Lets see, you critique others for commenting on the looks without having seen on in real life... then proceed to to claim it looks good...
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Hands-On First Impressions of the New Apple Watch
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Lets see, you critique others for commenting on the looks without having seen on in real life... then proceed to to claim it looks good...
No I think he's right..Hehe I'm just kidding with you, sort of...
I'd think the use of the word "fugly" tells us all we need to know about the poster I quoted.
Sorry, but the person who has never set eyes on it can only be right by random chance. Coin flips might be good for starting football games, but not for much else.
The Swiss have nothing to be afraid of. This is a mass-produced gadget, not a hand-fabricated mechanical masterpiece. That doesn't make it bad, but it's not jewelry.
Rather complicated to use ....
That stupid crown on the side ....
NEEDS a phone to work ....
Buh-bye Timmy, it's been real.
That stupid crown on the side ....
NEEDS a phone to work ....
Buh-bye Timmy, it's been real.
I have no doubts the software is going to be good, just wish they went the Moto 360 route with a round face instead of a more squarish look.
Well we are in a thread with a video with what I assume is for the sports watch model, correct? The watch in the video resembles something fisher price would put out. Did you see how the watch band buckles? Horrible.
The other models look horrible as well. The stainless steel one looks exactly like a 1980s casio watch, Kudos for Apple for being the best at capturing that 80s casio look the best out of all the manufacturers. I suppose a 18 karat gold casio 80s watch might look better, I'll reserve judgement until I get a few more peeks at it.
Keep in mind it's just my opinion, don't take offense at it please.
First thought: meh.
After seeing the videos: nice, amazing UI.
After seeing the demo video in this thread: wow!
I think we just saw a glimpse about what's coming 2015.
After seeing the videos: nice, amazing UI.
After seeing the demo video in this thread: wow!
I think we just saw a glimpse about what's coming 2015.
Apple Watch 2
Apple Watch - Meh!
I hope that with version 2 they will do a version which ditches the screen and the "Digital Crown" and just gives me the health monitoring sensors and "Taptic feedback". Coz that's all I need this thing to do! All of the other things it does are much easier to do with the iPhone, which by the way, you need as well.
As others have said before - this is a solution looking for a problem and that is not what Apple is supposed to provide!
Apple Watch - Meh!
I hope that with version 2 they will do a version which ditches the screen and the "Digital Crown" and just gives me the health monitoring sensors and "Taptic feedback". Coz that's all I need this thing to do! All of the other things it does are much easier to do with the iPhone, which by the way, you need as well.
As others have said before - this is a solution looking for a problem and that is not what Apple is supposed to provide!
Love the functions, hate the design. Just looks like a nerd watch. Why oh why is there no round design? Something classy to really make the Swiss watch industry worry.
They said its water resistant. Any precise information on that, like 10 bar or something?
They said its water resistant. Any precise information on that, like 10 bar or something?
One of the reasons why the Samsung watch flopped was that it was just too expensive, and this crap thing is even more expensive.
Somewhere in a really minimalistic part of heaven, Steve Jobs will be smiling and saying to himself. It is good.
Steve made the world a better place to live and Tim is a worthy successor.
Steve made the world a better place to live and Tim is a worthy successor.
Much better device than I'd hoped. Can't wait to see what third parties do with this.
Dark Sky, Clear, and a great podcast controller for starters. A tip calculator and Shazam (or the like) would not go amiss. But the stuff nobody has even THOUGHT of yet that's exciting.
For input we have:
- Touchscreen swipes, scrolling and taps
- Screen presses
- A wheel for scrolling and zooming and cycling options
- A button (well, two, but I'm assuming a press on the wheel is entirely OS-controlled)
- Voice mic
- Proximity sensor (since it can silence a call by putting your hand over it)
- Tilt control (not sure about a magnetometer?)
- Heart rate monitor
- GPS relayed from the phone
- Notifications relayed from the phone, with custom actions and "glance" panels
- Live camera view relayed from the phone
And for output we have:
- Screen that doesn't need a "shake" gesture (but sadly can't be "always on"--that's physics for you) and doesn't cut off the useful display corners for the novelty of "nearly round"
- Speaker
- Silent haptic taps in different patterns (you can tell who a message is from) with no annoying audible buzz
- Round trip back to the phone: automatically bring up the same email (or whatever) you were already looking at.
That's a lot for devs to work with. Throw in 34 different watch models at launch (not counting third-party bands) and I'd say we have a winner. Even if I myself would rather wait until generation 2. Everything new gets better--and cheaper--with time!
Dark Sky, Clear, and a great podcast controller for starters. A tip calculator and Shazam (or the like) would not go amiss. But the stuff nobody has even THOUGHT of yet that's exciting.
For input we have:
- Touchscreen swipes, scrolling and taps
- Screen presses
- A wheel for scrolling and zooming and cycling options
- A button (well, two, but I'm assuming a press on the wheel is entirely OS-controlled)
- Voice mic
- Proximity sensor (since it can silence a call by putting your hand over it)
- Tilt control (not sure about a magnetometer?)
- Heart rate monitor
- GPS relayed from the phone
- Notifications relayed from the phone, with custom actions and "glance" panels
- Live camera view relayed from the phone
And for output we have:
- Screen that doesn't need a "shake" gesture (but sadly can't be "always on"--that's physics for you) and doesn't cut off the useful display corners for the novelty of "nearly round"
- Speaker
- Silent haptic taps in different patterns (you can tell who a message is from) with no annoying audible buzz
- Round trip back to the phone: automatically bring up the same email (or whatever) you were already looking at.
That's a lot for devs to work with. Throw in 34 different watch models at launch (not counting third-party bands) and I'd say we have a winner. Even if I myself would rather wait until generation 2. Everything new gets better--and cheaper--with time!
Samsung and Motorola only designed and released their watches because of the rumors that Apple was working on a watch.
Rumors of an "iWatch" started in or before 2012 (here's one example: http://www.imore.com/apple-iwatch-rumors-surface-again-time-intel-attached). The New York Times was covering the rumor at least by Feb. 2013 (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/...glass-smart-watch/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0).
Apple was working on their watch (at least initial ideas) before Pebble ran their Kickstarter campaign (the success of the Pebble influenced Apple's decision to keep pursuing the watch, I'm sure).
Besides, Google likely won't release a watch. They focus on software and advertising. Google is an advertising company so almost everything they do is to sell ads (by targeting them better).
Difference being the guy you quoted states that "he thought it looked good in the keynote"......
Whereas the people he refers to are screaming "what a fugly piece of crap" and then going on to insult anyone who would be "dumb enough" to wear one.
Hmm so because Apple allows for bightly colored sport bands to be an option they are "something fisher price would put out"?
I don't know anything about a 1980's casio watch. I think the stainless steel (the
Watch collection) look pretty great - especially the black one. Couple that with a nice black leather band....I simply disagree with your assessment.....my guess is people will calm down and will see them in person and realize they may have jumped the gun.....just like with the iPhone....and the iPad....