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

juanmanas said:
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".
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I simply can't understand why so many people believe that Apple will come up with something special while nothing is known. I only see this with very religious people thinking that things are simply they way they believe they are. But I'm not a religious guy, I like Apple products but I'm no Apple fanboy. Meaning, I can't understand the 'aaaaah' and the 'oooooooh' aproach just because Apple might come up with a 'new" product.

All that is known, is that Apple "might" come up with a "new" device, weather it's really "new" or a game chancer is something yet to be seen....

I know most of you could not study at MIT, but still you could understand is more than a watch
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Well, it doesn't require a degree in MIT to understand that you can't state otherwise as long nothing is clear about this product. That's called common sense or logic.
 
bbeagle said:
I already know some of the features I need in a must-have wristwatch. Nobody has created it yet. If Apple creates it with the features I want, I'll buy an Apple wristwatch. It has nothing to do with Apple advertising.

For example, the Pebble is great, lets you see texts and notifications from your phone to your watch - but it doesn't include speakers or a microphone! I can't answer a call on it! Actually, I can - just you can't talk until you bring out your phone.

The Pebble doesn't have the technology of the Jawbone Up or the Nike Fuelband either. If I could monitor biometrics (my sleep time, heart rate, how many steps I walk in a day, my nutrition, etc) these are other things I'd like for a watch.
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Calling Dick Tracy, calling Dick Tracy.....
 
Chupa Chupa said:
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.
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Game changer is in the eye of the beholder, or in Apple's context in the eye of the masses. Time will tell. I don't say Apple might come with something new but I'm not blindfully going to think that Apple will come up with something new. After the iPod, iPad and the iPhone nothing has changed much. The all new mac pro which I probably going to buy for my work is a nice machine but nothing close to be called a game changer. So who knows? Maybe the iWatch will be revolutionary, but I've every reason to remain calm about it and state that time will tell....


Apple's success is in taking existing products and making them useable or practical AND sexy. Why would that formula change with a watch?
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No idea, it wasn't me stating that Apple will change there approach. I can only speak on my own experiances and I rather hope to see something intresting instead of looking nice.... I work on computers that need serious power, looking "nice" has really zero meaning for me.

But the iWatch, that is certain IF it comes, will certainly be small and light Like you, most probably, I'm curious what Apple will do here, so far it's just a guessing game.

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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again, that's in the eye of the beholder. Where other shouting praise the lord when looking at the new iOS designs I, as a designer myself, was shocked looking at the new designs that comes along with so many flaws.

Shocked, also because I like the iPhone and I work on Apple products.... on the other hand, I'm happy to see where Apple is taking the new OSX, to a new level where I can work with. In your eyes Apple will surely come up with a ground breaking new type of iWatch, i've been using Apple products to long to go in the same direction, I've seen to many failures with Apple devices so I don't have reasons to believe Apple will succeed in this but I also don't have any reasons to state they will fail.

Time will tell....


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).
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Again, this also is in the eye of the beholder....

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.
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Well same here, but I do stereotype fanboys because they are funny, simple. Apple, Samsung, Nike, the branch doesn't matter in this context, what makes fanboys alike is the dogmatic stand of view in matters like these. Like four years old who believe that their popsinger can only do good :)
 
I am very interested in an iWatch even if it only did ONE thing! And that is to communicate with my iPhone to tell me that I have a text or email on my phone. I am a girl and either have my iPhone in my purse which I cannot hear, or I am carrying it around with me from place to place. Put it down...pick it up. Put it down...pick it up. I don't have pockets much. It's annoying! ANYTHING else it would do would be a bonus!
 
Apple - i never knew they cud lead your thoughts or guesses in the right path - wont be surprised if its not the name in the end. :rolleyes:
 
Conflicted on this.
For me having caller id, text, ect on a watch is very useful.
However unless thing this is stainless steel, white gold, or platinum and looks like a real watch, then it is a non-starter in a business environment.
 
what is the point of this watch? unless it has the upband/fuelband functionality, who cares?

who wants email/ios updates on their wrist?! #overkill
 
as long as they get the guys at Tokyo Flash to design the iWatch instead of Mr Ive ill be happy, if Mr Ive designs it, it will have to be charged every hour on the hour for an hour and you wont be able to change the battery yourself, oh and you'll need an iTime subscription with iTunes costing $20 a year if you want to be able to see the minutes as well as the hours, seconds are in-app purchases.

