I can't remember where and it was probably near Jobs passing, so I can't give you references, but I would think that its true because its good business, and I think that any intelligent business manager has some plan for the future, take it or leave it.
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Jony Ive Ordered Boxes Full of Nike Watches in the Mid-2000s
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I can't remember where and it was probably near Jobs passing, so I can't give you references, but I would think that its true because its good business, and I think that any intelligent business manager has some plan for the future, take it or leave it.
It was 4 years, and we are 1.5 years into that.
"He has also been overseeing the development of the delayed iCloud project, which will allow Apple users to store their music, photos and other documents remotely and masterminding updated versions of the iPod, iPad, iPhone and MacBooks, ensuring at least four years worth of products are in the pipeline, according to Apple sources"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...plans-4-years-new-products.html#ixzz2McNc1SAg
I had one of those fancy Nike watches of the era : the Triax Ballistic 26. Cool oversized b&w LCD with backlight activated by double tapping on the aluminum frame - very cool feature! The backlight was similar to that of the Palm V (another of my gadgets at the time). Even bought my (then) girlfriend the girl's watch model pictured on the article, in candy-coloured plastic. Heck - they put Snake (yes, the same game as in the then current Nokia phones) in those watches.
Thinking back about those watches, they were pretty badass for the time!
Thinking back about those watches, they were pretty badass for the time!
Just like the iTV
And Corning says that their flexy glass is 3yrs away, so not sure where that leaves the iwatch (unless they are not going to use it ..).
And what ever happened to the iTV ?? and the low cost iPhone that was rumored to show up last Fall??
Same thing that this iwatch will do .. Not show up!
Tho I was surprised to see the iPad Mini show up ..
Hell, I would be happy if they could just get a ThunderBolt port on the Mac Pro!
And Corning says that their flexy glass is 3yrs away, so not sure where that leaves the iwatch (unless they are not going to use it ..).
And what ever happened to the iTV ?? and the low cost iPhone that was rumored to show up last Fall??
Same thing that this iwatch will do .. Not show up!
Tho I was surprised to see the iPad Mini show up ..
Hell, I would be happy if they could just get a ThunderBolt port on the Mac Pro!
It's all very well to watch out, but who watches the watch-watchers while you watch out?
Wearable ?
Let's see what I can do with a bracelet like mini computer.
- I can use Siri for all commands since the screen is too small for touch navigation.
- Make a call, send a text, do FaceTime, all using Siri.
- Maps or navigation might be a stretch for the screen is small.
That's it. If the device is less than $300, Apple may have a shot but it's still a niche product.
Let's see what I can do with a bracelet like mini computer.
- I can use Siri for all commands since the screen is too small for touch navigation.
- Make a call, send a text, do FaceTime, all using Siri.
- Maps or navigation might be a stretch for the screen is small.
That's it. If the device is less than $300, Apple may have a shot but it's still a niche product.
Agreed! If samsung tried to buy a lot of watches ~10 years ago, we'd never let them hear the end of it!
Seriously, the iWatch hasn't even been released, and people are trying to imply its design is copied.If Apple is working on a watch in 2013 then the company really has lost its way and the product pipeline wasn't nearly as deep as people thought Jobs left it.
I'm sorry but why would the masses be interested in either a tiny screen or a giant watch (those are pretty much your two options IMO) when we have phones/tablets that do everything we need now at reasonably portable sizes?
Apple fans with disposable income would probably buy it, but I agree with the experienced watchmaker in an earlier post about the relevancy of watches today. I just don't agree that there is an opportunity for a product to replace it.
I am a long time Apple user, own a plethora of products and was even a shareholder with a fairly significant amount invested at one point, but I wonder about the current direction (or lack there of) at Apple these days. I hope they blow me away and wow Apple users old and new, but I am losing confidence.
I'm sorry but why would the masses be interested in either a tiny screen or a giant watch (those are pretty much your two options IMO) when we have phones/tablets that do everything we need now at reasonably portable sizes?
Apple fans with disposable income would probably buy it, but I agree with the experienced watchmaker in an earlier post about the relevancy of watches today. I just don't agree that there is an opportunity for a product to replace it.
