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Re: Moto 360

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Post by kalleboo »

martythemaniak wrote: post #23

I'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.

> Also, is this the first mass-market device with a round screen?

Motorola has made a phone with a round screen before http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_aura-2562.php

Re: Moto 360

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Post by timothya »

wpietri wrote: post #60

That stem is interesting. The Pebble has 4 buttons, which are generally mapped to up, down, select, and back. That strikes me as the minimum for useful app interface. With the Moto 360's stem I can see getting up down and select, but now how they'd do back. Maybe a long-press?

Remember that this is likely to have touch and voice input too, unlike the Pebble.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by kellyhclay »

mikeryan wrote: post #44

Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?

I actually take my Fitbit Flex off when I'm writing (typing) for extending periods of time on my Macbook Air. The edge of the Macbook presses into the rubber at just the right angle and annoys me enough I have to remove it. I don't know how this isn't more of a problem for all wrist-wearables, honestly.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by pearjuice »

t__r wrote: post #51
mikeryan wrote: post #44

Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?

I'm sure the iWatch will have a MacBook friendly strap.

Starting at $299. iWatch not included.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by JeremyNT »

nick_ok wrote: post #102

Its a little strange that all of the promo pictures on the site are of male arms. I wonder if it was on oversight or if they really are only going after a male demographic.

I assumed that they used only large arms to make the device appear smaller. On a typically sized woman's arm, I suspect this thing would look quite hefty.

The fact that it seems to be relatively large may unavoidably limit its appeal to smaller individuals of either gender.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by dmnd »

ngoldbaum wrote: post #99
mikeryan wrote: post #44

Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?

Try a NATO watchstrap. The buckle bit ends up sort of on the side of your wrist rather than right on the bottom. That how it works out on my tiny wrists anyway.

I have a Nato watchstrap but it scratches anyway. The buckle is more to the side than a normal strap, but it's still on the bottom of my wrist and still makes contact with the laptop. Maybe my wrists are even tinier than yours.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by radley »

Domenic_S wrote: post #92
radley wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 -…

In other words, you can tell by some of the pixels?

An easy way to tell: look at the edges of the text area's white background. See how they're kinda jaggy, almost like steps? That's due to low resolution. Either the device is low res (which most smart phones are) or the source image was.

Now look at the edges of the 3D watch's hands: they're all smooth at every angle. That means either a 3D mock-up or an incredibly high res screen. Yet look at the black watch face in the prior shot: all the hands are jagged.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by gatehouse »

maxmcd wrote: post #45
revelation wrote: post #37

Earlier 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.

Here is a picture of a teardown of a similar watch: http://gadgetnerdly.com/the-garmin-fenix-gets-the-fcc-teardo... , confirms square screen.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by akennberg »

wpietri wrote: post #60

That stem is interesting. The Pebble has 4 buttons, which are generally mapped to up, down, select, and back. That strikes me as the minimum for useful app interface. With the Moto 360's stem I can see getting up down and select, but now how they'd do back. Maybe a long-press?

It has voice and touch screen. Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xQ3y902DEQ#t=60

Re: Moto 360

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Post by bentcorner »

RyanZAG wrote: post #66
Yhippa wrote: post #2

Really 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'm curious - what does spending $4000 on a watch get you?

You'd have better success taking that $4000 watch and adding android bits to it. Advertise it as the same expensive fancy watch with more smarts in it. That ball is in the fancy-watch company's court, not google's.

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