Tag: apple watch

  • The truth behind The Guardian’s negative Apple Watch story

    Jim Dalrymple wrote on The Loop about The Guardian’s negative article on Apple Watch. I saw an article today on The Guardian written by Martin McNulty, who they say at the bottom of the article, “is chief executive of Forward3D and Locaria,” which are basically marketing agencies. Seems innocuous, right? It is until you take…

  • The approach to designing the Apple Watch

    Financial Times interview Jony Ive. “One of the things that struck me,” says Ive, “was how often I’d look at my watch and have to look again quite soon afterwards, because I hadn’t actually comprehended what the time was. If I had looked at something on my phone, because of the investment involved in taking…

  • The Apple Watch is time, saved

    Matthew Panzarino wrote on TechCrunch about how the Apple Watch saves time. People that have worn the Watch say that they take their phones out of their pockets far, far less than they used to. A simple tap to reply or glance on the wrist or dictation is a massively different interaction model than pulling…

  • A car key embedded in your watch

    Dave mark wrote on The Loop about the possibility of a car key embedded in your watch. Imagine if a standard emerged that allowed Apple to embed your specific car key in your iPhone and Apple Watch. Approach your car with your iPhone in your pocket and the car automatically unlocks. Want to open the…

  • Two scenarios for the smartwatch market

    Creative Strategies wrote about two possible scenarios for the smartwatch market. Scenario #1 – like MP3 players where Apple dominates market share Apple will easily strongly influence the smart watch category in 2015 and 2016. It is hard to argue against Apple’s vertical advantage and tight control of their entire ecosystem. This advantage undoubtedly will…

  • TAG Heuer and the future of the luxury watch industry

    Matt Richman wrote about the TAG Heuer smartwatch. TAG Heuer’s smartwatch won’t sell. There’s no market for it. Apple Watch requires pairing with an iPhone, and TAG’s smartwatch will need to pair with a smartphone to even have a chance of being as feature-rich as Apple Watch. Apple isn’t going to re-engineer iOS for TAG’s…

  • Autodromo’s Bradley Price on the Apple Watch

    Pico featured Autodromo’s Bradley Price, a watch maker from Brooklyn. Price on watch design: I agree. People focus so much on the movement, and they don’t think enough about the other aspects of why a watch is beautiful or special. People get so fixated on specs and not on what is special about these watches…

  • Apple Watch: Initial thoughts and observations

    John Gruber wrote about his initial thoughts and observations after the Apple Watch was announced. You might have noticed the consecutive Daring Fireball articles. I’m clearing the back log on my reading list. He shared a quote from Andy Warhol: “What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers…

  • What is Apple Watch

    Matt Gemell shared his thoughts on the Apple Watch. It’s important to understand what Watch is, and why it’s interesting. Apple isn’t pursuing the tech consumer crowd with this product, and that’s unprecedented for the company. Before iPhone, there were two kinds of mobile phones: regular ones, and so-called smartphones. The latter were business tools,…

  • Apple Watch hands-on: the wristwatch just caught up to the 21st century

    ABlogtoWatch wrote about the Apple Watch. The reaction to the Apple Watch among the watch community has been interesting, but not unexpected. In further discussion of how smartwatches will effect the watch industry I asked the question of how screwed the watch industry is because of the Apple Watch here. Aside from denying it “watch…