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TapSense is a mobile ad startup. If anything they're just looking for press attention. There is not one shred of evidence that Apple will be promoting ads on Watch. But if TapSense is looking to do this on Watch it's laughable to think they won't be targeting Android Wear as well.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/24/tapsense-pebble-support/

I don't know why you're addressing me with this particular post. I'm not the one being all chicken little about this. I merely pointed out that Android Wear (being Google and promoted by some on this forum as only being about advertising) currently has no ads.
 
Is this a joke? I'm no longer interested in an iWatch. Seriously, the product isn't even on the market already and they already are planning on bombarding us with more ads. Screw that!
 
Yay, ads on a watch, just what I always wanted! Thanks, Apple! :D

Wait, no. I think I'll stick to my Casio. Never needs charging or setting, and has no ads.
 
Ohhh, LOVE it!!! Can't wait to get an Apple Watch complete with ads! Save you money and get a real watch, people. Not some gadget that will be obsoloted in 2 years.

(I so hope this is true)

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The Apple Watch display does not extend to the edges as illustrated!

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Actual display:
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Gosh the Apple Watch sure is fugly.

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God damn that actual display is really depressing for the year 2015

...And all the fanboys will still be lapping it up.

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Ugh what a horrible idea. If you are going to drop $500-$600 on a watch are you really going to be the sort of person who is happy to have ad supported apps to save a few $?

If you're going to drop $500-$600 on a piece of geek tech, hope you don't mind it beoming outdated within 2 years.

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Faces is Watch are not customizable in other words, there is no API in WatchKit SDK to customize this item.

Not yet. :cool:

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Do you say the same things about TV ?

Do you typically wear a television on your wrist?
 
...po^H^H...

Brian Buttplug what on Earth does po^H^H mean? Is that some form of chemical formula like:

Example A

If pH= 6.1 and pOH=14-pH pOH=14-6.1=7.9

[H+]=10-pH so [H+]=10-6.1 [H+]=7.9x10-7M

[OH-]=10-pOH so [OH-]=10-7.9 [OH-]=1.2x10-8M

Example B

If pOH= 3.7 and pH=14-pOH pH=14-3.7=10.3

[H+]=10-pH so [H+]=10-10.3 [H+]=5.0x10-11M

[OH-]=10-pOH so [OH-]=10-3.7 [OH-]=2.0x10-4M

Example C

If [H+]=1.5x10-6M and pH =-log[H+]

pH =-log1.5x10-6M pH=5.82

If pH= 5.82 and pOH=14-pH pOH=14-5.82=8.18

[OH-]=10-pOH so [OH-]=10-8.18 [OH-]=6.6x10-9M

Example D

If [OH-]=8.1x10-4M and pOH =-log[OH-]

pOH =-log8.1x10-4M pOH =3.09

If pOH= 3.09 and pH=14-pOH pH=14-3.09=10.91

[H+]=10-pH so [H+]=10-10.91 [H+]=1.2x10-11M
 
With so many ads lately everywhere, does anyone even remember the last ad on any page that they visited? They're such a nuisance and a turn-off, I think most people simply don't pay attention to any ads.

Those ads that swallow my whole 13 inch laptop screen when I accidentally roll my mouse pointer over it. I'd like to strangle those developers.
 
I don't know why you're addressing me with this particular post. I'm not the one being all chicken little about this. I merely pointed out that Android Wear (being Google and promoted by some on this forum as only being about advertising) currently has no ads.

What's the point of mentioning it other than being a subtle dig at Watch (even though this is nothing official and for all we know Apple will never allow it, or if they do it will be completely opt-in).
 
Ads on your wrist? And to think I didn't want an Apple Watch before! :rolleyes:

This is much closer to what I would prefer myself. It's waterproof and not jewelry like an Apple Watch.

Fenix 3
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6 days into the supposed "Year of the 'Internet of Things'" and advertisers have killed it by proving that if it has a screen that you look at, they will find a way to put an ad on it.
 
The Apple Watch display does not extend to the edges as illustrated!

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Actual display:
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Good catch.

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Brian Buttplug what on Earth does po^H^H mean?

