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Apple Outlines Smart Wristband with Phone Connectivity and Gesture Control in New Patent
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since the watch format is irrelevant for the patents we can assume it will be anything but a square...
sure, but it can also be rectangular which I meant by square
Well, sadly with this patent goes my previous optimistic prediction of Apple pushing the boat out with 3D technology. Don't I feel stupid. If this is anything like the Galaxy Gear I think it's fair to say we'll all be extremely disappointed ...
Don't I feel stupid. If this is anything like the Galaxy Gear I think it's fair to say we'll all be extremely disappointed ...A black bar
Fine. But I still think it is a waste of screen display, because to display the same amount of information as a square screen it would need to be almost double the size. A double sized wouldn't look as good, so the screen text will probably get scaled down, which then older users or users with bad eyes won't be able to use too well.
Either way I do like circle better, it looks less like a my lightning mcqueen watch from when I was a kid. But just I think there can be some problems with it, like imagine your Mac screen being a circle just how much would be cut off, right?
When was that patent application filed? Perusing Amazon's selection of smart watches showes devices that have been around for 3-4 years with most of the features listed in that patent.
You are thinking as if they are going to try and jam a square interface into a round screen.
If you design to the strengths of your display, you can make something elegant and beautiful (and probably very functional) on any shape display.
Use the circumference with text and notifications that scrolls along the curves... maybe have the green color of your being on a voice or video thing on your phone push in from the outside... there are options here.
Most reviewers that have worn the Moto 360 say it's not as big and thick as it looks and that it is comfortable to wear. They have worn both the circular 360 and the square Android Wear watches and said the circular design makes it much more comfortable.
yeah, i agree. I like the idea behind them
But so far, I've yet to see anything that gets it.
A smart watch shouldn't be a replacement for your phone for mobile. Trying to cram everything into a wristworn device is just too much. it doesn't need to replicate everything you do on the phone. Thats why we have a phone.
What I want, is a piece of modern jewellery. a sleek, sexy looking device. I'm a watch wearer (everyday). But I'm not a high end watch wearer. But even what we've seen just looks like crap. Granted, First gen devices tend to do that.
I want a smart watch that looks 100% like a normal everyday watch. And then just deliver notifications and summary details. At that point, should i choose I want to do more, I would pull out my phone.
Not sure if I'm happy or not about a modular device. More often than not they cost more to put together than if it was a fully manufactured for you.
But having the ability to update your watch for the situation sounds cool. Out for a run just add gps band. Swim? Add your stroke counter. On holiday add your 'big battery band'
But having the ability to update your watch for the situation sounds cool. Out for a run just add gps band. Swim? Add your stroke counter. On holiday add your 'big battery band'
So it's still not a standalone smartwatch? You still need a smartphone to make/receive calls/texts?
I would most do in Jon Ive's lab. But quite a few of them make it into released products.
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You could say the same thing of smartphones and tablets 10-15 years ago but now they are huge. The watch if done right will make the iPod shuffle obsolete and possibly the nano obsolete too.
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The iTime an item sold by iTim (TC).
By pleasing the users eye and not immediately marking him (or her) as a hopeless casio-calculator-watch-loving-meganerd ;-)
Thinking about it...IF the iWatch is happening and IF it would be round...that would finaly be a valid reason why contact / favorites pictures are round in iOS 7 (despite the rectangular screen
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http://www.amazon.com/LeexGroup®New...-Blackberry/dp/B00JKDQ0N4/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t
Then go down the "customers also viewed" trail which can last hours of your life. I remember looking at similar when I left my last residence, which was December 2010.
Here is another with reviews to early 2011
http://www.amazon.com/Quadband-Voice-Dialing-Watch-Unlocked/dp/B004CWCHP8/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
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Could you show me how those watches are modular in any sense of the word?
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Right, but like you said, those are complete mockups with no basis. At least those moto renders are nearly identical to the actual product.