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So much marketing, so little time for people to get reasonable answers to questions such as: Why exactly do I need an overpriced watch that I need to charge eve

by smanuel 12y ago

So much marketing, so little time for people to get reasonable answers to questions such as: Why exactly do I need an overpriced watch that I need to charge every day and replace every few years? A watch which does much less than my phone. To send taps and heartbeats? Seriously? Call me a whiner but I really think there are much bigger problems to solve and it's kinda sad to watch Apple do something... because growth and expectations. Anyway, I hope they find the problem for their solution.

threeseed 12y ago
Apple hasn't stopped everything they are doing to make the Apple Watch. They are a very large company with significant resources. Is trying to tackle payments (Apple Pay), home automation (HomeKit), computing (OSX/Macs), mobile (iOS/iPhones/iPad), music (Beats), video (AppleTV) etc not big enough problems ? And Tim Cook has made it clear that he sees health as one of the defining issues of our generation and the Apple Watch is his first attempt at it. You really want to argue with that ?
- smanuel 12y ago
  You missed HealthKit. HealthKit is something that solves a real problem. Having all your health data stored in one place, that's something that makes sense. Apple Watch is Not a health device and I fall short of imagination seeing it as a health device. The first attempt? If they really wanted to create a health device, they would have certainly done so, it's not like they don't have the resources. If they really wanted to create a health device they would have created a device which measures blood pressure, body temperature, does blood count tests, etc. Not a watch that counts steps and sends taps and heartbeats.
  - TheOtherHobbes 12y ago
    Apparently Apple tried to make Watch a better health device with some of those features. But the technology just isn't there yet - at least not in a watch form factor. Obviously a med-lab on your wrist would be a killer device. Unfortunately Watch isn't it.
    - smanuel 12y ago
      Exactly my point. The technology is there (e.g. [1]) but not in watch form factor. It doesn't need to be, and nobody wants a med lab on his wrist. That's why the Watch is not a health device and saying it's the first step/attempt is just blah blah marketing. [1] http://acceldx.com/ http://acceldx.com/
    - smackfu 12y ago
      Even the one sensor they did add, for heart rate, is in there mainly because it's possible, not because it's super useful.

by smanuel 12y ago

threeseed 12y ago

Apple hasn't stopped everything they are doing to make the Apple Watch. They are a very large company with significant resources. Is trying to tackle payments (Apple Pay), home automation (HomeKit), computing (OSX/Macs), mobile (iOS/iPhones/iPad), music (Beats), video (AppleTV) etc not big enough problems ? And Tim Cook has made it clear that he sees health as one of the defining issues of our generation and the Apple Watch is his first attempt at it. You really want to argue with that ?

smanuel 12y ago
You missed HealthKit. HealthKit is something that solves a real problem. Having all your health data stored in one place, that's something that makes sense. Apple Watch is Not a health device and I fall short of imagination seeing it as a health device. The first attempt? If they really wanted to create a health device, they would have certainly done so, it's not like they don't have the resources. If they really wanted to create a health device they would have created a device which measures blood pressure, body temperature, does blood count tests, etc. Not a watch that counts steps and sends taps and heartbeats.
- TheOtherHobbes 12y ago
  Apparently Apple tried to make Watch a better health device with some of those features. But the technology just isn't there yet - at least not in a watch form factor. Obviously a med-lab on your wrist would be a killer device. Unfortunately Watch isn't it.
  - smanuel 12y ago
    Exactly my point. The technology is there (e.g. [1]) but not in watch form factor. It doesn't need to be, and nobody wants a med lab on his wrist. That's why the Watch is not a health device and saying it's the first step/attempt is just blah blah marketing. [1] http://acceldx.com/ http://acceldx.com/
  - smackfu 12y ago
    Even the one sensor they did add, for heart rate, is in there mainly because it's possible, not because it's super useful.