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iWatch Coming in Multiple Sizes With More Than 10 Sensors
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Monitoring all your vital signs will be just the first step. Then you can improve your health by changing your nutrition, lifestyle, etc.
It opens a whole new way of interacting with your body. Also there will be many new possibilities for doctors how to medicate you. Probably most of the thinks possible we can't imagine right now
If the smart watch would provide information on the long term such as "in the past 6 months your heart rate has changed significantly compared to the previous 6 months" than I can imagine monitoring to be useful. My assumption is that most people will check their "health information" every 5 minutes and that it will inform them on nothing at all.
It will also come with the false promise of making your life better
I get excited about any new apple product, but my sensible self tells me never to buy a first generation product. Unless you are desperate and loaded, you are a beta tester. Since getting burned by an under specced iPad 1, I won't be going down that road again.
Copy? They already have a great design ready for Summer:
Ugh.
I would keep buying watches from watchmakers not disposable electronics manufacturers.
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It's not so much the data that's useful but how it is used.
I think apple, with its partnerships, will be able to make better use of the data than say, garmin or Samsung can.
I like the LG look a lot. It's so 1978!
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You may have a great point. My smartphone pretty much took over all the functions I used to have a room full of expensive electronic junk for. If I need something now that isn't available through my smartphone I just bitch until it is available. And for free lol.
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You may have a great point. My smartphone pretty much took over all the functions I used to have a room full of expensive electronic junk for. If I need something now that isn't available through my smartphone I just bitch until it is available. And for free lol.
It will be interesting to see what functions the iWatch will "replace" from other "iDevices"... will having an iWatch and a "dumb" phone or a MacBook or something generally be sufficient, or will it simply be a supplemental device?
For example, some people use their tablet instead of a laptop. Will be interesting to see how it evolves over time, and how it fits into the tech ecosystem. Sounds like it will be more of a revolutionary product than evolutionary, with the number of sensors, etc.
For example, some people use their tablet instead of a laptop. Will be interesting to see how it evolves over time, and how it fits into the tech ecosystem. Sounds like it will be more of a revolutionary product than evolutionary, with the number of sensors, etc.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I hear there's 2 sizes and the bigger one will require us all to get shirts with bigger sleeves.
That's OK though. This new shirts will match our pants with bigger pockets for the new iPhone. (also
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I hear the next Samsung model has 12 sensors but that 12th sensor is "absolutely useless", "an abomination", etc. (even before we would know what it is or how it actually works). "99.9% of the market (as measured by me surveying only my own personal taste) absolutely does not want that 12th sensor."
Of course, if that 12th sensor turns out to be one of Apple's 10, then, it's the "best _____ ever" and "shut up and take my money"… and the other 2 that Apple doesn't build in are deemed the "abominations" and "useless" and "99.9% don't want"… until iWatch 2 when Apple adds them in. Then they're magically transformed into "best ____ ever" and become primary reasons for upgrading from iWatch 1 to 2. Funny how that works.
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Boy I have a
about how this must be compatible with one-handed use but I'll just let the reader imagine your own version of the joke.
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Wait, let me get this straight.
Because the Motorola watch looks like a conventional watch, doesn't scream "Look at me I'm a ~smart watch~!", and has more functionality - you'd want to buy a normal watch? I'd much prefer a simple, classic design similar to my Timex: http://i.imgur.com/vmFYTH8.jpg
If it's a case of "It won't last as long!" I'd disagree; my smart phones have lasted far longer than most of my conventional watches.
Alternatively, you might just be deriding simply because it doesn't say "Apple" in place of "Motorola".
I might get it if it has a decent level of waterproofing
It would be nice to have a 10ATM rating, which shouldn't be out of the realm of possibility if the devices utilizes inductive charging and has no openings in the case.
The more I read about the "iWatch", the more I believe that Apple might actually be trying to enter the sports watch market. In that sense google, samsung, motorola and others got it completely wrong. They thought that these devices would interest the general public, but why would the average joe want to measure their health data all the time?
Now, before you come back to me saying "I would", let me tell you this: there is a group of people that have been collecting and analyzing health data for years: athletes. Not even professional athletes but people that do work out.
There is a well established market of sports watches. Companies such as Sunnto, Garmin and Polar have offered "smart watches" with dozens of sensors for years. These will be the real contenders for Apple. Not samsung with it's stupid wrist-camera!
Hell, if someone is really interested in measuring his/her health data they do not have to wait for the iWatch. Just have a look at stuff like the garming 620 which has a heart rate monitor, gps, accelerometers, bluetooth, wifi, colour touch screen... Does that sound like an 'iWatch' to you?
