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iOS Interface Depicted on a Hypothetical 2.5-Inch iWatch Screen
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How does cropping the iPhone/iPad UI and slapping it on a 2.5" display make sense? Seriously if that's what Apple has been working on these past few years than this product is a major fail.
Can we agree that any mockup needs to be either a 3D printed rendering or a decent quality photoshop?
What I demand in any iWatch is a device that looks like a watch. If it's just a revamped iPod Nano on a wristband, I think I'll have to pass. And I don't want a home button on the screen, even if it's virtual. That's ridiculous. You could put home/power buttons on the side that look like the watch setting knobs on traditional watches. If someone wants a touch-solution to get to the home screen, I could maybe see a triple-tap on the watch face to get home.
In terms of OS, I really hope it's a specialized OS that's fine-tuned to its function. I don't want a reduced scale iOS. I'd rather developers have access to APIs so they can allow certain functions to be accessible on the iWatch, but with major functions controlled on the phone/pad.
When it comes to form-factor, I think the MOTO 360 comes closest to nailing it, though their notifications just look ugly.
What I demand in any iWatch is a device that looks like a watch. If it's just a revamped iPod Nano on a wristband, I think I'll have to pass. And I don't want a home button on the screen, even if it's virtual. That's ridiculous. You could put home/power buttons on the side that look like the watch setting knobs on traditional watches. If someone wants a touch-solution to get to the home screen, I could maybe see a triple-tap on the watch face to get home.
In terms of OS, I really hope it's a specialized OS that's fine-tuned to its function. I don't want a reduced scale iOS. I'd rather developers have access to APIs so they can allow certain functions to be accessible on the iWatch, but with major functions controlled on the phone/pad.
When it comes to form-factor, I think the MOTO 360 comes closest to nailing it, though their notifications just look ugly.
We probably can't agree on that. I'd hope we'd agree than any published concept should pass a basic sniff test. If it totally stinks, why publish it?
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Crude mockup showing size
Hey, you guys meet me over in the Marketplace. I'm going to be selling authentic replicas of this very newsworthy mockup!
The quality of mock ups is really going down... I mean I know it's 'crude', but duck tape and paper?
what's DUCK tape?
Hey, you guys meet me over in the Marketplace. I'm going to be selling authentic replicas of this very newsworthy mockup!
you should also post a Do-It-Yourself tutorial on YouTube
I agree completely; thus I said the device will be more focused toward health/fitness tracking and be seamless, natural and ideally invisible. Think Misfit Shine, think Fitbit Flex. I agree it may not be a watch, although if it is, it wouldn't surprise me greatly.
Will do. Then I can tweet about it and get some traffic to my blawg.
I'll be at the bank depositing quarters by the roll in no time.
In all seriousness... that thing is huge. (That's what he said.) That's a lot of real estate on the average wrist.
what's DUCK tape?
For taping up ducks, obviously.
What do you mean youve never wrapped a duck in tape?
Did MR change IP addresses? I typed in MacRumors but my browser shows an arts and crafts project.
Site has been renamed to MacHumor.
alot of these articles are now terribly written, sans the terrible ****** images now.
but i digress, and think the watch band display will have the icons wrapped around and not contained to a 2x2/2x3 radius like depicted.
would make more sense that way
but i digress, and think the watch band display will have the icons wrapped around and not contained to a 2x2/2x3 radius like depicted.
would make more sense that way
what's DUCK tape?
The original name for duct tape, a strong cloth or cloth-like tape apparently used for fixing absolutely everything. The term "duck tape" probably comes from the fact that it is waterproof ("like water off a ducks back").
Exactly.
This is why this kid doesn't work for Apple...lol...whatever Apple is coming out with is not going to look like this in size nor interface.
No one wants to wear a damn bracer that large and be compared to Wonder Woman
nope
Been here for over a decade and this is probably the goofiest post I've seen. Not a rumor, a kids' art project, or so it would seem.
Been here for over a decade and this is probably the goofiest post I've seen. Not a rumor, a kids' art project, or so it would seem.
Actually, no. Duct tape was created for wrapping and sealing air ducts. No ducks were harmed in the creation of this product.
Ha! It turns out we are both right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
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