haha I didn't know who it actually was, I like how he reads his extracts though! Still looks like a geek in that photo, it's those glasses and the hair.
But I'll have to see if I can watch his Darkplace series cause that looks interesting.
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Apple Hires Sleep Expert From Philips Research to Work on iWatch
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haha I didn't know who it actually was, I like how he reads his extracts though! Still looks like a geek in that photo, it's those glasses and the hair.
But I'll have to see if I can watch his Darkplace series cause that looks interesting.
Hahaha embarrassing statement
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Yeah not imaginative and smart enough to think about the possibilities, luckily Apple had people that are.
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Um there will be a watch in 2015 too. Lol think iphone to iphone. They upgrade yearly.
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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.
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
Please do explain how Apple's rumoured iWatch sleep monitoring tech will somehow be revolutionary to the next devices sleep monitoring tech..
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.
Also possible they will be working on 2.0 or they are simply such hot property they don't want anybody else having him.
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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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.
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.
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."
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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Hey, maybe you should calm down a little.
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The CD-i.
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Hey, maybe you should calm down a little.
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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.
Apparently an error has been made, and the sleep expert has initially gone to work for Apple in the new Mac Pro shipping department.
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
I using now a 24 inch Philips LED monitor with my macbook pro and I am very satisfied with it! 
I using now a 24 inch Philips LED monitor with my macbook pro and I am very satisfied with it!
Who is this for?
When this thing comes out, is it just going to attractive to old people with health concerns?
When this thing comes out, is it just going to attractive to old people with health concerns?
and for the rest of us who go to the gym or take a run in the park etc
or for those who eat a lot of chocolate like me
Yeah, I remember reading somewhere that the iWatch will be at least 50% less retarded than other smart watches.
you know what they say: never go full retard