Apple has often been at the forefront of emergent technology so for you to be worried about Apple's CEO looking this way then you haven't been paying attention over the past 30 years.
Welcome to the new generation, the markets, the news cycle, the hits, the hip, everything now-a-days has such a short attention span, very few really understand Apple as they don't know it's history or the history of personal computing. You and I are the old dogs, who have been paying attention over the past 30 years. Many of the new dogs were just puppies and didn't get to paying attention until just a few years ago. By the way, the new dogs don't want to hear our barks - no matter how correct they may be. Each generation must make its own mistakes, I guess. It is just really stupid to repeat past mistakes, when history is so prevalent and readily available.
Tim Cook says: "I wear glasses because I have to. I don't know a lot of people who wear them because they don't have to. The wrist is more interesting." Actually Tim, Google Glasses are more interesting and offer the richer experience. The wrist watch does not. In fact it's boring -- and leaves one hand useless. Why would we want to do that? No, Tim, that dog won't hunt. So you'd better get started with Apple Glasses or you'll be on the outside looking in.
Actually Tim, Google Glasses are more interesting and offer the richer experience. The wrist watch does not. In fact it's boring -- and leaves one hand useless.
1) How exactly does the hand become useless when wearing someone on the wrist like a watch of Nike FuelBand? The whole point is that you can have out of the way tool on your wrist so you can still have use of the hand.
2) I don't know about you but Google Glass with glasses seems pretty inconvenient and potentially very uncomfortable with two man-made objects on my head vying to be placed comfortably over my ears. I certainly wouldn't where two a FuelBand and watch on the same wrist for similar reasons and yet there is a lot more room on my arm than the crux of my scalp and ear.
I think it's interesting that earlier this year Nike announced that they won't be making an Android App. With Tim singing their praises, I wouldn't be surprised if the "iWatch" had Nike+ features deeply integrated.
Nike not making an Android App.... Tim singing Nike's praises.... iWatch and Nike+ may very well have deeply integrated features...
All of these probably have a lot less to do with Nike not wanting to build an Android app or Tim actually thinking Nike products are great than with the simple fact that.....
Tim Cook is on the board of directors for Nike....
Of course he is going to say great things about Nike and muscle them into excluding Android.
The big questions is whether Tim will pull an Eric Schmidt and choose to have his company compete with a product from another company that he is on the board of directors of...
If so I'd expect to see his resignation from Nike sooner rather than later.
That said..... who cares if he pans Google glass a little. That's his job. I'm sure Apple considered glasses, and decided, "Nope, we want to do a watch instead" He's more or less confirming that that's Apples stance and that's why they are focusing on what they are focusing on. They may be proven right, they may be proven wrong. The certain thing is they will follow the market.
Steve Ballmer laughed at Apple trying to sell the 'most expensive phone ever' HAHAHAHA He was proven wrong.
Steve Jobs openly panned small tablets stating they wouldn't be a good experience.... once the market proved people really like 7" tablets Apple was quick to change tack and rushed the iPad mini out the door. It was a huge success and really staunched considerable damage Apple would have taken otherwise.
Glass is the same way. They don't think it will be a huge success and might have chosen not to pursue something similar because of that belief. They may very well be right. If they are wrong they will shift gears and produce their own amazing version.
1) How exactly does the hand become useless when wearing someone on the wrist like a watch of Nike FuelBand? The whole point is that you can have out of the way tool on your wrist so you can still have use of the hand.
2) I don't know about you but Google Glass with glasses seems pretty inconvenient and potentially very uncomfortable with two man-made objects on my head vying to be placed comfortably over my ears. I certainly wouldn't where two a FuelBand and watch on the same wrist for similar reasons and yet there is a lot more room on my arm than the crux of my scalp and ear.
Google Glasses seem weird. I initially thought their goal would be to integrate such a thing into existing eyewear. Even then it seems pretty invasive.
I'm not that big on wearable items unless they partially displace the use of something else. More people would wear watches if they displaced some phone functions. The reason this has been coming up lately is due to shrinking hardware. They can hit the level of good enough on basic hardware performance in increasingly smaller form factors, aside from certain specific features like LTE. I suspect battery life is still a problem on small devices though.
Google Glasses seem weird. I initially thought their goal would be to integrate such a thing into existing eyewear. Even then it seems pretty invasive.
