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And this picture which is actually on huawei site as the part of the promo (!) illustrates the best why Jony Ive said (1) that "a circle doesn't make any sense" for a smartwatch: http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/worldwide/huawei-watch/a... ---- 1) http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/shape-things-co...
Because they didn't bother rethink/adapt the UI (yet).
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given that it's an intentional, purposeful design element of Android Wear, why in the world would they "hide" it?
Because it looks terrible? http://i.glui.me/1EetEHO Why emphasize a major failing of your product?
You may not like circular smartwatches (I certainly don't), but that just means this watch is not for you. Plenty of people want them (see the pre-release excitement over the Moto 360, for example). This watch is for them.
Scrolling with the mousewheel is funky in Chrome. Hate when websites hijack the scroll event and misuse it.
I thought they had done a good job with scrolling because I was using the arrow keys, then I tried mousewheeling on a magic mouse and I kept flying to the top/bottom.
Isn't Huawei the company that the United States barred because they were spying/embedding firmworms/foreign? Of course the gov would know what to look for, but why would I wear a Communist produced watch on my wrist?!
I think this watch looks much, much better than the Apple Watch (though I think the Apple Watch is a bit garish).
I had no interest in the iWatch - but this might be interesting (once the battery life is worked out).
And this picture which is actually on huawei site as the part of the promo (!) illustrates the best why Jony Ive said (1) that "a circle doesn't make any sense" for a smartwatch: http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/worldwide/huawei-watch/a... ---- 1) http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/shape-things-co...
> The shape of the body, meanwhile, barely changed: a rectangle with rounded corners. “When a huge part of the function is lists”—of names, or appointments—“a circle doesn’t make any sense,” Ive said. Its final form resembles one of Newson’s watches, and the Cartier Santos, from 1904.
I think circular watches, in principle, look a lot nicer (certainly in ads), but that quote was the first thing I thought of when I saw the Facebook screenshot[1]. I think Apple might have this one right.
[1] http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/worldwide/huawei-watch/a...
Edit: Ah, didn't see acqq just said this exact thing. "You can scroll" isn't a solution to this though. There's a big difference between being able to read a message from a glance at a wrist to having to physically interact with the device. The more interaction you need, the less benefit you have with the watch over just taking your phone out.
Ie the watch has a digital screen that displays the dial, etc?
Isn't Huawei the company that the United States barred because they were spying/embedding firmworms/foreign? Of course the gov would know what to look for, but why would I wear a Communist produced watch on my wrist?!
That is correct. This company is notorious and known to put spyware software on it's phones.
