Non points - except one. (Score: 1) by kwerle@pipedot.org on 2014-09-12 20:17 (#2SBY) Samsung is making fun of the streaming problems Apple had on a new Youtube video called It Doesn't Take a Genius.Seriously embarrassing. Heads should roll.The Telegraph is predicting that AndroidWear will come to quickly dominate the lackluster Apple Watch.So... They think there is a market for a watch. Interesting.Macworld Magazine, the venerable journal that has covered Apple since 1984, is shutting its doors.Nobody cares.The Apple store crashed during preorders for the iphone 6 (OK, we could construe that as good news)Yeah, you could.The Register has panned the Apple Watch as "nothing more than digital perfume" and concludes gadget-mania is over.What an apt description. Because perfume is so unpopular.Most damning is this post making the rounds on Google Plus, telling iphone 6 users: welcome to 2012! If you need help with your iphone 6 features, just ask an Android user: we've had this stuff for years.As usual, Apple isn't doing anything new. They're just doing it well. And taking a slice of the pie while they're at it. Re: Non points - except one. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-09-13 09:55 (#2SC9) > So... They think there is a market for a watch. Interesting.The market for a watch exists, yes.Going running with a 5" smart phone is quite annoying. Having an unobtrusive watch which does GPS, timing and logging, pulse monitoring, SMS, NFC for small purchases, music, etc. which is fully interoperable with the rest of your mobile devices will be a big thing for a lot of people.Lots and lots of young people go out running or cycling and have the disposable cash. I know a number of non-geeks who want one of these watches badly. Re: Non points - except one. (Score: 1) by kwerle@pipedot.org on 2014-09-13 20:03 (#2SCG) Yeah, that's the thing - I'm not sure how many of those things the watch is gonna do without the phone in proximity.
Re: Non points - except one. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-09-13 09:55 (#2SC9) > So... They think there is a market for a watch. Interesting.The market for a watch exists, yes.Going running with a 5" smart phone is quite annoying. Having an unobtrusive watch which does GPS, timing and logging, pulse monitoring, SMS, NFC for small purchases, music, etc. which is fully interoperable with the rest of your mobile devices will be a big thing for a lot of people.Lots and lots of young people go out running or cycling and have the disposable cash. I know a number of non-geeks who want one of these watches badly. Re: Non points - except one. (Score: 1) by kwerle@pipedot.org on 2014-09-13 20:03 (#2SCG) Yeah, that's the thing - I'm not sure how many of those things the watch is gonna do without the phone in proximity.
Re: Non points - except one. (Score: 1) by kwerle@pipedot.org on 2014-09-13 20:03 (#2SCG) Yeah, that's the thing - I'm not sure how many of those things the watch is gonna do without the phone in proximity.