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Apple Watch Apps Begin Showing Up in the App Store Ahead of Apple Watch Launch

oneMadRssn said:
So app sizes will continue to grow, even if those assets will never be used by the user?

I also don't like it that each app includes all the assets for all supported screen sizes. (A universal app will contain iPad assets even if its downloaded to an iPhone).

To some degree this makes sense. Apps are simpler to manage, but at the expensive of app sizes. Eventually it becomes inefficient to pack all those assets into a single app when only 10% of them will be used. I think that time is approaching now that there are 3 categories of devices (tablet, phone, watch).

Maybe it's time to update the app store to be smarter, where it can package the app downloads with only the relevant assets for the device downloading it, on the fly. Shouldn't be too hard, aren't .app files just containers anyway?
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I was going to tell you to stop whining, but I changed my mind. Instead I'll just say go get a job with Apple.

The app store should know what device is downloading the app, so it could strip the unneeded assets. If downloaded to iTunes, it would need all the assets (because the App Store doesn't know the final destination(s). But iTunes could strip the extra assets before syncing to a device. The catch would be apps downloaded to a specific device, but then synched to iTunes. iTunes would then need to download the other assets from the App Store.

So we need a new version of iTunes. New tools for developers to label their assets by device or device class. (Unlabeled assets would have to be downloaded regardless, and developers would have to tune their apps to take advantage of it) Probably a major iOS update.

It's not a piece of cake, but Apple has done updates with similar scope before.

Good luck.
 
The Watch ABC app was updated today.

Unfortunately, despite the name, it doesn't look as though I will be able to watch ABC on my Apple Watch.
 
U2

When will the U2 app be released for the Watch? Does it have a speaker to play the new album?

#U2 #album #musicLove #AppleWatch
 
ObsidianKt said:
Same here. How are these developers already on the store if Apple isn't accepting submissions? Are these just Apple's chosen few that they've given special access to?
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Wasn't there a rumor that Apple was working for some developers to get apps ready? These are likely those few with special access.
 
madsci954 said:
I'm with Dark Sky. Yeah, where are the flying cars, power laces, size adjusting cloths, HYDRATING PIZZAS? Well we do have pay with your thumb (Apple Pay)

As a scientist, I R disappoint.
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I love that Dark Sky description. I like it when they don't take themselves seriously. Boring bug fixes indeed.
 
ObsidianKt said:
Same here. How are these developers already on the store if Apple isn't accepting submissions? Are these just Apple's chosen few that they've given special access to?
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Most likely the chosen few have been given special access. But the App Store within the Watch app isn't live yet so there's nothing really to see.
 
You forgot Salesforce for iWatch

Salesforce is ready to support sales teams via the iWatch
 
How awesome would it be if consumers got to try out Watch in store before formal reviews showed up online? I'll also have a big grin on my face if non-tech sites get review units along with or in place of certain tech sites. So Nilay Patel at the Verge and places like CNET and Engadget don't get to drive the narrative about the watch. The tech press already has their knickers in a bunch over that Buzzfeed video. :D
 
Rogifan said:
How awesome would it be if consumers got to try out Watch in store before formal reviews showed up online? I'll also have a big grin on my face if non-tech sites get review units along with or in place of certain tech sites. So Nilay Patel at the Verge and places like CNET and Engadget don't get to drive the narrative about the watch. The tech press already has their knickers in a bunch over that Buzzfeed video. :D
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sorry what buzzfeed video?

you mean not sending out review units to any techie even someone like gruber?
 
numlock said:
sorry what buzzfeed video?

you mean not sending out review units to any techie even someone like gruber?
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I'm sure with Apple's permission but Buzzfeed was able to get a non tech, normal, every day person into the last Apple event and Buzzfeed recorded their reaction to the Apple Watch.

The video went viral and Buzzfeed claimed they were not paid by Apple to do it, they did it as a free advertisement, a gift to Apple.

So the person wants more normal non tech sites to get a review unit of the Apple Watch to get a more neutral, non bias review

I refuse to watch the video below, but if you're curious here it is.
 
Quite a kick to the balls when Apple features your competitor and bends over backwards to give them special access. Over and over and over.

Sometimes being a developer in the Apple ecosystem is an exercise in frustration.
 
the Dark Sky footnotes are great, I want to download that just on principle.

I've never had an issue with dictation on Siri either. Siri can always be better, but people compare Cortana to Siri like a Ferrari to a skateboard and it's ridiculous.

That video...Quinta is crazy cute.
 
JCrz said:
When will the U2 app be released for the Watch? Does it have a speaker to play the new album?

#U2 #album #musicLove #AppleWatch
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Release? It will just suddenly appear and be impossible to remove!

U2 is actually SkyNet, we just don't know it yet.
 
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