That guy's clothes look so comfortable yet still professional! I wish I had some.
Moto 360
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because people more strongly identify with, and are thus more receptive to suggestions from, people with whom they are alike physically. And as it's a campaign that's trying to sell yet another gadget (that exists in a space primarily full of failures) then it would probably be a good idea to try to reach several types of person, rather than just the one.
So if Moto's research told them that their potential early-adopters are likely to be "white males", wouldn't it make sense for their first wave of marketing to target this audience so they're more receptive to the product?
Depends on which kind of sense you're trying to make. If your analytical framework is "pure, selfish profit is all that matters", then yeah. But not everything that's profitable for me is also good for you.
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#63I wonder how can you call someone? You can speak to the phone but how do you hear what is being said to you? Does it comes with some kind of wireless earphones or something?
Or how you text someone, for that matter.
I'd guess that it's like Google Glass - quick to read things like texts, and you can respond with short transcribed messages.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Plenty of mass-market devices with round screen. Heres a 3+ year old Garmin watch with touch and pixel-based round screen: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/images/2011/04/IMG_0486A-720x479....
Based on the size of the bezel couldn't that still be a rectangular lcd? I tried finding pictures of the internals of that watch, but my google-fu is not strong enough.
yeah it looks like a rectangular screen
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#65Cool, a male only product. I know more women that wear watches than men, but let's go with something that is gigantic and only men would wear. Seems to be a sound strategy.
The watch the woman in the first shot is wearing looks like a joke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqZl2QIz0c
That's the official Android Wear teaser video.
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#66Really cool stuff! From what it looks like this is a big departure from the previous Android smart watches that look like they jammed Android 1.0 on there. Two big concerns for me: 1) Battery life 2) Display visibility They go hand-in-hand for me. Get that nice high-res display but will it last me a day? For battery life it would be nice to have induction charging if it were to last about 8 hours (my personal guess).
If they price this to compete with typical mid-high watches, then you're looking at about $4000 [1] which is more than enough to get some very impressive display technology in there.
If they skimp and try to put in cheap hardware and go for a $500 price target then this is going to fall flat. Hopefully they understand the watch market and know to charge more and put in the best materiel, but knowing the tech industry I doubt it a lot.
[1] http://www.thewatchquote.com/List-Price-and-tariff-for-Montb...
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#67I'm very impressed. When I saw the Google video, I thought the round watch was a photoshopped concept we may see in the future, but it's actually shipping in a few months. Also, is this the first mass-market device with a round screen? I'd be interested to see how the layouts work from a developer perspective. Whether relative or fixed, desktop, mobile or web, we're all so used to rectangular, grid based layouts.
A round screen both worries and excites me. I can't think of a nice way to present a website on a circular screen but it would also bother me to waste all that space putting everything into a box.
Do you really think browsing the web will be an important use-case for a watch?
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#68Cool, a male only product. I know more women that wear watches than men, but let's go with something that is gigantic and only men would wear. Seems to be a sound strategy.
The watch, like all smart watches, is big because of constraints of electronics and batteries, not some sexist conspiracy.
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#69I'm very impressed. When I saw the Google video, I thought the round watch was a photoshopped concept we may see in the future, but it's actually shipping in a few months. Also, is this the first mass-market device with a round screen? I'd be interested to see how the layouts work from a developer perspective. Whether relative or fixed, desktop, mobile or web, we're all so used to rectangular, grid based layouts.
It's still "simulated" which means Photoshopped / After Effects. I"m actually pretty nervous because there's no "simulated" disclaimer, yet these mock-ups are terribly rough:
- fake / inconsistent lighting accents & bevel
- screens in the photos are pixelated (looks like a screen-res quality source was rotated), yet the 3D model's screen is totally smooth suggesting 400 dpi or better
- clip rotation angles are off
- the cropping is poor, has antialiasing problems
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#70Cool, a male only product. I know more women that wear watches than men, but let's go with something that is gigantic and only men would wear. Seems to be a sound strategy.
Maybe the device is larger so that you can have a bigger screen, and anyone who wants one can wear it regardless of gender. Ignoring free will, fashion also seems to be accepting of larger watches for women recently.