I am a long time Apple user, own a plethora of products and was even a shareholder with a fairly significant amount invested at one point, but I wonder about the current direction (or lack there of) at Apple these days. I hope they blow me away and wow Apple users old and new, but I am losing confidence.
4 or 5 years ago Apple hired Michael Chao from Nike.....at the time of his departure he was heading up a product division designing wearable tech...watches...smoking gun
Not a chance the watch market is currently that high, has ever been that high, or that it would be close without also including clocks.
That's the number given on the front page of MacRumors quoting Bloomberg. Of course your data and analysis of world markets must be more authoritative than Bloomberg's.
Actually, for travel I got tired of getting my iPhone out and waking it up just to see what time it was so I bought a plain old watch I could glance at quickly.
I agree. I haven't seen anything out of Apple yet that makes me think that the post-Jobs era is going to be anything but trying to manage things back toward a more typical big company trajectory.
Everybody's so whinny about apple....has anybody really used what apples already produced to it fullest potential?!? Probably not.
Everything's so new and wonderful but after doing your first Instagram or twitter you're bored and you're crying foul cause you've lost interest or bored....and it's apples falt because its not "new" anymore...
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"Post jobs era" gimme a break....I'm sure he would have run out if ideas sooner or later...and don't you think he'd leave a "to do" lust for the next 20 years for Tim Cook?!? Maybe this is what jobs told him to do....
Everything's so new and wonderful but after doing your first Instagram or twitter you're bored and you're crying foul cause you've lost interest or bored....and it's apples falt because its not "new" anymore...
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"Post jobs era" gimme a break....I'm sure he would have run out if ideas sooner or later...and don't you think he'd leave a "to do" lust for the next 20 years for Tim Cook?!? Maybe this is what jobs told him to do....
Apple watch sounds interesting, but not sure if it'll replace my good old Swatch. It tells the time/day/date just fine, although it needs to be adjusted every couple of months.
You do realize this is probably something that was under discussion while Steve was still alive? It's highly doubtful Apple started thinking about it only after Steve died. And since we really have no idea exactly what it will be, will look like or how it will function (assuming it even exists) how can we be so quick to dismiss it? When you say lack of direction what do you mean? What has Apple done in the last year that they wouldn't have were Steve still alive? Or do you think they has lack of direction while he was still CEO? As a "long time Apple user" what do you think they should be focusing on (and I'm assuming they can focus on more than one thing at a time)?
It seems when the iPod, iPhone and iPad came out there were the same skeptics claiming it was a bad idea and would fail. Here's an example of what was written about previous Apple devices (h/t The Macalope)
Why the iPhone Will Fail (Al Ries for AdAge in June of 2007).
Why the Apple phone will fail, and fail badly (Bill Ray for the Register in December of 2006).
Apple iPhone Will Fail in a Late, Defensive Move (Matthew Lynn for Bloomberg in January of 2007).
"The Apple phone flop (Michael Kanellos for CNet in December of 2006).
Open spectrum is why the iPhone will fail (Dana Blankenhorn for ZDNet in June of 2007).
Why Apples rumored iTablet will fail big time (Randall Kennedy for InfoWorld in December of 2009).
Why the iPad will fail to win significant market share (Donovan Colbert for TechRepublic in February of 2010).
Dont Bet on Apples Tablet (Scott Moritz interviewed by TheStreet in November of 2009).
"Rumored Apple Tablet Is a Train Wreck (Michael Scalisi for PC World in July of 2009)
So you are providing a source that doesn't actually say anything. The headline states 4 years, yet there is no mention of an actual source for which the claim is made. The article claims it has been confirmed, confirmed by who? I asked for confirmation from within Apple. All you have provided is an article by a third rate hack from a rag of a newspaper.
If this is peoples idea of what a source is no wonder the UK education system in the gutter. 13 years of a Labour Government is starting to become apparent.
Grammar Nazi Fail.
It would have been written "from the Mid-2000s" if the time period was in reference to the watches themselves. As written, it modifies the declarative statement "Jony Ive ordered boxes full of Nike watches" giving a time period to the past-tense verb "order".