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Analyst Believes iWatch Will Feature Home Automation, Be More Than an iPhone Companion
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I think he might be half right. IF there is a watch it could be used with home automaton systems and that could be a great tool for it.
But I think he might be wrong with the how. I think it would use iBeacon tech. Imagine if you could set up something like Hue to detect you entered or left a room and adjust the lights accordingly.
Back when it first released it was. But that was what made it so great. So many things were uncomfortable on the iPod touch and iPhone due to that little screen. A bigger screen was needed. And delivered
The geeks looking for an official mod book were upset but the general public was hoping for something that was just like their familiar iPod and iPhone but with an easier to read screen and got it and bought it
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You want a job at Apple, get it yourself. If you are eminently qualified to work there then it should be a cake walk.
And the best part, it will almost certainly be a violation of your contract to post here.
yep, it's a thing of wonder. dont really get why they come to an apple site to bitch and moan about everything and anything. seriously, people here would argue against breathing air.
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what leads you to believe they would? apple comes up with great ideas, samsung copies them. not the other way around.
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need what? nothings been announced, no features have been revealed.
I thought that about the ipad, since it didn't eliminate anything. No that I own one, I can say I was wrong.
I suspect you are very young for a number of reasons. a. It hasn't been decades that small, easy to pull out, phones have been ubiquitous, b. You sound as though keeping close watch on the time isn't important to your career status or lifestyle, and c. You assume everyone is like you or you have the experieince to make reasonable assumptions about most other people's needs, and on which to base sweeping judgments about the world.
All characteristic of a very young, inexperienced person.
Buy a 5C.
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having lost my watch 3 months ago...I guarantee you I need a watch.
Hard to imagine your imaginary future boss at Apple would put up with this. You might trying honing your supposed people skills before you attend that hypothetical interview at the alleged company for which you are ostensibly eminently qualified.
are you in drama classes? you should be.
er, you do realize this all happened before -- the planet decided pocketwatches were too slow and switched to wristwatches. what, a couple hundred years ago?
have you seen the featureset yet? nope. youre just making assumptions.
imagine that.
so youre saying what suits you should also suit every single other human on the planet? because you know whats best for everyone? like a benevolent dictator? uh huh. riiiight.
youre high. most apple customers would barely know who Cooks is, let alone are kissing his butt.
grow up. try for a girlfriend or such...alleviate stress in your life.
You aren't the one that needs convincing. The mass public doesn't. And Apple knows this. They are well aware that the freaks and geeks that hang in sites like this have varied and often extreme needs and desires. Especially compared to the other 99%. Which is why Apple looks to that group for cues.
Ok you're talking about a bunch of different things. First of all, a stock price is never a good indicator of a company's intrinsic value. Wide swings in ALL stocks are common and there is no correlation between these swings and long-term profit prospects of a company. You can see take a look at AAPL over the last decade and you will see swings of even greater severity.
Second, Jobs passed a few months prior to the drop in AAPL. Do you honestly believe that this drop wouldn't have happened with Jobs there? (That question was rhetorical) The market weighed Apple's sales and profit figures. Supplies were constrained and therefore Apple did not hit their sales estimates. This in turn caused huge momentum selling which resulted in the crash in the price of the stock. This all would have happened if Jobs was around.
Third, the effects of Forstall's ouster (positive and negative) will not be felt, in any significant degree, for years. iOS is very much still Forstall's. Even though the skin is different in iOS7, this version is nearly identical to iOS6 (even though people on here would tell you otherwise).
Fourth, you ask 'what has Ive done for you lately.' You do realize Ive is just a design guy, right? He doesn't come up with the software/hardware. He just puts it in a pretty package. So complaints about software or hardware functionality (not that you are, just giving an example) should not be directed at Ive.
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Coming soon:
The £5000 door alarm
The £1000 controllable light bulb
The £7000 temperature-controlled fridge
Super
You do realize that Apple's products are actually very competitively priced, right? For instance, the profit margins on the HTC One, Samsung S4, and 5s are all pretty much the same. Apple is not gouging its customers by any means.
Given that my smoke detectors are about 8 feet up I would welcome being able to turn it off from a watch, phone etc rather than having to drag out a ladder.
Job's death was already factored into the share price by the time he died. That's why you didn't see a steep drop in AAPL when his death was announced. Also, the market was also well aware that Cook was going to be Apple's next long-term CEO. His strengths and weaknesses had already been accessed and priced into the stock. Finally, if the market believed Forstall was THAT important to Apple you would have seen an immediate drop in the share price when his departure was announced.
