Apple's 'iWatch' Said to Arrive in October 2014 with Wireless Charging

[somethingelsefl]

Would anyone need a phone with more features than a Nokia, if so, why?

7 days battery life, color display. Not sure why you would want something flashier than that.

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Well played.

 

[knewsom]

I have used them for more than 5 minutes. It's better than an android phone no doubt and the hardware is great but the os lets it down.

How, exactly? By doing something truly different and innovative? I'll certainly admit there's room for improvement - it could use a notification center, for example, and an easier way to quit apps when multitasking... but in everyday use, it leaves little to be desired.

 

[unplugme71]

Realistically I would expect that the battery life will be 24 - 48 hours on the first gen model. Their thinking being that you will take off and charge the watch on your bedside table as you sleep.

Most likely will end up that way.. but daily charges will kill the battery after 1 year. I think most new batteries get like 400 charge cycles?

 

[kdarling]

Realistically I would expect that the battery life will be 24 - 48 hours on the first gen model. Their thinking being that you will take off and charge the watch on your bedside table as you sleep.

I gotta tell ya, it's a pain to remember to take off your watch to recharge it every day or so. And woe unto you if you forget! It's not user friendly at all. It's going to have to be easier than that, for people to keep using it.

Perhaps two sets of easily swapped watchbands, each containing battery, one charging while the other is in use.

Or an inductive charger built into a special electric blanket. The watch can charge while you sleep

Or some way to charge within seconds, perhaps with a large value capacitor.

Maybe constant regeneration via movement.

Something. Please!

 

[clukas]

I gotta tell ya, it's a pain to remember to take off your watch to recharge it every day or so. And woe unto you if you forget! It's not user friendly at all. It's going to have to be easier than that, for people to keep using it.

Perhaps two sets of easily swapped watchbands, each containing battery, one charging while the other is in use.

Or an inductive charger built into a special electric blanket. The watch can charge while you sleep

Or some way to charge within seconds, perhaps with a large value capacitor.

Maybe constant regeneration via movement.

Something. Please!

It would be interesting if apple somehow built in some kind of solar and kinetic charging capability. This kind of feature could significantly extend battery life.

 

[carefreecork]

Maybe Apple will take a leaf of of the Pebble book and make the iWatch a support item to the iPhone. That way it could have the same brilliant battery life as the Pebble and still control lots of features on the phone.

The Pebble does a small number of things but it does them well.

This - plus it needs it have a touch screen - then it is a winner. No headphone socket, no speaker or camera and it is not a phone. It is a convenience device to receive your emails, SMS, notifications and alerts. It can tell you your phone is ringing. It will be a great health and fitness aid. A remote for iTunes and Apple TV. Extremely simple apps and gestures for volume, track etc. NFC and what else in the future? Forgot to mention it tells the time too and is worn on the wrist.

p.s. Jony Ive owns one of these 'Horizons' below and a previous Ikepod