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Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by anigbrowl »

sbarre wrote: post #304
ksec wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont normally agree with these kind of things but honestly this time they deserve it. If this event ( and iWatch ) is really that important ( for Apple ) then this is the biggest screw up ever. Thousands ( possibly millions ) of People waiting and hoping to share the moment together and watching it live and be disappointed. This is the worst user experience ever.

And you really think people should lose their jobs over this? What's wrong with you?

Anyone who screwed up like this in the world of broadcast television would certainly be fired. I am actually etremely impressed by the new products (in a way I didn't expect to be), but this webcast failure tarnishes the launch and will directly impact their bottom line in the short term.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by CoffeeDregs »

dllthomas wrote: post #298
brotchie wrote: post #266

ApplePay: I do this every day and have been doing this every day for the last year with my Android phone in Australia! edit Admittedly the integration of all different types of cards with Passbook is good stuff!

ApplePay seems to be doing things that others have basically done before, but doing it right in some important ways (credential on phone is for phone only, Apple doesn't get info on what you're buying), and I hope others follow suit.

    Apple doesn't get info on what you're buying...
    and I hope others follow suit.
As cynical marketing, I definitely see the value; in reality, not so much. Amazon, Visa, Petco, PayPal, BrianTree, etc. will still have a record of my purchases and we're on an inexorable march towards wider distribution of that data. How does Apple not having this data materially affect me?

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Post by owenmarshall »

Someone1234 wrote: post #292
owenmarshall wrote: post #276

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The big win here will be increased adoption of NFC: Apple is going to drive the hell out of it, and it's going to benefit everyone .

There's nothing left to "drive." NFC is here and has been here quite a while. My camera supports NFC, my WiFi router supports NFC (useless though), my laptop has NFC, tons of payment providers do NFC, my LG washing machine has NFC (seriously), and on and on. Apple is stupid late to the NFC party. NFC is here, and it is already super-popular. They cannot drive anything, they can just follow along.

Roughly 2% of the payments in the US are completed with NFC.

I wouldn't say it's "super-popular".

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by blisterpeanuts »

owenmarshall wrote: post #276
brotchie wrote: post #266

ApplePay: I do this every day and have been doing this every day for the last year with my Android phone in Australia! edit Admittedly the integration of all different types of cards with Passbook is good stuff!

The big win here will be increased adoption of NFC: Apple is going to drive the hell out of it, and it's going to benefit everyone .

Will the new Apple devices support general access to NFC, or will it be locked up for payments only?

In Android, NFC is generally available to developers, but Apple may not want that, given their tradition of hiding complexity and choices from users.

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Post by lukifer »

philangist wrote: post #269
brotchie wrote: post #266

ApplePay: I do this every day and have been doing this every day for the last year with my Android phone in Australia! edit Admittedly the integration of all different types of cards with Passbook is good stuff!

If apple really wanted to do something "revolutionary" you think they'd add cryptocurrency support to ApplePay.

They're no longer blocking Bitcoin wallets, and with the forthcoming APIs regarding payments and touch IDs, this could be a "third party opportunity": you pay with crypto, and the merchant receives dollars, with some arbitrary payment processor in between.

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Post by Too »

Quai wrote: post #163

"Sorry, your browser doesn’t support our live video stream." My browser supports live video just fine. It's -your- streaming software that lacks support for my browser. This illustrates why I never have, and never will own a Apple product.

Really lame yeah, it doesn't work in any of firefox, chrome or IE.

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Post by Zikes »

sbarre wrote: post #304
ksec wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont normally agree with these kind of things but honestly this time they deserve it. If this event ( and iWatch ) is really that important ( for Apple ) then this is the biggest screw up ever. Thousands ( possibly millions ) of People waiting and hoping to share the moment together and watching it live and be disappointed. This is the worst user experience ever.

And you really think people should lose their jobs over this? What's wrong with you?

Well, that's sort of how business works, isn't it? I mean, they didn't just pick a few random techs and say "make this happen", they have people whose very job is the technology involved in making this thing happen. If someone demonstrates they fundamentally can't do their job, do you keep them on the payroll or do you find someone else who can get the job done?

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by tvon »

yumraj wrote: post #284

Is it just me or the iWatch "looks" really ugly, at least when compared with Moto 360 which looks beautiful. iWatch may win out on functionality and user experience etc., but it just looks funky.

Does not look good to me, looks a bit like the first-gen iPhone.

I'll probably wait to see what they release next year.

Re: Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event

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Post by ilikemustard »

sbarre wrote: post #304
ksec wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont normally agree with these kind of things but honestly this time they deserve it. If this event ( and iWatch ) is really that important ( for Apple ) then this is the biggest screw up ever. Thousands ( possibly millions ) of People waiting and hoping to share the moment together and watching it live and be disappointed. This is the worst user experience ever.

And you really think people should lose their jobs over this? What's wrong with you?

You really don't? And you're trying to take some form of moral high ground over it?

The stream was a disaster and tarnishes the entire announcement, whose image is priceless to Apple. The jobs of the people responsible are in no way worth more to Apple than the damage done by said people.

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