I'm not that big on wearable items unless they partially displace the use of something else. More people would wear watches if they displaced some phone functions. The reason this has been coming up lately is due to shrinking hardware. They can hit the level of good enough on basic hardware performance in increasingly smaller form factors, aside from certain specific features like LTE. I suspect battery life is still a problem on small devices though.
There is a lot of innovative tech in Google Glass but this in itself is not a game change. Instead it's just a milestone marker. Like the Apple Newton or Lisa. What Apple has done very well at since Jobs returned was to not releasing a new product until it's something that can be understood, utilized and desired by the masses. This is what kills about the people that sign up here just to say that such and such company had this one aspect in some fashion in a device before Apple. It's a completely pointless to say something is first without any measure of if it's good.
I think Google Glass falls into that milestone category. It may be the device that truly is the demarcation of wearable computers despite wrist worn computers around for years but I don't see it as being anything as groundbreaking as the Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Walkman or Gameboy (to name a few). What I don't think is good for Google Glass is the apparent lack of focus on the design. It's WiFi and BT, and can be paired with an Android-based device or used independently. I think making an accessory to smartphone would be a better focused design, and where I think Apple is looked at with wearable computers.
There is a lot of innovative tech in Google Glass but this in itself is not a game change. Instead it's just a milestone marker. Like the Apple Newton or Lisa. What Apple has done very well at since Jobs returned was to not releasing a new product until it's something that can be understood, utilized and desired by the masses. This is what kills about the people that sign up here just to say that such and such company had this one aspect in some fashion in a device before Apple. It's a completely pointless to say something is first without any measure of if it's good.
I know some designers came up with jewelry concepts around bluetooth accessories. I don't know if any ever made it to market, but they beat google to the concept.
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I think Google Glass falls into that milestone category. It may be the device that truly is the demarcation of wearable computers despite wrist worn computers around for years but I don't see it as being anything as groundbreaking as the Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Walkman or Gameboy (to name a few). What I don't think is good for Google Glass is the apparent lack of focus on the design. It's WiFi and BT, and can be paired with an Android-based device or used independently. I think making an accessory to smartphone would be a better focused design, and where I think Apple is looked at with wearable computers.
Those other devices were distinctively mass market products in their respective eras. Google Glass doesn't really attempt to be that. In terms of being a phone accessory, it comes down to whether it allows you to pull out your phone fewer times in a day. I never liked watches personally, as I'm clumsy. I would just end up glancing it on walls too often.
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Originally Posted by Darryn Lowe
Apple has often been at the forefront of emergent technology so for you to be worried about Apple's CEO looking this way then you haven't been paying attention over the past 30 years.
Welcome to the new generation, the markets, the news cycle, the hits, the hip, everything now-a-days has such a short attention span, very few really understand Apple as they don't know it's history or the history of personal computing. You and I are the old dogs, who have been paying attention over the past 30 years. Many of the new dogs were just puppies and didn't get to paying attention until just a few years ago. By the way, the new dogs don't want to hear our barks - no matter how correct they may be. Each generation must make its own mistakes, I guess. It is just really stupid to repeat past mistakes, when history is so prevalent and readily available.
Actually Tim, Google Glasses are more interesting and offer the richer experience. The wrist watch does not. In fact it's boring -- and leaves one hand useless.
Why would we want to do that?
No, Tim, that dog won't hunt.
So you'd better get started with Apple Glasses or you'll be on the outside looking in.
1) How exactly does the hand become useless when wearing someone on the wrist like a watch of Nike FuelBand? The whole point is that you can have out of the way tool on your wrist so you can still have use of the hand.
2) I don't know about you but Google Glass with glasses seems pretty inconvenient and potentially very uncomfortable with two man-made objects on my head vying to be placed comfortably over my ears. I certainly wouldn't where two a FuelBand and watch on the same wrist for similar reasons and yet there is a lot more room on my arm than the crux of my scalp and ear.
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Originally Posted by markbriton
I think it's interesting that earlier this year Nike announced that they won't be making an Android App. With Tim singing their praises, I wouldn't be surprised if the "iWatch" had Nike+ features deeply integrated.
Nike not making an Android App.... Tim singing Nike's praises.... iWatch and Nike+ may very well have deeply integrated features...
