I disagree man , I love both ios7 and osx and they work like a charm , sure there are occasional crashes on the 5s but nothing to worry about. Honestly I hope apple continues to improve ios7 because it fits the iPhone like a charm. I tried using ios6 again and it felt like an old jaguar. Fake wood and fake leather. I just wonder why it didn't worry me back then
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Apple Extends Company's Trademark to Include 'Jewelry and Watches'
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I disagree man , I love both ios7 and osx and they work like a charm , sure there are occasional crashes on the 5s but nothing to worry about. Honestly I hope apple continues to improve ios7 because it fits the iPhone like a charm. I tried using ios6 again and it felt like an old jaguar. Fake wood and fake leather. I just wonder why it didn't worry me back then
This makes me think it is more likely that they will actually release a smart watch. I won't totally discount it being successful since in the past they have gotten things like tablets and smartphones right when everyone else had done them poorly, but I'm not sure what it would take to make a smart watch into something worth having since no one has done it yet.
Anyone ever see a tv series where the star, Lockwood, had a ring (also wearable as a pendant) with a camera that enabled his mission command to see everything he saw and get him out of jams.
I imagine that what the
iTieClip or iBrooch would be like.
I imagine that what the
iTieClip or iBrooch would be like.
I'm thinking the electronics module (the cheap bit) will be separate from the bracelet (the expensive bit).
The idea being that you regularly upgrade the electronics module which snaps into a bracelet and appears to be an integral part of it. That way your sapphire encrusted bracelet isn't a throwaway after a couple of years.
Like a swanky version of the fitbit module, or this SmartWear thing Sony is working on
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For heavy users it's been a pretty bad situation and I have been affected. Just look over entries at www.macperformanceguide.com to see a sample of how bad it's been. Though you will have to browse through the last few months of entries to get an idea of the scope. "Apple Core Rot" is an excellent article.
A $400 watch from Apple may make a lot more sense than a$25k Patek-Phillippe, considering the functionality. About the social status, who cares?
Well, if they are as expensive as the I'm Watch then they will fail just as equally. Have a £249 device that does the exact same as a device costing £10,000, and by the way I'm Watch has dropped their very expensive versions from the website now, can't think why?
Better yet, make a dive watch that is water-proof to 1000ft with compass. The computer onboard can calculate O2and CO2 to prevent bends.
haha, a $400 iWatch will last you what 5 years, a 25k Patek will last SEVERAL lifetimes and most likely increase in value. Their is a BIG difference.
Look at it this way, why bother buying an Apple Mac when a $200 laptop can do exactly the same thing?
Nope, they still sell the expensive I'm Watch:
http://www.imsmart.com/en/i-m-watch/collections/jewel
Will be very interesting to see what happens if Apple attempt to sell a wearable for thousands, considering it has a reputation for good engineering designs, Macs if nothing else feel solid, then I wonder how that will translate in the market place.
Trouble is many many many people know they can get that same level of solid engineering from many watch makes already.
http://www.imsmart.com/en/i-m-watch/collections/jewel
Will be very interesting to see what happens if Apple attempt to sell a wearable for thousands, considering it has a reputation for good engineering designs, Macs if nothing else feel solid, then I wonder how that will translate in the market place.
Trouble is many many many people know they can get that same level of solid engineering from many watch makes already.
What you just said, while seems logical, is purely speculation. Could or could not be correct. Nike could be providing the software side of iWatch like previous features (M7) as well as some hardware support behind the scenes. From the little we know via rumours, iWatch and FuelBand are not direct competitors anyway, one's purely focused on fitness metrics, other will likely be a lot more.
It will be called iBand.
Take it to the bank.
I like, I like!
But I like iSite a sight better.
IMO this might be a good indication that the rumors from a few weeks ago (iWatch with high end products costing several thousand dollars) might have some merit to them. And honestly I think its a good idea. Sure the basic consumer model will retail for a few hundred, but by having high end fashion/jewelry models that no one can afford might move the iWatch toward more than just being a geeky wearable for enthusiasts only. It's definitely a gamble, but for the iWatch to be successful in the mass market I think distancing themselves from product lines like Samsung Gear is vital. That being said, theres no way that I would fork out the $$ for a high end model - but just its existence might add some class/fashion to an otherwise geeky product. Casio calculator watches/Samsung Gear is not cool nor fashionable. James Bond with a smart Rolex probably is.
I was just reminiscing about that show yesterday. It was called Search (based on a TV movie called Probe) from 1972. It foreshadowed the surveillance society we've come to accept today.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0068131/
I could see this coming with a cheap rubber/plastic case out of the box with the better looking stuff sold as replacements. I can still also see that coming free in the box with iPhones, iPods, and iPads or even Macs in the future.
Wow, you are really showing your age, as am I by recognizing the description.
You are referring to a pilot TV movie:
Probe (1972)
But, by the time the series was aired, it was renamed to:
Search (1972)
It only lasted for 1 season.
The trivia section for the series in IMDB says the series had to be renamed because a science show on public television claimed rights to the title. That may have only been the excuse.
As I remember, the series almost didn't get aired. Reportedly, when the series was pitched to network executives, someone thought it was appropriate to entertain them prior to the previews with footage of a scantily-clad dancer. The execs allegedly made the leap to the double entendre of "Probe", and were horrified. This was back in the early 70's, when sex on TV was still all but banned. It was only after the producers agreed to change the name to "Search" that the series was given the green light.
I remember seeing the pilot, and was eagerly waiting the premiere. A news story about the upcoming fall TV season recounted the story I wrote above. I found a reference on the Wikipedia page for the series to a feature article in TV Guide, but haven't found the article itself. I'm wondering if that's where I read it long ago.
Both the pilot and the series are available on DVD from Amazon.
This is something I will never own or have any use for. 95% of the people I know do not wear a watch. They look at their phone.
It wont be a loser for Apple but it's not the next big thing by a long ways.
It wont be a loser for Apple but it's not the next big thing by a long ways.
You're presuming that the watch's major function is to tell time.
That's would be like saying the iPhone's major function is to make voice-calls to other people.
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What is a fail? Who are you to define what fails? It won't bring the revenue of the other lines, like the iPhone and iPad, but the clear goal here is to bring power and value to the brand and the ecosystem.
A successful iWatch can and will succeed. It will bring revenue by itself, it will bring new tech to those other idevices and software, it will bring new tech to your iPhone, it will make iOS more sticky and it will bring new users.
Does, for some reason, apple NEED to grow net profit in the short term? I don't think so. In fact, Apple should invest all of that money in something that they like, believe and defines the company. Cars? TV with Cable and content?
Anyway, the iWatch is another piece to help reduce dependency on the iPhone line. Piece by piece, Apple will get stronger and the critics will face the inevitable:
They will die before Apple dies.
Make no mistake, new categories like this, bigger iPhones and regular refreshes = growth.
The smart watch market sucks right now. Failures all around. Apple sees this. Reminds me of when I had my Palm Treo (which i loved) or my 8100 windows phone back in 06. I was hearing rumors of an Apple phone, and was excited to see it, but I didn't think it would be too much different then what I already had in my pocket. Then SJ stepped on the stage in 07 and the entire industry was flipped on it's head. And from that moment on everything changed. Well maybe the watch wont be quite as dramatic, but it's gonna be huge! And wearables will never be the same again.