the watch industry is actually growing, analysts say. Sales may have fallen 4% in 2008 and an additional 10% in 2009 to $5.8 billion, but since then the watch’s fortunes have reversed, according to Euromonitor International. Last year, U.S. sales rose to $7.2 billion, and analysts say the industry expects that growth to continue.
As for the iWatch and competing smartwatches from the likes of Samsung and others, the industry seems to give such threats barely a second’s thought. In fact, watch sales are predicted to increase another 30% by 2017, according to Euromonitor......
......It makes sense to produce smartwatches that connect to a phone -- still allowing the user to send text messages, see sports scores and a variety of other tasks -- rather than a network. The devices would synchronize and the phone itself would be used less often.
Apple may be more likely to pull this off than its competitors, says Scott Steinberg, a strategic innovation consultant for TechSavvy Global. “I’m not entirely sure a smartwatch would be a phone replacement unless it’s made by Apple,” he says.
Actually, because of the form factor, a watch could have a better camera optics than a smart phone -- enclosed in the length of the watch body versus the thickness of a smart phone.
Not true.
By the same logic, phone camera optics can also be enclosed in the length of the phone, which has far greater real estate.
Here is proof that Samsung don't copy Apple. They clear copy rumors about Apple.
In fact Samsung even copy things not rumoured yet. Any product they release is a copy of something, no matter if past, present or future. That's the rule right?
Meh. They don't need to. Apple started the 3D maps and with their aquisition a year or so ago of interior mapping company, they have already even there. Glad they aren't "pulling a forstall" and rushing things.
By the same logic, phone camera optics can also be enclosed in the length of the phone, which has far greater real estate.
How can you justify installing a camera on a watch so that the lens faces at the wrist or straight up from the display? I suppose it's the ultimate selfie-camara and could be used for video chat but this seems like a highly limited use case.
And how is that reasonable way to install a camera? What use case would make turning the display away from a natural holding position or having to bend your head down to see the display properly something that benefits users?
These simply aren't reasonable suggestions and Dick Applebaum's comments make perfect sense, although I hope not to see any camera in an iWatch.
Sorry, you didn't use any logic. All you did was spew some opinionated nonsense about Samsung copying Apple's products' weight and then about how you think the tablet sucks. What a solid argument. At least you recognize that you are a troll; you said so yourself!
You did have one valid point. The attachment of the name "Pro" may have an attempt to steal Apple's thunder with regards to the rumored iPad Pro.
And just as a disclaimer, I wouldn't buy a Samsung tablet over an iPad.
Well i'm a different troll a troll that trolling other trolls not normal people, i think was logical.. Samsung are so dumb they could it maded lighter and no one would notice but no they maded exactly the same just to steal iPad Air killer feature at cost of their battery, since when Samsung cares more about weight and less about battery?
But yes, having tried it, it's amazing. It's extremely fast and reliable. It's something that could be implemented in the current iOS keyboard without disrupting it. And it's optional, people would use it without even knowing they are using a special keyboard. I wish Apple bought that company to integrate it in iOS!
Delusional. Samsung is only 'good' at copying. They don't have the means to develop something competitive with the PlayStore or AppStore. They can't support developers as Google does, update their OS as Google does. They don't have the level of service Google has. Anyone who thinks they can needs a reality check. Samsung is nothing without Google.
Before Samsung developed Tizen, they developed another phone OS called Bada. I think most people on this forum would actually be astonished by how good it is. It had multiple features which made it a better OS at the time it was introduced than I think iOS was in it's first iteration and had several features Which iOS didn't adopt for some time. Samsung developed Bada with a small army of software engineers in India - more than 2000 of them, and that was back in 2010. I suspect they employ considerably more currently. Bada had several updates before being abandoned in favour of the development of Tizen. Samsung have an App store, they can produce and distribute OS updates, they supported developers who produced apps for Bada. Certainly Samsung don't have Google's scale, but I think they would be quite capable of developing the infrastructure - if they haven't already - to support Tizen robustly.
The trouble with being a fanboy, getting all your sustenance from the effluent Bilger disgorges periodically, is that you become incapable of independent thought or critical thinking.
