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Why Apple Watch isn't the most advanced timepiece
cnbc ^ | 4-25-2015 | Eric Rosenbaum

Posted on 04/25/2015 1:53:58 PM PDT by 867V309

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1 posted on 04/25/2015 1:53:58 PM PDT by 867V309
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It is just a better mousetrap that Android produced, what 3 years ago?

Apple’s latest offerings are just better versions of existing technology — others’.


2 posted on 04/25/2015 2:00:11 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Cruznial is a mental disorder that effects the brain of liberals where they deny he is" electable.")
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I'll take a turbillion over an iWatch any time (no pun intended)....


3 posted on 04/25/2015 2:05:17 PM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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I find their hardware is usually behind too. They do a good job of making it work though.


4 posted on 04/25/2015 2:06:10 PM PDT by enduserindy (A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
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5 posted on 04/25/2015 2:07:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Omega and Rolex will remain sponsors of sport events.

I love a good timepiece.

The handwork and exactitude are of such nicety and Apple can’t ever compete.

It’s an Iphone on the wrist and not something to trust your life with.

Still an amazing bit of tech.


6 posted on 04/25/2015 2:13:55 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Maybe they need to make a solar iWatch like the Citizen Eco-Drive. Love those....


7 posted on 04/25/2015 2:20:09 PM PDT by freebilly
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I agree! I will take a watch with an hour and minute hand over digital any time. I can look at the hands and see the future of where I am expected be in a glance!


8 posted on 04/25/2015 2:23:59 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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Eco Drives are nice, but too $$ for me. I got a "Tough Solar" Casio off Amazon for $35 that is a damn nice watch. Light case. Multiple time zones was cool when I last traveled, just told it where I was and it reset to the right time offset. Keeps perfect time and is waterproof for moderate diving. Always says "High" charge.

Cannot log on to Facefarque or Instadirk though.

9 posted on 04/25/2015 2:28:22 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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I wear a Rolex my Dad purchased in 1954 for $100 at a PX in France when he was stationed there. I’m planning on giving each of my 6 kids ONE Christmas present this year, an Eco Drive watch. Something that will last beyond me with a little maintenance....


10 posted on 04/25/2015 2:35:40 PM PDT by freebilly
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It’s an Iphone on the wrist...

I seem to remember a quote by a computer pioneering legend back in the 1970s about everybody will have an IBM 360(370?) on their wrist.

Can't remember the guy. Must have been a hardware guy that stayed in the corporate world (as opposed to Cray, Amdahl, etc.)

11 posted on 04/25/2015 2:37:06 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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Just like the first iPhone model is nowhere to be found, I’m sure that you won’t be able to find the first Apple Watch model in a few years.


12 posted on 04/25/2015 2:37:14 PM PDT by Amendment10
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Ya battery problems no apple support.


13 posted on 04/25/2015 2:38:50 PM PDT by dhs12345
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"Ya battery problems no apple support."

I think that Apple learns from its mistakes.

14 posted on 04/25/2015 2:47:10 PM PDT by Amendment10
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We’ve very much surpassed that.

My phone could send plenty of spaceships into orbit.


15 posted on 04/25/2015 2:50:17 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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I think that Apple learns from its mistakes.

iPhones now have replaceable batteries?

16 posted on 04/25/2015 2:55:34 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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The Casio Solar module # 3043 is an incredible watch that is water proof/shockproof.

It uses an atomic time keeping system.

It has a compass, altimeter, barometer, and other goodies.

The only fallable mode is its temp mode. The sensor over your
Wrist, and will read your skin temp.

The atomic time eliminates the excuses of those who want to start meetings/lunches/whatever early or late.

The price allows me to have an Android phone and tablet, and I can read the screens w/o reading glasses and a magnifying glass.


17 posted on 04/25/2015 2:56:52 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
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I do not like anything on my hands. Not watches, not rings, not bracelets. iWatch is not for me.


18 posted on 04/25/2015 2:57:27 PM PDT by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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Kind of a silly article. The iPhone is only marginally a timepiece, just as a smartphone is not really a phone.

They’re both portable computers with infinite functions. Two of which are making phone calls and telling time.

Others that I regularly use mine for: timer, stopwatch, compass, psychrometric calculator, boombox, alarm clock, camera, voice recorder, GPS. Among many others, each of which I used to need a separate device for.

I suspect the watch, or something like it, will eventually take off. The separate phone, especially in the larger sizes, is just too awkward.


19 posted on 04/25/2015 3:00:18 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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iPhone should be iWatch, of course. Sorry.


20 posted on 04/25/2015 3:01:16 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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