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This watch is getting more and more stupid as time goes on...
Hahaha embarrassing statement

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Hate to say it, but the iWatch (or what little has filtered out) sounds....boring.

Got nothing else to say about it.

Tom
Yeah not imaginative and smart enough to think about the possibilities, luckily Apple had people that are.

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All these hirings really make me think this new device won't be launched in 2014... Or maybe in time for Christmas? New Apple device + good price (?) could sell a lot in the holidays.

Um there will be a watch in 2015 too. Lol think iphone to iphone. They upgrade yearly.

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Seems like a me too product more and more this does. Just copying everyone else. I bet they launch a fitness device that has a tiny screen which just gives you alerts by icons and that's it, no facility to read any messages etc, due to battery life etc. I bet it'll have a microphone so you can use Siri with it instead haha. Tell your iPhone to reply to a text.

If you think this is a product like anyone else had you need to get a clue hahah. It's a completely new line of tech.
 
Does Philips have any good products? Can't remember the last time I bought something philips, maybe in the 80s

Philips are well respected anong the tech community. As others have mentioned it is hard to find an appliance or energy efficient device they have not affected in some way. Tv's alone Philips have made some of the best tv's ever v
 
Just now hiring doesn't bode well for a 2014 release.

Apple took their sweet time with both the iPad and the iPhone and I believe they're taking the same care to only release the iWatch when it's something that will blow everybody away.

Many moves are being made on the TV front while several preparatory steps for the iWatch still haven't materialized. For AppleTV, a snowballing speed of new app releases, new content contracts, decreasing reliance on traditional tv networks and increasing popularity of internet based ones (i.e. Netflix), server farm buildout, an impending UI revamp and holding back on Apple Displays. An AppleTV is bursting at the seams to come out.

Something big is coming for TV this year and Apple will not want one key product to steal the spotlight from another.

Timeline:

WWDC2014: New AppleTV UI and app store for developers to start working on. New AppleTV (box) with select experimental iWatch components hidden inside (i.e. a miniaturized chipset).

iOS 8 announcement: Healthbook app revealed as the focus of iOS8. Getting this right will be key to the success of the iWatch. It'll be tested out as an iPhone app first.

iPhone 6 announcement: Experimental parts for the iWatch used inside the new iPhone. A new version of the motion processor chip, a smaller chipset, a big leap in battery efficiency and some sort of wireless charging would be important for an iWatch. If all of these make their way into the iPhone 6, we'll have a good hint that the iWatch is not far behind.

Developers would need longer than a few months to build new games for a XBox/PS4 type AppleTV box. This could be launched Feb/March giving plenty of time for developers and accessory makers to line up their products for the Christmas buying season.

It would make more sense to launch the iWatch at WWDC as it's likely to be the star attraction plus it gets the device in front of an audience of developers who can start building neat little apps for it ahead of a probable Sept launch alongside the iPhone 6.
 
The fact that they're hiring these people now and not 2 years ago shows that the iWatch is a long ways off. They don't hire this guy now for a product that will be released in a couple months.
 
The fact that they're hiring these people now and not 2 years ago shows that the iWatch is a long ways off. They don't hire this guy now for a product that will be released in a couple months.

Also possible they will be working on 2.0 or they are simply such hot property they don't want anybody else having him.
 
improving sleep eh? So this camera here will send a signal to your brain through your eyeball, which will let you instantly pass out:D
 
I don't think many people see the possibilities of such a watch. This could replace both the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle while having additional features on it.
 
Anyone intelligent knew this was the device it was going to be from the first rumors, since the first rumors already pointed to expansive biosensors. I've tried to convince numerous morons that thought it would be awful that it wasn't at all designed to tell you time.

I going to go out on a limb. Maybe you would have been more successful at convincing the morons if you deployed a little less condescension. Confidently stating your case about something based on conjecture can be cool in some circles I guess. Denigrating others based on that same conjecture is not cool in any circles. Morons? Really?

Looking through your comments I see something. Either 1. You're employed by Apple to make sure we know they are absolutely the best of the best of the best. 2. You believe humility and civility are only words that end with 'y'. or 3. Profit.

/rant over. Apologies to all.

On topic: With all of the rumored biometric functionality, how thin can this iWatch realistically be? Dive watch thick would be acceptable I guess.
 
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Seems like a me too product more and more this does. Just copying everyone else. I bet they launch a fitness device that has a tiny screen which just gives you alerts by icons and that's it, no facility to read any messages etc, due to battery life etc. I bet it'll have a microphone so you can use Siri with it instead haha. Tell your iPhone to reply to a text.

so it won't be able to read any messages, but you can use siri to reply to the text message that you weren't able to read? i don't see your logic. :confused:
 
The iWatch is going to be incredible.

It's going to combine lots of personalize health data which is huge. This will probably revolutionize the health industry because for the first time in history millions of people will be tracking their health digitally.

Its going to cause behavioral changes in people who use the product, as they will get accustomed to checking their watch every time they work out, diet, wake up, run, meditate, just to see their health levels in real time.

