Apple Watch iPhone Companion App Reveals New Details About Upcoming Wearable

[Armen]

even with a passcode, what's to prevent someone to charge something to an apple watch while you're standing in a crowded subway?

What's to prevent someone from reading the credit card in your wallet with a scanner on the same subway?

 

[teslo]

Lol, this is true but unfortunately it is reality nowdays..

i get your point, but anyone who doesn't know something - they should learn it. not catering to the uninformed is admirable. woulda bugged me if forever more, i had to refer to actual watch complications as 'apple quick viewers' or some garbage.

 

[Julien]

even with a passcode, what's to prevent someone to charge something to an apple watch while you're standing in a crowded subway?

Here is the way it works.

Double-click to pay and go. You can pay with Apple Watch — just double‑click the button next to the Digital Crown and hold the face of your Apple Watch near the contactless reader. A gentle pulse and beep confirm that your payment information was sent.

 

[farewelwilliams]

What's to prevent someone from stealing your wallet on a crowded subway? Or even your watch if you're that oblivious to allow someone to double click the crown, then to click your watch and say 'yes' to accept the charge.

People act as if Apple makes a decision on how something works without spending hours and hours talking about it amongst dozens of people trying to find loopholes.

i did not imply any of that. stop putting words in my mouth. my question is perfectly valid and neutral.

people stealing watches and wallet requires physical contact. apple pay doesnt require physical contact. totally different things

 

[inscrewtable]

Jonny Ive made a big deal about researching and respecting the tradition of the watch so it's a bit rich to rip off the word 'complications' and apply it in such a trite way to something that is in reality just an image of a complication. 'Complication', always referred to the ridiculously complicated extra mechanisms that only the greatest of the master watchmakers could build. Often they were frivolous in practice but impossibly beautiful in execution.

Now it's just a few lines of code that gets the epithet.

 

[virginblue4]

i did not imply any of that. stop putting words in my mouth. my question is perfectly valid and neutral.

people stealing watches and wallet requires physical contact. apple pay doesnt require physical contact. totally different things

As I have already quoted you, Apple Watch WILL require physical contact to activate Apple Pay.

 

[bushido]

Are there any signs of other languages in the OS yet implicating an not too distance international roll out?

 

[Rogifan]

Is aluminum and Ion strengthened glass more expensive than stainless steel, sapphire and ceramic?

 

[teslo]

Jonny Ive made a big deal about researching and respecting the tradition of the watch so it's a bit rich to rip off the word 'complications' and apply it in such a trite way to something that is in reality just an image of a complication. 'Complication', always referred to the ridiculously complicated extra mechanisms that only the greatest of the master watchmakers could build. Often they were frivolous in practice but impossibly beautiful in execution.

Now it's just a few lines of code that gets the epithet.

so now 'a fewlines of code' - in a smart watch more powerful than the computers they used to land on the moon - are NOT complicated? you and coders may use dreamweaver or some highly complicated software to make you THINK what you're doing is super easy, but you're comparing an artisan craft that gets built from scratch to finish each time - to an exponentially exploding creation (via mankind's intellectual prowess) in a digital landscape that didn't even exist 30 years ago. i don't see how they can be equated in the way you're intending.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Jonny Ive made a big deal about researching and respecting the tradition of the watch so it's a bit rich to rip off the word 'complications' and apply it in such a trite way to something that is in reality just an image of a complication. 'Complication', always referred to the ridiculously complicated extra mechanisms that only the greatest of the master watchmakers could build. Often they were frivolous in practice but impossibly beautiful in execution.

Now it's just a few lines of code that gets the epithet.

And I thought I was picky.

 

[diddl14]

I think they should find a different word to use than 'Complications' 🙂

I would go for "Simplifications" 😎

 

[BCWorld]

Okay so basically, this is another ipad 1, a few small features. Once the second generation model comes out, it will be outdated. Pass... 🙄

 

[fjfjfjfj]

"In horology, the study of clocks and watches, a complication refers to any feature in a timepiece beyond the simple display of hours and minutes."

Interesting. I didn't know that and also thought the word had a negative connotation. You learn something new every day!

 

[Shasterball]

This is a watch industry term that has been used since the 16th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complication_(horology)

Which would be great if this were being marketed in the 16th century.

 

[usarioclave]

"In horology, the study of clocks and watches, a complication refers to any feature in a timepiece beyond the simple display of hours and minutes."

It's definitely fancier-sounding than "extras" or "widgets."

 

[teslo]

Which would be great if this were being marketed in the 16th century.

should we call spoons something else? how about 'watches' themselves?? that's an old term that predates this nasty awful 'complication'! let's call em WRISTIES!

does anyone think the term 'complications' will be a turnoff to anyone looking to buy an apple watch? wtf is wrong with you guys lol

 

[jayducharme]

Just what we need. More options in the Settings.
It's getting kinda full for stuff that just works.

If you read the description, it's not an option in Settings. It's a completely separate app (which I hope isn't forced upon those who don't have an Apple Watch) that has its own settings menu.

 

[CJM]

yeah, i saw that and cringed - i'm a simple man. a simple man with no inclination to buy smart watches. not til i'm a family man who needs to tweak smart-home settings with a toddler in one arm.

now, if they wanna make a whole pile of settings for apple-VR goggles to clutter my screen, be my merry guest.

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the tweens of the world have another pre-2000s thing to learn. boo hoo! 🙄

Bit ironic that you complain about having to learn how to use the features on a smartwatch and then complain about other people having to learn the associated term.

Jonny Ive made a big deal about researching and respecting the tradition of the watch so it's a bit rich to rip off the word 'complications' and apply it in such a trite way to something that is in reality just an image of a complication. 'Complication', always referred to the ridiculously complicated extra mechanisms that only the greatest of the master watchmakers could build. Often they were frivolous in practice but impossibly beautiful in execution.

Now it's just a few lines of code that gets the epithet.

Do you not understand how insanely complicated and intricate the device will be? Just go and look up silicon lithography. We've moved beyond the mechanical.

 

[DanielSw]

To most people, it's something totally different:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=define:+complication

Most people won't buy high-end watches. Most people won't buy the Watch. Those who do will learn the special definition.

 

[poppy10]

How long did people keep their iPhone 1 or iPad 1? They were quickly superseded and obsoleted by far superior products. You could rock a 3GS for years and people are still using iPad 2s in the millions.

Best to wait till the next gen, it's a fool's game to buy this version.

 

[name99]

I think they should find a different word to use than 'Complications' 🙂

This is a standard term from watch-making:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complication_(horology)

Part of Apple's "Skeuomorphism II: Scott Forstall's Revenge" attempt to portrait the Apple Watch as a WATCH in every possible way.
Same reason they use the digital crown as a UI device (which I'm not convinced is at all a sensible idea), and same reason they call it a crown.

 

[groovyd]

To an intended target audience who is likely to not understand the heritage.

give it a week after launch before people talk about complications of a watch as though they have always known what they mean and are even practically experts on how they should and shouldn't look and work. 😉

 

[WilliamG]

I think they should find a different word to use than 'Complications' 🙂

No no, it's a way for Apple to spin the fact that their software development on all platforms has now ended up more buggy than ever before.

For example:

Client: I'm running into complications!

Apple Support: Isn't that just wonderful! Just like the stunningly-implemented video-chat software FaceTime, we weren't the first to invent complications, but we just did it "right!"

 

[louiek]

the Apple Watch will be able to send reminders to stand up every hour

I'm not sure what dissapoints me more, that someone thought of implementing this or that someone might actually need it.

 

[tkingsley]

Shaping up nicely. So when is early 2015? 🙂