Apple likely to ship only 3 million 'iWatch' units this year, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says

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  • Reply 61 of 71
    maestro64 wrote: »
    That guy has one hell of a crystal ball or I want to be on the drugs he is on. Where the hell do these guys pull these numbers from.

    Their crystal balls, or an area near them.
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  • Reply 62 of 71
    sprybry wrote: »
    Out of self respect, I am not going to read any more news from AI any longer.  I owe it to myself.

    Hope you don't run out of oxygen on your high horse.
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  • Reply 63 of 71
    macxpress wrote: »
     
    I do kinda get the feeling that Apple already researched this iWatch thingie, found out it was impractical<span style="line-height:1.4em;">, boxed it, and started a </span>
    rumor<span style="line-height:1.4em;"> to get the other companies chasing the wrong rabbit. Its a thought that makes me smile though.</span>

    Or that iWatch is actually the new name of AppleTV since they can't use the name iTV. Man that would really throw everyone off. 

    I'd love that! The spaghetti junction of rumours would hit new highs. Guess you would control your iWatch with your iTime.
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  • Reply 64 of 71
    WARNING: THE FOLLOWING RUMOUR SHOULD NOT BE READ IF YOU WEAR A PACEMAKER.

    It is rumoured that Apple may have problems with production of products in the future that may or may not lead to delays which may or may not affect their release date.
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  • Reply 65 of 71
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    Out of self respect, I am not going to read any more news from AI any longer.  I owe it to myself.




    Hope you don't run out of oxygen on your high horse.

    That retort was rather good! 

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  • Reply 66 of 71
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost View Post

    On a side-note, I wish emojis could move independently of each other. I imagine people have been raising this issue for years, but have we seen any movement? Have we heck. Come on AI, get your act together.

     

    Oh, emoji aren’t animated. Unicode characters can’t have motion in them. The ones used here are just gifs, and when you have multiples the image isn’t loaded x number of times; it’s referenced x number of times and loaded once. So the timing on all references will be the same, since there’s only the single timeline loaded.

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  • Reply 67 of 71
    On a side-note, I wish emojis could move independently of each other. I imagine people have been raising this issue for years, but have we seen any movement? Have we heck. Come on AI, get your act together.

    Oh, emoji aren’t animated. Unicode characters can’t have motion in them. The ones used here are just gifs, and when you have multiples the image isn’t loaded x number of times; it’s referenced x number of times and loaded once. So the timing on all references will be the same, since there’s only the single timeline loaded.

    Gotya. So we can't have independent emoji? I was being deliberately belligerent in my initial complaint, as I'm sure you realised. I so wish I could use multiple rolling eyes emoji which move at different speeds. Guess I’ll have to go to my grave unsatiated…
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  • Reply 68 of 71
    Quite rediculous indeed. All comments are very valid. Just who NEEDS one of these? Even Star Trek nixed the idea of a wrist-based communications device in deference to the communicator pin. I know, I was making the wrist prototype to the wrist tricorder when it happened. I envision wearers twisting or flipping their wrists to void the "last entry" or cancel a misunderstood Siri command in a loud environment. And soon after the class action suit on behalf of wearers who've come down with wrist edema or cyst at the wrist or something. And new rules that suggest wearers not use their iwatch if doing anything else because it requires two hands to operate.
    The saga is: small run does market test....for real. It's already started!
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  • Reply 69 of 71
    hmmhmm Posts: 3,405member
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    Apologies for the language but how the f*ck does this qualify as "breaking" anything?!? image



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    Yeah he predicts a lot of junk. Shameless stock manipulation .

     

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    Breaking wind, perhaps.

     

    I think it would be awesome if either Apple sued these analysts for slander/libel or if the SEC were to investigate these mouthpieces for blatant stock manipulation or misrepresentation of facts.

     

    Although there was this in 2010:  http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/115027/apple-analysts-under-sec-investigation-for-channel-checks


     

    I knew at least two of you would have a rather sharp reaction. I clicked through their sources, and I cannot find any claims that are as boldly stated as the headline would suggest. You guys may want to lighten up on the analyst here, unless someone can point out some corroboration. I have links back to earlier AI stories and pages that I ran through google translate.

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  • Reply 70 of 71
    This is the way AAPL manages the launch of ALL new products. They never build to inventory without having tested real demand first. This is opposite Samsung/Microsoft who ALWAYS builds too much inventory and thus have to spend extra marketing efforts or provide deep discounts to clear out excess stock... Now, how come this is perceived negatively for AAPL? As a shareholder i am actually pleased with their inventory churns. Add to that, that this creates buzz because everyone have to wait in lines...
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