The drop in the share price had everything to do with missed expectations (do to supply constraints) and market saturation (limiting future growth potential for existing Apple products).
iWatch is the name of their new cable and home video killing service. Works on all devices including the upcoming iWatch TV set.
Since they couldn't use iTV without a huge lawsuit
Lots of Chinese, Brazilian & Korean firms have been snatching up anything remotely "iWatch" since the speculation began to help save their crappy little tech companies by suing apple.
Hopefully Tim Cook is smart enough to just call it "Watch" designed by apple. That will piss them off.
Wow that was a pretty paranoid, anti-technology comment. I'm surprised you even have the internet considering it could go down at any time. The horror!
Mind if I ask, what happens if your furnace/boiler "crashes" and you can't heat your house. Wouldn't you have to call someone to fix it as well?
Finally I don't buy your proprietary/incompatibility argument. Connected devices will not be excluded from communicating with products from competitors. Evidence? Look at the current devices on the market. Everything communicates with everything else. I can use my Google glasses with my iPhone. I can type a calendar event in iCal and have it sync with my Google calendars. I can control my Philips Hue bulbs from my iPhone and Android tablet. In fact, proprietary technologies are usually licensed to competitors...
I agree.. Apple isn't going to sell a watch that tells the time. Apple is going to sell you a really cool thing that opens doors when you walk up, reminds you of things, unlocks your lab when you get to work, starts your car when the temperature goes below a certain temp and you are almost ready to go, calls 911 if your heart stops beating, etc..... and oh, yeah, it also knows what time it is.
Shhhhhhhh. Remember Ted Kaczynski? That could be his cousin. I would X-ray any packages you got for a while dude!
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I was thinking about them
Apple buys NEST, hires all the people, designs a bunch of modules, and 12 months later introduces "The Watch" designed by apple. The slogan will be....
"Your Entire Life on your wrist!"
I like it....
That's a lot of expensive add ons. The Philips Hue lightbulbs that are already being sold as an iPhone/iPad accessory are $199 for 3. I'm not buying $10K worth of accessories so that I don't have to bother with opening my front door and various other silly automations. Might as well buy a motorized scooter since I can't be bothered to walk either.
That's a lot of expensive add ons. The Philips Hue lightbulbs that are already being sold as an iPhone/iPad accessory are $199 for 3. I'm not buying $10K worth of accessories so that I don't have to bother with opening my front door and various other silly automations. Might as well buy a motorized scooter since I can't be bothered to walk either.
No, thats not what I am saying. Where are you shopping?
Most of those "add ons" are cheap anyway, or you already have them. You have an iPhone, your interface to the world. A watch that monitors your heart rate and dials 911, already there.
Wireless sensors can be bought for $8. temp, water, light, etc. All under $10.
Put them in a cute case might bring it to $12.
Cant be bothered? Ever order from Amazon, or anywhere online? Why because its easy. Face it. we are a bunch of lazy beings who "can't be bothered".
If I could automate most of my house for a few hundred, and have it learn from my habits, maybe save me some cash by turning down the temp (Think NEST) when I am not there, I would do it in a heartbeat. Apple knows this and so do you!
EDIT: In a year or two, those bulbs will be down to $10. Remember when CFLs were expensive? Besides, I thinks those are interesting but not necessary. I'm talking about a regular Led light that turns on when you enter and off when you leave. $5.
Just like the iPhone won't be called an iPhone because it's also an iPod and Internet Communicator
Lots of Chinese, Brazilian & Korean firms have been snatching up anything remotely "iWatch" since the speculation began to help save their crappy little tech companies by suing apple.
Hopefully Tim Cook is smart enough to just call it "Watch" designed by apple. That will piss them off.
I suppose I have the advantage of remembering the rumors about the iPad before it was released, including all of the guesses about what it would look like, what it would do, and what it would be called. Pretty much all of them were wrong. So pardon me if I suspect that Apple might just prove all the guessers wrong again.
Your phone already can do all that.
I just don't see this panning out in reality... there will be no Apple watch IMO.
That's what I'm saying... OK, In a different response, but I did.
Already there. The problem is its all disjointed. If someone could pull all that crap together, I'd be in heaven.
"One Ring To Rule Them All....." Er.... Watch, My precious....."
Tim Cook Kinda Looks Like Gollum!
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