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Re: Moto 360

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Post by knowaveragejoe »

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.

Of course it's photoshopped, they essentially have to in order to do the scrolling effect.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by Touche »

argumentum wrote: post #150
Zhenya wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what where the options? Wait till the regulatory body approved the sale? Nobody will think this is a google watch except the same people that follow tech news - and therefore know about the sale.

Just drop "a google company" from your website (which is where people are buying your products). That seems like the most sensible option, unless there's now some indication that the deal may not go through.

There are a lot of rules about what a sold company can do. IANAL but it probably makes the most sense to just act as though you're not sold until the deal is final.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by lewaldman »

wffurr wrote: post #101
RyanZAG wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

$4000 is insane for a piece of consumer electronics OR a watch. A watch that expensive is purely status-indicating jewelry. If all you want to do is tell the time quickly, a $10 quartz watch does the job just fine. I am sure Vertu or some other ridiculous company will sell you your insane diamond-encrusted titanium penis size signifier with a touch screen and Android Wear integration, but it won't be any more functio…

This was, by far the best cost/benefit watch that I found latelly: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VR9HP2/ref=oh_details_o...

Also, Swatch have some very nice ones, with a VERY good price.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by esw »

beaumartinez wrote: post #26
ToastyMallows wrote: post #22

Maybe it's only me, but I'm tired of big watches. I recently got a Jawbone UP and it replaced my wrist watch. The only downside is that the UP doesn't have a clock on it. I don't like having a lot of things on my wrist and I don't like having anything on the arm that I use my mouse with. What I want is the smallest possible watch out there, and so far I really haven't found anything.

Traditionally, female watches are small, and male ones are larger. I don't see this changing any time soon. Try a Nike Fuelband however, it's very thin. It's not always on, but it sure is fancy when you click the button in public.

OP may be referring to the trend toward larger watches for men. I blame Panerai.

Re: Moto 360

#185

Post by Geee »

Touche wrote: post #160
Geee wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was 100% sure that Apple's iWatch would be round. This looks almost exactly like I imagined the iWatch would look, and weirdly it feels like they copied it. (Well, it looks like a normal watch, and that's what I expected from Apple, not from Google/Moto).

Wait what? You're accusing Motorola of copying your imagination of what an unreleased Apple product might look like?

Yes, that's obviously what I said.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by VLM »

sliverstorm wrote: post #47
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?

Why do you rest your wrists on your MacBook Pro while you type?

I looked at the pix, I looked at the junk on my desk and compared my deskware and wrist vs the pix, and assuming I have a male model physique, that watch is a bit bigger than a sigg water bottle but a cm or so smaller than my large coffee (tea) cup. Its huge.

So... yeah, strap a couple pound weight to your arm, and until you bulk up, there's going to be some sagging by the end of the day.

Re: Moto 360

#187

Post by sliverstorm »

Touche wrote: post #177
MBCook wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It says "MacBook Pro" right under the screen so that's what I think of it as. I also know that the terms are common enough that people will know what I'm talking about (as opposed to my old Inspiron 8000).

I think of it as a computer, or a laptop if I want to be specific that it's portable.

Or maybe "mac"

Re: Moto 360

#189

Post by Karunamon »

untog wrote: post #148
rickyc091 wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your wrist lies to the left / right of the track pad area. When you wear a watch or a fitness band, you are constantly rubbing those areas as you type.

Your wrists shouldn't be touching your laptop if you care about ergonomics.

You really don't have an option if you're on a macbook - the keyboard rests a good sixish inches behind the front of the machine.

Re: Moto 360

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Post by robocat »

maxmcd wrote: post #54
MWil wrote: post #43

This has to be the smoothest scrolling image transition on that scale I've seen. Anybody care to enlighten an amateur how they did it?

Looks like it's mostly jquery. You can check out the scrolling stuff here: http://moto360.motorola.com/js/functions.js

That has the weirdest mobile detection code I have seen. Is is bad code, or is this the best that can be done:

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		return check; }		
	var isMobile = mobilecheck();
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