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Jony Ive Discusses Steve Jobs and Apple Watch in Vogue Interview
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A old man goes to the doctor. The doctor says "We need a blood sample, a stool sample and a urine sample." The man who is hard of hearing asks his wife what the doctor said after he leaves the room. The woman says "He said he needs your underwear."
People have been claiming Apple products are form over function for a long, long time.
Creeped out?
How will you "be a bit creeped out" by someone sending you their heartbeat; obviously by your comments, you don't plan on actually buying and wearing the watch?
I do think the Apple Watch is going to flop. I just don't think there is going to be a wide adoption of folks who want to start wearing watches. I think it is going to be a bit too nerdy and awkward.
and. . .I'm going to be a bit creeped out if people start sending me their heartbeat. . . What am I supposed to think when that happens.New creeper threat vector IMO.
How will you "be a bit creeped out" by someone sending you their heartbeat; obviously by your comments, you don't plan on actually buying and wearing the watch?
Should be available for Mavericks, lion, and mountain lion. Strange that you don't see it.
Edit: https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/29/apple-os-x-mavericks-bash-update/
Lol. It's really easy to say that in hindsight. You're literally just further proving my point. People didn't see it that way when Steve announced it. They thought he was some kook pushing some overpriced Walkman. iPod didn't change anything in how people consume music. It wasn't the first MP3 player. It simply offered a more elegant experience, with a fully thought through ecosystem (iTunes), at a very high price (it launched at $399 with 5gb storage).
And I already gave you an example of something the Apple Watch does that a watch or phone doesn't do. You're fixating on the "what can it do" just like people did with the iPod in 2001. They didn't think the iPod could do anything different from a $25 MP3 player.
I can tell you the one thing I think will become central to the Apple Watch experience will be the idea of the Taptic Engine. Typical Apple in my opinion. They thought, this thing is touching your skin all the time, why not take advantage of that? So we have these communication features making heavy use of the Taptic Engine, like feeling someone else's heartbeat, or feeling your friend tap you on the wrist from across the country. Or how you can FEEL subtle things in the user interface, like the rings expanding in the fitness app etc. These are wonderfully delightful ideas.
Again, it's gonna be fun looking back at these very short sighted comments in 5 years. And then see what people like you are saying then.
I think Watch is meant for a lot more than what we have seen so far. It probably won't be until 3rd or more likely the 4th generation where will see better integration between it and our other devices.
I see Apple taking making the soul device to identify you. You will use this to control your TV by walking into a room and the TV will displaying your favorite tv shows or music. You will walk up to your Macbook or iMac and the computer will unlock it self.
I can see being integrated with Apple's Car Play similar to what I mentioned about the TV.
Later revisions will offer GPS and quite possibly cellular connectivity once battery life greatly improves. Getting one of these for each family member will give you the ability to track your kids at all times.
I strongly believe Apple has HUGE plans for this. Its not just a time piece or a gimmick. Its literally meant to attach you to everything.
I also see this being connected far more with your cell phone in a different way. Your calls and text messages will go to the nearest device where your Watch is closest to, similar to what Apple is already doing with Yosemite but more streamlined.
Eventually Watch will be integrated with HomeKit. Your body temperature will be measured and your home will adjust its heat or air conditioning to make you more comfortable.
I can also see this being connected to your coffee maker. As you wake up in the morning your Watch will sense you coming out of sleep and will trigger your coffee maker to kick in.
I see big things for this. Obviously right now its in its infancy.
I see Apple taking making the soul device to identify you. You will use this to control your TV by walking into a room and the TV will displaying your favorite tv shows or music. You will walk up to your Macbook or iMac and the computer will unlock it self.
I can see being integrated with Apple's Car Play similar to what I mentioned about the TV.
Later revisions will offer GPS and quite possibly cellular connectivity once battery life greatly improves. Getting one of these for each family member will give you the ability to track your kids at all times.
I strongly believe Apple has HUGE plans for this. Its not just a time piece or a gimmick. Its literally meant to attach you to everything.
I also see this being connected far more with your cell phone in a different way. Your calls and text messages will go to the nearest device where your Watch is closest to, similar to what Apple is already doing with Yosemite but more streamlined.
Eventually Watch will be integrated with HomeKit. Your body temperature will be measured and your home will adjust its heat or air conditioning to make you more comfortable.
I can also see this being connected to your coffee maker. As you wake up in the morning your Watch will sense you coming out of sleep and will trigger your coffee maker to kick in.
I see big things for this. Obviously right now its in its infancy.
It's not finished being developed yet. Why wear something that doesn't work fully yet?
I think he was imagining buying/wearing the Apple Watch and thinking a heartbeat transmission would creep him out. Surely it's OK for someone to imagine or pretend what it'd be like to use a product that he/she doesn't own and then form an opinion based on his/her preferences, no?
As an example, I don't have to buy Amazon's smartphone to know that I'd be 'creeped out' knowing that my use of the phone would be monitored so that Amazon could suggest (aka peddle) their wares to me, do I?
Conversely I don't have to buy the iPhone 6 to claim I'm psyched about making secure payments easily, do I?
I do think the Apple Watch is going to flop. I just don't think there is going to be a wide adoption of folks who want to start wearing watches. I think it is going to be a bit too nerdy and awkward.
and. . .I'm going to be a bit creeped out if people start sending me their heartbeat. . . What am I supposed to think when that happens.
No one will force you to buy or wear one.
There is a certain type of person who will love this... for use with their significant other. Basically this is a feature made for people who are completely infatuated with each other. It's not for doing with your bros or mates, it's for long distance, heart-eyed relationships.
And while that's very niche, that niche has a powerful hold over popular culture. The young romance with all its hormonal tidal waves is what so much of society circles around.
This is the chick-flick romance movie of tech features. It's not FOR everyone, but it positions the watch in a place that most companies are too square to go.
"Force"? I think not. It looks like they're trying to just make it look acceptable.
The problem they are going to have for a LONG time is the screen.
Even if you could shrink a i7 Titan gaming PC into a watch that lasted for a year of a charge, we'd still be stuck with a under 2" screen.
In case Jony No-Ive-Dea has not noticed Apple have responded to customers desires as they want large screens to run apps on so it's a enjoyable experience.
The only way around this is something like Google Glass or some other wearable that puts a display up for you to see, coming from the tiny device.
Or even beams a picture into your eye, that's a lot harder.
At the moment, you have your phone with you, have your watch with you, are you going to struggle to use the watch interface/crown wheel to find your app, then use the tiny screen to do something.
Of spend 2 to 3 seconds to get your phone out and do it there.
By the time you have used the crown wheel on the watch to find the app you want on the tiny screen, you'd probably already have the phone out your pocket and using it.
They are making a worse user experience.
They're not pushing it as a 'fashion piece', just something that is acceptable to wear.
I realise this. Had one, broke, currently use an iPod nano watch. Doesn't have the fitness capabilities I want though.
That's the line I'm going to use when I ask my wife if I can get the watch or not. In all seriousness though, I really have no drive to have one. This full court press on the fashion industry may end up backfiring considering the fickleness of the industry as a whole. One day Apple will wake up and the fashion industry may want nothing to do with it all the sudden.