I call BS on this. No no from his design team would ever leak squat. Heck, Ive said last year the he'd love to show us what he's working on but would be fired if he did so. Somebody leaking BS to either make Apple look arrogant (great click bait for tech sites and the likes of Business Insider) and/or completely hype a rumored wearable device to something that Apple could never live up to.
I agree, this is not the first time the NY Times trolled Apple. They have a poor reputation and they're getting worse.
Who needs watches for time anyway? Rich people have watches as jewelry to show of their wealth and taste and on that level the Swiss will have nothing to fear, certainly not from a high tech product like an iwatch.
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It's amazing how far we've come in so few years!
Yep. A hundred years ago, we were putting a phone up to our ear. Today, we're putting a phone up to our ear. ????
I suspect we'll soon be touching our ear, with an empty hand -- while wearing a wristband ...
If I wanted to build a new product in complete secrecy, in a country with an existing high technology manufacturing industry and workforce, and if that product was so compact in size that most assembly tasks needed to be performed by machine, where would I look for manufacturing and even parts sourcing?
For secrecy, I'd look to a country with a monoculture that holds honor in high regard. Where every worker, down to the lowest paid, takes seriously his total commitment to the company and the quality of the product being produced.
For technology manufacturing expertise and automation, I'd look to a country where automated manufacturing is at its pinnicle.
For bespoke and miniaturized components that need to be designed from whole cloth, I might look to the companies and industry of a country with a long history of high tech manufacturing.
What country has all of the above attributes? Japan.
iWatch. Designed in California. Made in Japan.
Hmm... Almost sounds plausible.
What if the majority of the assembly of the iWatch device were done in the USA? Hear me out.
*Apple has much expertise (and investment) in aluminum milling machines for manufacturing (possibly useful for machining other metals, such as Liquid Metal).
*Apple and Foxconn have said they will explore more robotic assembly.
*Tim Cook wants to move more assembly to the USA.
*Apple has locked up a large amount of sapphire production in the USA (and what does that GTAT facility in Massachusetts really do?).
*The iWatch is now rumored to challenge Switzerland (presumably in fit-and-finish and maybe materials), so high manufacturing costs are less an issue (but still will
probably be a high margin product).
The PC boards/electronic sensors/batteries could be assembled in China, but the iWatch final assembly could be done robotically in the USA, possibly near the sapphire facilities.
But you didn't just not 'attack that person'. You supported them.
So, I assume you approve of attempts to censor those with different opinions?
I approve of Slurpy asking Mr. Bilgepump to "do us a favor and keep that useless vomit to yourself."
He didn't run to the moderators and ask them to shut him up.
By the way, Apple ][ doesn't just have "different opinions," he espouses a fanatical, pathological ideology. Still he shouldn't be censored, just asked nicely to shut up, like Slurpy did.
Things that can make 9/9 truly earthshaking (in the context of the ongoing Apple narrative/mythology)
1. Take "One More Thing" out of mothballs to intro the iWatch. And have a realistic holo-animation of Steve Jobs (produced by Pixar, of course!) say it.
2. iWatch is in a pouch on a pedestal right where MacIntosh first sat.
3. Debut the first iWatch ad. Directed by Ridley Scott with production values befitting a superbowl ad.
4. In the usual design back story video, Jony relates how Healthkit and the health monitoring aspects of iWatch were first conceived of by Steve as he was going through cancer treatment. (Of course I don't know if that's true, but given the typical timeframe of Apple new product development, could well be the case.)
5. Apple debuts a high style/ high tech retailing sub-brand for Apple wearables which will fully exploit the talent, knowhow and contacts/relationships that Angela Ahrendts honed as Burberry CEO.
6. Supermodels to demo the new product! Male and female, for equal opportunity objectification.
Okay, it's totally uninhibited speculation, but Eddie Cue did say the biggest in 25 years. That means bigger than anything during the Second Age of Steve. Eddie just might have exaggerated a little bit.
I approve of Slurpy asking Mr. Bilgepump to "do us a favor and keep that useless vomit to yourself."
He didn't run to the moderators and ask them to shut him up.
By the way, Apple ][ doesn't just have "different opinions," he espouses a fanatical, pathological ideology. Still he shouldn't be censored, just asked nicely to shut up, like Slurpy did.
I would suggest that you make use of the forum 'Ignore' feature if you are unable or unwilling to accept another user's opinion.
You may also wish to consider that Apple ][ has been here a long time and, despite opinions that differ from some, continues to be allowed to post by the moderators of this site.
You may wish to consider why that may be.
We may not always agree, but we should always agree to allow freedom of speech.
And sometimes it also feels we haven't gone anywhere at all when people think it's impossible for a company to move into a different area of business successfully.
