The fundamental idea of the original iPhone was to combine all the features of our many devices into "one". Abandonment of this concept, having the watch as an accessory to the phone, will be a giant leap backward! Incompatible with the philosophy of simplicity that Steve Jobs so ingeniously established.
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More Supply Chain Claims of Likely Early 2015 Launch for iWatch
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I got iPacemaker and iProsthetic Limb.
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I think what he meant was 2014 is going to have the best product pipeline in 25 years because it will have up-to-date versions of all its previous products. So technically that makes it the best pipeline ever. He was being a smarty pants and he's going to have a riot on his hands because of it.
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I would want it to make sure I don't miss notifications and to control music. That's it. Since it only adds minimal convenience, it will come down to cost for me.
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See above for iWatch. For iPad I mostly use it for e-reading, and watching movies in bed. For me it's worth the extra device just for those.
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It makes great sense to release it like the iphone, months after its initial introduction. It needs to be in the hands of developers, trainers, healthcare professionals, it needs to be in the wild and put through it's paces before it touches any consumer's hand. They would be fools to release it otherwise.
No, that was the fundamental idea of a smartphone, coined sometime back in the last millennium with no input from SJ whatsoever.
Any speculation about the iWatch: I am reluctant to believe. They simply have no evidence and can only base their assumptions based of previous first time product announcements and releases, such as the first iPhone etc. 
It's interesting that by the time the iPhone 6 is unveiled there won't be much that we don't know about it (the 4.7" version, anyway.) But not so for the iWatch. Either the announcement is further off or Apple has managed to keep the lid on leaks. But I sort of like the notion of not knowing all the details in advance - years ago, it was fun to actually hear about an Apple product for the first time at a keynote event.
Anyone who thinks Apple is going to release the iWatch at the iPhone event and steal the iPhone's thunder is silly. A new product launch like that will get an event of its own.
Ugh... there hasn't been a "one more thing" since a few years before Jobs died!
And what happened to "We have more new products in the piple line than ever before... and new product categories..."
Over a year later.... still waiting... for.... a new....product....category. Or a revised product that even feels new. The new mac pro is the closest and that's aimed at such a small percentage of apple users.
I do think that when this bloody wearable comes out though, it will be better looking than whats arrived so far. The moto watch actually looks good, but it's still lack luster in function.
For wearable to really take off, they need to be more than a glorified bluetooth accessory. Most of the things they do would be easier to do by grabbing your phone, that has to be near by anyway. Really hoping apple is an innovator again and does something...more.
How many iWatch images are we gonna see before its announced ?
This ones the best so far...
But i anticipate more. .... and even another push back till 2016.
It keeps us all "in the loop" don't break the loop.
Big screen, but otherwise ok...... That's not to say i'm going to buy one... I just think they sux..
This ones the best so far...
But i anticipate more. .... and even another push back till 2016.
It keeps us all "in the loop" don't break the loop.
Big screen, but otherwise ok...... That's not to say i'm going to buy one... I just think they sux..
Steve Jobs never invented anything by himself. He had a knack for knowing which of the new ideas others came up with, would be "the next big thing". So in that respect he was a "Visionary". He was not an inventor.
so if the watch made by Apple (likely not named iWatch) looks like the one in this article and it is the only watch in the world, I rather not wearing one.
I think you are correct - Cue has been hyping the "later in the year and Phil's comment was the "can't innovate my ass".
So I aggregated all of them together - not the same but the key issue remains that time keeps rolling on and we have seen nothing new and exciting.
Aside from MacRumors participants, many important eyes are on Cook for this holiday season's introductions (new, exciting, new categories, game changing, whatever) and resulting financials.
I continue to hold my shares banking (literally) on Apple not having morphed into a Microsoft. We will know soon.