Apple Has Also Filed for an 'iWatch' Trademark in Japan

[Chupa Chupa]

Are you seriously going to talk to your watch out on the street and then holding it to your right ear to hear what the other person replies? (when you're wearing it on your left hand that is)
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Who is suggesting you'll have to talk w/ the watch? Do you have to communicate with your iPhone, iPod, or iPad that way? No. The main communication method is touching, tapping, and swiping. I communicate with my FuelBand by pushing a button and the information pops up.

From the details I've heard about the watch it's not an iPhone replacement, it's complementary. It's like a Pebble, but prettier.

 

[vthree]

Can we just allow them to release the thing first before we make judgment on something that doesn't even exist yet? I wonder how many of the clowns who are prematurely saying the iWatch is rubbish are also the same ones who said the iPad was just an over sized iPod and would never sell... we all know how that turned out and I guarantee 90% of those people now either own an iPad or a tablet of some kind.

a joking response to your first sentence.

you're at the wrong website; you meant to type in www.macfacts.com lol

 

[dragje]

The watch has existed...not the smart watch. The "dumb" cell phone existed for a long time too. Are you going to compared a 2000 Motorola SLVR to 2007 iPhone as well?

You don't understand my point in this. How "smart" the watch will be remains to be seen. A "watch" primarily goal is to show you the time and date and in some cases with additional time's from places all over the world. When the electronic watches came out you got other possibilities that came along with it. Like calculators and and clock watch for start and stop the time while running from A to B.

So of course Apple is calling it a smart-watch since they would probably come up with lot's of tools that makes this watch more then just a watch that gives you time.

But at the end, if showing the time lacks the functionality to do so, for example when speaking of poor battery-life then this iWatch won't be considered "smart" to begin with. Like "smart" TV, most of the "smart" tv's are quite simple very dumb. The menu's are quite often very dull looking but more important not handy to use. Even the Apple TV (i've got one) lacks a solid good Graphical User Interface (GUI). You'll need to click-click-click your way to the point you'r aiming for. Next to this, I can't imagine "typing" on a "smart" watch without looking quite silly, but time will tell..

But never ever forget: new isn't necessary better then the old. For instance, old washing machines last decades, new armed with the moderns technical gadgets hardly one decade.

If Apple wanted to come out with a "dumb" watch then there is no tech barriers there. Heck I had a calculator in my watch 30 years ago. Obviously that's not what Apple would be bringing to marking. I think you know that.

I think you're right in this. And I agree that Apple should come up with something way more profound. That's why I'm very curious.

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It's like a Pebble, but prettier.

Yeah, but the Pebble is not smart.

 

[bbeagle]

Are you seriously going to talk to your watch out on the street and then holding it to your right ear to hear what the other person replies? (when you're wearing it on your left hand that is)

Yes. For a quick 5-10 second conversation, like 'Where are you?' 'Oh, I'm near the fountains'. 'Ok. See you in 5 minutes'. Or a 'I'll call you back in 10 minutes when I'm in the office'.

I wouldn't use it to make longer calls. But those quick conversations, it's ideal (think twitter, like 140 characters or less type comments).

I think it would be more handy to let the iWatch display things you like to see quickly so you don't need to find your iPhone which might be in your suitcase or within you jacket.
That's for now the only thing I can think of that would be nice and handy...

- when running you're able to see quickly how far you've run so far and/or how hard you're walking, hack, maybe even see a turn by turn direction to the street you're walking to.

- see the time (obviously) and mayby it can warn you how much time you've left before going to the meeting of any kind...

- and I can imagine with the knowledge of pulse measurement, heart-rate and stuff it will be able to send an warning to someone or let your iPhone call 911 as an option. It could be a lifesaver literally when it summons an ambulance when you have an hearth attack.

Other then then, nah...

Yes, I'm in agreement with you.

Just like cell phone didn't catch on until everyone was scared 'what if I need one in an emergency and I'm out in the middle of nowhere?' the same thing will happen with monitoring. If you have a heart-attack, or your heart stops when you're sleeping, your watch can notify your loved ones or 911 to get you help immediately.

 

[kazmac]

the iPhone has

overridden any need for a watch. The only time I care what time it is is during my commute.

And since I don't use iMessenger and can wait to check emails, add me to the iamNOTinterested list.

 

[dragje]

overridden any need for a watch. The only time I care what time it is is during my commute.

And since I don't use iMessenger and can wait to check emails, add me to the iamNOTinterested list.

I'm not even wearing a watch

 

[12lee]

iWatch would be a nice name for a TV...

 

[bbeagle]

overridden any need for a watch. The only time I care what time it is is during my commute.

