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Apple's Smart Watch May Not Launch Until Late 2014, Use Biometrics and iPod Nano Technology
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Its 2013, so in your 12 years, you have seen the following major product releases (i.e. major new categories):
2001 - ipod
2007 - Apple TV (questionable whether its a major new category)
2007 - iphone
2010 - ipad
If you stretch it you could beef up this list by putting peripheral devices like time capsule in, or counting the macbook air as a new product category.
Why would you quit being a customer now in a 3 year dry spell between major product releases, but not in the early 2000s in a 6 year dry spell?
Updates aren't promised to you. The only update to the Mac Pro promised, is the one planned for this year sometime.The Mac Pro hasn't seen a TRUE update in years. Yes it's "delayed."
I'm not. I'm being realistic with technological expectations. Apple can't just magically release a flying car.
He specifically mentioned spec-bumped Macs. Could you please explain how the Macbook Pro is not a Mac?
That's fast for Apple. Palm and Handspring developed and shipped the first popular tablets and smartphones pretty quickly. It took Apple a whole 11 years to wipe PalmPilots and Treos off the map.
Obviously you haven't been paying attention to the massive number of lawsuits. Apple is breaking new ground there everyday.
I hope they come to their senses before ever releasing this product.
The world needs less watches not more and this recent smart watch frenzy has been silly. I suspect apple will ultimately realize this.
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Perhaps you need to acquaint yourself with the definition of the word rumor.
Also the MR editorial staff does take into account past history when looking at information to share.
The world needs less watches not more and this recent smart watch frenzy has been silly. I suspect apple will ultimately realize this.
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Perhaps you need to acquaint yourself with the definition of the word rumor.
Also the MR editorial staff does take into account past history when looking at information to share.
Theres not enough upvote buttons to express how much I agree with your statement.
If there was a down vote button, I would register 5000 accounts just to down vote you.
Sadly it seems there is a growing number of Apple users who have [regrettably] come to similar conclusions. I've been using Apple systems since the 90's, and I'm sure others much longer. Most of us are power system users, having to contend with a now consumer market driven company. Yes, it's made them a powerhouse, which we are very grateful. However, it's come at a cost to us who rely on pro-systems for work, et al.
I'm disappointed Apple went from a company with a stellar line of CCFL LCD's, affordable and well equipped power systems, all for roughly the cost of a reasonably equipped Mac Pro (which is in dire need of hardware upgrades, mine is "current gen" but dates to Oct 2010). Consumer market saturation levels are plateauing and Apple has faced difficulties breaking into the Chinese market.
Neglecting the pro and business markets, which many deemed too "niche", is slowly biting Apple in the rear. Many colleagues jumped ship after the Final Cut Pro X fiasco for Windows or Linux systems, using Avid or even Adobe CS as they stepped up their game. If Apple is smart, they'd take advantage of Adobe's shift towards a pay-as-you-use system by focusing energy back into what made OS X and hardware so great: quality, stability, cutting edge or at least current hardware, and a full range of displays. Businesses from design to editing firms have ten's if not hundreds of thousands of dollars set aside for hardware and license upgrades. That adds up to a good amount of profit, enough to drive the market.
There are only so many iPads and iPhones a consumer can entertain themselves with before it gets dull. I've yet to see the corporate sect adopt iPads/tablets as a primary or even quasi-centric device of choice. Generally it's in addition to desktop systems. A quick glance in the top ten paid and free iPhone or iPad apps and you'll see mostly games and media apps. I couldn't imagine working mainly on an iPad, dissertations or casual work on a small screen taken up by the keys, no thanks.
Stop shifting an already stressed engineering dept bet iOS and OS X as Steve Jobs insisted, usually resulting in OS X being shelved. Hire more engineers, get a hold of the departments lacking S.V.P.'s by hiring or moving the right people into those positions. It's mind boggling that Cook is taking over for Browett, who lasted only a few months, as S.V.P. of Retail Operations, and Ive taking over design after Forstall's firing the same exact day as Browett's last Nov. Bertrand Serlet was excellent as S.V.P. of OS X Software Engineering. Since his departure, Craig Federighi's work in Lion and Mountain Lion has been less than stellar (Serlet did not work on 10.7 as some have stated, he was brought in from NeXT and responsible for 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6).
It seems to many that Apple has been treading water recently, and faith in the company's future seems shaky as stock analysts and future traders to die-hard Apple users generally feel underwhelmed. I hesitate writing this as I'm certain it will be shredded by some, but it's how I feel and how many I know feel at this moment. Whether genuinely warranted or not, it's been harder to maintain faith in Apple for some. I'm hopeful that 2013 is a return to pro and business markets, with a new Mac Pro, displays and pro-App updates. If not, I don't know what will happen for us.
(go easy on me guys, simply my 2 cents)
Could not agree more.
Very detailed and correct assessment.
I can't imagine a "smartwatch" being anything more than an accessory to your phone. Unless of course it's a smartphone substitute.
It's nice to get messages, updates, sports scores, golf distances, run tracking, etc, etc, but that's all just convenience, not a groundbreaking necessity...
It's nice to get messages, updates, sports scores, golf distances, run tracking, etc, etc, but that's all just convenience, not a groundbreaking necessity...
I've re-read the above multiple times and can't figure out if it's sarcasm or not.
Dear gawd I hope so - and for many reasons.
The life-changing potential?
Remember back in the days before mobile phones? How did mankind survive?
I still think this whole iWatch thing is a stupid idea... I have no idea why anybody would need such a thing if they already have a wrist watch.
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USED to provide that.
Or maybe it's just people who like the best technology and that are in this forum, because
USED to provide that.
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biometrics? just remember how much "public anger" was there when people had to give their fingerprints for the new biometric passports or at US airports and the queston about safety of that database. And those analysts think that people will just let some company like apple/google/whatever have their biometric data? haha.
I agree.Problem is, regardless of what Apple churn out, people buy it in their millions.