Indeed, there is definitely a fish in the fishbowl scenario going on. That fish wouldn't be able to describe water to you because unless something goes wrong, that's the only environment it knows.
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Apple Expected to Introduce Health Tracking App and Smart Home Toolkit at WWDC
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Indeed, there is definitely a fish in the fishbowl scenario going on. That fish wouldn't be able to describe water to you because unless something goes wrong, that's the only environment it knows.
Seriously what is taking so long with this?
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Nope. It was not sarcasm. Very few people need active tracking of medical conditions (diet fetishers, diabetics, uncontrolled HTN, a few others). There are already apps for that. Apple making an App - hmmm. Not sure much a market.
Mmmm, I think you may be eating your words in the not so distant future. Health is the most important thing to the vast majority of people not to mention it's a multi-billion dollar industry.
I have a feeling that Apple will not be bringing out a health app just to compete with other health apps, they'll have an entirely different take on it along with matching hardware towards the end of the year....let's see what they come up with.
You are right, the market has shifted away from physical keyboards, and toward large touch screens, because of the iPhone. And yes, it does take a considerable amount of effort to create technologies that take very little effort to use! Apple really has a knack for creating things so simple that they don't have instruction manuals included in the box
I also am a little disheartened by all of the negative comments that Apple is receiving, although Apple has a role in that as well. We all know that the company has a culture of secrecy, and in some ways, the secrecy is very much needed in order to stop competitors (Samsung not the least!) from copying their products left and right. But the secrecy also leaves a lot of room for pundits, bloggers, and disaffected consumers to throw in their often misguided opinions, putting words in Apples' mouth that really don't belong. It is sometimes interesting to see people trying to guess Apple's intentions, but also saddening to see such an insightful company get dragged through the mud.
Easy, right? Lol, goodness people really want Apple to serve them lunch on a silver platter.
A separate iOS for iPad? Uh, last time I checked, the iPad DID utilize the added screen space. Maybe it's not utilizing it in the way YOU want, but every single app on the iPad is redesigned. Maybe you mean the home screen? Sure they could do more things on the home screen, at the cost of added complexity. It really doesn't get any simpler and easy to understand than the iOS home screen, and I'm pretty sure Apple would like to keep it that way.
On top of that, you expect a major iOS revamp? After they just DID a significant iOS redesign? Lol. Ok, I'm sure Apple will get right on that for you.
I wonder if Samsung will be rushing to make some sort of Smart Home device within the next 20 hours?
do not doubt it even for a second
I'd like to see Apple build the health silo to end all silos. It's crazy that my health apps can't talk to each other, or I need to pick certain apps that integrate with Runkeeper's API or Azumio's or one of the other ones out there. If there were a single API they could all talk to, I'd be locked into Apple's world but at least everything in the walled garden would get along.
I'd also like to see Apple abstract away all the complication of pairing with sensors. I shouldn't need to pair my heart-rate monitor with every running program that supports it, and things like footpods should just talk to the operating system and then apps can ask iOS for my cadence & pace instead of processing raw accelerometer data.
Bluetooth 4.0 has really helped the fitness sensor market mature. But it feels like there's still a little bit to go, and I hope Apple sees it, too.
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I wonder if Samsung will be rushing to make some sort of Smart Home device within the next 20 hours?
They might as well just build a hospital.
At least he knows that's not what he's good at. Hence Phil & Craig introducing the products.
Would be interesting to see Jony Ive take the stage though.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...n-the-pipeline-for-healthbook-and-beyond.html that is an interesting read, apparently Samsung knew what Apple will be announcing because one of Apples ex-employees, who worked on apples biosensor team. The event Samsung held not long ago was in an effort to beat Apple to announcing health related things.
Now i'm not saying Apple will announce the iWatch today at WWDC or anything like that, its probably more to do with the HealthBook app. I'm betting Apple will release the iWatch later this year, around September or October.
Now i'm not saying Apple will announce the iWatch today at WWDC or anything like that, its probably more to do with the HealthBook app. I'm betting Apple will release the iWatch later this year, around September or October.
Now apple wants to control all of your house hold settings. Can see it now, "I think I will set my heat in the house at 75 degrees". Apple gizmo responding," your wasting energy, put on a sweater. We control your life now".
After watching the Keynote I was not disappointed with my my Iris Home Automation purchase, it looks like apple is long way off on the home automation. They probably will buy Iris or z-wave to move theirs along like Google buying Nest.
No, they made it very clear. Their providing the technology, third parties are going to adhere to those standards. There is no need for apple to buy up another company, those companies have access to a massive iOS market whom are willing to pay for device that integrates seamlessly with their phone.
The sessions feature is the killer app here.
You're right that it will take a few years, but I really don't think that apple is going to buy another hardware company, there is no reason to.