All of these probably have a lot less to do with Nike not wanting to build an Android app or Tim actually thinking Nike products are great than with the simple fact that.....
Tim Cook is on the board of directors for Nike....
Of course he is going to say great things about Nike and muscle them into excluding Android.
The big questions is whether Tim will pull an Eric Schmidt and choose to have his company compete with a product from another company that he is on the board of directors of...
If so I'd expect to see his resignation from Nike sooner rather than later.
That said..... who cares if he pans Google glass a little. That's his job. I'm sure Apple considered glasses, and decided, "Nope, we want to do a watch instead" He's more or less confirming that that's Apples stance and that's why they are focusing on what they are focusing on. They may be proven right, they may be proven wrong. The certain thing is they will follow the market.
Steve Ballmer laughed at Apple trying to sell the 'most expensive phone ever' HAHAHAHA He was proven wrong.
Steve Jobs openly panned small tablets stating they wouldn't be a good experience.... once the market proved people really like 7" tablets Apple was quick to change tack and rushed the iPad mini out the door. It was a huge success and really staunched considerable damage Apple would have taken otherwise.
Glass is the same way. They don't think it will be a huge success and might have chosen not to pursue something similar because of that belief. They may very well be right. If they are wrong they will shift gears and produce their own amazing version.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
1) How exactly does the hand become useless when wearing someone on the wrist like a watch of Nike FuelBand? The whole point is that you can have out of the way tool on your wrist so you can still have use of the hand.
2) I don't know about you but Google Glass with glasses seems pretty inconvenient and potentially very uncomfortable with two man-made objects on my head vying to be placed comfortably over my ears. I certainly wouldn't where two a FuelBand and watch on the same wrist for similar reasons and yet there is a lot more room on my arm than the crux of my scalp and ear.
Google Glasses seem weird. I initially thought their goal would be to integrate such a thing into existing eyewear. Even then it seems pretty invasive.
I'm not that big on wearable items unless they partially displace the use of something else. More people would wear watches if they displaced some phone functions. The reason this has been coming up lately is due to shrinking hardware. They can hit the level of good enough on basic hardware performance in increasingly smaller form factors, aside from certain specific features like LTE. I suspect battery life is still a problem on small devices though.
There is a lot of innovative tech in Google Glass but this in itself is not a game change. Instead it's just a milestone marker. Like the Apple Newton or Lisa. What Apple has done very well at since Jobs returned was to not releasing a new product until it's something that can be understood, utilized and desired by the masses. This is what kills about the people that sign up here just to say that such and such company had this one aspect in some fashion in a device before Apple. It's a completely pointless to say something is first without any measure of if it's good.
I think Google Glass falls into that milestone category. It may be the device that truly is the demarcation of wearable computers despite wrist worn computers around for years but I don't see it as being anything as groundbreaking as the Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Walkman or Gameboy (to name a few). What I don't think is good for Google Glass is the apparent lack of focus on the design. It's WiFi and BT, and can be paired with an Android-based device or used independently. I think making an accessory to smartphone would be a better focused design, and where I think Apple is looked at with wearable computers.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
There is a lot of innovative tech in Google Glass but this in itself is not a game change. Instead it's just a milestone marker. Like the Apple Newton or Lisa. What Apple has done very well at since Jobs returned was to not releasing a new product until it's something that can be understood, utilized and desired by the masses. This is what kills about the people that sign up here just to say that such and such company had this one aspect in some fashion in a device before Apple. It's a completely pointless to say something is first without any measure of if it's good.
I know some designers came up with jewelry concepts around bluetooth accessories. I don't know if any ever made it to market, but they beat google to the concept.
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I think Google Glass falls into that milestone category. It may be the device that truly is the demarcation of wearable computers despite wrist worn computers around for years but I don't see it as being anything as groundbreaking as the Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Walkman or Gameboy (to name a few). What I don't think is good for Google Glass is the apparent lack of focus on the design. It's WiFi and BT, and can be paired with an Android-based device or used independently. I think making an accessory to smartphone would be a better focused design, and where I think Apple is looked at with wearable computers.
Those other devices were distinctively mass market products in their respective eras. Google Glass doesn't really attempt to be that. In terms of being a phone accessory, it comes down to whether it allows you to pull out your phone fewer times in a day. I never liked watches personally, as I'm clumsy. I would just end up glancing it on walls too often.