No he's not. It looks awful, and it is designed poorly. The engineering just isn't there. Apples will likely have electronics and potentially battery built into the band itself, allowing the device to be far thinner, sleeker, and it won't be round, I highly doubt.
Just because you see some people saying it looks good, means absolutely nothing. Maybe the people that think it looks bad...didn't post? By the way, I admit it is currently the best looking smartwatch, I'm just saying that's sad, because it looks awful, and I know that Apple's will destroy it, not because I think Apple does no wrong, but because they make unbelievable looking hardware.
That "stupid flat-tire display shape" happens to look real good. I like watches, and I like to wear watches. The ones I own are round. It simply looks better.
Communication heavily depends on the intellect of the receiver. There is no way for the sender to communicate clearly enough to ensure that no idiot can misunderstand him. By your definition, no one can be a journalist.It also requires the ability to communicate clearly.
yeah, i see the intent.
i still don't get it. it's like the mac pro "trash can" thing. it's a stretch, and won't really catch on. it just doesn't evoke "flat tire" upon first impression, but only after being "shown" the resemblance. memes really have to be spontaneous and a product of shared consciousness that everyone "gets".
this one is just trying too hard.
„The only way this could get funnier would be if it doesn't even ship until after Apple announces their wrist wearable thing (next month).“
• the only way = a strange exception from the norm
• could = a possibility the opposite of a guarantee
• would = another possibility on top of it
• if = a precondition for all the possibilities to become true
• even = another strange exception from all likelihood
I don't get how anyone could read this as a fact : „The iWatch is coming next month.“![]()
He linked to this image and talked about, how the disconnected load level circle is drawing more attention to the flat tire.
If it looks like that...that will be the beginning of end for Apple.
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If you think about it, if they had done the same with the first iPhone, it would have had a keyboard / buttons etc.... I think the design will be something new from what we have seen, ie not round....
He's referring to the black bar across the bottom. It's not part of the display and always remains black.
So: the watch is round, but the display is not, not entirely.
Yeah I can't believe people don't get what flat tie means. Gruber's not talking about the round metal hardware he's talking about the display which with that black bar at the bottom looks like a flat tire.
Everyone is drooling over digital press shots of this device. But when you see actual photos of it on someone's wrist it looks really big and bulky. And the black bar sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Anyway, "stupid flat tyre" doesn't sound that mature or eloquent.
So essentially no one in America is a journalist, because all of the news is absolutely terrible, definitely largely biased, and also definitely biased to the end of making money. For example they will all make a huge deal of the Ebola outbreak and deliberately scare people, thus they watch more, thus they earn more revenue. That's how it goes, especially in the US, everything is about doing anything to screw anyone else, as long as you make money.
Communication heavily depends on the intellect of the receiver. There is no way for the sender to communicate clearly enough to ensure that no idiot can misunderstand him. By your definition, no one can be a journalist.
You assume the intended audience for his journalism prefers mature or eloquent. These days, the audience for otherwise is probably larger (and more profitable). Smart journalism.
There was no part about Apple. Because the part about the wrist wearable thing was itself the conditional for how the Moto 360 couldn't get any funnier.Easily. All the coulds and woulds and ifs that you pointed out, were about the Moto 360 coming out. The part about Apple had no such conditionals.
Because this software design failure seems to (purposefully?) highlight the most major hardware shortcomings, in that it draws as much attention as possible to the fact that the display isn't a full circle. Gruber is laughing hard at bad design. So much so that almost nothing could make it any funnier.Now that's a good point. Using a partial circle around the outside was not the best idea on the planet.
Yay, I posted this before MacRumors did:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1763142/
Do I get to be an editor now?
You gave a definition of journalism that rather is an ideal than practice. You only described what makes a good journalist, but not what makes any journalist. Most journalists won't be considered journalists under your strict rules, because you mixed up profession with professionalism. You are a journalist, when you are paid for being a journalist. Period. Nothing more.An answer to a question maybe, but not one I asked.
Can someone please tell me the story of how this gentleman came to be the known as the "Apple Journalist"? Is he some old school industry insider with a relation to Apple?
Also, is this the one that confirms rumours one day before they happen with a "yup" and gets information directly from Apple?
Anyway, "stupid flat tyre" doesn't sound that mature or eloquent. Surely there would be better candidates for the job of "Apple Journalist".
He is not a journalist. He does not report news. He is a well connected dude with a blog. Who is also a bit full of himself. Everything he writes is his opinion. He is not objective, reporting facts. Everything is commentary. There is nothing wrong with this, but he is not a journalist.
He is not the Yup dude. That dude is an actual journalist.
He is not a journalist. He does not report news. He is a well connected dude with a blog. Who is also a bit full of himself. Everything he writes is his opinion. He is not objective, reporting facts. Everything is commentary. There is nothing wrong with this, but he is not a journalist.
He is not the Yup dude. That dude is an actual journalist.
There are far worse Apple journalists than he, and far worse tech journalists period in the biz.
He does report on facts constantly, unless you haven't been reading him for very long. Market share, sales of different companies' phones, etc.
For pure facts though, nothing beats Asymco.
There are far worse Apple journalists than he, and far worse tech journalists period in the biz.
He does report on facts constantly, unless you haven't been reading him for very long. Market share, sales of different companies' phones, etc.
For pure facts though, nothing beats Asymco.