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Motorola Launches $249 Moto 360 Smartwatch Featuring Android Wear, 'All Day' Battery Life
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It's a very handsome watch, I think. Feel a little bit sorry for them that LG have instantly popped up with a fully round display.
That flat spot is a bit of a shame...
Usability issues for interactive content aside, for me round watches just look better.
That flat spot is a bit of a shame...
Usability issues for interactive content aside, for me round watches just look better.
Really. 1 day is FAIL even with wireless charging and it's even worse than that?
I will be generous and say I would be willing to accept 3 months battery life.
Finally, someone who doesn't wanna reach into their pocket every 10 minutes. I don't understand the argument that your smartphone already does everything that smartwatches do... I feel like I'm killing time every time I have to stop what I'm doing at work to pull my phone out of my pocket. Now I wont have to.
When I go running, assuming the iWatch will have GPS and bluetooth, I can put my bluetooth headphones on and I'm ready to run. No dangling cord. No strapping a phone to my arm. And when I need to actually look at the watch to check my stats or change a track, I wont have to awkwardly maneuver my phone mid-run. It can all be safely and comfortably done from my wrist.
When I go to the grocery store, assuming they will incorporate their payment system, I can ring up at the self checkout and pass my wrist over the transmitter... PAID.
Assuming they incorporate HomeKit, I can quickly check my watch to see how much time is left on the oven while I'm cooking or how much time is left in the washer/dryer if I'm pressed for time, without needing to dig into my pocket or go to my computer to unplug my phone from the charger and open an app to do those things.
This is the very definition of convenience to me and I'll gladly pay $400. Watches were invented because someone realized you had this perfect unutilized space on your wrist that could be used to provide you with data easily by simply turning your wrist. At the time, tech only allowed for time to be displayed here. Now, we can do so much more. It's a natural progression in my opinion. If I can read a text, control an appliance, change a music track from my wrist, without having to get my phone, that's the way I wanna do it.
And I still need my phone. I don't want a watch to replace my phone. Just push notifications to my watch and do what I mentioned above and I'll upgrade every year.
I want to have the option of
1. Not having to go back when I realize I forgot the stupid phone
Or
2. Having the option to not have to lug around a brick in my pocket if I don't feel like it.
Standalone wristwatch phone thing gives me those options. Tethered watch gives me nothing while adding additional weight.
This is the problem with both consumer expectations and current options. People and OEMs aren't thinking big enough.
Guarantee, Apple's iWatch will do things you never thought you'd need or want. And THAT's true innovation.
If's just a miniaturized smartphone on my wrist, no thanks. Aren't smartphones getting bigger? It cracks me up that we clamour for larger displays on our smartphones yet want a tiny little screen to attach to our wrist that can do the things a smartphone can do.....
A little oxymoronic don't you think?
Every new device gets played with a lot more at first.
We constantly see people complain at first about battery life for something really different that they just got. Then somehow it gets better over time
Oh, they have one coming. Will it be announced at this event? In all likelihood, yes.
To answer your other question, I think a lot of people will be very disappointed by the device. Much like they were with the first iPod, first iPhone and first iPad.
Apple tends to do things a little differently than the other players in the tech space. They operate in their own little bubble and make different tradeoffs than others are willing to make. I don't think it is going to have all the features that a lot of people are going to want. It will probably have a couple features that some will find ridiculous.
As always for Apple, ultimately it's not about the features, it's all about how it works with the rest of their ecosystem. That I think it will do very well. The other features and functionality "everyone wants" will come in time.
This watch is designed for the future where humans will inhabit distant planets that have days less than 12 hours long.
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I don't disagree with your point, but it is not a defense for the terrible battery life. Design the devices so they will be used.
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Well, by not supporting the iPhone Motorolla is ignoring the number one mobile device in the world. How can Apple support Android. What version of Android should it work with? What devices have Bluetooth LE or NFC? It is a lot easier (and profitable) to support the iPhone.
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Every new device gets played with a lot more at first.
We constantly see people complain at first about battery life for something really different that they just got. Then somehow it gets better over time
I don't disagree with your point, but it is not a defense for the terrible battery life. Design the devices so they will be used.
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Well, by not supporting the iPhone Motorolla is ignoring the number one mobile device in the world. How can Apple support Android. What version of Android should it work with? What devices have Bluetooth LE or NFC? It is a lot easier (and profitable) to support the iPhone.
interesting observation
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OK I'll give you credit for trying real hard to put up a reasonable argument, but no more.
I find your argument falls flat
at my feet
like an old inner tube
from an old tire
that i step upon and tread upon
mud from my boots
the air
it LEAKS OUT!!!
I'm hoping they release both
Seriously though. I hope Apple TV gets a face-lift and a proper App Store finally.
"All-day" battery life makes me sad. I don't want to have another device I have to worry about plugging in or charging frequently. I'll be excited to see next month's model the Moto 720, with "Two-day" battery life.
Nice concept, but looks like it was rushed to market. I like the idea of a round smart watch, but that dead area at the bottom ruins it. Also, the notifications look terrible.
The great thing with Apple is they have complete control over hardware and software. They don't have to depend on Google and try to make a device that works around it.
Oh, and the wrist band is hideous. It's like taking a Rolex and securing it to your wrist with a piece of an old tire that's fallen off a semi.
The great thing with Apple is they have complete control over hardware and software. They don't have to depend on Google and try to make a device that works around it.
Oh, and the wrist band is hideous. It's like taking a Rolex and securing it to your wrist with a piece of an old tire that's fallen off a semi.
Maybe cool but...
Seriously. When is the last time you had to worry about battery life on a watch? Maybe I'm a simpleton but I like a device that does one thing and does it well. My wristwatch does just that, displays the current time and date. It does it with rock solid reliability and I never worry if the battery is charged. One tiny button cell powers it for about 5 years, and costs me $10 at a local watch shop for a new one.
I was talking with my wife about these new watches and realized that in a way we are being taken back 50-100 years. How?
Think about your grandfather's pocket watch. What did he have to do every day?
Pull that little wheel/knob and wind it up, aka recharge its "battery."
Are my text messages and emails so critically important that I need to see them on my wrist? How many people will be killed because drivers were staring at their wrist? "I wasn't on my phone, officer, I was just looking at my watch."
Seriously. When is the last time you had to worry about battery life on a watch? Maybe I'm a simpleton but I like a device that does one thing and does it well. My wristwatch does just that, displays the current time and date. It does it with rock solid reliability and I never worry if the battery is charged. One tiny button cell powers it for about 5 years, and costs me $10 at a local watch shop for a new one.
I was talking with my wife about these new watches and realized that in a way we are being taken back 50-100 years. How?
Think about your grandfather's pocket watch. What did he have to do every day?
Pull that little wheel/knob and wind it up, aka recharge its "battery."
Are my text messages and emails so critically important that I need to see them on my wrist? How many people will be killed because drivers were staring at their wrist? "I wasn't on my phone, officer, I was just looking at my watch."
There's no way that display is real. The animations look way too fluid even for a full Android phone. Also notable is Motorola only actually showing what the watch can do for about 10 seconds. That'll make them line out the doors!
(I did think the segmented dial concept for the ad was novel though)
(I did think the segmented dial concept for the ad was novel though)
There is no way this is going to happen... At least not this year or next. Phones have sim cards in them to get cell connection. A watch is not going to be big enough to have that input into it. Not to mention all the other radios on a cell phone. Look how big the garmin watches are and they are just GPS. Nothing else. There is nothing wrong with tethering it to your phone. You already have it with you. No you can just not pull it out every second for every notification. That is very helpful.