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Quote: Originally Posted by 512ke I don't think Apple is going to be hugely successful with this. The reason is that Apple lacks original content. If you want to see Game of Thrones legally without having to wait months, you need HBO or HBO …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 Are you 12 years old? I mean seriously. What was wrong with his statement? I agree with his sentiment. Ads are essentially the reason I can't watch TV content other than sports and movies on HBO, Starz, etc (…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AnalogJack Yeah I get all of that, and I'm not disagreeing with you with regards to the specialised engineering to produce the gold and the extra cost involved in smaller production run and I understand that the co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by davygee Don't most people wear some sort of Jewellery? Rings on their fingers, watches, necklaces? The Apple Watch isn't meant to be jewellery per se. As I've mentioned before, it's more of a fashion statement, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac_128 Who says they aren't already? More to the point, apple will eventually need to offer diamond watches to compete on this level. Gold is not enough to distinguish the high end, since they must start offering a…
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I didn't know so many of you people, on this tech site, were this much into jewelry. Are you going to start wearing diamond earring now?
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmz Is it remotely possible that it is less important the actor look exactly like Steve Jobs and more important that he acts the role accordingly? I just checked: it is indeed possible. No, sorry, but I disagre…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections Some private companies started train lines later incorporated into public systems. But the difficultly of organically developing a transit system at a profit and the risk to cities of private business fa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections If you're discussing technology that can be subsidized by a huge government project paid for by compulsory taxation, then we are no longer talking about commercial enterprise. Of course the government ca…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Luke Vink So my entire life is apple dominated, lets start with that. Let's start with Windows 10 - while seemingly mundane, One Windows is a damn good idea for everyone - developers included, I remain curious. With…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CanukStorm We don't know how big (or little) the smart watch market really is. It could be that sales are lagging because what's selling is junk and doesn't appeal to mainstream users. That may change with Apple Wa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry If you think that only "techies" own smart watches then you are sadly ignorant. And a nice little ad hominem to make up for your inability to think of any sensible or civil response on finding that others h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry Having been using a watch for that purpose for the past year, I can tell you that from my perspective, yes, the watch is much better in many situations. You are reading those opinions here - are they less v…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry You are completely free to feel however you like about the process of checking your phone, but don't try to project those views onto everyone else. There are countless situations when glancing at a watch is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CanukStorm It isn't the glancing. It's the constantly having to take it out of your pocket (or purse if you're a woman) that's annoying. I would disagree. I see no problem with walking with the phone in hand or si…
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Quote: Originally Posted by CanukStorm The killer feature of Apple Watch, or any smart watch is convenience so that you don't always have the hassle of pulling out your smartphone. How in the world is glancing at your phone an inconvenience? …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost Sure, but they don't seem to me to have the mass appeal of the iOS devices, at least, not for the asking price. To look at it another way: what devices will the Apple Watch be replacing? The iPho…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corrections The three features of Apple Watch are its fitness tracking, personal sketch/taptic/heartbeat communications and glance able notifications on a watch. These were detailed at length during the iPhone 6 ev…
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I still just don't get it. If you have phone, why would you want a watch, much less a smartwatch? All of it's functions are the same as your phone, albeit in a much smaller screen, thus less friendly. When I receive a notification, I want to pull ou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NetMage I'm not sure there is a good understanding of the effect of stock buyback in this article. Yeah, not at all. It seems he believes buybacks hurt stock performance instead of help it.