So if not Android wear, then what? Tag Heuer is going to develop its own OS and get people to develop for it? Or it's going to be the feature phone of smart watches?
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TAG Heuer Announces Smartwatch Plans as Threat From Apple Watch Looms
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So if not Android wear, then what? Tag Heuer is going to develop its own OS and get people to develop for it? Or it's going to be the feature phone of smart watches?
Here's an idea. Apple uses the aWatch as the equivalent of the iPod...
Just like they ported iTunes to Windows, they port enough to Android to give you the watch experiences --- but it's always quite clear that you'd have a much better experience if the phone connected to the watch were an iPhone.
Especially if the aWatch hardware is far superior to what AndroidWear offers and is patent protected in some way that prevents this from changing (maybe the battery life is much better, maybe the SoC is far superior, maybe the haptic feedback stuff is patented in some way), this makes a lot of sense. People will buy the Apple product because it is so superior to alternatives (ala iPod) then switch phones when their contracts run out...
Something about watchmakers entering the technology industry doesn't sit right with me. Apple aren't entering the jewellery market, watchmakers shouldn't be pressured into entering a market they're not prepared for. That being said, competition is always good. Each to their own.
I gotta agree with everything you wrote.
People actually think the iWatch will replace a real watch?
That's rich! That made milk run out my nose...and I'm not even drinking milk.I realize beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I'm no fashion expert. But the Devil will skate to work the day I wear anything as fugly as what's been parading around as a 1st gen iWatch. It's not as ugly as the Pebble but it's close.
WTF are you so arrogant as to imagine that your grandkid wants your crappy $500 watch from the early 20th century? Would you be thrilled that your grandfather is giving you bowler hat from 1935, or handing on his very fashionable hip flask? How about his totally rocking turtle-shell glasses from 1950?
The number of people who fetishize this stuff is very very small, dude. The rest of us accept that
- tools do their job, or they're worthless AND
- fashion, by design, decays to become unfashionable.
There is no intrinsic magic in a watch that makes it somehow different from every other human artifact in desirability or longevity.
And don't change the issue to a higher end watch like a $300,000 model. The honest truth is that your grandson would much rather you buy a lifetime of Apple watches, a new one every year, then give him $250K in cash when you die, than that you hand on to him some crazy expensive Patek Philippe...
like "it was designed by a student in their first trimester."
Why does it have to be a pregnant student??
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It will be Android wear, because no one but apple, google or microsoft has a mobile OS robust enough. Maybe they will "acquire" Palm OS from whoever owns it now, HP?
Why does it have to be a pregnant student??
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It will be Android wear, because no one but apple, google or microsoft has a mobile OS robust enough. Maybe they will "acquire" Palm OS from whoever owns it now, HP?
But as I said Apple wants people buying iPhones not Android phones. They're not going to give people incentive to not buy an iPhone. Apple sells a lot more iPhones than they ever have Macs so we really can't compare this to iPod. The other thing is Watch OS was designed to work really well with iOS and continuity and extensibility. It's not like you can just port that experience to Android.
Who cares. Apple watch will most likely sell millions. More than TAG would sell.
TAG is scared it will become a dated brand. Only time will tell. No pun.
WebOS was acquired by LG which I believe they're using in their smart TVs. The rumor was that Tag Heuer is working with Intel so maybe it will be some Intel developed OS?
Lots of countries are on a trimester system as opposed to semester systems for schools and universities.
You assume too much that it will have an OS.
It does not need to be kitchen sink, the priority is to be a real watch.
A feature phone is normally low end, this would be higher end than smart watch gadgets, even if it might cost less than a mass market Apple Watch in gold casing.
And not an expensive feature phone like a Vertu. This would be a premium watch with some smarts, not an expensive basic smartwatch.
My money is in TAG acquiring Fitbit, which has a strong brand and ecosystem, but struggled with poor hardware design and quality/manufacturing issues.
Swatch (brand) sells a lot more units than any other Swiss watch brand. That does not make it #1 in sales value.
And desirability goes hand in hand with exclusivity.
Better worry if they don't want to bite the dust like Blackberry. Blackberry thought they had it wrapped up and sat on there arse while apple steam rolled over them. Be very worried or go away. Lets hope for more competition.
Some people made a lot of money betting on BlackBerry during the past year. The ones who bet against it lost hard.
TAG is not it.
Didn't some design executive from TAH Hauer join the staff at Apple to design the new Apple Watch..? So, if the design is "weak" & not within the "luxury" market for the higher end Apple Watches, then what does that really say about TAG Hauer?
Yes, you are scared. Very, very scared. With this statement & numerous other luxury watch companies going into overdrive with Christmas commercials, they are all very scared.
But, we wanted to be first & original, so we denied Apple Watch as a threat & now are panicking to get into the luxury smart watch market late 2015, so we will not be "first" nor "original" are we TAG Hauer?
Didn't some design executive from TAH Hauer join the staff at Apple to design the new Apple Watch..? So, if the design is "weak" & not within the "luxury" market for the higher end Apple Watches, then what does that really say about TAG Hauer?
Yes, you are scared. Very, very scared. With this statement & numerous other luxury watch companies going into overdrive with Christmas commercials, they are all very scared.
But, we wanted to be first & original, so we denied Apple Watch as a threat & now are panicking to get into the luxury smart watch market late 2015, so we will not be "first" nor "original" are we TAG Hauer?
Swiss watchmakers learned for the quartz crisis. In the end, they won the profits game.
I know taste is an individual thing, but I have to say that to me, certain "fashion" watches such as TAG Heuer and Rolex are actually uglier than most smart watches. I find them hideous and gaudy.