Plus it's a prime target for parody. And if they shift to "AppleX" for everything, it will be easier for them to get their trademarks.
I was semi-serious about that Mac Air. I would not be surprised if the next major refresh of the iMac shifts to a different name, more in line with the mini, Air, Pro naming.
The whole smart watch concept is just a curiosity. its really a product you do not need. No one will be using one in 5 years, its the Edsel of the tech industry.
Hmm, didn't people say the same thing about home computers a few decades ago?
Not really. the watch is different it needs an iPhone to make it work, its just an accessory not a stand alone gadget. The iPad had books and magazines going for it.the iPhone is a phone. What can you really do with it that the other two can't do, zilch. I can do all the heart stuff cheaper by just buying a hear rate monitor and using an app on my iPhone. I can tell time by looking at my iPhone. I can read email and books on my iPhone. So really what is the point of this thing. Its not a game changer unless some one has some brilliant piece of software to make me or anyone else want to buy it for now it goes along the route of the segway and google glass. fun idea but totally useless except for rich kids who will get bored of it very fast.
In five years, the watch may be able to replace the phone for some people. You have no idea what roadmap Apple has planned.
Just wondering if you happened to see my post of a couple of days ago... where I said much the same thing.
-- It's the COMPUTER IN THE ?Watch that's most interesting here.
-- It just happens to be in a watch enclosure in it's first iteration... but it could find it's way into many different wearable or other tech objects in the future. It "could be" in just an arm band, or shoes, or sewn into many different wearables... let alone the computer that powers the iPhone 10 or iPad 8... which could be little more than a piece of glass and aluminum backing.
-- Apple is shrinking computers, and at the same time making them every more capable and powerful. The hockey stick curved graph from iPhone 1 to iPhone 6 really stuck in my head: 87x more powerful in less than 7 years! That is simply just amazing!
-- Let's take Google Glass for an example. If Apple ever makes a similar product in the future, the entire computer could conceivably be 50x more powerful than the ?Watch and completely embedded in normal fashionable eye wear frames. No clip on, no flip over glass.... no "glasshole".
*** And the one thing that Apple must do, for this miniaturization to pay off? They MUST TAKE CONTROL of, and an even more active role in, developing alternative sustainable energy sources and batteries. They can no longer leave this to their suppliers, nor any other tech company. The must do it themselves. It is the last bottleneck to future advances in technology IMHO.
Edited to add: I just ran across this article at of all places ZDnet (?!)... that pretty much points to what I'm trying to get across here.
Quote: It's possible that smartwatches will be the last gadgets that are obviously computing devices. We're approaching the point at which the technology is small enough (even now a smartwatch is roughly as powerful as a first generation smartphone) and that there is enough computing power embedded in the fabric (perhaps even quite literally, in our clothes) of the world around us, that we will be surrounded by it - and we won't notice it at all.
Found this on Instagram. I guess these are some of the people who worked on the watch. More evidence of the Tim a Cook era. I can't imagine Steve Jobs ever allowing a photo like this.
I don't have a picture of it, but while the original Mac team was in the final weeks of development -- someone (Steve or with Steve;a approval) had some special T-Shirts made:
"[working] 100 hours a week and Loving it!"
Members of the team regularly visited our Sunnyvale store wearing these ...
My wife, Lucy, collected Apple Ts and often wore them to work -- she tried her best to talk Andy out of his ... No luck!
T-Shirts were the popular thing in Silicon Valley back then -- some are quite rare and valued as collector's items.
I don't have a picture of it, but while the original Mac team was in the final weeks of development -- someone (Steve or with Steve;a approval) had some special T-Shirts made:
"[working] 100 hours a week and Loving it!"
Members of the team regularly visited our Sunnyvale store wearing these ...
My wife, Lucy, collected Apple Ts and often wore them to work -- she tried her best to talk Andy out of his ... No luck!
T-Shirts were the popular thing in Silicon Valley back then -- some are quite rare and valued as collector's items.
That's really cool that you were immersed in all of that. I have a couple coworkers who had a similar experience with Pixar exposure back in the day. Cool stuff.
Yes, for all our technological advances, battery technology is still in the dark ages. No Moores Law for batteries, that's for sure.
Without a seismic shift, we will remain sorely restricted by it, and that's one of the most damaging things to the Apple Watch. It creates all kinds of limitations beyond the size of the watch.
Imagine if there was no issue of power with the Apple Watch? You could have wireless everything, unlimited sensors, bright display, holographic display, you name it.
