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iWatch Said to Be at 'Engineering Verification Test' Stage, Components Now in Production
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If its just entering engineering verification I doubt that they would have anything to show anyway. It seems like generally they show the device in action on stage and I doubt they would show off an engineering prototype (likely with extremely early software on it)
Would make sense for Apple to announce it at the iPhone 6 event. People might otherwise look into different solutions for trying out the new features of iOS8. With a definite release date and known featureset it will be easier to evaluate a purchase regarding Healthkit.
I'm gonna go with square. I'm pretty excited for this personally, especially with all the biometric data this device pulls. I'm sure it's a challenge for the team to narrow down the scope of the presentation for this thing. I also have to imagine they are going to have some celebrity athletes in the demo, maybe even a basketball court or one of those golf course screens where they capture your swing and give you tips on how to correct it
Well, people are expecting something big at this keynote. Just based on the venue alone, the whole anniversary thing, and the amount of construction happening, I would like to think it's something more then just iPhones being introduced.
Was expecting the obligatory cries of "racist!" But unintentionally or not, responding with a picture of a hot blonde woman at a farm is pure genius.
there is no "better battery". we're at the end of the line of current battery technology and physics. something new is needed but doesn't yet exist.
This would be a great gift for the girlfriend for all of those times she "forgot her phone at home" and can't be reached for several hours. With this I can track her so she doesn't accidentally get lost and find herself in bed with another guy
Can't wait to pre-order
Can't wait to pre-order
Actually it does exist, it's called graphene based capacitor technology. The problem is no one has dumped serious money into it yet, so it won't be going anywhere for awhile. Hopefully Apple becomes the industry leader for this technology to get it out.
Was that what people thought the first "Apple phone" would look like? It's actually strangely beautiful in a ridiculous kind of way.
No matter what design is introduced, the concept of a finger clumsily trying to press the correct area on the limited size of a Watch does not seem appealing.
SIRI seems the logical choice to avoid the touch screen size limitations so hopefully a major SIRI push is coming.....
I'm a big SIRI fan but must confess so far she's only available 60% of the time.
We will see.
SIRI seems the logical choice to avoid the touch screen size limitations so hopefully a major SIRI push is coming.....
I'm a big SIRI fan but must confess so far she's only available 60% of the time.
We will see.
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Maybe it will, but waiting for the 'leaked' parts to start hitting the internets before I start paying attention.
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Ummm. Stalker muck?
It'll disappoint people. When was the last time that Apple event was not underwhelming? It'll be funny to look at people's face if the 5.5" iPhone is not even announced.
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Did you use 6th generation iPod Nano?
Btw, so far the only wearable device is considered good looking was 6th iPod Nano, seriously. As much as Samsung tried to be the first on Smart Watch, I don't give them that credit. Apple is actually the first with that iPod Nano.
Have you not read the 100s of articles of new batteries that have are currently in development? There are a lot of possibilities out there. The question is ultimately which one is the standard that is adopted. I'm putting my money on the cotton based batteries since that is what Toyota is working on for their future car batteries. I give it 5-10 years before we see a large step change in batteries, but it's coming for sure. Battery technology has already evolved significantly in the past decade because of smartphones. Electric cars are going to be reason behind the next big push.
I would totally buy that and use that on the weekends, purely for comedic value lol.
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But wasn't Siri purchased by another company? I'm having trouble keeping track.
It's the usual MR crowd pumping up already inflated expectations only to be later disappointed by the fantastic, but incremental product(s) actually announced.
Apple's old slogan "insanely great" is fitting b/c, to paraphrase Einstein, insanity is repeating the same activity expecting a different result.
The venue is just a venue and the anniversary is just a coincidence unless someone at Apple says they booked the space specifically because of the anniversary.
The construction is likely due to the fact the college doesn't have available or adequate after-event demo room available. Some of the homekit product demos would need lots of space, for example. And to bring it back to the venue itself, being on a campus gives Apple more space to build a custom demo room where having it at one of the other traditional spaces does not, which is probably why the event is where it is, not the anniversary.
Lordy...
Yes, that pre-vis concept is bad.
To get at least a ball park idea, just have a Google of 'Braun watches', or some other Braun products.
Jony Ive is a known fan of [Braun product designer] Dieter Rams' 'less is more' design philosophy and his portfolio of product design... The original iPod was an homage to one of his designs FFS.
I broke 5 years of Macrumors forum abstinence for this post...
Yes, that pre-vis concept is bad.
To get at least a ball park idea, just have a Google of 'Braun watches', or some other Braun products.
Jony Ive is a known fan of [Braun product designer] Dieter Rams' 'less is more' design philosophy and his portfolio of product design... The original iPod was an homage to one of his designs FFS.
I broke 5 years of Macrumors forum abstinence for this post...
Here we go again. Last week MR in effect finally admitted that they'd totally made up the iWatch name, and began calling it Apple's wearable device. But that was last week. This week they are back to "Apple's iWatch."