You and me are very different people. I'm checking time constantly. I have a meeting at 10.... It's 9:45, good - I can do 10 minutes of work before spending 5 minutes to get prepared for the meeting, etc. etc.

I can imagine teenagers who follow Twitter 24/7 would enjoy a watch - more convenient to watch twitter feeds without the need to hold a device.

I think it will change things like football. Can a QB hold a cell-phone type device before the snap? No. He CAN glance at his watch and look at the play clock to get his snap off, or read on the watch what play the coach calls instead of spending time interpreting the signals and relaying it to all the players. Instead of the QB telling everyone what the play is, everyone glances at their watch to see what their role in the play is. Things like that.

 

[JarJarThomas]

Interesting posting. Personally I think an Apple iWatch should be not about gadgets but about simplicity together with a strong focus on what an watch primarily function is: showing the time.

If it will be a gadget where you can play videogames on I'm not interested, it's for kids and apple fanboys but not for me. If it will be grand looking and showing the time without giving to much light in the dark like normal watches don't do as well I might be interested.

Secondly, I, of course, think that because it's an electronic devise it should be able to do more then just show me the time. But whatever that might be, like pulse measurements and maybe an option to "feel" some kind of vibration when some-one is calling you then it's extremely important what the battery life would be, an iWatch that you need to recharge each single day is a no-no for me. I even find is quite frustrating that my iPhone 5 needs to be charged each single day.

Time will tell.

Agree with you. Don't need it to be a gadgt because of gadget porn, need it to be a gadget that just makes sense ... see the good story

 

[brookshanes]

for sure

For sure, it's about Apple TV, not a new watch.

iWatch TV

 

[69650]

I only use Rolex.

10 grand just to tell the time. What a waste. Admittedly I'm not a poser.

I'm really looking forward to the iWatch.

 

[brookshanes]

If I can call my car over to me using it that would be good. Although making the iOS iWatch interface with the Google car might be an issue. Although Knight Rider had all this sussed ages ago!

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[Chupa Chupa]

You don't understand my point in this. How "smart" the watch will be remains to be seen. A "watch" primarily goal is to show you the time and date and in some cases with additional time's from places all over the world. When the electronic watches came out you got other possibilities that came along with it. Like calculators and and clock watch for start and stop the time while running from A to B.

No, I understand your point 100%. What I don't understand is why anyone would think Apple would come out with a watch that doesn't at least attempt to be a game changer. Apple's success is in taking existing products and making them useable or practical AND sexy. Why would that formula change with a watch?

Also a lot of people seem to be stuck on the past centuries concept of a watch. Perhaps it should be called the iBand instead to get them off that track. Apple isn't going to make a glorified time piece. It's more likely to resemble an iOS remote control center + fitness monitor.

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10 grand just to tell the time. What a waste. Admittedly I'm not a poser.

I'm really looking forward to the iWatch.

One doesn't wear a Rolex to tell time. It's jewelry. I personally do not own a Rolex, or desire one, but they are nice pieces just like Aston Martins are beautiful cars (I wouldn't find own one of those practical either).

I would not stereotype and denigrate everyone that wears one as a "poser," any more than I would stereotype someone who uses a Galaxy S or iDevice, a BMW, a Prius, store brand milk, or anything else.

 

[Jamo12]

I've said it before and ill say it again.

Apple is playing a game on this one!

Apple want to keep everyone thinking they are making a watch when really they just want to see Samsung and google waste money on a product like a smart watch that will never work.

Watches are not tech, they are jewellery plain and simple. Yes it's a massive market but even thinking about features a watch could have that a phone etc could not have, I'm left cold with the idea.

The watch is in apples remit but its the one area that is very well established as a market and tech watches always sell badly no matter how well designed or featured they are. I know the same was said about tablets but I can't help but feel its different as tablets were purely a tech market this is a jewellery market.

Anyone else thinking an iwatch would be a massive error in judgement when apple actually need to just revolutionise the TV market or go deep into developing battery tech or anything else but this.

Circa 2008

Apple is playing a game on this one!

Apple wants to keep everyone thinking they are making a tablet when really they just want to see Dell and HP waste money on a tablet that will never work.

Tablets are not useful tech, they are just to show off, plain and simple. Yes a lot of people think they are cool, but thinking of features that a tablet could have that a laptop does not, I'm left cold with the idea.

The tablet is in Apple's remit, but it's the one area that is very well established as a market and tablets always sell badly, no matter how well designed or featured they are. I know the same was said about smartphones, but I can't help but feel this is different because tablets are just for those with extra money for showoff-y tech.

Anyone else thinking a tablet would be a massive error in judgement when apple actually needs to revolutionize battery tech to be the main leader.

