You can spin it however you want, that doesn't mean Apple is more open. Do you even know what open means in the world of technology?
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Google Reportedly Preparing Android Wear for iPhone and iPad
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You can spin it however you want, that doesn't mean Apple is more open. Do you even know what open means in the world of technology?
how is that anyway linked to what I said
they're changing their code for this reason. I never said boo about it. Good job applying your own bias to my statement and forming your own negative opinions about it.
yes. Google doesn't give a rats behind overall if you are actually useing their devices. That is not their business model. you shouldn't have to explain it to people at this point.
The more people, EVEN APPLE USERS that use google services in any way, the better for google. That is their business model.
it is different than Apple's. no better. No Worse. Just different.
I believe there's 2 versions. One that runs Android Wear and another that runs a proprietary software.
Or they aren't because it isn't. Apple has defended vertical integration for years. You can bet that their lawyers went over the Watch to have that argument ready before the product was even announced.
Anti trust is about using skeevy methods to build a monopoly, or having one develop naturally, using it in skeevy ways. Particularly when you do it across market lines. The Apple Watch was designed as a companion to the iOS devices not truly a new market. Skeevy in terms of IOS devices would be more like yanking iTunes for Windows, barring all 3rd party softwares and requiring you to have a Mac computer to have an iPhone or iPad. Computers and mobile devices are two different markets. Using massive popularity in the latter to force use in the former would be anti trust hands down. Even more so than using Windows to promote IE ever was
When was the last time you could use anproduct with a non-
I use
products all the time with non- products.My
TV works fine with my Samsung TV.My
iPhone works fine with Google Maps.My
iPhone works fine with Bose headphones. The volume up/down/next song/previous song button works fully ONLY with iPhones.My
MacBook Pro works fine with Linux software, I can run both OS X and Windows on it. I'm not stuck with one OS.Seems like I can enjoy more with my Apple devices.
The joke being that not only does it sell, a fair chunk are grey market sales as high as 5 times the retail cost
I can agree with this. Their an ad company so they just want their services facing as many people as possible.
I'd get the band that had an HRM on it... or if say Fitbit made one that adds all it's services from the Surge watch to the superior OS of the Pebble. Not holding my breath because Fitbit is as stubborn as Apple... just saying THAT would be the ideal device for me... Essentially a band could be added to the Pebble that brings over some of the better Apple Watch features (HRM, music storage/bluetooth headphone support
If iOS is definitely your prefered option then by definition you're happy with the defaults. So Android's "advantages" seems like a non-issue for you.
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Seems like I can enjoy more with my Apple devices.
No one is saying you can't enjoy your devices. Your original argument was that Google was a walled garden and Apple was now more open.
Those people should really reevaluate their life if a $350 watch is going to cause you to miss a mortgage payment.
^This.
I personally think the Apple Watch and the Moto 360 are the Best looking smart watches hands down. I always thought it was a no brainer for Google to provide android wear support for iOS as theres just a huge market with iOS it made no sense to not support it.
And its been the sole reason why i wouldnt get a Moto 360 but lets see what support comes with this Android wear ios app...
The company that should be afraid of this possibility, I think, is Pebble. They're already the smartwatch for people with iOS devices that don't want an Watch.
Watch.
Correct me if I am wrong on any of these, I did a search for the name of the app + iTunes and if I didn't see them listed on the first page of search results I included them here
Action Launcher
Cabinet
Falcon Pro
Google Fit
FolderSync
Greenify
Google Keep
Link Bubble
Palabre
Reddit News
Bing Rewards Automator
Snap Camera (note: not the same as the Snap Camera! app as found on iOS)
Talon
Today Calendar
TV Show Favs
Weather Timeline (note: not the same as the weather timeline app as found on iOS)
And while Google Voice/Hangouts is available for iOS, it doesn't allow me to make a call using my Google Voice # from the default iOS phone app like it does on Android.
The company that should be afraid of this possibility, I think, is Pebble. They're already the smartwatch for people with iOS devices that don't want an
I own a pebble, and a Martian, I use the pebble more now. When Apple watch gets sold, I will jump to it. Pebble is nothing like Android Wear watches.
Pebble watches are supposed to be fully compatible with Android Wear apps soon if that functionality hasn't already been added. I wish I had known this would be coming several months when I bought my LG G Watch as I would have gone with a Pebble instead. Especially now that Pebble has announced this http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...ore-than-simply-hold-the-watch-to-your-wrist/
And for the last time, having more perceived options doesn't mean more open. Linux is the most open (or one of the most open) desktop operating systems out there and it's way more limited in terms of available apps/programs than Windows or OSX.
well this makes me lean towards android wear, because then I can change freely between phones. sounds good to me 
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with respect to what smartwatch you can use, sure it is more open.
that doesn't mean you can generalize android as a 'walled garden'. if Apple shared the details with how the apple watch communicated with the iphone, I'm sure some dev could port it to android.
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with respect to what smartwatch you can use, sure it is more open.
that doesn't mean you can generalize android as a 'walled garden'. if Apple shared the details with how the apple watch communicated with the iphone, I'm sure some dev could port it to android.
Google should have had this ready at launch. Really dumb business choice. You have an ecosystem that is known for affluent customers, and you wait until those customer's favorite company is about to ship its competitor to your offerings to announce support. Brick.
The Apple watch will be more tightly integrated with the phone.... So, I guess you don't really care about that. You do need to have the app running on the phone I'm guessing which is certainly not ideal (there are also restriction to what apps can do in the background on the Iphone).
Exactly. Ignoring the most profitable part of the market wouldn't have been wise.