It would count calories the same as a treadmill or elliptical trainer in your home, or RunKeeper on your iPhone. I provides a estimate based on the activity you're performing. It doesn't count calories when you're on the couch eating a pizza and drinking beer.
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iWatch Reportedly Launching in October with iOS 8 and Curved OLED Touchscreen
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It would count calories the same as a treadmill or elliptical trainer in your home, or RunKeeper on your iPhone. I provides a estimate based on the activity you're performing. It doesn't count calories when you're on the couch eating a pizza and drinking beer.
That picture is such a ridiculous concept and it's ugly. I wish macrumors would never use it again. It's an abomination. Apple probably looks at this site and laughs...
In my younger days I climbed mountains and we used a thing called an oxygen pulsometer that you put on the end of your finger. It read the color of your blood through the skin and estimated the saturation of the hemoglobin by the color. Must be something like that.
I don't care what it looks like. I'll buy it just to try it out. Never had a bum Apple product yet!
For me it will be all about price. If its under £150 then I would just buy it. If it is between £151-£250 I'd think about it, above that then I wouldn't bother even considering it. Judgin by the price of the Samsung ones I suspect it will be the latter!
Do you really see non-dorks having a phone conversation w/ the watch? I can see using the watch to relay Caller ID to see if you want to take the call or send to VM or respond w/ cookie cutter SMS, but who is going to go all Dick Tracy and talk to their watch? It's more ridiculous than people who use BT headsets and look like they are talking to themselves.
Sick of "Concept" Pictures
I wish MacRumors would stop showing pictures of guesses of what the rumored "iWatch" will look like.
Unless there is some basis in fact, there is no news. If you have a photograph with good evidence that this is what the watch will look like, fine. Wildly different drawings of what somebody thinks the rumored iWatch will look like helps nobody -- except the artist, who gets some publicity.
I wish MacRumors would stop showing pictures of guesses of what the rumored "iWatch" will look like.
Unless there is some basis in fact, there is no news. If you have a photograph with good evidence that this is what the watch will look like, fine. Wildly different drawings of what somebody thinks the rumored iWatch will look like helps nobody -- except the artist, who gets some publicity.
Just 'another' sim card to buy then.
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This is MacRumors, not MacFacts.
curved both ways
My thoughts are that Apple have figured out a way to curve a screen subtly BOTH ways. So a circular screen is 'moulded' over a (large) convex shape.
That screen behind a sapphire domed watch front could look amazing
My thoughts are that Apple have figured out a way to curve a screen subtly BOTH ways. So a circular screen is 'moulded' over a (large) convex shape.
That screen behind a sapphire domed watch front could look amazing
nothing is wrong with conventional stuff so you can apply this to more things in your life.
I.E. go read a paper instead of macrumors since nothing is wrong with conventional paper
I meant the caller ID function of course, not truly the calling itself. But isn't talking to a MacBook exactly the same?
If you don't make non-WiFi based phone calls probably not. We'll find out in a few months though.
I think there's a misconception about this device. It appears that Apple is providing a way to gather, analyze, and display health related metrics in a single app. They aren't providing the sensors for collecting this data, just a standard for managing the collected data. It appears that several on this forum think the Apple device will sense all this medical stuff. No, it will collect and manage the data provided by 3rd party sensors. It's not a Star Trek Tricorder.
Definitely getting this. I wonder what the upgrade cycle will be for watches now? I'm a watch wearing guy and I usually get a new one every 45 years, nothing too fancy in the $200250 range. If they hit a $199 price I will upgrade every two years with my iPhone, but I'm thinking this thing will likely be in the $299+ range, which might make it every 3-4 years like an iPad. Remember it's unsubsidized so you can't compare it to an iPhone.
I wonder if iWatch will have continuity with iPhone, iPad and Mac? At least at a basic level to start. Would be neat to unlock my Mac using my iWatch to authenticate since it's always out in front of me. TouchID on iWatch would be quite neat to pay for items in the store. Instead of fumbling around for your phone the point of sale system could recognize your watch using iBeacons and you press your thumb down to pay.
It would be a bit disappointing if everything launched in October instead of September like the last couple of years, but if they need time to get it right then by all means. There is a lot of complicated iCloud stuff going on in iOS 8 and Yosemite and if anything Apple needs to take their time. I know day one I'm going to be hitting iCloud hard with a large paid account migrating my Dropbox and photos. I bet a lot of other people will be testing it as well. It could also be launching later because of the rumor of the iPhone 6 5.5" having some manufacturing issues, combined with a new product rollout in the iWatch. Gives everyone a less tight schedule to ensure a high-quality product with plenty of units in stock.
I wonder if iWatch will have continuity with iPhone, iPad and Mac? At least at a basic level to start. Would be neat to unlock my Mac using my iWatch to authenticate since it's always out in front of me. TouchID on iWatch would be quite neat to pay for items in the store. Instead of fumbling around for your phone the point of sale system could recognize your watch using iBeacons and you press your thumb down to pay.
It would be a bit disappointing if everything launched in October instead of September like the last couple of years, but if they need time to get it right then by all means. There is a lot of complicated iCloud stuff going on in iOS 8 and Yosemite and if anything Apple needs to take their time. I know day one I'm going to be hitting iCloud hard with a large paid account migrating my Dropbox and photos. I bet a lot of other people will be testing it as well. It could also be launching later because of the rumor of the iPhone 6 5.5" having some manufacturing issues, combined with a new product rollout in the iWatch. Gives everyone a less tight schedule to ensure a high-quality product with plenty of units in stock.
I'm confused to your question then. You seem to be talking about two different features. The new Yosemite feature lets you use your Mac as a speaker phone, so yes, you are talking to the Mac, similar to if you were having a Face Time Audio chat.
The iWatch would just display who is calling, not let you have a conversation with the device. You would have to do that with your Mac or iPhone.
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Yes, yet announced feature: iWatch the iCloud.
My guess is that we'll see some charging akin to magsafe, but obviously much smaller. Inductive charging would be pretty cool to see though. I think all data sent to iWatch will be wireless so any charging cable or system they have only needs to supply power.
Apple is good at testing things/features by sneaking them into existing products. Then the real reason they implemented that feature becomes more clear later on when they release new products. Very clever.