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Apple Reportedly Testing 1.5-Inch OLED Displays for Smart Watch
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I can't possibly be the only one.
I haven't worn a watch in YEARS. Decades maybe. Our cells have the time, our computers, our cars our microwaves, our TVs...
Watches are obsolete.
I haven't worn a watch in YEARS. Decades maybe. Our cells have the time, our computers, our cars our microwaves, our TVs...
Watches are obsolete.
Is several not more than two? 2-3 is therefore several?
I'm enjoying my Pebble, it is a drop in the ocean as to the functionalities that can be placed into a wrist watch. I'm all for the idea but a huge requirement is functionality with existing devices, deep integration with watch and iPhone/iPad.
1. Wrist Talkie(Voxer)
2. Email and text
3. Siri(Siri will get better over time)
4. Score updates
5. Why would you want to surf the web on a watch?
6. stocks
7. Music(iTunes)
8. voice recorder
9. And of course to tell time
Give me the ability to do this and I will buy it.
You're missing the point. Telling the time will be the least most important feature of he device.
Problem is the current term 'watch' has a very narrow definition. Think small wearable computer and your mind starts to imagine more possibilities.
Pebble sold over 85K.
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I hadn't either, until I got my Pebble...
Wonder if the naysayers will ever return to this thread to humbly eat their crow in the future.
I imagine they'll probably do so via their brandy new iWatch.
Call me an optimist.
I imagine they'll probably do so via their brandy new iWatch.
Call me an optimist.
Not sure we can run that comparison here, there are a lot more variables:
- Watches have been around for years, this wouldnt technically be a watch, more like a wrist assistant with a watch app.
- iPads/iPhones were replacing bricks, an iWatch would be bigger, heavier and a way lower battery life than most watches
- The iPad was a success because it replaces a very large computer with a handheld computer. So that pretty much rules the iPad out of being a comparable product.
- The iPhone was providing a usable internet browser on a pda, and bundling phone capabilities, replacing two devices. Again, not really comparable.
You're better off comparing this to the Apple TV. Sure, people who wanted a 'smart' tv could have one, they just had to DIY or use an obscure product. In the watch space we have the likes of Pebble so theres a bit to compare there.
Remember, Apple have created new markets with the iPhone and iPad - they arent doing that here.
It could be like a Pebble but with much tighter integration to the iPhone using proprietary APIs.
It's also possible that design wise it will be incredibly awesome and make people want to wear watches again just because of how it looks.
But, I'm currently not that interested. Trying to keep an open mind, though.
Hey if it takes off and I find a use I'll bite. But as it stands short of 'useful for runners' I cant see any benefit over something like Google Glass.
I don't like wearing watches, that's what my phone is for. The only time I wear a watch is when I can't have my phone with me, like when I go surfing. So if this iWatch is waterproof, then sure.
1) I assume you mean phone?
2) How the heck do you write an email on a 1.5" screen?!
3) I've heard the 'will get better over time' since April 2010. It's still the same useless 'assistant', performing pretty much the exact same tasks as any dumb voice assistant.
4) ??? Useful as a whole? Nope.
5) You wouldnt, ever
6) Useful to a tiny percentage of people
7) Kill the iPod, The nano wrist strap was a flop, so Apple already know people dont want that.
8) Meh, your phone can do that
9) I'll give you that one
There needs to be a compelling feature - so far there isnt.
Either Apple's got something totally mind-bending or they won't do a watch. I don't see any way that they take the middle-road on this one.
and walking around with a 1.5" screen strapped to your arm is 'hip'?
Ok, maybe you need glasses if you can't tell the difference between the two
People 5 years from now will laugh so hard at this, when the iWatch is the biggest thing.
I'm comparing in terms of people bagging it out before they've given it a chance, or in this case before they've even seen it.
Wearable computing is the next big revolution. There is a whole world of smarts coming that neither you or I can fully comprehend yet. Just don't underestimate the potential based on our limited view now.
Honestly, I couldn't care less about that. Unless SJ rises from the ashes, I can't see what kind of innovation they can bring that is not already present in current iPod Nano/GPS/fitness watch implementations.
I honestly can't see how Hublot can be a fashion statement. Hublot: I'm rich and have no taste whatsoever.
On seeing one in the flesh, I actually thought it was a $20 pos, until I was informed it was worth over $7000.
I then looked down at my Submariner and burst out laughing.