[doc1019]

Pretend?

[Swordmaker]

How the Analysts will make the Apple Watch a failure no matter how good the sales figures are. . . — PING!

Apple Watch a failure?
Some Analysts claim it will be,
and they're going make it so!
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[JohnBrowdie]

Apple people are creepy. Just one small example; you charge your droid, but you “feed” your iPhone. just creepy.

[Scutter]

It’s a really nice product, and a huge improvement over the smart watches from other companies.

Personally, I don’t see myself owning any smart watch until the battery life increases dramatically. I like my Citizen watch that charges the internal battery via a built-in solar panel.

But if you don’t have an issue charging it every night, and I think many people won’t mind that at all (after all, they do that for their phones), then this seems like the device to get.

It does seem like it would be very convenient to see whose calling or what your next meeting is without having to pull out a phone.

Am interested to hear if anyone here has one, and if so what your impressions are.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Never been a fan of fancy doodads. Or watches for that matter!

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Did you buy one?

[max americana]

"Here’s what I’m going to do if Apple does manage to sell 50 million watches by April 24, 2016, a year from the starting ship date: I’ll get a T-shirt made that says, 'I ♥ Tim Cook' on the front and 'You were right. I was wrong' on the back. Shouldn't it be "I'll turn homo for Tim Cook"?

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I don’t own an Apple product nor do I intend to ever do so. Just what is this bloody thing supposed to be good for?

[kvanbrunt2]

when the group of us worked on the original mobile phone software, we joked about the dick tracy watch being done eventally. we weren’t geniuses but we knew it was coming. now it’s here that was in 1983 amps

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I believe the (only) way the product will become a true success is if it becomes a fully-capable unit just like a iPhone. Fully capable as a stand-alone phone.

For example, I might just buy one then.

In which case, it competes against every other Apple product. Big time. And other units will likely, soon follow, and a competition will become truly amazing.

If is doesn’t allow people to communicate the same way, I don’t believe it will truly attract the same sort of consumer audience.

But in that case... someone else will produce a stand-alone phone in a watch, and they will rule that market.

Badly hurting Apple.

Things will get interesting soon, I believe.

[867V309]

The TimmyC® find a queer app is sure to make it a success amongst the 2.5%.

[House Atreides]

I’m seeing lots of posts on Apple threads by folks who seem to have inherited the discernment/vision of their great, great grandfathers who stood on the side of the roads yelling “Get a horse!” as other folks in early cars drove by.

Some folks have major problems with “the vision thing”.

[freebilly]

Looks like Kevmo’s back touting the e-Cat....

[4rcane]

hype by financials - no doubt they have shares in apple

[Viking2002]

I carry a pocket watch. With analog hands. *HMPH*

[nickcarraway]

I don’t know why this author has to insult Catholics to make his point.

[9thLife]

I like Apple products.

But I think it's just about become a cult. It probably did a long time ago, but I'm pretty easygoing and like to cut lots of slack. But now I think it's nearly -- nearly -- there.

[Sherman Logan]

I think the smart watch is a category that will eventually be ubiquitous. But that will probably be several years down the road.

I distinctly remember many, many articles about how the iPad would be a failure. Who wants a tablet instead of a laptop? You can’t really work on a tablet.

[W.]

Is there any idea if they are working on inductive charging, like a mat you could toss all these things on when you crash, and they charge without having to plug them all in separately?

[SamAdams76]

There are some sad people out there whose entire lives revolve around waiting for Apple to fail at something so that they can gloat "I told you so" to their online forums from their darkened basements. With orange colored fingers (from the Doritos chips), they will furiously type out anti-Apple missives on their filth-encrusted keyboards until their 80-year-old mother croaks from the top of the stairs that they need to come up and say hello to their visiting aunt.

Such is the sad, pathetic live of an anti-Apple troll. I am almost hoping that Apple does stumble at something, so that these people can have at least one shining moment of glory in their lives and maybe have the opportunity to gloat a little.