steveau

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?

fotoformat said:

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!

EsquireCats said:

steveau said:

EsquireCats 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.

EsquireCats 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.