I don't think there'll be a decisive shift in the popularity of wearables until that leap in power management takes place.
Yes, for all our technological advances, battery technology is still in the dark ages. No Moores Law for batteries, that's for sure.
Without a seismic shift, we will remain sorely restricted by it, and that's one of the most damaging things to the Apple Watch. It creates all kinds of limitations beyond the size of the watch.
Imagine if there was no issue of power with the Apple Watch? You could have wireless everything, unlimited sensors, bright display, holographic display, you name it.
I don't think there'll be a decisive shift in the popularity of wearables until that leap in power management takes place.
I don't think the following will provide a significant advancement in battery technology ... rather, it could make battery technology/capacity a non-issue ...
They use a technology called pCell where wireless cell radio signals are aggregated at a .5 cm point (an unique pCell for your phone) by combining the noise of multiple, overlapping signals and focusing them a single point. Each phone within range has its own unique pCell (by its location) -- and many pCells can share the same bandwidth without degrading others.
There are quite few demos of this -- and if real could revolutionize cell phone networks.
The reason that I bring this up in relation to your post about batteries and power management -- is that the inventor, Steve Perlman, has dropped hints that the pCell technology can be used for other things ... I think what he is hinting at is that power can be sent as well as data -- and aggrregated in the same way ...
If true, that would mean that your iPhone or AppleWatch could be charged continuously while being used, while out and about (or stationary). Same for your electric automobile -- while driving down the highway ...
I am no expert on this, but I've read that this wireless power transmission has been experimented with for years ... It would appear that that low power and focused aggregation would remove any danger of harming the device or the wearer.
It's kind of funny to go back and watch the unveiling of the original iPhone, given how standard touch screen phones are now (and how they were anything but standard in 2007).
It's kind of funny to go back and watch the unveiling of the original iPhone, given how standard touch screen phones are now (and how they were anything but standard in 2007).
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I’m a fan of them slowly moving away from the i prefix. I prefer Apple in the name now.
Amen. The i thing is iTired.
I was semi-serious about that Mac Air. I would not be surprised if the next major refresh of the iMac shifts to a different name, more in line with the mini, Air, Pro naming.
The whole smart watch concept is just a curiosity. its really a product you do not need. No one will be using one in 5 years, its the Edsel of the tech industry.
Hmm, didn't people say the same thing about home computers a few decades ago?
Not really. the watch is different it needs an iPhone to make it work, its just an accessory not a stand alone gadget. The iPad had books and magazines going for it.the iPhone is a phone. What can you really do with it that the other two can't do, zilch. I can do all the heart stuff cheaper by just buying a hear rate monitor and using an app on my iPhone. I can tell time by looking at my iPhone. I can read email and books on my iPhone. So really what is the point of this thing. Its not a game changer unless some one has some brilliant piece of software to make me or anyone else want to buy it for now it goes along the route of the segway and google glass. fun idea but totally useless except for rich kids who will get bored of it very fast.
No one appreciates anything anymore. Sad world we live in.
I think this is very true.
No one appreciates anything anymore. Sad world we live in.
I think this is very true.
It's possibly a tiny bit of a generalisation.
It's possibly a tiny bit of a generalisation.
For the sake of having more than a one-word response: Duh. ;-)
Just wondering if you happened to see my post of a couple of days ago... where I said much the same thing.
-- It's the COMPUTER IN THE ?Watch that's most interesting here.
-- It just happens to be in a watch enclosure in it's first iteration... but it could find it's way into many different wearable or other tech objects in the future. It "could be" in just an arm band, or shoes, or sewn into many different wearables... let alone the computer that powers the iPhone 10 or iPad 8... which could be little more than a piece of glass and aluminum backing.
-- Apple is shrinking computers, and at the same time making them every more capable and powerful. The hockey stick curved graph from iPhone 1 to iPhone 6 really stuck in my head: 87x more powerful in less than 7 years! That is simply just amazing!
-- Let's take Google Glass for an example. If Apple ever makes a similar product in the future, the entire computer could conceivably be 50x more powerful than the ?Watch and completely embedded in normal fashionable eye wear frames. No clip on, no flip over glass.... no "glasshole".
*** And the one thing that Apple must do, for this miniaturization to pay off? They MUST TAKE CONTROL of, and an even more active role in, developing alternative sustainable energy sources and batteries. They can no longer leave this to their suppliers, nor any other tech company. The must do it themselves. It is the last bottleneck to future advances in technology IMHO.
