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Ive on Apple Watch: One of the Most Difficult Projects I've Ever Worked On
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Isn't it amazing how everyone knows what Steve would and wouldn't have liked.
Ive is one of the greatest designers of all time, hands down. Just because Steve isn't around anymore, doesn't mean a designer suddenly forgets what the hell they're doing. Get a grip.
Ive is one of the greatest designers of all time, hands down. Just because Steve isn't around anymore, doesn't mean a designer suddenly forgets what the hell they're doing. Get a grip.
A smart watch can never be a smartphone. A smartphone basically replaces your laptop in many ways. A smart watch will never be a smartphone.
Are you really going to check all your messages, email, documents, answer and make calls from a watch?
Give me a break.
He would if making the
Watch stand-alone would mean it was 2-3 times bigger than it is.
I find it interesting that they're talking about the history of watches, when this device (and smart watches in general) are on off-shoot of regular watches. These aren't machines you'll have for 10+ years, these are machines reliant on other tech that will be unrecognisable in the future. They're disposable, but that's what these tech companies want. They don't want you to buy a £200 watch every 10 years, they want you in their shop every 1 or 2 years.
So with that in mind it's closer to modern phones than watches. So why bring these experts in? Their expertise is with other, independent objects that have longevity. It'd be like bringing in Picasso to teach 3D modelling.
Don't get me wrong, the tech is great inside it (though not for me yet. Pebble has a longer battery life and that's on top of my most-wanted feature list on a smart watch) and I don't dislike what it's trying to do.
(also, just a side note to the loonies; just because Apple have been working on wearable devices for 3 years doesn't mean they invented it, and it doesn't mean other people weren't experimenting with the tech either)
So with that in mind it's closer to modern phones than watches. So why bring these experts in? Their expertise is with other, independent objects that have longevity. It'd be like bringing in Picasso to teach 3D modelling.
Don't get me wrong, the tech is great inside it (though not for me yet. Pebble has a longer battery life and that's on top of my most-wanted feature list on a smart watch) and I don't dislike what it's trying to do.
(also, just a side note to the loonies; just because Apple have been working on wearable devices for 3 years doesn't mean they invented it, and it doesn't mean other people weren't experimenting with the tech either)
No. No one said that about phones. Most everyone had cell phones and were waiting for a smartphone that was user-friendly and functional. iPhone filled that gap. There's no similarly huge contingent of people with basic watches waiting for the right smart watch to come along.
Stop comparing the two. It doesn't make sense.
I'm glad Steve is out. Tim got rid of the people that needed to go and brought harmony to the company. It was obvious the hardware and the software were going in two different directions and Maps was just one example of the internal flights going on at Apple.
Apple is much better the way it is now.
oh please give that **** a rest. you have no idea what jobs would or would not done -- youve never met the man nor even been in the same room as him.
further, he's dead. he's not coming back.
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check out the original ipod. then compare it to an ipad nano.
progress. it takes time.
Ok, so what would a "truly revolutionary" phone look like & do? The original iPhone was revolutionary. Every iPhone after that was just evolutionary (as has been every smartphone from all companies).
The original iPad was revolutionary; every revision has been evolutionary.
By your criterion, my late 2013 iMac is just a big original Macintosh with bumped up specs and a sleeker case.
We're still a few years away (at least) from a revolutionary leap in smartphones.
All I care about are the potential home kit applications that could come along with this. Instead of yelling "Hey, Siri" across the room to my plugged in iPhone I can raise my wrist and give a command to virtually anything. Although I do wonder what the range between the watch and iPhone will be. Even if it means keeping my phone in my pocket and simply raising my wrist to say "Turn on the patio lights"...or "Remind me tomorrow to pick up my dry cleaning"....orrrrr "KITT get in here!"
On one hand you have people saying the watch is too bulky; on the other hand people are complaining it can't function without an iPhone. You can't put into it a cell antenna, GPS antenna, etc., a battery to power it all for 168 hours, and have it still be small. Unfortunately we don't have the ability to create pocket universes yet.
1. Small and Thin
2. Long-Lasting Battery
3. Stand-Alone
Pick two.
A watch that looks like every other watch? And have notifications get cut off in the corners like Moto 360? Then I'd argue he's over paid.
I think the Apple Watch is a triumph of design and engineering. Can it be slimmer? Sure, and it will in time, just like every other Apple product. But considering the tech limitations, it's a great starting point and the design is absolutely superb.
Just like the iPod, iPhone and iPad, I expect Apple Watch will sell like hot cakes.
Looks more like a russian tank strapped to a wrist.
http://media.bestofmicro.com/E/Y/452842/gallery/DSC09710_w_450.jpg
Nobody is saying "gee I wish I could tell how many steps I took today. What my pulse is. I wish I could look at my pictures on a 1" screen ". It is a nice niche device, but I really doubt it'll sell in huge volume.
It is too expensive and really a smart watch is an unnecessary luxury. Your phone already does everything better.
The Moto 360 actually looks pretty terrible in real life (on the wrist) compared to the render:
Tell that to Bob Mansfield and all the other engineers that worked on the chip technology in this device. People like him have more talent in their toe nail than all the armchair designers here combined.
Infighting within Apple is what famously set them apart in the past... If they turn into a bunch of yes-men, innovation dies and they follow the path to tech purgatory that Sony has a head-start on.
Bring back Forstall!! Do it... For the children.
Hilarious how so many "no talents" here are complaining about Ive's work as if they really understood the constraints he was working under.
How do I know this? Because if they were that talented they'd be working either for Apple or some other company designing rather than mouthing off on an anonymous site OR they'd be renowned enough to write an intellectual critique in a design publication and that critique would not start off @Ive or with some other insidious kiddie slang or photoshop.
Sooo much easier looking in from the outside.
How do I know this? Because if they were that talented they'd be working either for Apple or some other company designing rather than mouthing off on an anonymous site OR they'd be renowned enough to write an intellectual critique in a design publication and that critique would not start off @Ive or with some other insidious kiddie slang or photoshop.
Sooo much easier looking in from the outside.
What can a smartwtach do than my smartphone can't?
All a smart watch does is show you notifications. It does nothing really.
You're making a false comparison. Makes no sense.