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Today's Apple media event is called "Spring Forward" and is rumored to be the official release of the Apple Watch. I've been accused of being an Apple fanboy by a few people here. It's not true but I thought I'd get out ahead of this one:
1. I don't intend to buy an Apple Watch.
2. I don't find the aesthetic design to be very pleasing.
3. Like the other current wearables available, I find the technology lacking.
4. If the rumored prices are right, the Apple Watch is too expensive for my tastes.
That being said I can't help but believe that the current crop of wearables (including Apple Watch) are like the very early PIMs and tablets. The basic concept is OK but the current technology can't make it perform at the level it requires to become mainstream.
I want a smart watch that replaces my smart phone with all the processing power, data storage, better battery life, equivalent display (hologram?), camera specs (not sure how to make a watch based camera easy to use), etc...
What say you?
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What I cannot understand is why, when Dick Tracey had such a watch in the 30s does it take so long for us to get them (oh and I never heard of DT's phone going flat so his battery must be way better then apples)
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Wasn't Tracy's watch simply a radio? I'm more partial to Bond's watches with lasers, circular saws, garrotes and Geiger counters.
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well it was video what ever it was
you can buy watches with laser (well laser pointers) saws and garrottes - not sure about the Geiger counter but as I don't want to be anywhere near anything higher than background anyway
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I don't wear a watch, I'm sort of allergic to them (*); so this product does not really appeal for me (apple watch or any other watches)
One thing that could change my mind in regards to the product is that it could be useful to "watch" the watch with having both hands occupied.
The battery sucks (as of now) (**), maybe they made a breakthrough and will prove the contrary in the keynote.
(*) I sometimes wear a sport-watch at the gym.
(**) batteries suck for all gadgets.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I don't wear a watch either, hate the restriction of my wrist.
Maximilien wrote: One thing that could change my mind in regards to the product is that it could be useful to "watch" the watch with having both hands occupied.
Seems to me the main drawback of a watch is that you cannot use it with the hand it is next to, I can hold a phone in the hand that is using it so anything you want to do on the watch other than look at it is going to take two hands.
If everything needs two hands, how are you going to scratch yourself?
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Smart watches have been around for a long time and they never really take off, a few geeks buy them then they're gone.
But a smart watch that incorporated this[^] technology might just work!
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A watch face should be round, not square or rectangular or any other wacky shape. Non-round watches are fashion items, not watches.
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Watches should be handmade and clockwork. Mine is accurate and a beautiful piece. I cannot see anything plastic ever having the aesthetic pleasure.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: accused of being an Apple fanboy
So what? While Microsoft is mass, Apple is class.
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So what? While Microsoft is mass, Apple is class crass.
FIFY
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It will be bought in droves by the usual suspects (who will mostly then have to work out how to read the time) and who will replace it with iWatch 2 in 12 months time. By iWatch 6, it will be so big you will need special training in order to raise your left arm, and will melt if it gets damp.
I predict a massive sales success.
I however will stick to my antiquated analogue titanium cased watch, now twenty years old and still working perfectly despite the serious abuse it has received over the years.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I predict a massive sales success.
I disagree... initial sales will be OK but after a month or two I expect it to flop.
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It's an Apple product. The style-is-everything fanboise would have to have it even if it was made of compressed baby brains and severely injured you every time you wore it...
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Contrary to the BS you guys push around here there really aren't that many true Apple fanboys. A few million... yes, and they'll buy it in the first few months. Then it needs to stand on its own merits.
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wow you make a big assumption there, based on previous iphone products I doubt it will tell the time very well
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OriginalGriff wrote: you will need special training in order to raise your left arm
I can think of a training that geeks, e.g. primary targets for those kind of iWatch products, performs because they lack of ... girlfriends.
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 wrong arm...
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OriginalGriff wrote: By iWatch 6, it will be so big you will need special training in order to raise your left arm
Ah, there's a global market of Man U fans who all have one over developed arm that it will suit.
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This is the one [^] I wear, and most importantly, it tells me when it's time to go home.
But I do have this one that I wear occasionally, geek chic[^]
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 It's been ages since I've seen an LCD watch for sale. I'd thought they'd stopped making them.
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The second one is about as smart as a watch should get in my opinion. Hell who wants a watch to tell you someone is calling you?
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Mike Mullikin wrote: It's not true but I
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I've yet to see a "smart watch" that isn't fugly -- and I've yet to think of a good reason for owning one.
Tiny screen, very limited battery life (if you use it for anything other than telling the time), and (worst of all) it's stuck on your damned wrist, so you have to pose like a ballerina to use it.
Do they expect us to do out e-mail on them? Surf the web? Write documents? Code?
The only plus I can even think of is that android/ios make it easy to set alarms, timers, and reminders.
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