I asked this once here, and someone told me. He means that he typed "po" when starting to type a certain word that rhymes with "corn" then deleted the two characters. It's an old joke explained here: http://wooledge.org/~greg/^H.html

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For all of those complaining, it seems you don't realize that Google ads already size to the Apple Watch and will already be there. It's not as if we were going to get away with being ad-free on the device if companies didn't create dedicated products for it.

Also seems you don't realize what advertising pays for. I'm willing to bet countless services you use are paid for by ads. Use Twitter, Facebook, MacRumors, or any Google product? :rolleyes:

It's not awesome but it's a necessary evil.

The thing is that some people might want to pay for certain apps and be ad-free, but the developer only makes a free ad-supported version, no version without ads or an IAP to remove them. There are plenty of apps that nobody would pay for, so it's probably a good thing overall to have an ad platform, but there is a disadvantage.

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I don't want ads. Advertisers have no right to invade any of my devices.

Then you should avoid downloading apps with ads. They actually do have the right to advertise if you do that.
 
Mark Twain had knights walking around with soap advertising on their shields in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Mark Twain was a prophet.

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Advertisers are already figuring out how to project ads onto the sky using satellites. Next they will be writing on the moon.
 
"Your heartbeat is a little low. How about something loaded with sugar and caffeine?"

After a year of dealing directly with advertising, I wish most of it would just slowly die. People should pay more for stuff so we didn't constantly get hit with billboards across our faces.

I pay for a newspaper digital subscription because the paid site had maybe two or three banner ads per page instead of what seems to be 20 with those annoying Flash ads on the free site.

Honestly, I'd love a version of Facebook that had zero ads and zero tracking. I know that will never happen, but it's creepy when I look at light switches online and then Facebook is advertising them to me a minute later.
 
I don't know why you're addressing me with this particular post. I'm not the one being all chicken little about this. I merely pointed out that Android Wear (being Google and promoted by some on this forum as only being about advertising) currently has no ads.

I think it's because you used the word "ironically," suggesting that it doesn't exist on Android wear, when a similar system seems to exist.

Also I love how Macrumors created panic amongst readers over ads when they're the ones benefiting from said panic through more ad views.
 
Actually this is NOT true. Look at Mac OS X. Apple just repackaged BSD UNIT that they got for free. It is a free operating system that Apple just used.

Had to smile, show me a version of linux that comes close to OS X
 
God damn that actual display is really depressing for the year 2015

You have to keep in mind that we still basically live in the stone age. We are stuck on this rock called Earth, we still have cancer and people dying of old age. People of the future will look at today like we look at the barbaric times of 1500.
 
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Neither can I! I was thinking watches were for telling time, but then I thought Phones were for making calls.

How silly I've been, I've been missing out on non-stop advertising all this time.

On the phone, we don't get ads when we check our email or use the phone app or chat.
 
Apple should not allow this. It's hideous. Or people can exercise their rights to not use apps with ads.
 
I'll add this to the list of reasons I don't get an Apple watch.

I will be incredibly shocked if Apple approves this.
They are being incredibly protective of the Apple Watch as a platform.

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Is this a joke? I'm no longer interested in an iWatch. Seriously, the product isn't even on the market already and they already are planning on bombarding us with more ads. Screw that!

"They" meaning an advertising company, not Apple.

Apps that do this aren't going to get approved.
 
Yet another product that answers a question nobody asked (except tech journalists looking to hype...anything...for a story).

Bought a Nexus 5 instead of upgrading from an iPhone 4s to the 6 because the text is too small to read in critical areas where the size -can't- be adjusted. Don't have this issue on the Nexus at all.

I'd like to upgrade from my 2012 mini but the 2014 models are slower and can't be upgraded by the user. Who approves this stuff?

Typical Jony Ive worthless garbage. He will be the death of Apple.
 
There will be tons of Apps for the iWatch that will be add supported. They are already being designed. Why would it be any different than the iPhone?? In fact I think it will be worse because instead of banner ads etc. because of screen real estate all the ad placements I've seen will pop up full screen for a bit.

Get used to it!
 
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