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I'm very impressed. When I saw the Google video, I thought the round watch was a photoshopped concept we may see in the future, but it's actually shipping in a
by martythemaniak 13y ago
I'm very impressed. When I saw the Google video, I thought the round watch was a photoshopped concept we may see in the future, but it's actually shipping in a few months.
Also, is this the first mass-market device with a round screen? I'd be interested to see how the layouts work from a developer perspective. Whether relative or fixed, desktop, mobile or web, we're all so used to rectangular, grid based layouts.
- revelation 13y agoPlenty of mass-market devices with round screen. Heres a 3+ year old Garmin watch with touch and pixel-based round screen: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/images/2011/04/IMG_0486A-720x479.jpg http://www.dcrainmaker.com/images/2011/04/IMG_0486A-720x479....
- maxmcd 13y agoBased on the size of the bezel couldn't that still be a rectangular lcd? I tried finding pictures of the internals of that watch, but my google-fu is not strong enough.
- Gepser 13y agoyeah it looks like a rectangular screen
- mikestew 13y agoI have one (well, two at one point). The LCD is rectangular in a round bezel.
- gatehouse 13y agoHere is a picture of a teardown of a similar watch: http://gadgetnerdly.com/the-garmin-fenix-gets-the-fcc-teardown-treatment/ http://gadgetnerdly.com/the-garmin-fenix-gets-the-fcc-teardo... , confirms square screen.
- criswell 13y agoA round screen both worries and excites me. I can't think of a nice way to present a website on a circular screen but it would also bother me to waste all that space putting everything into a box.
- AceJohnny2 13y agoDo you really think browsing the web will be an important use-case for a watch?
- criswell 13y agoNo, but I also didn't think people were going to be crazy about browsing the web on a small touch screen. It's fun to think about at the very least.
- korzun 13y agoI would assume app development/etc would be done in 'block' like GUI and the watch will convert it into a round version on the fly.
- awalton 13y agoThis is exactly what's wrong with the idea of smartwatches today. People want to do things like put websites on them. Why, why on earth do I need the web on my watch?
- criswell 13y agoWhy not if it can be done well? Also, I thought the same thing about my smart phone years ago.
- MBCook 13y agoHow could you possibly put the web on a screen where my fingertip is big enough to cover up 25% of it at any moment? This seems like one of those cases where less is definitely more.
- radley 13y agoIt's still "simulated" which means Photoshopped / After Effects. I"m actually pretty nervous because there's no "simulated" disclaimer, yet these mock-ups are terribly rough: - fake / inconsistent lighting accents & bevel - screens in the photos are pixelated (looks like a screen-res quality source was rotated), yet the 3D model's screen is totally smooth suggesting 400 dpi or better - clip rotation angles are off - the cropping is poor, has antialiasing problems
- Domenic_S 13y agoIn other words, you can tell by some of the pixels?
- twic 13y agoWell, i imagine radley has seen quite a few shops in his time.
- mcescalante 13y agoA+, didn't think I'd see this reference on HN :)
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- radley 13y agoAn easy way to tell: look at the edges of the text area's white background. See how they're kinda jaggy, almost like steps? That's due to low resolution. Either the device is low res (which most smart phones are) or the source image was. Now look at the edges of the 3D watch's hands: they're all smooth at every angle. That means either a 3D mock-up or an incredibly high res screen. Yet look at the black watch face in the prior shot: all the hands are jagged.
- kalleboo 13y ago> Also, is this the first mass-market device with a round screen? Motorola has made a phone with a round screen before http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_aura-2562.php http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_aura-2562.php
- agumonkey 13y agoI mostly remember the v70 http://www.mobilegazette.com/motorola-v70.htm http://www.mobilegazette.com/motorola-v70.htm (2002) and was waiting for Motorola to pitch in the watch game.
- laumars 13y agoI used to have a v70. It was one of my favourite phones I've owned.
- agumonkey 13y agoI only had one Motorola phone, a v36 (Europe name), it was a very special phone, extremely elegant http://imgur.com/ http://imgur.com/ , not fully featured but everything it did, it did quick and well. I always had a small thing for Motorola hardware since.
- laumars 13y agoI'm not familiar with the v35, but that would have been a different phone from the v70 and not just a European name since I live in Europe and my v70 was still called a v70.
- ChuckMcM 13y agoPersonally I think it would be awesome to have a radial based layout system. But recognize that probably won't happen. Probably do a square layout with a circular clipping mask. Still rect(3, -45, 3, -45, 3, 130, 3, 130) assuming a [radius,angle] co-ordinate system would be fun to play with.
- njharman 13y agoRadial menus are the best. I wish everyone used them (for all platforms). My biggest advantage is they (when implemented properly) allow and promote muscle memory, less mousemovement required. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_menu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_menu
- ricardobeat 13y agoYou could certainly implement that on top of the cartesian system.
- Geee 13y agoI was 100% sure that Apple's iWatch would be round. This looks almost exactly like I imagined the iWatch would look, and weirdly it feels like they copied it. (Well, it looks like a normal watch, and that's what I expected from Apple, not from Google/Moto).
- Touche 13y agoWait what? You're accusing Motorola of copying your imagination of what an unreleased Apple product might look like?
- mchanson 13y agoIts serious third order ip theft!
- Geee 13y agoYes, that's obviously what I said.
- mynameisvlad 13y agoI hope you realize how absurd you sound.
- garrettgrimsley 13y agoDid Geee really need a /s for a comment that would imply Google/Moto had mind-reading powers? I guess so.
- ricardobeat 13y agoI hope you realize he was being sarcastic.
- mynameisvlad 13y agoIt doesn't sound even remotely sarcastic.
- knowaveragejoe 13y agoOf course it's photoshopped, they essentially have to in order to do the scrolling effect.
- Void_ 13y ago> Also, is this the first mass-market device with a round screen? Haha, that takes "responsive" to a whole new level.
- United857 13y agoNest has a round screen, and it came out over 2 years ago.
- harpastum 13y agoThe Nest display has a square body, but they only have actual pixels in a circular area[1]. Definitely innovative, but the Moto360 will need to be circular in both body and pixel area. [1] http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/xMQM5UAtkAbVdFZL.medium http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/xMQM5UAtkAbVdFZL.me... (http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nest+Learning+Thermostat+2nd+Generation+Teardown/13818 http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nest+Learning+Thermostat+2nd+..., step 12)
- makomk 13y agoThe round screen in the Google video is obviously a mock-up, but it's only a slight tweak away from existing screens. Notice that the screen isn't a full circle but is flattened at the bottom - unlike with a fully round screen this means they could use a standard FFC to connect the screen.
- ohwp 13y agoRound LCD display can already be bought online (for example: http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/round-lcd-display.html http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/round-lcd-display.html) Some suppliers can provide 5000 items per day. I think they are used in cars as dials and gauges.
- disillusioned 13y agoNest has a round screen. Not on your wrist, but none the less.