'Good Morning America' Goes Inside Apple's Secret Apple Watch Fitness Testing Lab

[kdarling]

I don't know in which universe you are living if you think Windows Mobile or the 'classic' BB OS would retain any economically viable market share after the iPhone and Android.

Oh, I don't mean mass consumer (except in a few countries).

But there were a lot of field force customized apps and devices that used WM or CE. (I liked Win CE because even from back in 2000 it had a full Internet Explorer version, not the crippled Pocket version that WM got. I don't know what MS was thinking.)

As for BB, yeah I think RIM lost a lot of enterprise goodwill when they dropped support. Just the place I worked for at the time had tens of thousands of BBs simply because they ran legacy field apps. The moment BB dropped support for those, the company stopped ordering those phones and went Android.

 

[Gameboy70]

So, the first two out of eight FitBit devices (FitBit, FitBit Ultra, Fitbit One, Zip, Flex, Force, Charge, Surge) did need to sync via a computer. That makes bbeagle's statement still largely incorrect, in particular from today's point of view given that all current products support synching directly with a smartphone.

The Zip and the One were released more or less simultaneously, as were the Flex and the Force. Chronologically, the Ultra is only three years old. I used to hang out in the Fitbit forums quite a bit, and there were a lot of users who weren't willing to drop another $120 to upgrade to the One just for BTLE syncing, especially those who were on a dumbphone, Android, or a pre-4S iPhone that didn't support it.

But sure, from today's perspective, if you're considering an aWatch, you have to compare it to its gadget contemporaries.

 

[Antares]

I take off my watch before swimming, diving, showering, going to waterparks, etc. I'm not taking my phone with me in any of those circumstances either. It's not that hard.

All it takes is once. Forget one time and your expensive, non-waterproof watch or device is gone....

 

[bbeagle]

All it takes is once. Forget one time and your expensive, non-waterproof watch or device is gone....

All it takes is one time to get really drunk and get into a car and drive! But I know not to do that! It's ingrained in me. Even when I've been drinking.

Same with watches. I've worn watches for over 30 years. Never once did I get them too wet. It's just a habit you get used to.

 

[peteo]

I run marathons with a mechanical watch because I can do math in my head. If you've got distance markers you might as well save the money you'd spend on a Garmin and put a sun dial on your wrist. I think this watch will help get people off their couches, and that's a fantastic outcome.

So you take your heart rate while running, impressive.

 

[CaptainBlue]

Well I've now been using a Garmin Fenix 3 Sapphire since just before the London Marathon in April. So far I've charged it twice...

It's on 24/7 and it monitors my sleep as well as my exercise. I get all the notifications I do on my iPhone on my watch as well: texts, notifications from Instagram, Flickr, Twitter, Amazon, etc.

The only thing I'd want an Apple Watch for would be Remote to control my seminar presentations from my wrist. And that's a hell of a price to pay for a snazzy clicker!