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Apple Watch Makes First Australian Magazine Appearance Inside 'Elle'
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But am I going to be able to get my watch on the hotel wi-fi network? I usually stay at Hilton properties and they require an authentication where I enter my last name and room number to secure wi-fi access for a device. How easy will it be to add wi-fi credentials to the watch? If Apple makes it so that any passwords you store in your phone automatically propagate to the watch, that would be nice. (though that wouldn't help with the type of login system used by Hilton and other hotel chains).
I didn't know the bit about pairing if both watch and phone are on same wi-fi network. I thought it had to be by Bluetooth. That would make it more useful around the house....or even at work, where I'm in a large building that is on wi-fi. Theoretically I could then leave my phone at my desk much of the day and just rely on the watch.
If this is possible, then it should also be technically possible for the watch to contact the phone if the watch is on ANY wi-fi network. For instance if I go to an event where there is public wi-fi, I should be able to leave my phone in the car with an LTE connection and have the watch be able to be in contact with it, even if it is on a wi-fi network. Apple may not have this enabled, but why wouldn't it be theoretically possible? If it were, then the watch would be even more functional.
I hope you're casually refering to the long running "white iPhones are for girls" battle that has waged for eons on this forum
No envy here, just that I got older now, got married and had a 1 year old kid. So I invested a large amount of my money last year on building a new large house in the suburbs. Just a change in priorities.
I have a few nice watches sitting in my bedroom drawer now cause I just don't like putting on a big heavy watch anymore, it just feels like a chore. I don't even wear gold jewelry anymore either. I don't know, to me watches and jewelry on a guy just seems so 90's these days.
We would need a back pages for things like: stock/financial news, patent lawsuits and now fashion magazine articles...
Right now, it has to be on the same network, probably because discoverability is way more complex is it is on a routed network. If the phone was remote, the automatic setup could become complex. Maybe it could be done by having Apple being the intermediary in setting up the connection (the watch if it can't find the phone would connect to the Apple cloud, same thing with the phone).
Even at work, you'd have to insure your phone on one WIFI network is seen on other WIFI nets in the buildings. If they're bridged, they should be. If they're routed, it depends on how the watch discovers the phone and vice-versa.
But, eventually I think they'll be able to have to watch connect to your phone that is on any remote WIFI network. In some areas, like SFO, there are WIFI networks everywhere. So, potentially you wouldn't need to have your phone with you even without a cell connection.
Also, the new standard of bluetooth is routable (4.1), which means they could also do the same with your phone connecting with bluetooth and your phone connecting to the remote router with WIFI. Staying on bluetooth instead of using WIFI is better for the battery.
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"Plant" is the wrong verb. Pitch is more accurate. To suggest Apple plants it means it wrote the store and then demanded its inclusion. These magazines may be full of ads but they are not catalogs like Sky. What Apple is doing with the Apple Watch is no different that what any other savvy companies does -- provide samples and story angles to target magazines. From there it's up to the story editors to decide if its something they want to include in an issue.
But let be clear here. If this watch was a clunker no amount of positive story angles or influence could get it on the cover -- maybe at the back with lone blurb -- "for the Apple obsessed from $345 this spring."
To each his own.
I would not be so presumptuous as to comment on someone else's taste and lifestyle choices. I would be pleased to find others sharing the same philosophy.
Ah, then I better remove my wedding band. I don't want to look too dated. Obviously you know what's best.
I don't go to Walmart because the people who shop there just are nasty, I always feel like I'm gonna get robbed the moment I pull in the parking lot.
Cars these days are all the same, trust me I work at a car company. The big differentials these days are styling, price, and name brand. You can get a Ford all hooked up with the latest technologies similar to a Benz, put people will still pay the extra premium for the Benz just based on the name. If people just wanted the best car, I bet you the Hyundai Equus is probably just as good or better than a Benz but of course people want the Benz name and I agree with them. If I was gonna pay 100k on a car, I WANT people to know that I can afford such a car instead of getting that Hyundai Benz knockoff.
