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Judging by the euphoric exaggeration and fanboyism on mainstream media this morning, today's Apple Watch (not iWatch, definitely not iWatch) unveiling promises to be "world-changing" for the 'wearables' industry (as well as numerous "first time ever..." comments). Of course, there are 'watches' on the market already, but as Reuters Jason Fields 'jokes', the Apple Watch, of course, does more. The face is high resolution and in color. It even has apps that allow you to do a few of the things you’d be able to do if only you could muster the strength to dig your hand into the front pocket of your jeans, or do a little digging in your handbag.
Netflix crushed...
- *HBO SAYS APPLE WILL BE EXCLUSIVE LAUNCH PARTNER FOR STAND ALONE
Apple TV sales are doing so well, they are cutting prices?
- *APPLE HAS SOLD 25 MLN APPLE TV UNITS TO DATE
- *APPLE LOWERING APPLE TV ENTRY PRICE TO $69, FROM $99
Everything else...
- *APPLE SAYS 700M IPHONES SOLD SO FAR: THE VERGE
- *COOK: APPLE PAY OFF TO `MOST AMAZING' START
- *COOK SAYS APPLE PAY SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 2,500 BANKS
- *COOK SAYS APPLE TRIPLED NUMBER OF PLACES ACCEPTING APPLE PAY
- *APPLE SAYS EVERY MAJOR CAR BRAND HAS COMMITTED TO CARPLAY
- *APPLE: MORE THAN 40 MODELS WITH CARPLAY SHIPPING BY YEAR END
- *APPLE SAYS MORE THAN 900 APPS TRACKING HEALTH, FITNESS
- *APPLE SAYS 'RESEARCH KIT' TURNS IPHONES INTO DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
- *APPLE SAYS WORKED WITH MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
- *APPLE SAYS USERS DECIDE HOW MEDICAL DATA SHARED
- *APPLE SAYS IT WON'T SEE MEDICAL DATA
Macbooks... (because it was really starting to get heavy)
- *APPLE SAYS NEW MACBOOK 24% THINNER
- *APPLE SAYS NEW MACBOOK THINNEST EVER AT 13.1 MM THIN
- *APPLE SAYS IT INVENTED NEW KEYBOARD FOR NEW MACBOOK
- *APPLE SAYS NEW MACBOOK HAS 12-INCH DISPLAY
Apple Watch...
- *COOK SAYS APPLE WATCH THE MOST PERSONAL DEVICE THEY'VE CREATED
- *APPLE WATCH HAS `GLANCES' FOR THINGS CHECKED MOST FREQUENTLY
- *APPLE SAYS WATCH ALLOWS FULL E-MAILS TO BE READ
- *APPLE: `DIGITAL TOUCH' ALLOWS FOR WATCH-TO-WATCH COMMUNICATION
- *APPLE SAYS PHONE CAN BE SET DOWN AT HOME, WATCH STILL WORKS
- *APPLE WATCHES TO COST $349-$1,099, HIGH-END TO START AT $10,000
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How The Market Is Responding...
A Gold Macbook!!!!!! BUYBUYBUY
Timex... or time will tell?
BNN notes 5 Things To 'Watch' for...
HOW WILL THIS WORK?
You’ll need to have a smartphone on you in order for the Watch to connect to the Internet or to cellular networks: it doesn’t have its own wireless connection (unlike some devices that have been announced, like the LG Urbane, which runs on a WebOS system).
There seem to be three ways users can interact with the smart features of the Watch: it has a touchscreen for some functions, a scroll wheel/watch stem controller for navigation, and a companion app for your iPhone (no, there is no sign you can get an Android app for Watch). Through these controls users will be able to access and customize apps on the Watch. Expect to see extended demos of software made by Apple (iTunes, iMessage, etc.) and also third-party content from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and others.
There also appears to be a fourth interface strictly for consuming: the glance. Developers working with Apple have reported the company is urging any on-watch functions should take no more than 10 seconds. Notifications would obviously take less, but that focus on saving time (reported by Bloomberg among others) has another salutary effect: saving battery life.
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
This is the most critical aspect of the Watch, and Apple may remain vague about it. A watch that lasts all day is an expectation, not an option. (The latest Pebble smartwatch claims to last for a week on one charge.) In September, Apple suggested you’d recharge the Watch “at night.”
But battery power doesn’t just affect whether you get your retweet notification at 7 p.m., but also what kind of apps you get at all. Developers have realized that Apple’s rules for third-party apps restrict access to some of the key sensor tech; NFC (near-field communication that allows for mobile payments), heartbeat sensors and even the gyrometer (for motion-sensing) will all be locked down.