Watches aren't just jewelry. I use mine to tell time every day. It is far easier to look at your wrist than it is to take your phone out of your pocket click a button and put it back in. Why do you think pocket watches were mostly replaced by wrist watches? If Apple can make this watch run as smoothly as, say an iPod nano, and have at least two or three useful days of battery, this thing will be yet another tech revolution set up by Apple. That and you admitted the market is huge. More people like jewelry than like tech 10/1. Why not have both?

 

[juanmanas]

I've said it before and ill say it again.

Apple is playing a game on this one!

Apple want to keep everyone thinking they are making a watch when really they just want to see Samsung and google waste money on a product like a smart watch that will never work.

Watches are not tech, they are jewellery plain and simple. Yes it's a massive market but even thinking about features a watch could have that a phone etc could not have, I'm left cold with the idea.

The watch is in apples remit but its the one area that is very well established as a market and tech watches always sell badly no matter how well designed or featured they are. I know the same was said about tablets but I can't help but feel its different as tablets were purely a tech market this is a jewellery market.

Anyone else thinking an iwatch would be a massive error in judgement when apple actually need to just revolutionise the TV market or go deep into developing battery tech or anything else but this.

"Watches are not tech"

Can you please define what a watch is and how that compares with a device that can check your email?

You call anything in your wrist "a watch" regardless of the features?

Did your ... Get you tested?

 

[Jimmy James]

Not blown away by the idea of an iWatch, but am curious as to how it will look, the software and interface, but more importantly its killer feature: how will Apple convince people that this is (will be) the must-have wristwatch.

The killer feature is that you can interface with you phone on your watch.

 

[ifij775]

If iWatch isn't a watch it sounds more like a service than a device.

 

[chrisbru]

iDontCare.

I wish Steve Jobs was still alive, he'd be able to convince me I need a watch.

It's been noted that there were SEVERAL YEARS WORTH of products in the pipeline when Mr. Jobs passed. I'm sure he was aware of and christened the production of a watch (if it does, in fact, come out.) Stop with this babble.

 

[juanmanas]

I'm not even wearing a watch

I can't really get used to the fact that so many people out there believe what apple is to release is just "a watch".

I know most of you could not study at MIT, but still you could understand is more than a watch

 

[Sora]

I only use Breitling

I second that.

 

[Nightarchaon]

I think i last wore a watch sometime in the 1980s, since then i have had zero need, i carry at least a mobile phone with me at all times, sometimes an iPhone and an iPad mini,

I can glance at for the time on one of them.

Also i used to have watches that either had no battery in them, or had a battery that lasted longer than the straps did, i don't see an iWatch lasting more than a day between charges, maybe a week if they REALLY pull all the stops out, but that still means remember to take a proprietary charging cable (lightning cable, or maybe, apple will play with an inductive charger) with you if you go on holiday or away on business.

im watching this one with interest, because it seems an apple driven by Ive is producing arty farty pretty looking throwaway expensive artwork nowadays...

 

[merkinmuffley]

There is no watch, they trade marked a name.

 

[scottw324]

Yeah, that's what everyone says when they see my watch and ask me the time because they don't want to bother pulling theirs out of their pocket (or purse). Watches are still incredibly useful, even for those that don't wear them. I love wearing a watch, feel naked without one, this whole concept is interesting, I can't wait to see how it all plays out and what the functions and features they might include in something you strap around your wrist.

They are useful, especially since when you look at it if it is a whined up one it doesn't require a power. If it is battery powered, it probably will run for a year or so on one battery.

If you use your cell phone you probably need to charge it ever 1-3 days depending on usage. However, I rarely find myself without the ability to charge my phone and therefore really do not find the need to wear one more thing. I do have a Garmin GPS watch that I use for running that comes in extremely handy since it is more accurate than using my RunKeeper app on my iphone.

In the end, to each their own.

 

[filmantopia]

Getting a phone out of your pocket is such a hardship....

Look ten years into the future, okay? Think about how things might be different. Think about how your devices might change. In form, in function.

Now, you receive a text message, or another such notification. How long is it before you receive that message? .2 seconds, or 3-4 seconds?

If you're still using your handheld phone to receive that message, and both you and I receive it at the same time, while having lunch together, I guarantee that I will have read it, and be waiting for you to get back into conversation with me while you're still looking. That is the promise of wearable tech.

 

[peterdevries]

10 grand just to tell the time. What a waste. Admittedly I'm not a poser.

Granted some people wear expensive watches to pose. Others wear them because they value engineering, quality and beauty. A watch like a Rolex is something that you can pass on to your children and beyond, knowing that it will run forever.

6 grand (that's what a Rolex Submariner costs) is not too much if you consider that at least three people can wear it for a total of 100 years. Try that with a Casio or a Swatch.