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Samsung Confirms Work on Smart Watch Project
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I think it's equally weird for Phil to give an interview the night before the launch of the S4 and make statements which showed a lot of ignorance.
Umm, could you please describe devices that are blatantly copied (from anyone) from Apple stuff? To me, Apple is just like any other tech company. They are no saints, much like Samsung, HTC, Sony etc.
Can you show me where Phil mentioned Samsung ?
I disagree with the person that asserted Samsung is no competition, of course they are. However, you are just making things up.
The latest reviews of the pebble look pretty nice. I am still having a hard time determining how big it is.
You think a marketing guy spinning is the same as claiming the Xbox controller is your controller? Not much point in a discussion then
Are you going to try and assert that Phil wasn't talking about Samsung? Really? He might not have mentioned Samsung by name. But he was most definitely talking about Samsung AND Android.
The Wii U Pro controller is the same design as Xbox which is the same design as the Dreamcast controller.
Nintendo's famicom controller is the GOAT though. Nintendo needs to go back and make that again.
That's the nature of the world. Good ideas spread. Sometimes they get aped.
Though how does hooking up a 360 controller show Samsung's copying? I kinda wish Apple would do something similar, and offer real controller support for the iPad.
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The Super Nintendo controller was better.
Samsung might be working on one. And considering that Samsung has made smartwatches in the past and considering the amount of R&D it does, I have no doubt it is. However, let's see if they have the guts to release one prior to knowing generally what Apple is doing. I think there is a significant risk that Apple would show them up with a better device and I don't think they want to take that risk.
Samsung has released this watches before. Smartwatches.
Sooooo Apple is the copycat here. Again again.
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they released Wachtphones since 2003... Learn before you talk
its jewellery and will keep its value. spend 6k on a car and watch the value drop. it is certainly justifiable if you can afford it.
Apple will use their battery tech they've been using in their phones and Macs. Samsung will just make their watch into a grandfather clock on your wrist.
Samsung are copying all right, but it isn't from Apple.
So apparently Apple invented the lithium-ion/lithium-polymer battery now. Brilliant stuff. Did they also invent the liquid crystal display?
Resistance is futile, bud! Really!
You've asked me about, well... something that the world is already know about it.
The thing is.... seamless product integration is Apple's forte. Even the Apple-haters often admit that. That's where they will come out ahead, assuming of course that the fabled Apple smartwatch does indeed come out with a good degree of iOS integration.
Looking at the hypothetical Samsung me-too smartwatch scenario, what smart/mobile OS are they gonna use to counter an Apple smartwatch? Come up with an Android-based watch? Really? And they're gonna race forward ASAP to create this thing... without first securing Google's blessing? Really? I'd like to see them try. It might be possible they could come up with something workable. Then again, it's more likely they will end up creating another Android fragmentation spin-off.
Now this will be interesting. Both companies releasing a first-gen product at roughly the same time should give us an awesome perspective to compare the two company's products. My money would be on Apple to have a simpler and more elegant design, while Samsung will try to appeal to the Android/power-user crowd. I don't really know who would win out in a market like smart-watches though...
How could it possibly run a full version of iOS when it will be smaller than the current iPod nano, which does not run iOS. Text would be microscopic. Besides being too small, you can forget performing any tasks needing two hands. What am I missing here?
I don't think Tag keep there value. Steel Rolex sports models, yes. Patek, Audemars, Vacheron, Richard Mille, amongst some others of the real elite watchmakers too. Tag, Omega etc not so much
The first point is apparently true. There was a documentary where they interviewed a former Samsung executive and he said there was an entire division of a couple hundred people (I believe) whose entire job was to copy Apple. I can't vouch for anything said in it but it isn't surprising.
I'm trying to find a link but evey search brings up information about the trial.
EDIT: Take it with a grain of salt until I can find the link. Probably not until much later.
EDIT x2: Here's the link: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1157386/
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It'll probably run 'full iOS' the same way that the original iPhone ran 'full Mac OS X'- i.e., it won't.