You won’t be able to wave your hand to activate something like a drone with your Watch, for example. And TechCrunch is reporting that notifications will cease when the Watch isn’t on your wrist. That will help extend battery life, but may eliminate some of the hoped-for “wow” features like gesture controls or games designed to measure your anxiety.
HOW MUCH IS IT?
The widely reported figure is that $349 (U.S.) will be the lowest price for a Watch. What we don’t know is what the average Watch will cost.
Nothing that Apple sells now has anywhere near the customization options that the Watch will have, from multiple colours, metals, sizes, bands, and who knows what other options (Bloomberg says Apple even has a fancy leather charging box). And there is cottage industry of guesses about the higher-end gold alloy Watches from tech figures like Marco Arment and John Gruber, who peg the luxury version price between $5,000 and $20,000.
We might even see retail boss Angela Ahrendts come up on stage to explain how the Apple store experience could be rebuilt to create a Watch boutique to help customers manage all these choices. What Apple doesn’t want are repeats of this kind of anti-Mac Genius rant/performance.
HOW MANY WILL THEY SELL?
Analysts are all over the map, but one recent guess from Strategy Analytics suggests it could sell 15 million Watches in 2015, translating into a 55 per cent global market share. That suggests we’ll see a lot of sales for the other smartwatch makers too, as there were only 4.8 million smartwatches sold in all of last year. “The Apple Watch is the catalyst to ignite the global smartwatch market,” wrote Cliff Raskind, Director at Strategy Analytics.
If that sounds pretty lofty, don’t forget Apple just kicked AT&T off the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and its market cap is almost $740-billion. Consider this nugget of Watch prediction wisdom from Stratechery analyst Ben Thompson: “Apple is on the verge of leaving the narrowly-defined smartphone market behind entirely, instead making a play to be involved in every aspect of its consumers’ lives.”
WILL THERE BE “ONE MORE THING?”
Do not expect news on the much-fantasized Apple Car, or the fever dream that is an Apple TV. Don’t plan on hearing new details about Beats Music service and don’t expect any news on bigger Microsoft Surface-style “pro” iPads. At most, there could be a Macbook update, or some other cheering about a peripheral product. This is Apple Watch’s second debut, but it will still take centre stage because we’re much closer to its arrival in stores: Most expect it will ship in April.
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Live Feed (via Apple - note, only works on Apple products) - click image for link to feed
Alternative Live Feed (via CNET)
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Some thoughts on Apple Watch...
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Via Ransquawk, The following report provides a useful overview of some of Apple's biggest suppliers for iPhone parts, ahead of the well anticipated launch of the expected Apple Watch at the media event scheduled for 1700GMT/1200CDT March 9th 2015.
MAIN POINTS:
APPLE WATCH
As this event is expected to unveil the Co.’s watch product for the first time, the full list of suppliers for the Apple Watch is unknown as of yet. However, based on previous products, firms that could benefit from the launch include: Quanta Services (PWR), Micron (MU), NXP Semiconductors (NXP), Texas Instruments (TXN), Maxim (MMS) and Broadcom (BRCM). Furthermore, after last year’s media event, Goldman Sachs suggested the Apple Watch could include flexible OLED display supplied by Universal Display (OLED)
Conversely, firms that may be adversely affected by the announcement include: Sony (SNE), Qualcom (QCOM), Garmin (GRMN). Of note, luxury watch brands such as Rolex and Omega are not expected to be greatly impacted by the release.
MAIN FEATURES:
- Sizes - Expectations are for 2 iWatch sizes and 3 styles.
- Prices - Expected to start from USD 349 (Apple Watch Sport), with further price points of USD 350, USD 550 and USD 950.
- Battery life – Apple is currently targeting 2.5 hours of ‘heavy’ use or 3.5 hours of ‘standard’ use. However, users will likely only be actively interacting with the device at short intervals throughout the day. As such, aims were for 3-4 days of standby or sleeping mode, but have now been lowered to 2-3 days. This could prove decisive in terms of customer appeal as iPhone models with short battery life have come under increased scrutiny in the past.
- Features: Heart rate at a glance, iPhone companion app, music, improved interactivity features that most other smart watches.
Many technology firms have been exploring the increasingly popular world of wearable technology, and the iWatch has the potential to pack-in a lot of new features including the technology for a wellness and fitness tracker, wireless charging, flexible OLED screens, and NFC support for Apple’s potential mobile payments system, however this all remains speculation. One big sticking-point with investors could be the bill though, with suggestion that the price-tag will be in excess of USD 300, making it substantially more expensive than similar products on the market.
