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Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by dirtyaura »

crazypyro wrote: post #77
x0x0 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most activity in a gym benefits from a watch. I weight train and I already know the app I want for this. ps -- I don't bring my phone because (1) the gym is gross, (2) I sweat like a pig, (3) I don't want to kill it; I bruise myself enough that between bars, plates, dumbbells, kettlebells, etc, there is 0% chance I wouldn't smash it. My wrist just doesn't get smacked as much as my pocket / upper thighs.

What's the advantage of this over an arm sleeve that your phone sits in for your specific use case though? Also, will you still have to have your iPhone on you or in your bag to use it at the gym? What tech is being used to communicate between the two devices and is it strong enough that you can wear the watch and have your iPhone at home? Sorry if they have answered these questions.

I've tried to use iPhone with arm sleeves in gym and when jogging. It's really inconvenient and I usually resort to using just earbud controls. We will see if Apple Watch is any better, but based on the announcement demos, it looks promising on that front.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by kawera »

julianpye wrote: post #5

When they announced the feature of sharing your heartbeat with your partner via vibrate, both my girlfriend and I went 'eeeeew'. Some things shouldn't be done through technology, just like that Japanese remote kissing device :)

And with their emphasis on "the most intimate device" I can only imagine what the killer app will be!

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by threeseed »

grey-area wrote: post #97

This watch looks like it was designed by a committee: Two ways to navigate the interface (wheel for zooming, to avoid touching the screen, and panning by...touching the screen). Tasteless misfeatures like customisable emoji [1] and drawing your own fail whale on a tiny screen [2], and most inexplicable of all for an expensive watch - very little attention paid to the actual watch face designs, which are not even adap…

It's designed to appeal to broad audiences.

Just because you're too sophisticated for emoji and Mickey Mouse doesn't mean everyone else is.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by matthewmcg »

TwiztidK wrote: post #75
fakeasaur wrote: post #15

I don't know If I'm an idiot, but I'm not seeing the huge deal here. Is the space from the pocket to the wrist such a chasm that it merits making a device like this?

I think a watch would be extremely handy to have while running, cycling, kayaking, etc. Something to track activity, change songs, or show a map when you are unable to use your phone. Unfortunately, the $350 price point is way too high for something like that.

Kayaking...if you keep your phone within Bluetooth Low Energy range in a waterproof sack.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by potatolicious »

x0x0 wrote: post #80
deathhand wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many emails do get a day? How much are you talking face to face with people? Wrist notifications are incredibly useful. Server down? Or just someone wanting to go to Chipolte? These devices enable us to filter out a lot of 'noise'.

And are incredibly dependent on picking which notifications to push to the wrist, implicitly raising their importance. Unfortunately, ml has not been a strong spot for apple historically, though after the maps debacle they may not underestimate it anymore.

There's value even in unfiltered notifications - at worst I've wasted a glance, as opposed to rooting around my pockets for my phone.

I've had a Pebble for the last year, and even its unfiltered notifications has been tremendously preferable over digging out my phone to see what's up.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by bobbles »

cwal37 wrote: post #28

No talk of water resistance or battery life is pretty disappointing. Those two things are key for something I would like to keep on my wrist for as long as possible.

They did say that the speaker was water resistant and all the internal electronics were sealed, but didnt explicitly say the device itself was water resistant.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by slantyyz »

ksherlock wrote: post #62
crazypyro wrote: post #26

I just don't think the watch market is really there. I feel like its shrinking steadily among younger people as the need for a time teller is replaced by the modern cell phone. I believe people have convinced themselves into convincing companies that they actually want a high tech wrist watch when, in reality, the market isn't that big and it is shrinking. I believe this whole craze started with the pebble. People se…

there's a reason the wrist watch replaced the pocket watch.

>> there's a reason the wrist watch replaced the pocket watch.

The funny thing is that I stopped wearing wrist watches when phones started fitting in my pocket. So my phone, while having extra features, isn't very different from a pocket watch.

And if there are a lot of people like me, you can make the argument that the pocket (or purse) watch subsequently replaced the wrist watch.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by brian_cloutier »

We'll have to wait until a tear-down comes out, but there's no way this costs $350 to make. Hasn't apple's strategy always been to sell hardware with a healthy margin and make almost nothing off their software ecosystem. Could this signal a change?

Even assuming this watch becomes insanely popular, will it really drive more iPhone sales?

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by slantyyz »

deathhand wrote: post #68
crazypyro wrote: post #26

I just don't think the watch market is really there. I feel like its shrinking steadily among younger people as the need for a time teller is replaced by the modern cell phone. I believe people have convinced themselves into convincing companies that they actually want a high tech wrist watch when, in reality, the market isn't that big and it is shrinking. I believe this whole craze started with the pebble. People se…

How many emails do get a day? How much are you talking face to face with people? Wrist notifications are incredibly useful. Server down? Or just someone wanting to go to Chipolte? These devices enable us to filter out a lot of 'noise'.

>> These devices enable us to filter out a lot of 'noise'.

I would argue that these devices create even more noise, given how they are even more accessible than a phone in a pocket or sitting on a desk.

Re: Meet the Apple Watch

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Post by sirn »

whiddershins wrote: post #90

I think it is great to be skeptical, and it is fun to slag on Apple, especially if they insist on having U2 play their event. But on a more serious note, I won't underestimate the potential for a widely adopted device that is: 1) always visible to the user. Yes, in my opinion taking my phone out of my pocket and putting it back in again is one of those irritations you don't notice until it goes away and then you wond…

I got really excited when they mentioned about haptic feedback for turn by turn directions. That was the moment I feel how a wearable could become an extension to our sense. If it could provide me some information without me using or looking at it, then that's really indeed a whole new world.

I can't wait to see it in action.

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