybe someone in the army might have more use but I can say for certain those ideas wouldn't play well in our environment.

[b166er]

Originally Posted by HenryDJP

I agree with you about wearing watches. I don't think any generation will ever stop wearing them, wearing watches has never been a fad. I love my G-Shock. I wear it with casual clothing, for work and dress wear, but IMO walking around with an Apple watch looks a little silly unless you're a kid. It would just make a grown man seem like a geeky kid that feels the need to be first on the block with his new wrist toy.

I can't agree or disagree since I've never seen an Apple watch. But I do agree that as a grown man, I like my watch to have at least a little style or just be ambiguous.

[ELMI0001]

Maybe Apple is throwing us off the trail with all this watch talk.

iWatch could be the TV.