OTHER POTENTIAL PRODUCTS – Update to MacBook Air...
Could include:
- Retina display
- Faster CPU
- Thinner bezel display
- Pressure-sensitive touchpad
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The Onion's forecast on the Apple Watch features...
- 13-megapixel camera enables users to take crystal-clear pictures of wrist
- Allows wearers to start and stop the flow of time
- Discreet, but not so discreet that anyone would mistake it for a regular watch
- Comes in a variety of colors and styles to express your personal submission to the planet’s dominant tech company
- Adjustable ticking volume
- All the convenience of a traditional watch that needs to be charged every 12 hours
- Built-in thinkpiece regarding the increased connectivity yet simultaneous isolation of the millennial generation
- Small size and intricate circuitry able to drive twice as many Chinese workers to suicide as iPhone
- Makes it easier for muggers to see whether or not you’re carrying an expensive electronic device
- Another screen to throw into your current rotation of things you look at
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And finally...
"Hey bro, you got the time?" "Yeah, it's ... hang on. Just a sec. God fucking damnit. " pic.twitter.com/2R4MXIVIcY
— Matthew Inman (@Oatmeal) September 9, 2014
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But ZH is 100% for a contrarian indicator,. I doubt anyone else would be left
lol buy gold sell stocks... cuz they gonna print forever and buy stocks and that makes stocks go down ? ya...
margin compression... bahahahahahah
It's an ugly watch.
When your hand turns black, amputate.
"Sorry I'm late but my watch got hacked."
"Sorry I'm late but my watch took FOREVER to download the latest update."
"Sorry I'm late but I left my iPhone on my dresser and the Apple watch.... well you know."
"Sorry I'm late but I confused my blood pressure reading for the time and thought I had already missed the meeting."
"Sorry I'm late but Apple still hasn't solved that issue with Apple Maps and I thought I was in Milan."
All bad excuses. Sorry I'm late but the line was too long at the apple store. Now everyone nods in agreement and you are forgiven.
For my 40th, iSaved up (gasp, there's a thought) and treated myself to to a Tag.
iRarely have to wind it for power, iGet the occasional compliment, and iCan wear it in a casino.
Good luck with those three.
Where is my fucking flying car?
Who the hell wants a dog leash around their wrist?
Whoa! Whoa! "Where is my fucking electric flying car?" Ok, lets move on...
If you puncture a Tesla at just the right angle...
You're not mistaking flaming flying PERSON, with flying car are you?
"Mommy, Mommy - I-Me want an I-Watch!"
"Not until you finish eating your I-Flakes!"
What we need are Earth-shattering inventions, not consumer gadgets. Calling Nikolai Tesla!
P.S. What's with the goddamn live stream automatically loading? Nix that shit, Tyler.
We have an earth-shattering invention. It's called fracking.
You're fracking ON FIRE today Julia! :-) [+1]
Are you from District 12?
Good lord, MarketWatch has gone Full Retard. iCan't take it anymore.
screen replacement will keep many geeks employed
Makes me want to leave my cell phone home for a couple of weeks just to get some space from all this.
I lost my cell last week--(I think) --I don't really remember cause I never turned it on--- how I'm still alive is a miracle--
Weird that Apple didn't go bancrupt yet. I never met ppl using apple devices on daily basis. Few that used to use it just compained about it.
Maybe apple's data are as reliable as FED's. It smells similar to global economy. Everything is awesome! and there goes Kaboom... all dead.
Bit like Tesco that was faking their data about income, and now Tesco is strugling to keep up mouth just about shit level.
When Apple fails Nasdaq will go down nicley.
this is news?
tic toc
idiots
if it actually ACCURATELY MEASURES my heartrate without the use of a chest-band this thing actually fits a need for me in doing cardio target training and keeping better-track of my workouts. if i can facetime through it, while not a need that i have, that would be pretty cool.
also seems like it would be a pretty good device for tracking the sheeple for when the nailgun roundups begin
I can't wait to get one and measure my heartrate and share it on Facebook! Think of the thumb's up I'll get!
I wonder what Carlos Danger (Huma's hubby Anthony) would measure with it for sharing on Facebook.
@DontFollowMyAdv...
"if it actually ACCURATELY MEASURES my heartrate without the use of a chest-band this thing actually fits a need for me in doing cardio target training and keeping better-track of my workouts."
