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The overriding feeling I had during this keynote is that every feature that I found cool in the watch I would much prefer on my phone. Cool watch app? Wait, ac
by tolmasky 12y ago
The overriding feeling I had during this keynote is that every feature that I found cool in the watch I would much prefer on my phone.
Cool watch app? Wait, actually that would be cooler and more usable on a big screen...
Haptic feedback? Agreed, awesome idea, but no reason it can't be on my phone and buzz my leg instead of my wrist.
- Kurtz79 12y agoI think interface wise Cook has the right of it when he says they didn't just strap a reduced iPhone on the wrist. It's clear that they spent a large amount of time and effort with the haptic feedback and the crown. But functionality wise... well I completely agree with you. I can't see anything a smartphone cannot do, better and more efficiently, with the exception of the heart rate sensor. Some functions in particular seem very awkward to me: I cannot see a reasonable way of using it as a phone or an audio player, in public, without bluetooth earphones. With mobile phones, mp3 players and smartphones the value proposition was clear, but what is the killer application for smartwatches ? That said, I would be far from surprised if they sell like hotcakes.
- crazychrome 12y agoagree. What's the killer App for it? Maybe it's the HealthKit related things, but they hardly appeal to core Apple buyers: young people! It'll be a historical change if Apple starts to add oldlies into its base.
- aaronem 12y ago> no reason it can't be on my phone and buzz my leg instead of my wrist There's a much higher density of tactile nerve endings in your wrist than in your thigh; even if you can reliably feel your phone vibrating in your pocket (I can't!), that's no guarantee you'd be able to discriminate finely enough for haptic feedback to be of use, especially since the phone's orientation in your pocket is not guaranteed.
- jlebar 12y ago> Haptic feedback? Agreed, awesome idea, but no reason it can't be on my phone and buzz my leg instead of my wrist. It's frequently lost upon this crowd (I'm guilty of this myself) that half of the population in the West frequently wears clothes which lack pockets.
- UrMomReadsHN 12y agoPhones already do this. My android phone vibrates when I have walking directions on and I need to turn.
- ChristianBundy 12y agoYour statistic confused me until I realized you were [assumedly] referencing females who keep their phones in their purses/bags.
- hayleyanthony 12y agoPlease try to say women, not "females." I don't think you meant anything by it but when you always see that usage, (common in tech spaces) it starts to feel a little dehumanizing.
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- dzhiurgis 12y agoa.i. males in medical community?
- wmeredith 12y agoOh lord, get over it. Female is degrading now?
- yusefnapora 12y agoWell, it does make you sound like a Ferengi.
- mooism2 12y agoRe haptic feedback: I'm forever feeling my phone vibrate in my pocket when it isn't vibrating... and still manage not to notice when it does vibrate. Perhaps I would perceive the signal more accurately if it was on my wrist instead of my thigh.
- wildpeaks 12y agoUntil you start having the same phantom vibrations in your wrist as well.