It's all news to me. Up until this thread, I didn't know they sold produce at all.
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Samsung Sells Just 50,000 Galaxy Gear Smart Watches, Exec Says Product is Unripe [Updated]
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It's all news to me. Up until this thread, I didn't know they sold produce at all.
Why do we need a watch, or a smart watch?
The first question is to ask the captioned, if you need a watch, why it should be one as so called smart watch?
Many of us not wearing watch any more because of smart phone that we've been using for time telling. When a watch is a must to wear, it would be like when people working as a banker for example. In that case, wearing a nice watch for a man just like women wearing wake ups to make he or she look appropriate. Now it's clear that people who must be wearing a watch, has to wear something decent. e.g. a Rolex or so, it definitely won't be a smart watch. If you know what a swatch is, you know what I am saying.
Even an apple fan should look it the same way toward "iwatch" from apple, if there will be one in the future.
The first question is to ask the captioned, if you need a watch, why it should be one as so called smart watch?
Many of us not wearing watch any more because of smart phone that we've been using for time telling. When a watch is a must to wear, it would be like when people working as a banker for example. In that case, wearing a nice watch for a man just like women wearing wake ups to make he or she look appropriate. Now it's clear that people who must be wearing a watch, has to wear something decent. e.g. a Rolex or so, it definitely won't be a smart watch. If you know what a swatch is, you know what I am saying.
Even an apple fan should look it the same way toward "iwatch" from apple, if there will be one in the future.
Spoken like a true MacRumors member who will be lining up on launch day to have this newest item. Preordering a tempered glass screen protector and looking for that perfect case for your iWatch
guess how much this one is
That. Looks amazing, for one. Two, it won't be outdated in 1-2 years.
That's part of the thing with watches. They aren't used for telling time anymore. They are the kind of thing you spend a lot of money on once, and it is supposed to be timeless. (yes, I went with the pun).
The whole point of a smartphone is consolidating many devices into one. I don't understand how doing the opposite and splitting one device into two will make a compelling product.
Flawed concept....always was....always will be.
I hope Apple keeps saying they're going to release an iWatch (but never actually do) to keep the copy cats wasting their time.
I hope Apple keeps saying they're going to release an iWatch (but never actually do) to keep the copy cats wasting their time.
No need for a Screen Protector when your bezel retains Sapphire.
That won't matter to people on here.
Flawed concept....always was....always will be.
I hope Apple keeps saying they're going to release an iWatch (but never actually do) to keep the copy cats wasting their time.
That strategy is pure genius
Funniest post I've read in a while.
Great impersonation! I can imagine him saying lines like "This is incredible". Just too funny."It's a 1.0 device."
Pebble is a 1.0 device. SmartWatch is a 1.0 device. I'mWatch is a 1.0 device. Cookoo is a 1.0 device.
Given that '1.0 devices' are already out there, Samsung needed to come out with something that felt like a 2.0 device, or a 3.0 device. They certainly needed to be better than what their own EVP describes as a 1.0 device.
Pebble is a 1.0 device. SmartWatch is a 1.0 device. I'mWatch is a 1.0 device. Cookoo is a 1.0 device.
Given that '1.0 devices' are already out there, Samsung needed to come out with something that felt like a 2.0 device, or a 3.0 device. They certainly needed to be better than what their own EVP describes as a 1.0 device.
Such incredible disrespect for their customers. 50,000 people spent their hard-earned money on their "green tomato". Using their analogy, you WAIT until the tomato is ripe before you offer it for sale. They should have spent time and money developing a product that people wanted. Of course, Samsung is incapable of quality R&D until Apple shows them how it's done. Somehow, I think Apple's watch will be more akin to a ripe tomato than a green tomato.
Apple should put out a really cool watch that:
1: Tells time.
2: Shows who a message or call is from so you can tell if you want to bother pulling out your phone.
3: Monitors heart rate and calls 911 if there is an emergency, or transfers your run into your nike account.
4: Looks really freakin cool
Thats it.
and they should sell it for $49.
1: Tells time.
2: Shows who a message or call is from so you can tell if you want to bother pulling out your phone.
3: Monitors heart rate and calls 911 if there is an emergency, or transfers your run into your nike account.
4: Looks really freakin cool
Thats it.
and they should sell it for $49.
Any idiot who actually looks at how people expect their devices to work could see that this smart watch was a dud.
I'm not saying the Gear is a good buy, just that Apple will probably be charging a lot for their watch too and we all know it will sell.
Samsung's watch has had really bad press. From my point of view I do not like watches. If the rumored iWatch costs $1.00 I still will not buy one. It might be a great product (the Apple one, not the Samsung one) but I do not like watches, rings or necklaces. Maybe other people feel the way I do.
The problem I see is that hardly anyone understands what Apple is going to be doing here, or they are so close-minded that they don't understand the real potential, and numerous applications for this.
First of all you don't think of it as a watch. That's the number one close-minded thought I see everyone make. This will be a wearable device, and telling you the current time will be of as little meaning in the overall picture as it is on the iPhone. They aren't making a watch. They are making a wearable device, and what Samsung, and apparently nearly everyone else doesn't understand is that a wearable device offers you one majorly important thing: it is almost constantly attached to your body. Biometrics are the #1 reason to make a wearable product. Everything else is merely there because it would obviously be included, like a calculator on your iPhone. If this product Apple is making can accurately measure vital biometrics (non-invasively of course), it could be extremely important, and be bought by millions.
It could save the lives of diabetics (if it accurately measured blood glucose, warning the wearer when they are getting dangerously low so as to avoid fainting, etc.), it could save the lives of anyone (if it accurately measured heart rate), being that it is constantly monitoring, and could instantly send alerts to family members/emergency services when wearer goes into cardiac arrest. Things like these are going to be the future, and they will transform people's lives much like past inventions have, and they will save lives too. I'm not saying this will be soon, but it will come about.
The reason to make this is biometrics. Granted getting alerts and seeing the time on your wrist would be a useful thing to have, it is no where near worth making a product for, so those of you who find the thought of devices like the Galaxy Gear useless, you are right, those few features aren't worth having the product. Will Apple's do alerts/messages etc.? Of course it will, but that isn't why the product exists. Luckily Apple has open-minded, inventive people working for them.