slprescott

beowulfschmidt said:

slprescott said:

beowulfschmidt said:

I'm wondering what compelling uses there might be for a curved screen such as the one described here?  I tend not to be very imaginative in this area. 

Example #1:  In a cookbook application -- where your hands are covered in food -- turn pages with  touchless gestures.

Example #2:  If Apples releases AR/VR headgear, use touchless gestures to navigate through the 3D world.

Those are with regard to the touch-less nature of the screen.  My query was about the curved screen.  I can see some utility on a desktop monitors, where viewing angle might become an issue with larger panels, but on a hand held?  Don't get me wrong, pretty much any research is good, as it will likely produce useful results, even if that result is "this isn't good for anything profitable."  I just don't see what this will improve for phones.  Like I said, I'm not always imaginative enough to see these types of things.

You're right, I misread your question.  Sorry.

Re: curved-inward screens.... a long-shot possibility is the glass windows of a future Apple Car?  If Apple wanted to build display technology into the windshield or side/rear windows, possibly those glass surfaces would be curved?  But I'm sure this use-case goes way beyond the article that triggered this thread, so I'm just thinking more broadly.

I agree that removing bezels is the logical solution.

But brainstorming...  how about a landscape orientation watch.

Three benefits:
  1. Matches desktop/laptop monitor aspect ratio, so more closely shows same content (e.g., photos)
  2. Watch movies (really small!) without cropping (if ever enough battery)
  3. Allow lengthening the long side because the long dimension is in the same direction as the arm, not rotated 90 degrees where the chasis awkwardly hits the edge of the arm.

I doubt this will happen, but it’s interesting to consider as a truly new form factor.

coolfactor said:

I bet $100 that "AC" stands for "All Clear".

... or maybe “Apple Care”, extending that existing brand to include human care (thus the “Wellness” suffix).

Very effective. It uses the gimmick of celebrity voices and humor to get you to the real message: Alexa can handle a wide range of everyday use cases.

SpamSandwich said:

Apple already said they’ll be hiring 20,000 people. What is the real problem here?

No, not “hiring.”

Apple said their investment would “create” 20,000 jobs.  They didn’t provide a breakout, but I imagine many of those jobs will be in the support community — app developers, construction workers for new facilities, etc. All good — I’m not belittling these —but many will not be “Apple hires.”