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WatchKit is a sweet solution that will only ever give us baby apps
- skygazer 9y agoI want a stand alone cellular Apple Watch, without need to tether to a main device. It’s own app store. An iPhone alternative, rather than extension.
- gumby 9y agoApple went that way with the ipod: 1> FW only, tethered to your mac, 2> USB-based supporting PC, 3> standalone (phone), 4> pumping up functionality to attack their previous core business (Mac), 5> withering away of the ipod itself. I fully anticipate the watch to become android-compatible in the not-too-distant future now that global phone sales appear to have peaked (could be a temporary peak, but the writing is on the wall) so that they can dominate the next generation. Then in another 5-10 years it becomes a standalone cloud terminal. None of which can happen unless the watch is freed from the watchkit issues Marco decries.