First off if that part of the comment was sarc then chapeaux. BUT if it was serious then TAKE MY ADVICE and do not waste your time with cardio cause...IT'S A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. Low impact training is pointless. It does nothing to benefit your heart, actually can deplete muscle mass and bone density. High intensity interval training (unless you are my 79 year old mother who hyas NO athletic backround) is not only more beneficial but far more economical time wise. Most anyone can work up to handling such efforts provided they do it properly and do not have pre-existing heart conditions. But trust me. Doing 30-45 mins of "cardio" on some machine likea treadmill or expecially an eliptical is just a waste of time. The key is getting your body to create HGH, Testosterone, and other good stuff and cardio (which the rest of the world calls RECOVERY) doesn't unleash those things.
Can I get mine with a spool of piano wire built in?
Is the Apple Butt Plug out yet?
Electromagnetic radiation causes DNA damage.
I hope you buy it.
iWatch, because iGlass did so well....
..., because I need something else to use my EBT card for.
..., becasue I need more electronics in my life.
Presenting AppleGold. Who else but Apple could improve gold -- but now Apple has produced its own special gold matrix composite, not just an alloy of gold with other metals, but also ceramic particles and rodent droppings. This makes AppleGold harder and more scratch-resistant...
iIngot. It has rounded corners and it comes with a yacht with a hull that cracks so that you can have your own iBoating accident.
Apple will only use 32-carat gold. Better than pure.
How fucking stupid do you have to be to buy one of these? Especially when you will be able to get version 3 a year from now at 1/10th the price. Dumbasses.
www.traderzoo.mobi
That parody is some funny shit....
Clueless and ignorant ZHers
Just keep ignoring all of Apple's tech advancements and ecosystem.
Make fun of success. Sigh. And talking about who's got a life?
you got it Idouche
Introducing the iUD for trendy women who want the absolute best in birth control. It has rounded corners.
comment of the day
I'm not even 40, and a fucking tablet pisses me off because it's too small. Not sure why I clicked this article, I don't own a cell phone or a watch. But I liked the comments. Sure this thing won't cause any accidents while driving down the road.
So it's a Motorola watch with a smaller screen? No thank you. Didn't buy the big one, won't buy this one. I'll stick with traditional watches.
Great tool if your fingertips are no more than a 1/4 " thick. For guys like me with real size fingers, it's a challenge to use any of the "smart" tools. Can't tell you how much time I'm wasting typing or tapping same stuff again and again.
Stupid gimmick. However, this being Apple, they will sell a few million pieces and make a crap load of money.
As always, there are stupid consumers and then there are Apple consumers.
Personally, I wear a sundial, but it is somewhat problematic once the sun goes down...The version 2 upgrade will address this unforseen bug....
A lot of balls will be drained today as all the fanboys jerkoff.
Balls are useless these days. Just ask Bruce Jenner.
WW3 has been postponed until we see how this watch sells.
If it can keep the $IMF going a bit longer we may have to wait a year for the nukes to fall.
Will these .gov watches enable the drone to verify you have no pulse, after dropping its munition on your GPS-verified position?
OMGD, I MUST GET A FUCKING APPLE IWATCH.
THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL, YOU MEAN AAPL JUST CREATED SOMETHING IN WHICH I CAN FUCKING TELL TIME WITH? HOLY SHIT, ITS NOT LIKE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF WATCH COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, AAPL IS SO FUCKING SPECIAL.
CANT WAIT UNTIL IT JOINS THE DOW NEXT WEEK, THIS WILL BRING THE DOW TO 20,000 IN 1 WEEK.
AAPLE, WHAT A GREAT FUCKING COMPANY, ALWAYS COMING UP WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE PRODUCTS. WHOEVER THOUGHT OF THIS WATCH MUST GET A RAISE, IT SEEMS SO FUCKING COOL.
Apple Twatch or Google Glasshole - who do you punch first?
I've got a chubby now... Wonder if I can wear the watch on that...
Looks like its going to be a big security hole once it gets hacked.
They better stop the preentation now before AAPL goes negative on the day. 127.50 and dropping.
Meanwhile, the world continues to wait for a MacBook power adapter that doesn't need to be replaced every 2 weeks.
Looks kind of deperate to me.
Anyways, there are two things coming in the sci-fi future that will be game changers:
1. direct brain to brain messaging and accessing of the brainternet. you'll get a notification when someone thinks about you, dreams about you, etc. brainternet security will be a big business because you don't want a virus in your mind.
