All Things Mac/ Apple
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And here (in German) the related comment of the Morning-briefing of Germany´s leading business-daily (sounds not so good):
Die Apple-Welt kreißte und gebar heute Nacht eine Uhr. Die iWatch sendet Nachrichten und empfängt Fitnessdaten. Die Börse, die das Produkt dringender braucht als Otto-Normal-Nutzer, reagierte kurzfristig euphorisch und dann lustlos. Der Grund: Apple präsentierte eine Neuheit, aber keine Erfindung. Die Uhr ist schick, aber nicht genial. -
I like the watch
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Agreed, though I still don't understand why NFC is the model. Retailers already have optical scanners, I've long thought why not just use that technology?
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yeah. the watch is not what i expected. i doubt it'll ever settle. like why would someone wanna be wearing that to a fully mechanical watch say a seiko, pam, rolex etc….
really doubting the NFC in other parts of the world though, i mean like they mentioned it's the end of the magnetic strip but cards this days come with EMV chips and in certain countries, instead of signing you pay with pin. which is essentially almost the same thing as apple pay where the card doesnt ever leave your hand. on top of that, the different rules in different countries in regard to card payments.
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just wondering. for those getting the iphone6. would you be getting the 6 or 6plus???
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Even though they boosted the base resolution and screen size, I'd go plus, the added battery life alone makes it worthwhile IMO.
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yeah i have been looking at the 6plus more than the 6. with all the advancement, the only downside is it's size. wouldnt know if i would get used to a phone being that huge (physically) not the screen size.
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Always been beyond me why the hell anyone would want to carry a phone the size of a shoe box….nuts.
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Totally. My fiancee has a Samsung galaxy, which is comparable in size to the 6, and that thing barely fits in my hip pocket. I refuse to sit on a 400 dollar device, and I don't want it out every time I sit down. I refuse to let my cell phone force me to carry a purse. And I'm sure most men identify with that, hahaha.
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Even though they boosted the base resolution and screen size, I'd go plus, the added battery life alone makes it worthwhile IMO.
Agreed
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I did have a thought about the Watch this morning.
They spent a lot of time patting themselves on the back for taking a cue from classic horology in using a crown as a major UI element. They completely fucked up there IMO. A crown is used on a watch at most once per day, on a winder. On an automatic, you only use it during daylight savings, travel, inactivity, or other adjustments. On a battery operated watch, add to that a battery change. It isn't central to the operation of a timepiece, and as such, doesn't have to be easy to use–and so it isn't. It's tiny because it isn't used frequently. And Apple has decided this niche UI element is central to their wearable platform. Big mistake.
What was staring them right in the face if they were truly looking at classic horology is two things: round faces and rotating bezels. This means a much easier control to use (even for deep sea divers wearing gloves, per classic diving watches), you still get no obstruction of the face of the device when the control is in use (they were quite proud of how their crown-centeredness didn't obstruct the face... for right-handers at least; you would be able to use a single finger on a bezel, like a slider--or a click wheel), and right- versus left-handedness is officially inconsequential with this kind of a UI.
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The crown is kind of weird, agree now you mention it, but think it'll work.
A bezel probably would do something with the touch sensitive surface meaning it'll need to be outside of that as apposed to on top with normal watches. The current watch is screen all the way to the edge. Meaning either a smaller screen real estate or a bigger watch. Great idea tho, and seems FAR more natural than the crown.
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I thought of it being piezoelectric at first, but sweat and water would then prove problematic–a physical control is needed one way or the other.
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Sooo we end up back at the crown, dammit. I bet you they have a bezel edition somewhere in R&D. Another version with a nib/joystick on the band/integrated strap.
All the different straps/faces seems to tie really nicely with Beats move. I think the process to come up with all the straps/faces would have started well before the M&A of Beats, but nicely ties into a common vision of personalization (everyone repeat after me, we are all unique! :))
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I thought at least SOME sort of Beats announcement was a conspicuous absence from the event, but it is nice that the watches are customizable. The branding is maddening though. They should have called it iWatch. "Watch" has no caché. iWatch immediately calls to mind an Apple wearable. And don't get me started on Apple Watch "Edition," that's some of the worst branding Apple has EVER perpetrated.
Everything Apple announced was catch-up. This has happened in the past, but typically they would put an angle on it that made it unique and compelling; I don't see that this time. The model has been to wait so that they could perfect a given technology; in this case I don't think they perfected anything. The one thing that may be a game-changer is Pay, since Google hasn't been able to get that done with Wallet.
They are just not the same company and are no longer terribly interesting to me, which saddens me because they did so much for technology when they were driven by vision. I won't even waste time watching the keynote. The plus side is that nothing will be compelling me to make an expensive shift back into the Apple ecosystem (other than replacing my aging MacBook Air).
