Please Let This Apple Rumor Be True: An iOS Smartwatch That Talks to Your iPhone

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by tdgrnwld • 14 years ago

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callmeed• 14 years ago

Honest question: do people really wear digital, "smart" watches?

When I see people wearing a watch, it's usually:

- as a woman's fashion accessory

- as an expensive/dressy/show off piece (Breitling, Panerai, etc.)

- as a retro/hipster/ironic piece (old timex or swatch)

Do people really use/need "smart" watches?

alwaysinshade• 14 years ago

I don't think the majority of people need or even want smart watches [1]. However an iterative update to the Nano to include Bluetooth 4 connectivity would allow it to be used as a portal to say, the entire music collection sitting on the device in your pocket/handbag, email notifications, weather forecast, Airplay remote etc. So a seemingly pointless ~1gb device becomes a whole lot more desirable through a relatively cheap and simple hardware update.

[1] Just another bit of kit that you have to take off/put on each day and doesn't add a whole lot more value than carrying a phone in your pocket. Separate devices are an antithesis to the smartphone - the Swiss Army Knife of the digital world.

dag11• 14 years ago

My dad and I ordered black Pebbles, and we fully intend to use them.

  When I see people wearing a watch, it's usually [fashion.]

Yeah, that's because smart watches haven't caught on yet. There was a time when people only put earrings on their ears, and now there's people walking around with earbuds in them.

eurleif• 14 years ago

>Honest question: do people really wear digital, "smart" watches?

Did (most) people carry around digital music players before the iPod was introduced?

Please Let This Apple Rumor Be True: An iOS Smartwatch That Talks to Your iPhone

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