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Apple Testing Induction, Solar, and Motion Charging for Curved-Glass iWatch
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If it means I have to masterbate twice a day rather than just once, then I am all for it.
Seriously though for this and all upcoming products I hope Apple looks at long battery life as the highest priority.
How good would it be to hear Jony Ive say for the iPhone 6 launch: "We made the iPhone 6 just 2 millimetres thicker and filled that whole space with a much bigger battery. Now you won't have to charge your phone for up to 7 days..."
Oh dear god. It's about HEALTH. Only reason they are making it. Period.
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It could vibrate to wake at the optimal time based on sleep patterns, many of them do this now, it will as well.
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This is another reason for no charging ports or any other ports of any kind on it, so it can easily be made waterproof.
I wondered that myself
and considered that a likely possibility.
We were able to replace an old nano for free under the exploding battery recall, and I waited a little while for the new one to come out, but when I saw it launched we jumped in and grabbed the 6th gen while we still could! It's just a classic design, although some people don't like the lack of physical buttons.
Hmm. Wonder how much power could come from a thermoelectric charger using body heat?
As for movement, I don't think my left arm moves that much during the day, while I program.
Personally, I like keeping a smartwatch on me at night. So I'd prefer not having to remove it for recharging.
Perhaps some way could be created to quick recharge, where you place the watch (still on your wrist) next to a wall plate, and refill its battery/capacitor in seconds. No need to make the recharger look like a lantern, though:
Or, I'd be okay with having a couple of chewing gum stick shaped batteries. To replace the one in the device, just slide a second charged one into a slot on the side of the watch, pushing the used one out the other side, to be put back on the charger. Quick and easy swapping, and you could carry spares.
heres an idea..
let it charge from the iPhone..either by wireless charging or magnetic charging...
by placing it on the iPhone it can withdraw some power from it to recharge its own batteries...being a small capacity battery i imagine it shouldnt take more than 10% from the phone
let it charge from the iPhone..either by wireless charging or magnetic charging...
by placing it on the iPhone it can withdraw some power from it to recharge its own batteries...being a small capacity battery i imagine it shouldnt take more than 10% from the phone
What does everyone want in the I watch ? I know it's weird but I do want the ability to make and receive phone calls from my watch. I like what the galaxy gear tried to be but hate the idea of a camera on the wrist strap. It made the whole things to bulky and really what's the point of a camera on your wrist that you have to awkwardly twist your wrist and use the second hand to snap the picture anyway?
say what you want theres a market. people said the iPad was "just a big iPod touch" now look at it.
lol...
What another "new" thing, something good to say its awesome.. ??
Come on Apple. Realistically, do you actually think before you design to see what the trade-offs are ?
The motion charging seems ok, at first. at it has a flaw....
What if the watch winds down, just as when your asleep ? Or its night time ?
This may be small issue, as cannot charge, but isn't this thing suppose to be the "next big thing" ?
I can do way on on my phone, and it tells time too..
Defiantly pass here..
What another "new" thing, something good to say its awesome.. ??
Come on Apple. Realistically, do you actually think before you design to see what the trade-offs are ?
The motion charging seems ok, at first. at it has a flaw....
What if the watch winds down, just as when your asleep ? Or its night time ?
This may be small issue, as cannot charge, but isn't this thing suppose to be the "next big thing" ?
I can do way on on my phone, and it tells time too..
Defiantly pass here..
I'm with those who see little benefit to induction charging.
Who wants to carry a whole induction charging pad, cable, and adapter whenever they travel with their iWatch? The beauty of the lightning port is that it is so small, easy to use, and can simply be used to charge off your MacBook's USB port or existing iPhone charger.
Induction is one of the more overrated technologies for mobile devices.
Who wants to carry a whole induction charging pad, cable, and adapter whenever they travel with their iWatch? The beauty of the lightning port is that it is so small, easy to use, and can simply be used to charge off your MacBook's USB port or existing iPhone charger.
Induction is one of the more overrated technologies for mobile devices.
I think we can surely say by now (as surely as possible, when all is still rumors! ;-)) that this thing will be heavily focused on health and fitness, meaning, sweat and all weather wear is a real dealbreaker! This meaning that to eliminate any openings that prevents this from being used everywhere (in the rain, in the pool) a hardwire plug is just not an option! I think Apples problem is that if this thing will be as heavily focused on health and fitness, which makes SOOOO much more sense than being able to read your emails on your wrist (Yaaawn!) and make calls (LOL) then they would have to solve this as an all-time wear! Even at night, for monitoring ex. sleep patterns! And this is just not dooable, since the technology is just not there yet! So yeah, in the sense of size, induction makes sense... in the name of an all-time wear, we are just not there yet!
are you by any chance talking about google glasses?
Totally. I've used and have high hopes for Glass but personally have a little more faith in Apple to follow through with a strong product. Apple may eventually pluck from Glass' playbook with future iterations of its wearable tech.
You could probably ride a bike to work, but choose public transport or a car. What is your point?
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It won't measure your blood glucose, the technology isn't that far yet.
This thing is going to be a massive flop. Nobody wants an "iwatch".
This will flop worse than "3DTV" did.
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Except in your analogy, the "iwatch" is the bike. It's like buying a crappy bike and attaching it to your car for no good reason other than the fact its called an "ibike".
This will flop worse than "3DTV" did.
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Except in your analogy, the "iwatch" is the bike. It's like buying a crappy bike and attaching it to your car for no good reason other than the fact its called an "ibike".
This is true that you cannot restore over wifi but will you really be restoring your watch? I don't think it is supposed to be a device where you are backup up tons of data and music to it. All of that will be accessible via bluetooth from your phone. Maybe it will have a master reset function built in for a clean restore.
While reading the article I thought, "My Rolex GMT-II already has a perpetual system".
Personally, I'm least interested in electronic watches. Maybe I'm old fashioned. They remind me of the Casio digital watches from the 80's. I'm certain it won't be anything similar to those watches, but this is an area in which fashion/form will be a primary factor if Apple wants a home run with general consumers.
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I read that as "thermonuclear charger" and now can't get that idea out of my mind.
I bought the part blue-dial GMT-II last month, but I'm still interested in an Apple iWatch. And this weekend I toyed with the idea of getting one of those really old and cheap casio digital watches.
ha! so did I. The ceramic bezel in black and blue (aptly named the "Batman" Rolex).