Before Samsung developed Tizen, they developed another phone OS called Bada. I think most people on this forum would actually be astonished by how good it is. It had multiple features which made it a better OS at the time it was introduced than I think iOS was in it's first iteration and had several features Which iOS didn't adopt for some time. Samsung developed Bada with a small army of software engineers in India - more than 2000 of them, and that was back in 2010. I suspect they employ considerably more currently. Bada had several updates before being abandoned in favour of the development of Tizen. Samsung have an App store, they can produce and distribute OS updates, they supported developers who produced apps for Bada. Certainly Samsung don't have Google's scale, but I think they would be quite capable of developing the infrastructure - if they haven't already - to support Tizen robustly.
You are assuming too much.
Yes, Bada was so good that no phone uses it today. What a success on Scamsung's part.
They can distribute OS updates? Oh, then why won't the Galaxy 4 support KitKat in Europe? That's a joke?!
Maybe they can support that infrastructure, maybe not. But they are not Google. Again, if MS is facing so much difficulty in pushing its ecosystem forward, you truly believe Samsung will be able to? Their ecosystem is obviously a lot weaker than that of MS, Google or Apple. Again, delusional.
Try harder? you pointed out that some of the Samsung hardware are good and i pointed out that some are not, but also you literally the only one who goes to store to buy a SSD storage and ask for a Samsung SSD all of us we just buy Kingston or Seagate
I would happily buy a Samsung SSD, after all, Apple do.
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Better looking than the first.
But still- who wants or wears a wristwatch anymore? P Diddy w a Rolex?
I'll take my pocket watch iPhone or iPod Nano any day over that. I'd prefer an iRing even better.
Better looking than the first.
But still- who wants or wears a wristwatch anymore? P Diddy w a Rolex?
I'll take my pocket watch iPhone or iPod Nano any day over that. I'd prefer an iRing even better.
the watch industry is actually growing, analysts say. Sales may have fallen 4% in 2008 and an additional 10% in 2009 to $5.8 billion, but since then the watch’s fortunes have reversed, according to Euromonitor International. Last year, U.S. sales rose to $7.2 billion, and analysts say the industry expects that growth to continue.
As for the iWatch and competing smartwatches from the likes of Samsung and others, the industry seems to give such threats barely a second’s thought. In fact, watch sales are predicted to increase another 30% by 2017, according to Euromonitor......
......It makes sense to produce smartwatches that connect to a phone -- still allowing the user to send text messages, see sports scores and a variety of other tasks -- rather than a network. The devices would synchronize and the phone itself would be used less often.
Apple may be more likely to pull this off than its competitors, says Scott Steinberg, a strategic innovation consultant for TechSavvy Global. “I’m not entirely sure a smartwatch would be a phone replacement unless it’s made by Apple,” he says.
And now it looks like the main site is unreachable.
My favorite formatting error is when they forget to close a formatting tag properly, and a hyperlink extends to the rest of the text of an article.
Here is proof that Samsung don't copy Apple. They clear copy rumors about Apple.
According to the press release, they're 10.0 mm (~0.39 inches) thick.
I just can't stand the look of these things. Only analogue watches for me!
Wow it looks even uglier from behind
Not true.
By the same logic, phone camera optics can also be enclosed in the length of the phone, which has far greater real estate.
Here is proof that Samsung don't copy Apple. They clear copy rumors about Apple.
In fact Samsung even copy things not rumoured yet. Any product they release is a copy of something, no matter if past, present or future. That's the rule right?
Not true.
By the same logic, phone camera optics can also be enclosed in the length of the phone, which has far greater real estate.
I think the point is you'd be happy to look down at your watch but have the camera facing forwards. It'd be less likely with a phone.
As far as the phone... Mirrors.
How can you justify installing a camera on a watch so that the lens faces at the wrist or straight up from the display? I suppose it's the ultimate selfie-camara and could be used for video chat but this seems like a highly limited use case.
And how is that reasonable way to install a camera? What use case would make turning the display away from a natural holding position or having to bend your head down to see the display properly something that benefits users?
