I hear a lot of people comparing it the same market that Tag and Omega reside, but I dont see how it can run software and be an heirloom quality mechanical watch. I just don't see how the two can fit together. I would love for them to surprise me, but I get the feeling it will be in a drawer occupied by Original iPads and other Original iDevices in a couple of years.
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Apple Reportedly Weighing $400 Price Range for Upcoming Wearable Device
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For $400, it will need to have some awesome features (no, not health stuff), an innovative and good GUI (no, not iOS shrunken down), and a really cool design… or no buy.
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I just don't know.
The iPhone and the iPad were not the first of their kind. However, they revolutionized their own markets. It's not impossible for an iWatch to do that, but I just fail to see how at this moment. Perhaps things will become clear when (and if) Apple unveils it.
Yeah, I was a little on the fence with the Surface Pro 3, as I haven't seen one for myself, only the MS commercials, which, if I recall, said that the Surface Pro 1 was the bee's knees.
I kinda liked the Surface Pro since the beginning. However, the Surface Pro 3 seems to be in a whole other level. I have just not bought any yet. And I don't know if I will, since, as much as I think it may be a very good tablet, I am not too much into tablets myself, as I like typing.
Word 6.0 was included in Office 4.0, and Office 4.0 followed Office 3.0 (which included Word 2.0).
Yes, the iPhone 3GS was the 3rd iPhone, following iPhone 3G. The "3" referred to 3G, and not to the generation of the iPhone back then.
Just throwing out pure speculation, but does it have to be an 'iWatch'? Anyone who used to watch Star Trek: TNG will remember the Starfleet communicator pendants that were worn on their uniforms. They would just tap them and 'call' whomever they wanted to talk to. Take that concept and add whatever additional sensors Apple can fit for health purposes, GPS, NFC, etc.. Might be a neat product. Folks have been wearing logos on their shirts for decades (Izod, Polo, etc.). How about an Apple logo, that actually does something?
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Lol, I'd bet everything I own that not even counting R&D, labor to build it, shipping to America, and all the other myriad hidden costs- that there is more than $99 in simple raw materials in this product.
Maybe they'll sell each one at a hundred dollar loss though; and you're correct. =P
Price doesnt stop apple products selling, it's not having a definitive reason to be there in the lineup that worries me. I hood apple gas cracked the UI and the form factor and uses, otherwise thus is another apple dud, and yes they have made plenty. Let cross our fingers
You mean like the iPad, or the iPad mini? When the iPad speculations started everyone said "why would I want a really big iphone? What a stupid idea."
I guess it really depends on what this sucker can do, if it can out-perform my current Garmin watch, then we might do business
I can't see how Apple could invent such technology. All reliable glucose meters need a blood sample to work...unless they got FDA approval for some new technology that would totally turn current glucose metering technology on its head.
If you're willing to pay $300 for a set of Beats headphones why not $400 for a miniaturized computer you wear on your wrist?
Lol, I hope to God you are trolling & not actually that stupid.
There is a continent called North America.
There is a continent called South America.
Together they may be referred to as "the Americas".
Just looking at Michael Hasselhoff makes me think, "that is so not Apple".
Apple TV: Black Box with remote of 4 keys.
iPhone: Can hold it to your head, or use headset (I know, all of them can do that).
Siri: Hands free (personally, I liked VoiceCommand from MS, about 10 years ago... didn't need Internet to call someone)
iMac: One button for power, in the back. Elegant.
Touchpad: It works, and is easy to learn.
A wearable needs to disappear, and not be thought of, unless needed. The whole idea of talking to your wrist is ergonomically distracting. The only time that we bring things to our face is when we have them in our hands (eating, make-up, blowing our noses), not on our wrist.
I was just going through the motions of bringing my wrist to my mouth, as if to speak into an iWatch, and it just doesn't seem right. My shoulders hunch, and it feels goofy.
After it's released, that may change...
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I'm with you. I need a prescription for my Dexcom.
It's a "guide", and we're not supposed to set insulin dosages by it, but it's within 5-10 mg/dl when I calibrate.
You think I'm living in the fantasy land? Really now.
I know what is "wild rumour", "very plausible rumour" and "fact confirmed by Apple". And we both know the difference between all 3.
The journalists you speak about are just talking based on the rumour mill. They would not have access to information that's going to be said at a keynote in two weeks. Apple would not want some journalist to steal their thunder.
But as you said it's easy to find the fire with all the rumour smoke around.
Guys, guys. you're both right.
"The Americas, or America, also known as the New World, are the combined continental landmasses of North America and South America, in the Western Hemisphere." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas )
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It just looked to me like somebody with a subpar geographical knowledge was "correcting" somebody else... I admit, it irritated me- I guess im just out of touch of what land masses are now called... my bad.
Okay, so you have to get the highest end iPad to get it near $1,000, but you don't have to spend that much on an iPad. Compare that to rumours saying it would start at $999 like the white MacBook at the time.
If there is a high-end version of iWatch that sells for nearly $400 that's still quite inexpensive - less than £250.
The last two watches I purchased were both in the $500+ range. I miss wearing a watch at times, haven't worn one for several years now. Once their batteries died I just didn't feel like forking over money to have the batteries replaced since my iPhone had the time on it, and I seem to be surrounded by clocks at work, in my car, etc.
I will pay $400+ for an Apple watch, though, if it is:
1. Easily rechargeable. I don't want to have to carry around special transformers and cables. If it comes with a "nighttime" inductive charger pad to rest the watch on at night while I sleep then I'll be ok with it. And the battery lupine had better not require nightly charging!
2. Waterproof. I don't mean as in a diver's watch, but capable of not having to be removed during a shower or being hit by an unexpected rainstorm.
3. Attractive as a watch. I think fitbits look dorky and kind of silly for me. I don't wear bracelets, livestrong bands, or any other such accessories. I want my watch to say "watch"!
4. A watch I can tell time with at a glance, with a customizable watchface.
5. An extension of the Apple ecosystem, to enhance the use and give increased functionality of my other Apple devices, ideally serving as a Siri/security conduit between my iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.
I will pay $400+ for an Apple watch, though, if it is:
1. Easily rechargeable. I don't want to have to carry around special transformers and cables. If it comes with a "nighttime" inductive charger pad to rest the watch on at night while I sleep then I'll be ok with it. And the battery lupine had better not require nightly charging!
2. Waterproof. I don't mean as in a diver's watch, but capable of not having to be removed during a shower or being hit by an unexpected rainstorm.
3. Attractive as a watch. I think fitbits look dorky and kind of silly for me. I don't wear bracelets, livestrong bands, or any other such accessories. I want my watch to say "watch"!
4. A watch I can tell time with at a glance, with a customizable watchface.
5. An extension of the Apple ecosystem, to enhance the use and give increased functionality of my other Apple devices, ideally serving as a Siri/security conduit between my iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.
Oh trust me,I think 400.00 is reasonable considering all of the things it's rumored to do. I was just showing what model was close to 1000.00.
I'll be buying the iWatch at 400.00,no problem
Would not buy this at half the price. If I wanted a watch, I would buy a "real" nice "analog" looking one. If it simply does what the iPhone already can (i.e it is just a remote control to the iPhone), I have no use for it. I would look at it as a unnecessary toy.