Don't like that aspect ratio. Way too tall/skinny.
And no way Apple would do a band with shiny metal attachment points.
And no way Apple would do a band with shiny metal attachment points.
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2.5-Inch iWatch Concept With Curved, Rectangular Display Demoed in New Video
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The problem is, that you don't want to touch your watch to ser what time it is. It should be always on. Love the Pebble with e-ink. It's really great that you just look at it, and it's there!
Looking so much forward to seeing how Apple rethinks the watch. Probably buying it anyways
Looking so much forward to seeing how Apple rethinks the watch. Probably buying it anyways
You shouldn't expect it to look like a watch, any more than you should expect it to look like any of the awful concepts MR thinks deserve our attention.
really?
a 2.5" iphone screen strapped to your wrist is as impractical as a rotary phone strapped to an ipod.
a 2.5" iphone screen strapped to your wrist is as impractical as a rotary phone strapped to an ipod.
If it doesn't look like a watch, then what is the point? I can run out and buy a crappy Samsung watch or a pebble.
Geez... I thought the Galaxy watches were bulky...
I hope Apple doesn't make something that big.
I hope Apple doesn't make something that big.
Ridiculous garbage, only redeemed by the fact it looks better than all the ridiculous garbage being shovelled out by the Android camp this week.
How about somebody does a mockup of an actual genuine use case for these things? Who wants to send and receive texts only three words long? Who wants a wrist full of notifications telling that they need to pull their phone out of their pocket. Anyone not actively walking, talking or driving probably has their phone out anyway.
How about somebody does a mockup of an actual genuine use case for these things? Who wants to send and receive texts only three words long? Who wants a wrist full of notifications telling that they need to pull their phone out of their pocket. Anyone not actively walking, talking or driving probably has their phone out anyway.
The video looked cool,I don't think the iWatch (if there is one) will look like this though. However,I loved the music. I played the video 3 times just to hear the music.
Still not as a bad as the Garmin Forerunner 201 I once had (early GPS watch, 3.3x1.7x.7"), but then again, that was so chunky that I ended up returning it. Really hope we don't see 2.5" here.
well, the iPad expanded on what the iPhone couldn't do: bigger screen. It made sense.
If the watch is just iOS on a wrist, those health sensors must be out of this world to make any impact. Otherwise, it's just a lesser iOS device in which I rather pull out my iPhone to do whatever I need to do.
You remember the 6. Gen Nano?
The 6.Gen Nano is WAY closer to the real deal then all this "Designer" Humbug "with its much ado about nothing" concept videos. Sometimes I would love to rip apart the Diplomas of these so called Designers or what ever they'll give them after graduation.
The 6th. Gen Nano could have survived if people would have not used it as a watch instead. Its design was to early to be what people wanted it to be but still its the better mockup of the upcoming iwatch.
The 6.Gen Nano is WAY closer to the real deal then all this "Designer" Humbug "with its much ado about nothing" concept videos. Sometimes I would love to rip apart the Diplomas of these so called Designers or what ever they'll give them after graduation.
The 6th. Gen Nano could have survived if people would have not used it as a watch instead. Its design was to early to be what people wanted it to be but still its the better mockup of the upcoming iwatch.
I see the iwatch being more of a classic watch design, with the bulk of the UI being on the iphone or ipad. I really doubt there will be app icons on the watch itself.
After wearing a magic band at Disney I am curious as to how they are going to address fit. The magic band has a much smaller rigid portion and still very few people can wear it comfortably because it doesn't bend around your wrist and not everyones wrists are the same size. I ended up having to turn it over to make it not feel really weird which is ok with a band on a week long trip but not OK when its a relatively expensive watch I would want to wear everyday
It's like wearing a 7th Gen Nano on your wrist. It may work and sure it has heaps of bells and whistles but it's bulky and not really a 'watch'.
They need to work on the watch first and foremost and then fit everything into that form factor, not the other way around.
They need to work on the watch first and foremost and then fit everything into that form factor, not the other way around.