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Posted on 10/28/2023 7:54:22 AM PDT by Steely Tom
Apple’s smart watch could be banned from being imported into the United States after the federal government ruled that it violated a company’s patent, according to a report.
Certain models of the Apple Watch are in violation of a patent that was issued to Masimo, a medical tech firm that created a sensory device that measures blood oxygen levels.
The US International Trade Commission ruled in favor of Masimo on Thursday and determined that Apple was indeed in violation of a patent, according to The Wall Street Journal.
President Joe Biden’s administration will have 60 days to decide whether to veto the import ban based on policy concerns before it goes into effect. Presidents have rarely vetoed bans in the past.
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In other words, the Apple watch (where you can everything from news to realistic health monitoring) has become a threat to the left.
Hey Apple....10%...Big Guy....you know the rest.
(where you can everything from news to realistic health monitoring)
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Worse, it works like Dick Tracy’s watch - you can talk to other people with it
I have an iWatch, gifted to me by one of my daughters. While I like all the features, I would never buy one. The battery life is crap.
They stole the idea from Dick Tracy.
I have an Apple Watch 6, my brother has a Galaxy 6 watch. My watch battery lasts about 28 hours while his barely makes 13 hours.
These devices do a lot of things, with very small batteries.
You can tell there are some old people in this thread...
These watches also require GPS tracking so it can know where you are.
And what you are doing, whether standing or sitting or whatever. Very creepy when you think about it.
I bought the original “Samsung Gear” smartwatch back in 2014. It came out before most other “smartwatches” and “fitness trackers” that I am aware of, although I did have purchase the Polar CIC Heartwatch in the early 1980s. It recorded heart rate data for up to 12 hours and I had a serial interface to hook it up to a pre-windows based PC to make graphs, etc... I was a champion bicycle racer in my early years.
The Samsung Gear watch was actually useful and customizable for quite a long time, although the Polar Heartwatch with a chest strap was far more accurate. It was funny when years later people started showing off less capable devices. But it was designed to be used with Samsung phones to take advantage of all of its features. I used it with Samsung S3 and S4 phones, but I eventually had to switch to a newer phone after T-Mobile took over Sprint and they gave me a much more capable “5G” phone. But I still miss the Gear watch a bit.
I was a little disappointed to see that the original Apple Watch didn’t seem to have as many features as the Gear smartwatch and was not as customizable. I didn’t think it would take off, but one should never underestimate the determination of Apple customers to part with their hard-earned cash.
If the factory were in the United States, Apple wouldn’t have a problem. Apple will probably purchase the company that owns the patent.
Simplest solution is to pay Masimo for the use of their patented technology. There's enough $ for everyone here, don't you think?
I resisted getting one, at first. Then I realized the health benefits, measuring heart rate, EKG, blood oxygen, etc. There are a few times when I was hammering with tools and the watch pulsed and stated "It looks like you fell, are you ok?". And if I didn't respond it was set to dial 911 for help. I quickly told it I'm ok, and pressed "I didn't fall". A couple other times I did fall buy said I'm okay. One time it actually called 911 and I apologized to the dispatcher that it was an erroneous call. When I do strenuous activities it warns me that my heart rate is too high, a couple other times while sleeping it woke me and said my heart rate was too low. Very valuable device for me.
Then there are other benefits like when I'm driving and can take calls on my watch without having to fumble for the iPhone. Nice device.
I have an Apple watch. It definitely comes in handy for a lot of things. Although, it doesn’t accurately track all of my trips up a flight of stairs. I still think it’s ability to track whether I am sitting or standing or whatever is creepy.
But it's close enough. My wife and I use our watches to track our walks for exercise. There are slightly different results, I think that is due to the different stride measurements between us. You can set the measure of your stride from one foot to the other, for walking or running. We're seniors in our 70's and got the watches for health benefits, but like all the various other functions.
My Apple watch logs about 1 in 5 trips (20%) up the stairs per day. Turns out there are quite a few complaints about inaccurate tracking flights of stairs.
true story, however, certain details will be obscured.
Someone I know was talking with his supervisor about employer mandated online quarterly learning/education requirements for a facility, where everyone had some level of security clearance. One of the courses was about maintaining OPSEC regarding the day to day handling of certain information, which cannot be disclosed without the proper clearance level and a need to know.
This conversation happened to coincide with the rollout of apple watches, issued by the employer, for anyone who wanted one. This person declined the offer, for personal privacy concerns. The supervisor however, was wearing one of the newly issued apple watches.
The individual asked the supervisor; “Considering that the watch is always listening, doesn’t our employer consider this an OPSEC risk?”
As the supervisor was dismissing this as no real concern, the watch spoke and asked; “would you like more information about OPSEC?”
TRUE story, yet the watches remain.
I have never activated Siri on my phone, watch or iPad. Not sure whether it matters.
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Thanks for the insult! Bracing!
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