[xxdumbblonde17xx]

Ok guys seriously, nobody said you had to get one. Nobody said it was going to be a phone. I may be more like the nano watch but with more features.

[rmossman]

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Most people buy watches for two reasons: to tell the time, and because they look great on your wrist or with a particular fashion.

True, but when you talk about fashion accessories, what could be better than a watch where you go to the iTunes store and download watch faces and functions for anything from a Timex to a Patek Philippe. It's a whole new opportunity for watch manufacturers to develop an app to mimic their watches.

[rmossman]

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Apple is regularly punished (in the stock market) when these speculated upon products don't materialize. Such B.S.!

You beat me to this comment. I was immediately reminded about the WSJ report that said Apple was losing market share for it iPad that drove the stock prices so low. This proved to be pure speculation but still did it's damage. I can see those same "speculators" slamming Apple when it doesn't deliver a watch and stocks going lower again. All restaurant, movie, art, and technology critics/speculators should be relegated to the same room in Hell where lawyers go.

[Paul_Olson]

This is a silly concept and I truly hope it is vapor.
An iWatch would serve no possible purpose that I can think of. On top of that, every phone is also a timepiece and today's phones are making the wristwatch obsolete.
Bring on the Apple TV. :-)

[GadgetDon]

I can see the iWatch as an interface for something that may be the real Next Biggish Thing - the iPad Mini as a phone. Some people want a larger screen for their phone, when doing data stuff. So make it a real tablet phone - the phone use is either speaker phone, or paired with a bluetooth headset, or an iWatch. iWatch either uses the new earbuds, or a bluetooth headset.

What would it do?

(1) Phone interface. Answer/reject phone calls, look up name from contacts and call.

(2) Siri interface. Voice in/voice out, small display of results

(3) Limited notification center. Configure on the iPad what notifications you want to see.

Yes, it would also work for iPhone. But the reason for existence would be a remote control for a tablet too big to pull out of the pocket.

[joshuawait]

When Apple first launched the iPad, people had a hard time imagining what they'd do with it. Now, some people have a hard time imagining what they would do without it. I think a well designed "wearable assistive device" or WAD (WADch?) would open up an entire market people haven't yet imagined.

[Chris Breen]

joshuawait, on 14 February 2013 - 10:15 AM, said:

When Apple first launched the iPad, people had a hard time imagining what they'd do with it. Now, some people have a hard time imagining what they would do without it. I think a well designed "wearable assistive device" or WAD (WADch?) would open up an entire market people haven't yet imagined.

I agree. But far too many wishing for such a device fail to consider the practical implications of designing it. If it's to be fashionable it can't be a brick, and that means a small battery, which limits some of the Jetson-style features the gimme-gimme crowd craves (a video phone, Wi-Fi, etc).

[joshuawait]

I don't think the next big thing will be a SmartWatch as much as a WADch--a Wearable Assistive Device. One that responds to voice commands and gives answers to questions like what's the weather for today? when's the next bus? where's the nearest coffee shop? or responds to commands like unlock my car door, make a reservation at the restaurant, or buy product #A123 mentioned in the billboard ad.

[joshuawait]

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joshuawait said
When Apple first launched the iPad, people had a hard time imagining what they'd do with it. Now, some people have a hard time imagining what they would do without it. I think a well designed "wearable assistive device" or WAD (WADch?) would open up an entire market people haven't yet imagined. I agree. But far too many wishing for such a device fail to consider the practical implications of designing it. If it's to be fashionable it can't be a brick, and that means a small battery, which limits some of the Jetson-style features the gimme-gimme crowd craves (a video phone, Wi-Fi, etc).

You're right. It doesn't do the video phone on the wrist ala Dick Tracy. It does something better. Maybe more like the communicator in Star Trek the Next Generation.

[Chris Breen]

joshuawait, on 14 February 2013 - 11:28 AM, said:

You're right. It doesn't do the video phone on the wrist ala Dick Tracy. It does something better. Maybe more like the communicator in Star Trek the Next Generation.

Given that it's currently nothing more than a rumor, we can't claim anything about what it does or doesn't do.

[darkonturas]

I believe that you are looking at the concept from the wrong direction. In order to make an iWatch, they merely need to start with the functions of my Casio Data Bank 300: Clock, Calandar, Contact List, Stop Watch, Timer, World Time, and Alarm. From there they can see about doing music and then add other capabilities in due time.