blessingx Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) Might as well start a separate thread for this. Edited September 9, 2014 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMoney Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Color me amazed that they were able to keep the design of this a secret all the way until the keynote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 A thought for Carl (and others) Journalists, now your editors will require you to write content that can be consumed on a Watch. Godspeed! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 You can watch the first video at:http://www.apple.com/live/2014-sept-event/c42d94ee-7dea-40a8-98ba-dbd2da60c965?cid=tw-us-c42d94ee-7dea-40a8-98ba-dbd2da60c965-vi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Available "Early 2015". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 so it boils down to battery life for me. I'm interested in it to replace my suunto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Interestingly battery life wasn't mentioned in the keynote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 I was impressed by the watch, compared to the Gear 2. I am not getting an iPhone to get a watch but it does look like a cool device assuming it last more than a day on a charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Are these going to be waterproof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyll Hertsens Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 A thought for Carl (and others) Journalists, now your editors will require you to write content that can be consumed on a Watch. Godspeed! I've already been told my paragraphs are too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 I wonder if it will work with the iPod Touch or any other iOS device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) I seriously want this to be the end-all solution for running outdoors but I've got a few essential questions that weren't explicit on apple's site... the watch will have to use cellular, right? I don't see how else it will be able to utilize something like GPS unless tethering off your phone, which completely defeats the purpose of using it to run. Also, it's got no headphone input. So once again, are you still tied to your phone for music? Bluetooth seems to be lagging desperately on the headphone front. Edited September 9, 2014 by Aura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Apple sued for wearables prior art? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Starting at $350 - iPhone required. So as expected it's a phone accessory. Outside of the payment stuff, I saw nothing interesting that Android Wear can't do. I'm clearly not the market for this sort of thing so I'll bow out of this thread now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbasement Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) The features list seems pretty silly to me - mostly things that aren't made all that much more awesome by being done on a watch. The walkie-talkie thing is kinda neat, but I suspect you can only do it with other Apple users, which is much less neat. Maybe there'll be some good third-party apps, what do I know? I'm clearly not the market for this sort of thing so I'll bow out of this thread now. Yeah, me too. Edited September 9, 2014 by acidbasement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yeah, it said that it utilizes the phone's GPS and carrier for things like calls and GPS, so yes, you have to bring the phone when you run, and yes, that defeats the purpose. Alas. I'll wait 'til they figure out how to decouple it from the iPhone. For the applications I'm thinking of (musical, e.g. theremin-like controller based on distance and orientation from an iPad), don't mind it being tethered to an iOS device, just sorry it has to be only the iPhone. I will wait for it to be hacked...in 3...2...1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) Yeah, it said that it utilizes the phone's GPS and carrier for things like calls and GPS, so yes, you have to bring the phone when you run, and yes, that defeats the purpose. Thanks Dusty - yeah I just read that excerpt as well. Definitely not for me then. Edited September 9, 2014 by Aura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 [tweet]https://twitter.com/Oatmeal/status/509409983583113216/photo/1[/tweet] "Hey bro, you got the time?" "Yeah, it's ... hang on. Just a sec. God fucking damnit. " http://twitter.com/Oatmeal/status/509409983583113216/photo/1pic.twitter.com/2R4MXIVIcY https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/BxHJrhmCYAAw4Ro.mp4 Sorry, can't be arsed to embed. From Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 You can still run with it, you just need to hire a phone bearer. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 I just like saying "high-performance fluoroelastomer." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Apple Watch: Much ado about nothing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Also, does anyone remember my quest for an ana-digi watch a long time ago (got over it) (basically, a watch face with hands and pips presented digitially) -- this is basically that. So kinda wouldn't mind a standalone version. An iPod Touch-lette, as it were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I kinda got the impression from what I read that it's not intended to work without an iPhone ever. (As opposed to just "without an iPhone...once in a while".) As in, maybe one's required to activate the watch, etc. But no, don't know that for a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 there aren't any details about that. I fully expect it to work without a phone in range, just many features won't work, like the phone and gps stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I miss Steve Jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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