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Samsung's Smart Watch Commercial Pays Homage to Early Apple iPhone Ad
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Congratulations Samsung.
Very nice ad. Seriously.
Unfortunately the watch simply doesn't make me drool.
Very nice ad. Seriously.
Unfortunately the watch simply doesn't make me drool.
GS4 is now BOGOF and they throw in a Galaxy Gear watch. Samsung PR machine will spin this like the Galaxy Gear was a huge success, could not produce enough to meet demand.
Urgh, get in there first much? Samsung are tragic, trying to make it look like Apple copied them. Apple will wipe the floor with their Gear rubbish.
Side note: These recent rumours of 'Gear Glass' make my blood boil. I don't like Google but Samsung seem to really enjoy lawsuits.
Side note: These recent rumours of 'Gear Glass' make my blood boil. I don't like Google but Samsung seem to really enjoy lawsuits.
Let's put the watch aside for the moment.
I just watched both commercials. I can't figure out why the brouhaha over it. It's not a copycat ad. As if Apple was the first to do a montage of tv/movie clips.
Wow. Just wow.
Personally I like this one better anyway
I just watched both commercials. I can't figure out why the brouhaha over it. It's not a copycat ad. As if Apple was the first to do a montage of tv/movie clips.
Wow. Just wow.
Personally I like this one better anyway
I don't mind exposed fasteners, it's a kind of design language with some gear, but you're right about the orientation: they should've used Torx (or just knocked off Apple again and created Hexalobe fasteners ... which of course, are one better than pentalobe
)It's not meant to replace your phone. It's just Samsung's inability to come up with a product that actually adds anything of use.
Think about what the iPhone adds to the iPad.
Think about what the iPad adds to the iPhone.
Now try to think about what might be the reason to wear something at your wrist with todays technology and what that could enable what the iPhone and the iPad can't do.
The problem with Samsung is that they suck so much at creating something that adds a lot to the already available devices that actually helps you in your daily life. They see technology as the be all end all, but they completely miss the big picture. That's why Samsung presents us with a watch that basically adds nothing, but a device that's basically a miniaturized Samsung phone attached to your wrist.
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Well, I guess a company that rips off products would have no problem ripping off an ad campaign. This is just shameless thievery. There seems to be no limit to how low they will stoop.
I owned a Samsung washing machine when I lived in Japan, but I will never buy another product by such a shady company.
I owned a Samsung washing machine when I lived in Japan, but I will never buy another product by such a shady company.
If you are Samsung and you are being blamed by courts and people to steal stuff from Apple, even if you didn't get this idea for an ad from the 2007 iPhone commercial, you'd still avoid it since that's exactly what people will think of it if you indeed produce this ad. All in all, a very stupid move by Samsung.
This is exactly like what Chris Rock said: It's like another dead woman turning up in O.J.'s house, and he's gonna go "I know what you thinking".
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/death-by-incompatibility-a-samsung-galaxy-gear-review/
Also this is apparently how many of the notifications are handled (including GMail...):
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Wow, thanks!
If that is for real, that is an epic fail! I was at the doctor's office today with my wife. I was holding my two month old son to try and get him to fall asleep while my wife was talking to the doctor. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket with a new message and thought how great it would be to see that notification on my wrist and know if it was important. So I wouldn't have to dig into my pocket and risk waking the baby.
More and more I'm seeing that this was only an attempt by Samsung to be able to say "first".
That's cause no one wants to be reminded of Star Trek: The Motionless Picture.
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That explains why Samsung hasn't stolen the iWatch design from Apple.
It also goes a long way towards explaining the Samsung watch design.
Has it actually been released. Or was this one of those show it, sell it later like with the tablets.
Giving them time to copy more than the old iPod nano and UI
The watch is such a fashion statement on woman at the end.
I predict I'll see none of these in the wild.
I find the watch reasonably attractive, err... but not on a woman. It is definitely not a feminine looking watch.
Edit: after reading the Ars article... ugh.
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"After all these years, it's finally here".
Are they actually claiming first to market?
I liked the other commercial that had the closeup of a model of each of the watches with the audio playing over it. I'd call that one an homage, the other really is just a copy.
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Nice commercial for a poor product ....
I have a feeling any iWatch from Apple will suffer from the same basic problem.
All of the fictional watches shown were "stand alone" devices, capable of communicating without being tethered to a second device in the wearer's pocket!
IMO, that day still hasn't arrived since the best they can do now is a bluetooth link to a phone handset.
I have a feeling any iWatch from Apple will suffer from the same basic problem.
All of the fictional watches shown were "stand alone" devices, capable of communicating without being tethered to a second device in the wearer's pocket!
IMO, that day still hasn't arrived since the best they can do now is a bluetooth link to a phone handset.
Well at the end of the day it's a pretty good ad, but yes the usual Sammy copies game.
If you can't beat it....steal it..
If you can't beat it....steal it..
That's another reason why I think _if_ Apple does pursue this market, they should make the watch component simply be an edge-to-edge display (and core electronics) without any other embellishment - i.e., "design neutral"
Then the band+face/chassis can be designed to favor a style, color, gender, etc.
Also, make a good portion of the power source external, then you can scale up or down based on how how large of a band/face you want.