My prediction is that the "iWatch" main focus will be the sports-watch functions with integration with iPhones as a (secondary) plus.
I agree and this is precisely the reason why I plan to get one. Right now I have been searching for a good option for a heart rate monitor for about a year and havent gotten one just because I dont want to get another piece of equipment that only does one thing. It would be nice to have a watch so I didnt have to carry my phone around when I run. However, I am guessing I will still need to invest in bluetooth headphones or something.
Who knows. I mean we honestly dont know that much at all about the watch yet. (which is quite surprising actually)
I doubt it will last as long as any contemporary conventional watch of comparable price. I've been wearing the same watch every day since 1983.
I'm wearing a watch manufactured in 1951 and still keeps time within +-5 seconds a day. On the other hand I have a two year old smartphone that I want to throw up against a wall every few days for freaking out on me.
Im curious to see how Apple designs the watch band. Im hoping its not some cheap rubber. It would be great if they gave us the ability to switch the bands. About 4 more months till we find out
I am VERY excited for this watch. Ill take this watch over the new iPhone if it comes to that (money). Cant wait!
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That's awesome! Wouldn't be a Casio would it?
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That's awesome! Wouldn't be a Casio would it?
I think its going to be quite scary walking into a room and everyone is wearing the iwatch. No individualism at all
Hmm
I am still skeptical of all this because Apple does not even have an SDK or design guide for iWatch development which means if true this watch will have nothing to run on it, but then again the iPhone was released without and App store initially. I can see Apple wanting developers to get used to the idea of iWatch, which I am sure will not have a similar interface to an iPhone or iPad, and then release an SDK after the fact. Still, to release a new platform without getting any developer feedback is a little short sighted.
Also I am skeptical as to why Apple would try and toss many variants of the iWatch out all in one shot. I mean why release 3 sizes of the device? Apple has no real idea if this will succeed and Apple is not the kind of company that "hedges" their bets by releasing numerous sizes and hoping one will be a hit. iPhones, iPods, and iPads, and MacBooks all released with 1 size first and then Apple waited to see what the market would demand, which is why the mini's and Airs and Nano's started to appear, years after the original.
If multiple sizes is true about the iWatch then this is a great divergence from the way Apple has operated in the past and it would clearly point to the fact that iWatch was developed in a post-Jobs era. Steve Jobs was never the type to throw a bunch of products against a wall to see which one sticks, everything was always carefully calculated, even the original iPhone screen size.
I am still skeptical of all this because Apple does not even have an SDK or design guide for iWatch development which means if true this watch will have nothing to run on it, but then again the iPhone was released without and App store initially. I can see Apple wanting developers to get used to the idea of iWatch, which I am sure will not have a similar interface to an iPhone or iPad, and then release an SDK after the fact. Still, to release a new platform without getting any developer feedback is a little short sighted.
Also I am skeptical as to why Apple would try and toss many variants of the iWatch out all in one shot. I mean why release 3 sizes of the device? Apple has no real idea if this will succeed and Apple is not the kind of company that "hedges" their bets by releasing numerous sizes and hoping one will be a hit. iPhones, iPods, and iPads, and MacBooks all released with 1 size first and then Apple waited to see what the market would demand, which is why the mini's and Airs and Nano's started to appear, years after the original.
If multiple sizes is true about the iWatch then this is a great divergence from the way Apple has operated in the past and it would clearly point to the fact that iWatch was developed in a post-Jobs era. Steve Jobs was never the type to throw a bunch of products against a wall to see which one sticks, everything was always carefully calculated, even the original iPhone screen size.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Wait until you see what's next: iUniform. You will comply.
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They probably will but the connector will be patented so that watch band designers have to pay a handsome licensing fee or alternative bands can only be purchased from Apple.
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I'm going to guess that key functionality that makes the most of iWatch DEPENDS on iPhone. I'm increasingly of the mind that everything revolves around burning data to make the cell phone service partners happier.
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Why in the world would motion/blood pressure/etc require using any cellular data at all?
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Yes, now that Apple might have an addiction to the subsidy model, I wonder if this could be a medicare play too in the U.S. Some of the rumored sensors appear to do the same things that single-design products do. For example, if one sensor can accurately measure blood sugar, does iWatch replace sugar meters. You can't watch much afternoon television without seeing a commercial for "free glucose meter" which, I'm guessing, is actually paid for by medicare/insurance (another kind of subsidy play). If so, I wonder if iWatch might be cheap* or free* for some (because insurance/medicare might be the equivalent of AT&T, Verizon in terms of subsidizing the price).