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Besides, does anyone think Apple can resurrect the watch industry? No but I do think they can make a huge splash in wearable computers. The type you happen to

by jsz0 13y ago

Besides, does anyone think Apple can resurrect the watch industry? No but I do think they can make a huge splash in wearable computers. The type you happen to strap on your wrist. I don't think they'll market it as a watch. They'll probably market it as a wearable iPod that gains a ton of extra functionality when paired with an iPhone. It definitely won't be as big as the iPhone/iPad and will probably be somewhat of a hobby project for the first 2-3 generations. From there I could see it being a very profitable product for Apple. I think after a while all technology tends to get passé to people. I think that's starting to happen with SmartPhones. People who are glued to their phones are starting to look lame, rude, detached. I bet in 2-3 years people will look at a wearable wrist computer as a far more elegant way to interact with their SmartPhone for most tasks. Less intrusive, more practical than taking your phone in/out of your pocket 50 times a day, less likely to hit the pavement and crack, easier to sneak a peak at in social situations, etc.

Someone 13y ago
I would move that motion processor, a heartbeat detector, a glucose detector, and the user keychain into the 'watch'. That way users carry all information about themselves on the watch. That frees the pod/tablet/tv part from being anything more than a 'sync with cloud and display stuff' part. The 'watch' part could show the essentials like unread email count. I would use something low-power like e-paper there so that the watch's battery lasts for a week (hm, is it coincidental that Apple went very flat with iOS 7? I think screens like the notification screen would translate reasonably well to a four-color display) In other words: the display can easily be shared between users. If I pick up your tablet, it shows my desktop. Maybe, I would even leave the production of displays to third parties, and keep the 'watch' and 'sync to cloud' stuff to myself (Apple would have a long way to go to get there, though) Will that happen overnight? No. For one thing, I doubt internet connectivity is fast enough too make a device change from displaying your content to showing mine.

by jsz0 13y ago

Someone 13y ago

I would move that motion processor, a heartbeat detector, a glucose detector, and the user keychain into the 'watch'. That way users carry all information about themselves on the watch. That frees the pod/tablet/tv part from being anything more than a 'sync with cloud and display stuff' part. The 'watch' part could show the essentials like unread email count. I would use something low-power like e-paper there so that the watch's battery lasts for a week (hm, is it coincidental that Apple went very flat with iOS 7? I think screens like the notification screen would translate reasonably well to a four-color display) In other words: the display can easily be shared between users. If I pick up your tablet, it shows my desktop. Maybe, I would even leave the production of displays to third parties, and keep the 'watch' and 'sync to cloud' stuff to myself (Apple would have a long way to go to get there, though) Will that happen overnight? No. For one thing, I doubt internet connectivity is fast enough too make a device change from displaying your content to showing mine.