These simply aren't reasonable suggestions and Dick Applebaum's comments make perfect sense, although I hope not to see any camera in an iWatch.
Sorry, you didn't use any logic. All you did was spew some opinionated nonsense about Samsung copying Apple's products' weight and then about how you think the tablet sucks. What a solid argument. At least you recognize that you are a troll; you said so yourself!
You did have one valid point. The attachment of the name "Pro" may have an attempt to steal Apple's thunder with regards to the rumored iPad Pro.
And just as a disclaimer, I wouldn't buy a Samsung tablet over an iPad.
Well i'm a different troll a troll that trolling other trolls not normal people, i think was logical.. Samsung are so dumb they could it maded lighter and no one would notice but no they maded exactly the same just to steal iPad Air killer feature at cost of their battery, since when Samsung cares more about weight and less about battery?
Off the top of my head I would say Swiftkey.
There's a notetaking app from Swiftkey on iOS.
But yes, having tried it, it's amazing. It's extremely fast and reliable. It's something that could be implemented in the current iOS keyboard without disrupting it. And it's optional, people would use it without even knowing they are using a special keyboard. I wish Apple bought that company to integrate it in iOS!
Delusional. Samsung is only 'good' at copying. They don't have the means to develop something competitive with the PlayStore or AppStore. They can't support developers as Google does, update their OS as Google does. They don't have the level of service Google has. Anyone who thinks they can needs a reality check. Samsung is nothing without Google.
Before Samsung developed Tizen, they developed another phone OS called Bada. I think most people on this forum would actually be astonished by how good it is. It had multiple features which made it a better OS at the time it was introduced than I think iOS was in it's first iteration and had several features Which iOS didn't adopt for some time. Samsung developed Bada with a small army of software engineers in India - more than 2000 of them, and that was back in 2010. I suspect they employ considerably more currently. Bada had several updates before being abandoned in favour of the development of Tizen. Samsung have an App store, they can produce and distribute OS updates, they supported developers who produced apps for Bada. Certainly Samsung don't have Google's scale, but I think they would be quite capable of developing the infrastructure - if they haven't already - to support Tizen robustly.
According to the press release, they're 10.0 mm (~0.39 inches) thick.
I just can't stand the look of these things. Only analogue watches for me!
You mean 1 mm.
The trouble with being a fanboy, getting all your sustenance from the effluent Bilger disgorges periodically, is that you become incapable of independent thought or critical thinking.
Before Samsung developed Tizen, they developed another phone OS called Bada. I think most people on this forum would actually be astonished by how good it is. It had multiple features which made it a better OS at the time it was introduced than I think iOS was in it's first iteration and had several features Which iOS didn't adopt for some time. Samsung developed Bada with a small army of software engineers in India - more than 2000 of them, and that was back in 2010. I suspect they employ considerably more currently. Bada had several updates before being abandoned in favour of the development of Tizen. Samsung have an App store, they can produce and distribute OS updates, they supported developers who produced apps for Bada. Certainly Samsung don't have Google's scale, but I think they would be quite capable of developing the infrastructure - if they haven't already - to support Tizen robustly.
You are assuming too much.
Yes, Bada was so good that no phone uses it today. What a success on Scamsung's part.
They can distribute OS updates? Oh, then why won't the Galaxy 4 support KitKat in Europe? That's a joke?!
Maybe they can support that infrastructure, maybe not. But they are not Google. Again, if MS is facing so much difficulty in pushing its ecosystem forward, you truly believe Samsung will be able to? Their ecosystem is obviously a lot weaker than that of MS, Google or Apple. Again, delusional.
Try harder? you pointed out that some of the Samsung hardware are good and i pointed out that some are not, but also you literally the only one who goes to store to buy a SSD storage and ask for a Samsung SSD all of us we just buy Kingston or Seagate
I would happily buy a Samsung SSD, after all, Apple do.
You mean 1 mm.
No.
10 mm = 1 cm = ~0.39 inches
1 mm = 0.1 cm = ~0.039 inches
Well! Well! Then you will able to be truly married to Apple...
Ugly as usual. They are no doubt waiting for Apple to deliver so they can copy and compete.