I just don't like the look of the Microsoft fitness watch thingamajig. The long narrow flat look just doesn't work for me. I'm not going to knock it. I'm sure it's great for those that like it and that's really all that matters. Buy what you like. Good to see Microsoft still supporting it with new capabilities.
Microsoft will be successful but it's changing from an OS company into a services company away from windows and office monopoly it had into a much more competitive sector with players like hp, Ibm, Amazon and Google
Ripoff in terms of price and it looks. It looks like a fit bit or a fuel band.... For $199 a Pebble or Moto Watch seems like a better buy.
That is totally depending on your need. With GPS and all its sensors plus being light weight this is a far better fitness watch than Moto Watch or Pebble. To me this is more of a competitor to a classic fitness watch than a smartwatch. For an avid runner this seems a good alternative if you do not need all the extras the Apple Watch offers.
One thing about ?Watch that I like is Apple isn't superficially trying to make it look like a traditional watch. Jony Ive said it doesn't make sense to compare a traditional watch to the functionality and capabilities of ?Watch. I think the idea that someone who wears expensive traditional watches will give them up for a cheap Android Wear watch that tries to look like a traditional watch with a round display and skeuomorphic traditional watch face is laughable. And now that Android Wear OEMs are all rushing to do round they're just going to be a sea of sameness especially with 3rd party watch faces where everyone can have the same copywrited Tag, Rolex, Omega, etc. watch face. And if you chose a non-traditional watch face the watch will look just as dorky as some think ?Watch looks.
Eight months in the technology field is more than a while! I stand by what I said.
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Originally Posted by digitalclips
Ask the question ... Had Apple never announced way back it was going to make an ?Watch, would Microsoft and the rest of the copycats gone down this road? Had Apple announced they were going to make a health necklace or a hearing aid with Siri in your ear, I am sure they'd all have them ...
The Microsoft Band was announced a month and a bit after the ?Watch. Quite obviously it's conception and development pre-date the ?Watch announcement. Which devices were you referring to as 'rest of the copycats'?
The Microsoft Band was announced a month and a bit after the ?Watch. Quite obviously it's conception and development pre-date the ?Watch announcement. Which devices were you referring to as 'rest of the copycats'?
Pebble 2011
Sony Smartwatch 12-4-2012
Sony Smartwatch 2 25-6-2013
Samsung Galaxy Gear 25-9-2013
Samsung Gear Fit 24-2-2014
Moto 360 18-3-2014
Samsung Gear 2 11-4-2014
LG G Watch 25-6-2014
Samsung Gear Live 25-6-2014
Samsung Gear S 28-8-2014
Apple Watch 9-9-2014
Microsoft Band 29-10-2014
Well Apple didn't official announced the ?Watch until 9/9/2014 but the rumors of the watch and the patents were around before all of these smart watches came out to the market. As soon as ?Watch patents were made public everyone rush to beat Apple to the market. Did not work very well in my opinion
Well Apple didn't official announced the ?Watch until 9/9/2014 but the rumors of the watch and the patents were around before all of these smart watches came out to the market. As soon as ?Watch patents were made public everyone rush to beat Apple to the market. Did not work very well in my opinion
Exactly, Apple telegraphed it way before the official launch, heck it was a major topic on AI.
Let's be clear, this listing of other smart watches is a rerun of the anti iPhone arguments when people list all the 'smart phones' that predated iPhone. Thus trying to diminish the iPhone's status for some reason. Like the iPhone the ?Watch is a paradigm shift and everything else that follows from other manufacturers is no longer what they would have made without Apple's example.
I really don't think Microsoft was trying to accomplish much with the Band. For one thing, they technically never even announced it. There had been rumours going around that they were developing a smartwatch, but no one really knew what was going on until one day -BAM- hey we made this thing buy it. Add to that the fact that they left it available to work with all phone operating systems and really business-wise it doesn't make much sense.