:apple::rolleyes:
 
Piggie said:
This "IS" exactly the point

Many people don't buy a watch for it's function (hey clocks are everywhere now) They buy it for fashion/jewelry and/of gift from loved ones/sentimental

Whilst I've no doubt a electronic watch will be deemed cool/hip/radical by some, I'd suspect someone wearing nice cloths in a nice setting may want something more classy that a digital plastic gizmo strapped around their wrist.

For many men their watch "IS" their main item of expensive jewelry. they go out for a nice meal, they would put on a nice watch that compliments their look.
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Uh, I don't know about that, being a man myself shoes are generally my first priority, clothes being a close second and jewelry being dead last.
 
Shaun said:
Everyone I know with a Rolex is a poser. :D
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You need to meet important people then I guess, not just trust fundies or whoever it is you know w/ lots of $ but not from their own success. Either that or stop reading GQ. That's not real life.

dragje said:
Game changer is in the eye of the beholder, or in Apple's context in the eye of the masses.
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No, by "game changer" I'm talking about an objective definition, something historians look back on and say THAT was a turning point. The iPod, iPhone, or iPad re-examined how we should interact with devices. And it did it so well they re-invented and reinvigorated the categories they are in and all other companies followed their lead. In the iPods case it was never matched by any other company. That's what a game changer is by objective definition.

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HenryDJP said:
Uh, I don't know about that, being a man myself shoes are generally my first priority, clothes being a close second and jewelry being dead last.
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Yes, but you see the problem. You are a man but not THE only man. My personal priorities are clothes then very distant 2nd is shoes (except for running shoes which have to be replaced often) and jewelry doesn't make an appearance. All the jewelry (mostly watches and cuff links) I own was by gift or inheritance. I would never by jewelry for myself. Don't care about it, but I know many watch collectors and for them they'd go naked to buy a vintage Jaeger-LeCoultre.

Not everyone marches to the drummer and all that.

But back to the iWatch, I wouldn't consider it jewelry. It's not going to be sold as such. It's a wearable data device with wireless connectivity. If it can a make my day to day easier I'd buy in a beat. If not, I don't need another band on my wrist.
 
malexandria said:
Getting a phone out of your pocket is such a hardship....:rolleyes:
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I hear you, but the point is, you might be walking around, or carrying other stuff, which might make it awkward, or increase the chances of you dropping your device. There's no doubt you will still need your device, but as time goes on, we'll rely more and more on the iWatch to interface with our iPhone.
 
gnasher729 said:
And it does it so easily that there is obviously no innovation involved. Once the copying starts, that's where the innovation comes in - adding useless stuff, that's innovation.

(Actually, Samsung has done something really innovative, at least according to their UK adverts. The sound coming from headphones on their phones is really awful and tinny. Unplug the headphones, and the sound gets a lot better. Then run some software that plays the music on six phones, and it's absolutely massive, like a high end HiFi system. Even better, you leave these six phones in a changing room, everyone runs out, and the sound follows them! It works even when you don't have the phones with you anymore! THAT's innovation! )

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I prefer watches with quality and style.
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That's not innovation that's stupidity. The gimmicks are the exact opposite of innovation. I can see it now music session constantly being ruined by text, tweets and phone calls.
 
RonDMC said:
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.
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Ditto. I will judge once or if Apple releases an iWatch.
 
Chupa Chupa said:
You need to meet important people then I guess, not just trust fundies or whoever it is you know w/ lots of $ but not from their own success. Either that or stop reading GQ. That's not real life.



No, by "game changer" I'm talking about an objective definition, something historians look back on and say THAT was a turning point. The iPod, iPhone, or iPad re-examined how we should interact with devices. And it did it so well they re-invented and reinvigorated the categories they are in and all other companies followed their lead. In the iPods case it was never matched by any other company. That's what a game changer is by objective definition.
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Well the game is rapidly changing now where Android is market leader and growing as we speak and iOS is going down.

Furter more, let's stay on topic shall we? If the iWatch will be a game changer is yet to be seen. Only in the eyes of the Apple fanboy it reached cult status years before it might come on the market.

Objective also means looking at the present, Apple did had great influences in how people interact with devices, all true, not true would be the suggestion tat Apple is leading that path of how people will interact in the future to come, an objective observer would conclude there with so many different players out there Apple has become one of many others, an important one yes but not within the context when speaking in terms of "leading". Again, only in the eyes of Apple fanboys this is not the case.Just saying.
 
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