Hopefully they can find a meaningful reason for this alleged product to exist before they launch it. At this point it would either be a me-too product or just iJewelry.
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Apple's iWatch May Not Launch Until 2015
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Not a bad strategy to delay actually. There's a lot of noise in the wearable space right now...let it die down.
And by die, I mean fail. Let the Galaxy Gear, Pebble and Moto 270/360 all fail and then show them how a wearable should perform (assuming it's something revolutionary). If it simply is a notification device, then I don't really believe it'll gain mass traction like an iPhone.
And by die, I mean fail. Let the Galaxy Gear, Pebble and Moto 270/360 all fail and then show them how a wearable should perform (assuming it's something revolutionary). If it simply is a notification device, then I don't really believe it'll gain mass traction like an iPhone.
Don't mix the subjects.
iPads might stop selling today, that wouldn't change the fact that people found a use for tablets.
A company like Apple has to release products even if there isn't much a request for them (you know, when Apple I and Apple II were released not many "needed" a computer). They HAVE to try to push the boundaries. Sometimes they fail (Newton) sometimes they don't (iPad).
I find it hilarious that people don't understand that Apple is constantly hiring people for all of their products including the iPhone. You see it turns out that Apple STILL HIRES PEOPLE for future iterations of it's devices. It's so simple to understand you'd have to be hit in the head with a hammer to not understand it. See they can still hire people for the second generation of the iWatch. It's not illegal to do so.
No I don't buy it because if that was the case they would have made sure more stuff from WWDC leaked. I have no doubt Cook and Co. would love it if nothing leaked but they also know it's impossible to police the entire iPhone and iPad supply chain and have resigned themselves to the fact that some things will leak.
Could turn out to be true
After all, Tim Cook had his "not-enough-iMacs-for-X-Mas"-moment in 2012 - I don't think he's going to have another one of those quasi-"paper-launches" anymore (MacPro doesn't count - it's not a mass-product, and the customers are used to waiting anyway...). Ever.
So, if the yields are not good enough or whatever other problem exists: he will simply not announce and not ship until enough can be made at a decent profit-margin....
After all, Tim Cook had his "not-enough-iMacs-for-X-Mas"-moment in 2012 - I don't think he's going to have another one of those quasi-"paper-launches" anymore (MacPro doesn't count - it's not a mass-product, and the customers are used to waiting anyway...). Ever.
So, if the yields are not good enough or whatever other problem exists: he will simply not announce and not ship until enough can be made at a decent profit-margin....
Let me get this straight. Rumor, conjecture, and guesswork established a 2014 iWatch launch. Now that it may not be until 2015, it's a "delay." Gotcha. Nice headline, Macrumors.
I hate us.
I hate us.
If you don't know that it's not intended to be a notification device by now, there's no hope.
Personally, I understand that. But some guesswork - as long as it's not taken too seriously - is fine. I bet that most people are just talking about hypotetical scenarios (IF Apple is developing an iWatch, IF Apple is developing a new ATV, IF Apple is developing the iSpaceShuttle) which is not illegal either.
"Though Kuo has a solid track record when it comes to Apple rumors, he has provided inaccurate guesses at times." Something of a contradiction there.
I just hope store shelves will be able to support the masses of these that never leave them.
This is great news so now maybe Apple can focus on things that actually do exist. Seemingly, not much is going on at Apple except dinner parties and iPhones.
They found that long ago, and if you don't know it by now then I feel bad for you. It's called biometrics. Let's say in the future you can prevent a number of life threatening events from happening because your biometrics are constantly being monitored. Hmmmmm seems like a good idea to me. Then again some people are far too stupid to understand it.
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I'm nominating this for moronic comment of the day. Don't worry though, there are a bunch of others vying for it.
Yay, delay once again
How can one call this a delay when no original release date has ever been announced? By definition, a delay is the time between the announced release date and the actual delivery date. Neither has occurred, so there is no delay.
Has anyone posted "you can't delay an unannounced product" yet?
EDIT: Yes it has
I can't determine if you're agreeing with me - or mocking me
Are you kidding me? ##
Now before you flip out on me and tell me not to commit suicide let me say I'm not suicidal and that's a joke.
Now before you flip out on me and tell me not to commit suicide let me say I'm not suicidal and that's a joke.
Because you know definitively what this wearable is, right?
I do. It's a device for tracking a person's biometrics. Thought that was clear by now. Only to the intelligent it seems.