Also, let's compare the two devices
Similarities:
Health & Fitness tracking
Touchscreen
Essential Apps (weather, email, text messaging etc)
Payments (Starbucks cards vs. Apple Pay)
Water resistant
Wireless charging
Personal Assistant (Cortana vs. Siri)
Tells time
Differences:
Apple Watch:
19-hour battery life
Photos app
Maps app
Music app
Phone calls
Digital Touch
Customisable watch faces
Customisable watch bands
No built-in GPS
Almost-square, hi-res display
Force Touch
Meant to be worn on outside of wrist
Made out of high-quality metals
App Store
Works with iOS only
Designed to look nice
$349 starting price
?Microsoft Band:
48-hour battery life
Built-in GPS
Single watch face
Long, rectangular display
Meant to be worn on inside of wrist
Very few apps
Made of plastic and rubber
Works with Windows Phone, Android and iOS
Designed to be a fitness band
$299 starting price
So you can see, they're not really all that similar
Well Apple didn't official announced the ?Watch until 9/9/2014 but the rumors of the watch and the patents were around before all of these smart watches came out to the market. As soon as ?Watch patents were made public everyone rush to beat Apple to the market. Did not work very well in my opinion
The ?Watch patent dates from July 2014, so what other Apple watch related patents were there before that one to inspire all those devices?
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Eight months in the technology field is more than a while! I stand by what I said.
https://techpinions.com/microsoft-is-sorta-doomed/36606
It's not enough time to develop a device, and then announce it.
One thing about ?Watch that I like is Apple isn't superficially trying to make it look like a traditional watch. Jony Ive said it doesn't make sense to compare a traditional watch to the functionality and capabilities of ?Watch. I think the idea that someone who wears expensive traditional watches will give them up for a cheap Android Wear watch that tries to look like a traditional watch with a round display and skeuomorphic traditional watch face is laughable. And now that Android Wear OEMs are all rushing to do round they're just going to be a sea of sameness especially with 3rd party watch faces where everyone can have the same copywrited Tag, Rolex, Omega, etc. watch face. And if you chose a non-traditional watch face the watch will look just as dorky as some think ?Watch looks.
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Eight months in the technology field is more than a while! I stand by what I said.
Ask the question ... Had Apple never announced way back it was going to make an ?Watch, would Microsoft and the rest of the copycats gone down this road? Had Apple announced they were going to make a health necklace or a hearing aid with Siri in your ear, I am sure they'd all have them ...
The Microsoft Band was announced a month and a bit after the ?Watch. Quite obviously it's conception and development pre-date the ?Watch announcement. Which devices were you referring to as 'rest of the copycats'?
Pebble 2011
Sony Smartwatch 12-4-2012
Sony Smartwatch 2 25-6-2013
Samsung Galaxy Gear 25-9-2013
Samsung Gear Fit 24-2-2014
Moto 360 18-3-2014
Samsung Gear 2 11-4-2014
LG G Watch 25-6-2014
Samsung Gear Live 25-6-2014
Samsung Gear S 28-8-2014
Apple Watch 9-9-2014
Microsoft Band 29-10-2014
Well Apple didn't official announced the ?Watch until 9/9/2014 but the rumors of the watch and the patents were around before all of these smart watches came out to the market. As soon as ?Watch patents were made public everyone rush to beat Apple to the market. Did not work very well in my opinion
Exactly, Apple telegraphed it way before the official launch, heck it was a major topic on AI.
Let's be clear, this listing of other smart watches is a rerun of the anti iPhone arguments when people list all the 'smart phones' that predated iPhone. Thus trying to diminish the iPhone's status for some reason. Like the iPhone the ?Watch is a paradigm shift and everything else that follows from other manufacturers is no longer what they would have made without Apple's example.
I really don't think Microsoft was trying to accomplish much with the Band. For one thing, they technically never even announced it. There had been rumours going around that they were developing a smartwatch, but no one really knew what was going on until one day -BAM- hey we made this thing buy it. Add to that the fact that they left it available to work with all phone operating systems and really business-wise it doesn't make much sense.
Also, let's compare the two devices
Similarities:
Differences:
Apple Watch:
?Microsoft Band:
So you can see, they're not really all that similar
Well Apple didn't official announced the ?Watch until 9/9/2014 but the rumors of the watch and the patents were around before all of these smart watches came out to the market. As soon as ?Watch patents were made public everyone rush to beat Apple to the market. Did not work very well in my opinion
The ?Watch patent dates from July 2014, so what other Apple watch related patents were there before that one to inspire all those devices?
Rumors lol
With a little seriousness there is this from 2013
http://www.smartwatchnews.org/apple-iwatch-band-patent-a-slap-bracelet/
http://m.smh.com.au/digital-life/hometech/new-apple-patent-describes-flexible-iwatch-20130221-2ev7u.html