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  • Apple Car solar panel technology could also be used in Apple Watch, iPhone case

    Getting stuck in the wilderness and using rooftop solar to crawl home would be a once in a lifetime application, but powering a short commute would be a daily use. So, "Skate to where the puck is going to be." My personal use case is probably close to where the puck will be: an 8 km (5 mi) commute and then eight hours parked outside my office in a very sunny country. Currently I have a covered car space, but could easily park in the open if I wanted to. If the 8 hours of sunlight during the day gives me enough charge to get me home and back to work the next day, then I think it makes sense. If that includes enough juice to run the car A/C for 10 minutes before I get into it then it's a no brainer!
    watto_cobratht
  • Apple Watch measurements central to new blood pressure & walking correlation

    If my aWatch or my iPhone could somehow "sniff" the food on my plate at a restaurant, cafe or diner and alert me to the presence of at least some of the bad stuff that we shouldn't eat (see list below) that would be healthy! I know that the menu might say "no MSG", etc., but how do I really know, unless I put some in a sample jar and send it to a lab? BTW, here's Jillian Michaels list of the ten worst chemicals to avoid in food products: 1. Trans fats (hydrogenated oils); 2. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS); 3. Artificial sweeteners (sucralose, aspartame, and saccharine); 4. Artificial colors (Red no. 40, Yellow no. 6, Blue nos. 1 and 2); 5. Sodium nitrites and nitrates; 6. Growth hormones (rBST and rBGH); 7. Monosodium glutamate (MSG); 8. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT); 9. Antibiotics; and 10. Pesticides. There are other lists online and they are all pretty similar.
    DianaH
  • Vintage Apple retail sign goes up for auction at $20,000 starting bid

    iOS_Guy80 said:
    Wonder how much my Apple IIe, duo disk drive, green monitor, original VisiCalc disks with leather bound manual, PFS software, Epson 1000 dot matrix printer, original,packaging, all in working rider, are worth?
    A quick look on line suggests about US$5000 for the IIe, drive and monitor and about US$300 for the Epson printer, perhaps US$5,500 for the lot.
    watto_cobra
  • watchOS 7, tvOS 14, iOS 14 could debut new workout demonstration app

    I ride a fixie every day but, living in a rural environment, I have to dismount on looong hills. Unless I'm missing something on the Apple Watch 3 "Workout" app, I'd love to have the ability to simply toggle with a push of the button or crown between cycling and walking - different speeds and calories burnt - so that the cumulative results showed as a single exercise. Something like a "cycle-cross" option could work, except those sporty types run between dismounts and carry their transport... although I often do carry a backpack with the daily baguette, bunch of bananas and a bottle of rouge!
    A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and .... A BANANA!!! Man are you missing out!
    fotoformat
  • Ex-Apple designers detail how the original iPad was created

    steveau said:
    I always find it interesting when people sort of talk down about Tim Cook's vision. Sort of like implying that the dreamers have left and the accountants have taken over - but I actually find devices the Apple Watch, which was born under the guidance of Cook, to be really such an incredible leap forward in how we use computers in our lives. Indeed it's far more visionary than the iPad, arguably at launch it was not more than a big iPhone.

    In a way this is what Jobs was missing, he had these great revolutionary ideas, but not all of them were compatible with people outside of Apple's strongest fan base, i.e. society at large and he always had a certain arrogance to common society, in that it's the audience's fault that they don't embrace these ideas, rather than the idea simply being untenable. That same arrogance is what also led to a number of failed products (such as the Cube which was mentioned, however are plenty more.) In a way Jobs very much still relied on Apple's strongest fans to keep the company going while he experimented with different ideas. 
    Second to this Job's didn't really have a vision for the iPad after launch, for years it simply went into decline - it's been under Cook's leadership that the device has found it's own niche, the guy can clearly think further ahead than this own immediate desires.
    I think Tim Cook is the best possible replacement for Steve Jobs, but Steve was a once-in-a-century genius, so to fall short is no criticism. However, it was Steve who initiated the Apple Watch, while Tim later oversaw its development as a fully fledged new class of product (no mean feat in itself). See the September 1, 2010 keynote that introduces the iPod Nano 6th gen, the square one, at go to 26min 35 sec and hear him drop the hint "one of our board of directors is going to get a band made and wear it like a watch!". I knew then that an Apple WAtch was in the works. By the time I bought my Nano 6, a few months later, there were a plethora of watch bands available and I used it as a wrist watch until the Apple Watch arrived. I then used it as my car music and podcast player until last month, when it's battery finally gave up the ghost.
    The iPod nano did include a number of watch faces specifically for this function, and if I recall correctly apple also did sell the conversion band for jusst a short while - however the mp3 player on wrist concept wasn't particularly special or useful (due to wires, battery and activating the screen), even Casio had them. I think it's a bit presumptuous to credit Jobs with the Apple Watch, when the Apple Watch is so much more than a time keeper. It's a bit like saying that you should be crediting Xerox for the latest iMac.
    I was simply adding detail to your proposition that the Apple Watch was totally developed during Tim's time as CEO.I did not credit Steve Jobs with the Apple Watch, I credited him with initiating the concept within Apple. I actually did credit Tim with creating the product line and that this was "no mean feat".
    watto_cobra