Just wait: in a few years, Android fans are going to be criticizing the iWatch for being too small, whereas all the Android watches will have 5-inch screens. 
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Yeah, that would be a major selling point, I mean, it wouldn't need much, like maybe 5 meters ... at the very least it should have some level of water resistance, watches get a little more exposure to moisture through normal use (like washing your hands).
With a touch screen and BT, you wouldn't need any physical buttons, and this also seems like a great use for capacitive charging.
I could definitely see a design that incorporated a brushed stainless outer band, some of the "boxiness" removed, a little curve to the band connection points so it has better flow and doesn't look like the face is just stuck onto a band.
Nobody cares about your b-tier middle management watches ("you cared enough to post about it!" misses the point, so don't bother with that one)
Also, it's irrelevant if someone doesn't wear traditional watches anymore, as if Apple would just release a plain watch - what is wrong with people who assume this?
Finally, why do people post endless lists of 'why this product won't succeed'? If you could logically deduce its potential success (or failure) from armchair speculation do you really think Apple would spend even ten seconds on it?
I really think you should look at what you write before posting. You look ridiculous saying that. I mean if you honestly think that the first iwatch will still be working in 5-7years time you must be mad. Not only will the tech be redundant, it certainly wont be working with whatever iOS version is out then. People invest in quality well made watches for various reasons and maybe your are bias but a swiss made quality watch will out live any iwatch and will probably go up in value over time. Hey there you go a decent pun! My Brietling watch I bought 22 years ago is still working and is scratch free and I wear it daily. For your info I'm no middle management goon I am a frontline war cameraman and quality matters when you are against it.
I never said that the iWatch will still be working in 5-7 years or that any of those watches are bad, so I have no idea what you are talking about.
I did say that those watches aren't particularly exceptional, wondering why people want to toot their own horn about them. It's like the dude who constantly drops that he drives a BMW or a Benz - big deal.
I am still of the mind that Gruber is onto something by thinking that this is simply wishful thinking and misdirection. There have been zero leaks or information that point to this being true. Everything is, "someone heard something from someone that can't be named."
iWatch, still a dead duck for me unless its waterproof and the battery is good for a minimum of 6 months.
without those two "features" ill stick with my 25year old casio watch i bought off a vendor on a beach in spain for less than a tenner.
without those two "features" ill stick with my 25year old casio watch i bought off a vendor on a beach in spain for less than a tenner.
The "new" Bertolucci, mine dates 1997, back when they made excellent timepieces.
People said the same thing about bluetooth headsets. How did that work out?
People are RIDICULOUSLY incapable of predicting even their own behavior, let alone the behavior of society as a whole. Right now you see something that you think of as a "watch" and decide, for whatever reason, you don't like it. But when it ships and all its capabilities become visible, you're likely to change your mind.
(Same thing with Google Glass. The fact that the current EXPERIMENTAL BETA models suck has people way too convinced that no way in hell would they ever wear one.)
People that wear them anywhere but in a car look like idiots, that's how that worked out.
You just saved me some time, writing exactly the same post.
The iWatch will become Apple's first experiment with wearable devices, it's simply a forerunner of things to come.
As a owner of the hideous Nike Sportwatch I hope Apple gets a few things right:
- most people are not used to wear watches. The last one I wore (a Casio Calculator watch
) was over 25 yrs ago. So this watch should fit extremely well and should not get in the way of any office activities like typing etc.- keep the number of knobs down to a minimum, or even better have a touch screen
- take care of how to exchange information between watch and other devices, the Nike watch has a terrible USB connector that is destined to malfunction within a few months (I guess).
If you've been to an apple store lately, you may have noticed that the store employees are wearing the Nike fuelband. Based on the fact that Tim Cook is a part of Nike(i forget how), I wouldn't be surprised if the Nike Fuelband collects data on how the user moves their wrist and Apple were to include that data into their R&D for the "iWatch". Also, seeing as how the iPod line is starting to become less relevant, I wouldn't be surprised if they took the "iWatch" and threw it into the iPod line as a revamp. iPod Watch lol
Google will be fighting evolutionary and social biology to be considered a modest success, and even then, Google Glass will be niche.