Edited to add: I just ran across this article at of all places ZDnet (?!)... that pretty much points to what I'm trying to get across here.
Apple Watch: This is what happens when tech and fashion collide
Quote: It's possible that smartwatches will be the last gadgets that are obviously computing devices. We're approaching the point at which the technology is small enough (even now a smartwatch is roughly as powerful as a first generation smartphone) and that there is enough computing power embedded in the fabric (perhaps even quite literally, in our clothes) of the world around us, that we will be surrounded by it - and we won't notice it at all.
Err ...
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/an-inside-look-at-the-original-macintosh-photos_p11/6189522#photo
And
http://www.businessinsider.com/where-are-the-people-from-this-iconic-photo-of-the-original-mac-team-today-2012-2?op=1
If you surf a bit -- you can find more!
I don't have a picture of it, but while the original Mac team was in the final weeks of development -- someone (Steve or with Steve;a approval) had some special T-Shirts made:
"[working] 100 hours a week and Loving it!"
Members of the team regularly visited our Sunnyvale store wearing these ...
My wife, Lucy, collected Apple Ts and often wore them to work -- she tried her best to talk Andy out of his ... No luck!
T-Shirts were the popular thing in Silicon Valley back then -- some are quite rare and valued as collector's items.
Err ...
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/an-inside-look-at-the-original-macintosh-photos_p11/6189522#photo
And
http://www.businessinsider.com/where-are-the-people-from-this-iconic-photo-of-the-original-mac-team-today-2012-2?op=1
If you surf a bit -- you can find more!
I don't have a picture of it, but while the original Mac team was in the final weeks of development -- someone (Steve or with Steve;a approval) had some special T-Shirts made:
"[working] 100 hours a week and Loving it!"
Members of the team regularly visited our Sunnyvale store wearing these ...
My wife, Lucy, collected Apple Ts and often wore them to work -- she tried her best to talk Andy out of his ... No luck!
T-Shirts were the popular thing in Silicon Valley back then -- some are quite rare and valued as collector's items.
That's really cool that you were immersed in all of that. I have a couple coworkers who had a similar experience with Pixar exposure back in the day. Cool stuff.
Yes, for all our technological advances, battery technology is still in the dark ages. No Moores Law for batteries, that's for sure.
Without a seismic shift, we will remain sorely restricted by it, and that's one of the most damaging things to the Apple Watch. It creates all kinds of limitations beyond the size of the watch.
Imagine if there was no issue of power with the Apple Watch? You could have wireless everything, unlimited sensors, bright display, holographic display, you name it.
I don't think there'll be a decisive shift in the popularity of wearables until that leap in power management takes place.
I don't think the following will provide a significant advancement in battery technology ... rather, it could make battery technology/capacity a non-issue ...
The site is:
http://www.artemis.com
They use a technology called pCell where wireless cell radio signals are aggregated at a .5 cm point (an unique pCell for your phone) by combining the noise of multiple, overlapping signals and focusing them a single point. Each phone within range has its own unique pCell (by its location) -- and many pCells can share the same bandwidth without degrading others.
There are quite few demos of this -- and if real could revolutionize cell phone networks.
The reason that I bring this up in relation to your post about batteries and power management -- is that the inventor, Steve Perlman, has dropped hints that the pCell technology can be used for other things ... I think what he is hinting at is that power can be sent as well as data -- and aggrregated in the same way ...
If true, that would mean that your iPhone or AppleWatch could be charged continuously while being used, while out and about (or stationary). Same for your electric automobile -- while driving down the highway ...
I am no expert on this, but I've read that this wireless power transmission has been experimented with for years ... It would appear that that low power and focused aggregation would remove any danger of harming the device or the wearer.
Possible???
Hmm, didn't people say the same thing about home computers a few decades ago?
And then there were going to be phones without buttons? How absurd.
Show me a buttonless phone.
Show me a buttonless phone.
Presumably he means a keypad.
It's kind of funny to go back and watch the unveiling of the original iPhone, given how standard touch screen phones are now (and how they were anything but standard in 2007).
Show me a buttonless phone.
Presumably he means a keypad.
It's kind of funny to go back and watch the unveiling of the original iPhone, given how standard touch screen phones are now (and how they were anything but standard in 2007).
Funny isn't the word.
Funny isn't the word.
What is the word?
Dunno.
Hi Anome,
Glad I could help!
(I'm the one who wrote the article you linked.)