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Total market / large number of players = unsustainable business.
The point of a phone is to actually phone, all the apps/internet stuffs are features of that phone.
At least that how i see how one can market these products.
It's surprising to see it so early, but they probably see the writing on the wall. Once Android Wear and Apple wearables start rolling out, it's going to be a slaughter out there. Apple and Nike teaming up for the iWatch launch is probably a safe bet now too.
The problem is input: Apple solved it for phones (touch screen). They tried voice-recog for shuffle iPod, but dropped it in the next iteration. If they really are making a mass-market iWatch, I think they must have solved this problem in some other way. (Glass solves it, so maybe it won't be a watch...)
Is it just me, or does anyone else think the term "fired" is improper in cases like this? I think the more appropriate term for when a company is changing direction, leaving a market, etc. is "laid-off". To me, "fired" denotes wrongdoing on the part of the employee. Of course, when you're trying to get page-views, Fired is likely to get more readers at the expense of the terminated employees.
It's at the expense of credibility, but it's CNet. These terms have actual meanings, "laid off" when the position is being eliminated, "fired" when it's not.
Particularly in large corps there's nearly always some other division crying-out for staff with hands-on knowledge of their industry and product, instead of spending $50,000 to hire someone out of college and then train them.
Imagine working on a product, getting bought out, and seeing your hard work being dumped in the garbage because that was already their plan. Sure, you might have millions, but did you really make a change in the world? I think it would be an empty experience.
“The Nike+ FuelBand SE remains an important part of our
business,” the company said in a statement emailed to
Re/code. “We will continue to improve the Nike+ FuelBand App,
launch new METALUXE colors, and we will sell and support the
Nike+ FuelBand SE for the foreseeable future.”
Cook sits on the Nike board. Who's to say he didn't let the folks at Nike in on what Apple were working on and the two companies decided to make some sort of deal seeing as the two products would have areas of overlap.
I can see a scenario where Nike features prominently as a partner for Apple's wearable products.
It's surprising to see it so early, but they probably see the writing on the wall. Once Android Wear and Apple wearables start rolling out, it's going to be a slaughter out there. Apple and Nike teaming up for the iWatch launch is probably a safe bet now too.
I can see iWatches as a big market for a startup, or add-on for Nike - but not for Apple. The profits can't move their meter. The problem is input: Apple solved it for phones (touch screen). They tried voice-recog for shuffle iPod, but dropped it in the next iteration. If they really are making a mass-market iWatch, I think they must have solved this problem in some other way. (Glass solves it, so maybe it won't be a…
Hmm, so nobody has brought up the possibility of some sort of Apple + Nike collusion (for lack of a better word) here? Cook sits on the Nike board. Who's to say he didn't let the folks at Nike in on what Apple were working on and the two companies decided to make some sort of deal seeing as the two products would have areas of overlap. I can see a scenario where Nike features prominently as a partner for Apple's wear…
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It's at the expense of credibility, but it's CNet. These terms have actual meanings, "laid off" when the position is being eliminated, "fired" when it's not.
Having a US head-office I'm frequently bemused / confused as to why companies in that country so readily lay-off the staff of canceled projects, instead of redeploying them internally to fill other vacancies. Particularly in large corps there's nearly always some other division crying-out for staff with hands-on knowledge of their industry and product, instead of spending $50,000 to hire someone out of college and th…
I think of Nike as a brand that stands for high performance equipment.
Shoes, T-shirts, Golf Clubs, etc.
The software they have built around Nike+ has always felt second rate compared to software focused companies like Runkeeper.
I enjoyed my Nike Fuel band and was always hoping to see more innovation on this front from them.
I suppose they had to pick one or the other. This move allows them to have a fitbit software integration which will be big.
I would have stuck with high performance health monitoring hardware and integrated with every software vendor.