2. scientists will develop plant animal hybrids that can make their own food/energy from photosynthesis. first it will be in farm animals only, but eventually humans will also sign-on.
http://www.independent.com/news/2010/jan/30/first-known-photosynthetic-a...
http://www.wired.com/2012/08/green-aphid-photosynthesis/
And regarding the brainternet - men, prepare to get slapped every time you look at a pretty woman passing by.
iPredict it's going to be an iBUST!
iWatch = worthless piece of shit. This is going to be an epic fail.
iWonder if the iDIOTS paying the iNSANE price of nearly $400 bucks for this iSHIT realize they're getting iTOOK?
And don't they know that every iTHIEF on the street is going to iTARGET them?
Maybe it has an iNTERNAL electrical generator that let's you waggle your arm, which spins the generator, sort of like the old wind-up watches that wound themselves as you moved your arm. Only this one spins the generator which charges the battery.
You could envision all sorts of people sitting at their desks and walking along and what-not, waggling their arms, to make sure the battery stays charged.....
I'd call it the iSPAZ Watch.....
i might buy one ... for $35 bucks.
never have and never will ever own an apple anything
Scary thing.
Next is a built in taser - so police can shock you at will.
I can't wait to shove one up my bunghole!
SELL!! SELL!!! SELL!!! AAPL. Dropping like a stone watch.
Mr Yellen, pre-order some damn watches! NOW!!
It's back (til after hours anyway). Because in reality...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g2JN2PrHJg&feature=youtu.be&t=48s
Hoverounds got nothing on these drones with devices.
You can't even get thru a grocery store without some moron blocking not one side of the isle but the middle.
I'm a frogs hair away from taking a compressed gas air horn or at the very least a bubble type bicycle horn & blow it at them.
Hive, plain & simple.
They pay you a dollar an hour to wear one while it plays ads continuously.
When will they lauch iRing, a decoder ring for Clousea..
I use a pocket watch with a chain, and it tells the time and looks very cool.
Infinitely better than any Apple product throughout history.
upon further review... IT'S NOT WATER-RESISTENT PAST 1-METER OF DEPTH AND EVEN THEN CAN ONLY STAY AT 1-METER FOR 30MINS-OR-LESS... effing IPX7 rating!!!
There is no way you can wear it and workout if you sweat for more than 30minutes!
Dammit, it has to be a dud since you can't workout or swim with it without breaking it.
It's worse than that -- the minimum reliable standard for surface swimming is a 30 meter watch -- there are pressures when you take a stroke. Sport divers generally won't use anything rated less than 200m though most spend little time past 30m.
. . . that said, I dove 20m with a $100 skagen rated 30m, several times with no ill effect. It was a very slim watch. Apple couldn't even do 30m? Lame.
You want a sports watch get a Polar, a Garmin, a Suunto. You want a serious sports/training watch you can wear to work Polar V800 (handles all triathlon sports, plus fitness). I can't see this Apple thing even doing much in the fitness space, let alone sports/training.
Just let the iRetards buy them up first at full price, then after they end up in everyones junk drawer next year cuz it's not cool anymore and people realize they're useless, you buy it off Ebay for 10 bucks......instant Hipster status.
iFuckin' don't care.
Did Tim receive a call from Steve Jobs on the demo iWatch?
tossing my Rolex and getting one of these so I can fit in
FUCK OFF APPLE!!!
I think I'll wait for i-watch version 3 or 4. I don't like the idea of carrying around extra batteries just so I can get to 18:01.
I bet it has a rayciss and homophobe detector that sends a signal to the government to prevent future hate crimes and hates speech. Not to mention any people who believe in the 2nd amendment or secure borders or some barbarous relic collecting.
Watching you watching me! Literally.
Isn't this the same plot as in The Kingsmen?
That's not even a watch. It's a gameboy for dullards with more money than sense.
Your new shackle suckers!
With little backdoor poisonous needle and heartbeat measurement chip so it can report back to your master if you are terminated.
Apple will join the Dow: Why it doesn’t matter http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-joins-the-dow-why-it-doesnt-matte...
Thats really nice but I'm holding out for the Igullotine and the Inailgun myself.
I don't own an ianything.
This is just another gimmick to pander to the trendies and hipsters.
It is tediously too small, the controls still reek of old tech and you need some other gadget to make it work with the net.
This years coming market crash will drain the trendy/hipster/commies pocket books enough that they will have to choose between eating and the newest narcissist keep-up-with-jonses iDIOCY.
My prediction,
It will flop.
You heard it from me first!
Apples where meant to be eaten. (TM)
The reddit hipsters love it.