Yes, as the first iPod needed an expensive Mac just to accomplish its most basic features. The Watch, as it stands, is an iPhone accessory.
Expect a more independent and Android-compatible Watch in the future.
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Former Apple CEO John Sculley: Apple Watch 'Doesn't Have Enough Utility'
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Yes, as the first iPod needed an expensive Mac just to accomplish its most basic features. The Watch, as it stands, is an iPhone accessory.
Expect a more independent and Android-compatible Watch in the future.
This is 2016. Apple is hardly in a position where they're in desperate need to promote their iPhones.
Yes it is super useful I have one and I'm using a lot for Telegram and phonecalls. The problem is speed, it is too slow. The interface is awesome, watch configuration is endless, app often but not always are useful, just the loading time takes too much.
the day it replaces the cellphone, comes with a cell ant & gps built in, runs a full voip service (with #) like skype, maps, and the rest of the std apps, can be navigated with swipes and taps no more than a few deep, able to be operated entirely by voice via bluetooth headphones, come with large flash storage options, & the ability to plug directly into a display, or a workstation & work with it as a running VM, I'll happily pay a thousand dollars to strap one to my wrist.
The form factor of a watch is more secure and less bulky than a loose slab of a phone. Squeezing it all in to the small enclosure & display of a cellphone was impressive last decade, & squeezing it into a watch will be the impressive feat of the coming decades.
The Apple Watch has a long way to go.
The form factor of a watch is more secure and less bulky than a loose slab of a phone. Squeezing it all in to the small enclosure & display of a cellphone was impressive last decade, & squeezing it into a watch will be the impressive feat of the coming decades.
The Apple Watch has a long way to go.
The writer should note that Mr. Sculley was also a co-founder of Misfit, a fitness tracking wearable, so his opinion is somewhat biased, perhaps.
When did Apple release sales figure. The estimates have been all over the place. Some claim Apple sold roughly half of what the long time band industry leader Fitbit who sell a cheaper less profitable product sold. After being on the market for only 9 months. That sounds like a success to me. And the took 71% of the smart watch market too.
true. in the beginning i was like "why do i need my phone?" now i come to realize that i need it for anything that requires any attention whatsoever anyway.
however it did help me reaching for my iPhone less cuz ill get a buzz on my wrist if something actually happened instead of wondering and looking at my phone all the time
Then Apple should not introduce App Store and third party apps in this first generation watch. Just like what Steve jobs did for first generation iPhone.
Agreed. To be like Fitbit would be a disaster. Apple Watch's potential is in the capability to do so much more. The kinks can all be worked out. As a v1 decide, it's not that bad.
"I don't think an Apple lover has to have every product, but the ones I have and use I love," continued Sculley, expressing a particular fondness for the iPad Pro. "I think it's a spectacular experience to read the newspaper on it every day and even read books, I much prefer it to a Kindle."
Thats the funniest thing I've ever heard about the iPad Pro, its preferable to a Kindle, no wonder I returned mine.
Thats the funniest thing I've ever heard about the iPad Pro, its preferable to a Kindle, no wonder I returned mine.
I really don't care about the fitness aspects too much. Tracking distance walked and general activity is fine for me. I don't jog, and if I did, I wouldn't need want to or need to have a phone, or phone capabilities with me.
The improvements I would like would be THINNER, and FASTER.
The main thing I bought the watch for, was actually to be used as a watch!
He's only repeating what just about every reputable tech reviewer has said--the Apple watch is nearly useless at this point for most people. Yes, there are a few enthusiasts here that claim they can't live without out but they are a niche market and the use cases they state are dubious at best.
I'd say Apple has one more chance to make a case for the Apple Watch with the next hardware update to make it a compelling device. Simply partnering with fashion brands to release fancy new watch bands every few months isn't enough.
Aside from that, Apple either needs a new product category or has to make a truly amazing improvement to an existing one. I don't see any sign of that happening though I hope I'm wrong.
I'd say Apple has one more chance to make a case for the Apple Watch with the next hardware update to make it a compelling device. Simply partnering with fashion brands to release fancy new watch bands every few months isn't enough.
Aside from that, Apple either needs a new product category or has to make a truly amazing improvement to an existing one. I don't see any sign of that happening though I hope I'm wrong.
But that's the problem. It is a glorified FitBit, mostly for activity tracking and notifications, except with ****** battery life and a complex UI.
Shocking slow. If it wasn't shockingly slow alone it would be more useful. Waiting 5 seconds to launch tune in radio makes it pointless.
Who the hell doesn't have an iPhone (or other smartphone to use with another smartwatch) ?
Personally I'd love to see more battery life from any smartwatch before I consider adding yet another device to my daily routine.
John Sculley "doesn't have enough utility."
Seriously, why in the world do people still interview this guy? Based on his remarks, he doesn't even understand how the Apple Watch works. They'd be better off interviewing me as I actually own one and don't look like death warmed over.
Seriously, why in the world do people still interview this guy? Based on his remarks, he doesn't even understand how the Apple Watch works. They'd be better off interviewing me as I actually own one and don't look like death warmed over.
I tend not to reach for the phone unless my watch tells me it is ringing or that I have received a message. If the phone call is from someone I know, I will reach for the phone. If the message is too big to read on the watch or needs a reply, I will reach for the phone.
While my AW is still my daily driver I 100% agree with what Scully is saying. Given that he was responsible for prematurely launching the not-ready-for-primetime Newton he clearly is drawing from that bad experience which ultimately got him canned. The Newton was a terrific and exciting concept, but still a bit untidy at launch as a product, and never caught up once the design team left and founded Palm. TC should take note before history repeats itself.
No. Spindler and Amelio had more to do with that; promoting consumer confusion with a plethora of models, all of which were only a hairs difference of each other, the nearly ruining of the Powerbook line with models that literally caught on fire or were slower than a garden snail; the licensing out of Mac OS and then producing Macs that couldn't compete with the 3rd party models yet cost hundreds more; the inability to make good on the "Copeland" project, which was to be the next gen Mac OS -- it was this that ultimately nearly sank Apple, and why they had to reach out to Jobs and his NeXTSTEP OS.
No. Spindler and Amelio had more to do with that; promoting consumer confusion with a plethora of models, all of which were only a hairs difference of each other, the nearly ruining of the Powerbook line with models that literally caught on fire or were slower than a garden snail; the licensing out of Mac OS and then producing Macs that couldn't compete with the 3rd party models yet cost hundreds more; the inability to make good on the "Copeland" project, which was to be the next gen Mac OS -- it was this that ultimately nearly sank Apple, and why they had to reach out to Jobs and his NeXTSTEP OS.
Sculley got it almost right - for once. What he forgot to mention is for a "fashion accessory" it's glaringly ugly too.