Right on. I currently have a Fitbit Force, and while I love it to death, it's the equivalent of a clunky Motorola smartphone right before the iPhone dropped in and blasted all other phones into smithereens. The fitness band/tracker market is exactly the type of chaotic, disjointed market that needs a leader like Apple to step in and show everyone how it's done.

Already I can see many ways in which Apple could do things differently:
- Believe it or not, a Fitbit is actually hard to take on and off, and the rubber clasp is already starting to fall apart after just a couple months. Apple will definitely make sure to get this one right.
- A Fitbit can't tell if you're cycling, snowboarding, rowing, or many other activities. It won't count any of steps from these; instead, you have to fool it by say, attaching the Fitbit to your shoe laces when you're cycling. Or you could later spend time manually "logging" these activities on the app. Which end user is actually going to spend time each night doing that?
- Similarly, a Fitbit doesn't know when you're sleeping. You have to remember to push a button each time before you go to bed, and push it again when you get up. Apple will make this effortless for sure.
- Clunky iOS app. Setting alarms requires digging through Account Settings (??).
- A Fitbit provides some data, but it doesn't actually provide a solution or follow-through. It records your steps and activity level and cheers you on when you break new goals, but it doesn't actually tell you how this impacts your fitness level. And of course a Fitbit doesn't actually take any quantitative metrics of your health, such as blood pressure or resting heart rate. Consumers want a solution, not just a product.
- Small details, like the battery in the Fitbit was dead as soon as I opened it as a brand new package. That would never happen with an Apple product.

And on and on...

The iWatch will be what Apple does best: it'll enter a market where the existing product offerings currently seem "good enough", and then create a sleek, revolutionary, integrated solution that takes fitness tracking and the "Quantified Self" to a whole other level that today's consumers can't even envision.
 
Probably he got hired a year ago or more.

And probably they alrdy have the sensors installed in prototyps but need a guy to read the data coming of that sensor.

If the iwatch can count how much masurbation i need to get an orgasum and track my progression over time, ill buy one on day one.
Oh my god this made me laugh so hard!
 
I've got both a Nike Fuelband and a Pebble watch, neither would I wear to bed. Maybe if I slept on my back for the full sleep like some robot?

I'd come closer to wearing the Fuelband than the Pebble. I wear a Road ID 24/7 already. But my watch is pretty big and heavy. idk. I will wait and see what Apple offers. It wouldn't be the first time they made me look like a fool for saying "never."
 
Please do explain how Apple's rumoured iWatch sleep monitoring tech will somehow be revolutionary to the next devices sleep monitoring tech..

Yes because this device is strictly sleep monitoring. No. It is a device that has absolutely never been done before, and will be revolutionary with respect to health in general. It will save lives. Despite people not being aware of what Apple plans with this, or their ambitious future plans with it, it will be on the bodies of 10s of millions of people, monitoring their vitals. Health tech is the future, and it will absolutely save people's lives. Apple has the power, and customer base to put this on millions upon millions of people's bodies, whereas others do not. It's the first time a product like this has been attempted, much less by a company which will deliver it to so many people.

Of course there are always those self conscious people who don't want a device that might help their health, because they feel bad about themselves for their state of health, and don't want something that will alert them to their poor health state.
 
My interest in this thing has gone up recently. I'm curious as to what the final product will be. Hopefully it will be waterproof and not very expensive.

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Anyone intelligent knew this was the device it was going to be from the first rumors, since the first rumors already pointed to expansive biosensors. I've tried to convince numerous morons that thought it would be awful that it wasn't at all designed to tell you time.

Hey, maybe you should calm down a little.

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Does Philips have any good products? Can't remember the last time I bought something philips, maybe in the 80s

The CD-i.
 
Sleep Expert?

Apparently an error has been made, and the sleep expert has initially gone to work for Apple in the new Mac Pro shipping department.
 
Probably he got hired a year ago or more.

And probably they alrdy have the sensors installed in prototyps but need a guy to read the data coming of that sensor.

If the iwatch can count how much masurbation i need to get an orgasum and track my progression over time, ill buy one on day one.

u need to wear it in the 'correct' wrist :D
 
The only problem with this is, you'd have to have your expensive iWatch on while you sleep. That doesn't sound too appealing to me...

I seriously don't know anyone who take the watch off when they sleep. I had my watch on my wrist 4 years, the only time it is off my wrist is when I pass through security check at the airport.
 
Philips

Does Philips have any good products? Can't remember the last time I bought something philips, maybe in the 80s

I using now a 24 inch Philips LED monitor with my macbook pro and I am very satisfied with it! :) :apple:
 
Wow, the iWatch keeps sounding better and better. I've gone from no interest to must have over the past few months. The health and fitness stuff is a much bigger draw to me than the weird "smart phone features crammed into a watch" approach we've seen from others. Can't wait for the official reveal!

This is exactly how i feel about it! :)
 
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