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It's like Xmas with all these stories coming on one day. The iWatch is the gadget I'm probably most looking forward to.
I've been thinking of jumping ship to the S4 but an iWatch together with a much better iPhone 5s might just encourage me to stay with it.
I've been thinking of jumping ship to the S4 but an iWatch together with a much better iPhone 5s might just encourage me to stay with it.
i'll throw in my two cents
other than the main feature, which is telling time (but only one theme for the watch) i suspect that the iWatch will do what the droid guys have been neenerneenering us about for a while: widgets.
it makes sense to put them on your watch, rather than your phone. something like a message list or weather app is visual info i could use, but get from the watch.
i suspect it will be a second screen for your phone, not really a standalone. it will have stand alone abilities, such as email, or Siri, but in the end, it will be to enhance your phone experience. (or something like that... err. add magic to your wrist, i'm sure they will come up with something better)
hopefully it will have gps and pedometer and whatnot in it, so things like runkeeper can collect data and transfer when you are done. bluetooth is a definate, as it will be used to talk to your phone. i'd say 50-50 chance on having no headphone jack.
i don't think it will have space like an ipod, in that i don't think you will be able to buy a 32 gig, 64 gig, etc. i think it will have a working space, say 8 or so gigs, that it constantly overwrites with what it needs. music and such will work like iTunes Match, and there will be options for spotify or pandora, or, if it happens, iRadio, which is still a dumb name.
so that is it, a second display for widgets and notifications, with a Siri option for replies and information, able to stand alone, but primarily an iPhone suppliment.
and it will be $250. maybe $150, but I doubt it.
so maybe that was more like four cents.
other than the main feature, which is telling time (but only one theme for the watch) i suspect that the iWatch will do what the droid guys have been neenerneenering us about for a while: widgets.
it makes sense to put them on your watch, rather than your phone. something like a message list or weather app is visual info i could use, but get from the watch.
i suspect it will be a second screen for your phone, not really a standalone. it will have stand alone abilities, such as email, or Siri, but in the end, it will be to enhance your phone experience. (or something like that... err. add magic to your wrist, i'm sure they will come up with something better)
hopefully it will have gps and pedometer and whatnot in it, so things like runkeeper can collect data and transfer when you are done. bluetooth is a definate, as it will be used to talk to your phone. i'd say 50-50 chance on having no headphone jack.
i don't think it will have space like an ipod, in that i don't think you will be able to buy a 32 gig, 64 gig, etc. i think it will have a working space, say 8 or so gigs, that it constantly overwrites with what it needs. music and such will work like iTunes Match, and there will be options for spotify or pandora, or, if it happens, iRadio, which is still a dumb name.
so that is it, a second display for widgets and notifications, with a Siri option for replies and information, able to stand alone, but primarily an iPhone suppliment.
and it will be $250. maybe $150, but I doubt it.
so maybe that was more like four cents.
I would agree. Too many naysayers on here.
Plenty of people said that the iPhone would fail because who needs a smartphone. It's only a phone after all.
Apple doesn't need to persuade the Rolex, Breitling wearing show-offs. Oh yes you are, why else would you pay 5 grand for a watch. It's just so you can flash the logo and pose ooooo look at me I'm rich don't ya know.
Plenty of normal people will buy it for the useful features and convenience.
The only logical explanation is that the rumors, while being at a peak in March, were still pretty quiet - a trend that has lasted several months.
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But how could we possibly keep track of our massive stock portfolios without iWatches?
In their defense, smartphones had pretty limited functionality in 2007. iOS didn't even have an App store until iOS 2 (retroactively named for simplicity).
In your defense, watches have pretty limited functionality right now, however most (but not all) of that functionality would be duplicated by having a smartphone anyways. I am looking forward to see what they come up with (not because I want to wear one).
There sure are a lot of naysayers on here, aren't there. I'm with you, and say, let's wait for it to come out, and then I'll decide if it's useful for me or not. We went through the same thing with the iPod, the iPhone, and to a lesser extent the iPad. Many people were saying then, that those products would never take off, and be nothing more than niche products.
Of course we all know what happened.