And yes, the majority of women don't like tech stuff other than having an iphone. I see it everyday at the gym, the guys all have their bluetooth headsets on for music or talking and the girl got the phone stuck to the ear. Same when I'm driving, I use my car's bluetooth connection to talk and the women I see on the road have the phone placed on their ear. Seriously, I don't think I ever even seen a women use a bluetooth head piece yet, I'm sure they exist somewhere out in the wild, I just never saw it.
I am very interested in seeing how the Apple Watch pans out over the next few years. I'm a watch guy and have been since I was a boy so this is definitely of interest to me, however, I won't be buying the first generation or the second or potentially the third. From what I have seen so far I just don't "get it" as to why an Apple Watch is something I will want/use.
Having said that I can honestly say I didn't understand the iPod when it was announced or the iPad when it was announced so clearly I am not the one to be predicting how a product will succeed.
Having said that I can honestly say I didn't understand the iPod when it was announced or the iPad when it was announced so clearly I am not the one to be predicting how a product will succeed.
Ah, then I better remove my wedding band. I don't want to look too dated. Obviously you know what's best.
I hate wearing my wedding band too to be honest, my wife don't even care if I have it on or off, but I still wear it at work just so that they don't think I'm some sort of giggolo.
Looks absolutely ridiculous on her. I doubt she would choose it as an accessory on her own. Apple is in fantasy land with this marketing.
And thus, you notice the screen is off.
and I'm not an apple hater by far. I was just saying why it would make sense as to why they should have screen off in an ad.
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I know that, I was just giving credence as to why there is a case for not have the screen on.
Well aware of that - and has absolutely nothing to do with the point I was making or the one I was replying to.
It's a fashion magazine. I would argue most watches are worn as fashionable accessories now.
Don't you think if this ad were telling of a real situation, this woman would give a flying **** about a fully functional watch??
She's wearing it to make a statement. A statement you obviously can't perceive.
Why are you so concerned what people will think of you? That's the problem with much of this world, they are so concerned about how they look in other people's eyes. I will never give anyone that much credit to where they should make me feel uneasy if I want to wear select jewelry, and in this case the AppleWatch.
So I belong to a very large fashion forum where (mostly) women discuss designer clothes, jewelry, hand bags and more. There has been zero interest in the apple watch. Mostly people who buy designer stuff expect things to last for years and may justify buying a purse for $10k because they can pass it down to their daughters or it tends to hold its value or something. Apple watches don't fit into that scenario. So sure Apple can go after that market but Apple needs more than 'here is this watch that will last you 2-3 years'.
And I know someone who works at Vogue and says the opposite... Which one of us is right?... Who knows... Anecdotes mean NOTHING.
Also, your 10K watch is not doing the same thing as this, and never will, so your argument is kind of non sequitur.
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Seriously? You do realize the word "Sexy" doesn't have to pertain to male or female body parts becoming aroused resulting in intercourse.
Nice sports cars are sexy, nice looking shoes can have sex appeal. Oh why am I even bothering explaining this to someone who posts such nonsense?
Well, yes. But I do feel that the word itself is so incredibly overused and the actual meaning of the word does refer to sex. My issue lies with the word and how it's used, but that topic doesn't belong here.
But you're right, discussing etymologi on Macrumors is obviously not the right place.
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You don't have sex with every sexy thing.
I simply don't call cars sexy. Nevertheless, I'm well aware that some refer to cars or other objects as sexy, but anyway, that discussion doesn't belong here.
That's because in the business world at a large corporation, your looks and clothing DO MATTER. With the money they pay me, I can't be coming in looking like a hobo or a hipster. If I want to move up further up in the company, I have to look the part. Personally, I could care less of what others think when I'm not at work, however, when I'm at work, I'm not gonna throw out high paying advancement opportunities over my dressing. Its all about the Benjamins.
Like all adverts showing thin models, it is aimed at women who would like to be that thin, and at men who would like their wife or girlfriend to be that thin.