At this point, only the truly dedicated shills think Apple couldn't be successful. At the same time, I don't think the iWatch will do to Rolex, Omega, etc. what the iPhone did to Palm and RIM.
At the same time, I don't think the iWatch will do to Rolex, Omega, etc. what the iPhone did to Palm and RIM.
I also don't see that happening but I do see Apple being able to control a substantial part of that industries profits despitenot having[speculative]an astronomically high-priced product. I do think they could be hurt if the utility is high enough to warrant one from buying one of their many, many options that are more utilitarian but I don't think that will be even close to bringing them down like it has others that didn't think Apple was a threat.
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I agree, this is not the first time the NY Times trolled Apple. They have a poor reputation and they're getting worse.
I suspect we'll soon be touching our ear, with an empty hand -- while wearing a wristband ...
Or we'll wink to answer and hang up and whistle like a parrot to make calls.
What if the majority of the assembly of the iWatch device were done in the USA? Hear me out.
*Apple has much expertise (and investment) in aluminum milling machines for manufacturing (possibly useful for machining other metals, such as Liquid Metal).
*Apple and Foxconn have said they will explore more robotic assembly.
*Tim Cook wants to move more assembly to the USA.
*Apple has locked up a large amount of sapphire production in the USA (and what does that GTAT facility in Massachusetts really do?).
*The iWatch is now rumored to challenge Switzerland (presumably in fit-and-finish and maybe materials), so high manufacturing costs are less an issue (but still will
probably be a high margin product).
The PC boards/electronic sensors/batteries could be assembled in China, but the iWatch final assembly could be done robotically in the USA, possibly near the sapphire facilities.
I approve of Slurpy asking Mr. Bilgepump to "do us a favor and keep that useless vomit to yourself."
He didn't run to the moderators and ask them to shut him up.
By the way, Apple ][ doesn't just have "different opinions," he espouses a fanatical, pathological ideology. Still he shouldn't be censored, just asked nicely to shut up, like Slurpy did.
1. Take "One More Thing" out of mothballs to intro the iWatch. And have a realistic holo-animation of Steve Jobs (produced by Pixar, of course!) say it.
2. iWatch is in a pouch on a pedestal right where MacIntosh first sat.
3. Debut the first iWatch ad. Directed by Ridley Scott with production values befitting a superbowl ad.
4. In the usual design back story video, Jony relates how Healthkit and the health monitoring aspects of iWatch were first conceived of by Steve as he was going through cancer treatment. (Of course I don't know if that's true, but given the typical timeframe of Apple new product development, could well be the case.)
5. Apple debuts a high style/ high tech retailing sub-brand for Apple wearables which will fully exploit the talent, knowhow and contacts/relationships that Angela Ahrendts honed as Burberry CEO.
6. Supermodels to demo the new product! Male and female, for equal opportunity objectification.
Okay, it's totally uninhibited speculation, but Eddie Cue did say the biggest in 25 years. That means bigger than anything during the Second Age of Steve. Eddie just might have exaggerated a little bit.
Remind how that turned out?
The CEOs of Palm, Blackberry (née RIM), Nokia, Ericsson, and Microsoft have been sacked since 2007.
That sounds like a great article idea for [@]Corrections[/@].
I would suggest that you make use of the forum 'Ignore' feature if you are unable or unwilling to accept another user's opinion.
You may also wish to consider that Apple ][ has been here a long time and, despite opinions that differ from some, continues to be allowed to post by the moderators of this site.
You may wish to consider why that may be.
We may not always agree, but we should always agree to allow freedom of speech.
I also don't see that happening but I do see Apple being able to control a substantial part of that industries profits despite not having [speculative] an astronomically high-priced product. I do think they could be hurt if the utility is high enough to warrant one from buying one of their many, many options that are more utilitarian but I don't think that will be even close to bringing them down like it has others that didn't think Apple was a threat.
Typical chauvinistic hogwash from a retarded person who does not now much about the world in general nor Switzerland in particular.
Hey heinrichz, your lederhosen is on too tight, and it's apparently blocking the flow of blood to your brain.
Get a clue.
So, I assume you approve of attempts to censor those with different opinions?
He's a fascist who's called for my banning a few times in the past.
He's lying when he says that I shouldn't be censored.
Some people find different opinions hard to accept.
Hell, I've been guilty of it myself a number of times.
Some people find different opinions hard to accept.
Hell, I've been guilty of it myself a number of times.
I'm sure that I've been guilty of that a few times also.
We all have I think.
It's a good thing I'm so spectacular in bed to make up for this terrible flaw.
It's a good thing I'm so spectacular in bed to make up for this terrible flaw.
Wow, you too?
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I'm just doing what I can with what I got...
It's a gift… and a curse?
It's a double-edged 10 inch sword.