Michal Marek Last week, Apple chief designer Jony Ive spoke at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and covered a variety of topics, but the most interesting information was about the Apple Watch, Apple's latest and most mysterious product. Ive noted that the development of Apple's watch was more challenging than the development of the iPhone, because the watch is in many ways firmly determined by a long historical tradition. So the designers had their hands tied to a certain extent and had to stick to the old habits that are associated with watches.
However, Ive provided even more interesting information when he said that the Apple Watch will have a silent wake-up function. It was of course assumed that the Apple Watch would have an alarm clock (on the other hand, the iPad doesn't have a calculator, so who knows...), but the fact that the Apple Watch will use its Taptic Engine to wake up with a gentle tap on the user's wrist, that's a nice novelty. Of course, something like this is nothing groundbreaking in the industry. Both the Fitbit and Jawbone Up24 fitness bracelets wake up with vibrations, and the Pebble smartwatch also has a silent wake-up function.
However, the relevance of this feature is disputed by John Gruber. The one on his blog Daring Fireball points out to the fact that, according to the information that Apple representatives themselves gave in public, it will be necessary to charge the Apple Watch every night. So how will the watch wake us up with a tap on the wrist if it has to spend the night on the charger due to its limited battery life?
On the other hand, if this problem were to be overcome over time, the function could be very promising if it were supplemented with sleep monitoring. The watch could then wake up the user "intelligently", as the previously mentioned Jawbone Up24 is already able to do today. In addition, Apple would probably not even have to implement the smart wake-up function in the watch itself. Independent developers have been specializing in something like this for a long time, just look at the application Sleep cycle alarm clock for iPhone. It would therefore be enough for these developers to be able to reorient themselves to the Apple Watch, which, in addition, creates much better conditions for them to use their application compared to the iPhone.
The beginning of 2015 apparently means spring
Jony Ive did not talk about a more precise release date, Apple and its representatives have so far always referred to the date already mentioned during the presentation of the Apple Watch, i.e. the beginning of 2015. It was already speculated that the Apple Watch could be released, for example, during February, but it seems that we won't see them until March. Server 9to5Mac managed to obtain a transcript of a video message by Angela Ahrendts, Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores, which was addressed to employees of the Apple retail chain.
"We've got the holidays, Chinese New Year, and then we've got a new watch in the spring," Ahrendts said in the message, alluding to the busy schedule of the coming months. According to sources 9to5Mac led by Ahrendtsová, Apple is preparing to significantly transform the shopping experience in brick-and-mortar Apple Stores, where it intends to allow customers to try out the new Apple Watch, including changing bracelets. Until now, all devices were secured by cables, so you couldn't even shove your iPhone too far into your pockets. However, with the Apple Watch, Apple could give customers more freedom.
The only thing I hope for is that next year will be better for Apple (or for users) than this one was...
Loss of the unique design of the iPhone (etc.), no Apple TV, no MacBook Air 2 (or whatever it will be called), downgrade of the two-year-awaited Mac Mini, fail with iOS, again a partial upgrade for iMacs (retina only for 27″), minimal improvement of Macbooks, mute for iPads, mockery with iPad Mini and I don't even want to talk about iPods...
The Apple Watch will hopefully be interesting (although I think that the development of the first series is not even finished yet), but I will wait for min. until the second line, which will hopefully at least in terms of design be according to current "trends" and not from X years old design, when at first glance one looks like some geek
In short, Apple didn't do very well this year, here's my opinion
I wouldn't see it so black :-)
The iPhone doesn't seem like such a loss of originality :-) it still has something in it...
However, AppleTV is a clear minus...
Macbook Air with Retina is a crazy idea... Not only does it put an extreme load on the processor as you can get a resolution other than best for retina, but the overall concept of HiDPI mode on the Macbook Air is weird. The Air is more of an ultra-mobile laptop for light work, and for some video or photo editing, the person will still buy a Macbook Pro. The only thing they could supply is an IPS panel.
Mac Mini – Fail…
iOS – Fail… fortunately with the fact that a gradual update will cure those errors
iMac with Retina - That's how it had to come... anyway it came with Macbooks, I rather see a failure in the fact that there is no Thunderbolt display and Apple somehow failed to simply bridge 5k, for example via 2 thunderbolt cables
Ipad mini – it has fulfilled its goal, it will be replaced by iPhone 6+ in the future
Ipod - sajonara ... we all have an iPhone ... for me, such an iPod touch makes no sense ... the only thing I can see is a possible update in the future - nano, shuffle
So, except for a few glitches, it's nothing so terrible :-) but maybe we have different opinions on different things...
I agree. I got an iPad Air2 and an iPhone 6 and I'm pretty happy with it. However, the thickness seems unnecessary to me - if they added 1-2 millimeters to both the iPhone and the iPad, then at least the lens would not have to protrude and the iPad's endurance would not be reduced.
Otherwise, after the release of iOS7 last year, which was completely redesigned, I expected that iOS8 would be a maintenance version that would debug problems. It didn't happen, and iOS8 does bring a lot of extra things, but at the same time a lot of problems. I hope iOS9 will be the maintenance release.
Well, I only have an iPhone 6 and an ipad air of the first generation :-) unfortunately, I don't see so many goodies with Air .. yes, it is more powerful and which application has used the power of air until today besides imovie ... only very little and rather than the application not working like that it was rather slower... :-D But personally I also think that they didn't have to make it thinner this year... especially the iPhone... a recessed lens and a bigger battery would play a bigger role than one millimeter in thinning... I don't understand optical stabilization at all anymore... especially let Apple not start thinking so that they will put the A6X chip in the iphone 8+ and their successor and build a completely new wall between the brothers... I don't want a paddle to have the most powerful
If it was like with android, where I can buy a giant paddle and then a "mini" version, but it's cut down, then Apple would really piss me off at that moment.
In my opinion, an APPLE TV upgrade will make sense when 4K content and 4K televisions are widespread. Until then, the processor in the current model handles everything. Let's ask the question, what would a faster processor in APPLE TV help now?
On the contrary, I think that the design of the iPhone 6 is unique and I am very satisfied with it. In particular, the battery life of the PLUS model is excellent.
Retina will be added to iMacs gradually, as well as to MacBook pro. I note that the display quality of the iMac 5K is so incredible that it cannot even be described. In Pages, I have page thumbnails on the left next to the text, on my retina I can read the headings in the text, incredible!
I don't have an Apple mini, but I'm not surprised that they don't put the best processor in it, because it also only has an integrated graphics card.
For me, on the contrary, this year is a year of significant improvements.
And what's the point if it's going to charge overnight anyway
That is a very apt remark and I confess that I do not see how it will be resolved.
The question is that overnight charging was solved immediately after Keynote and spring 2015 is still far away, maybe they figured out something to do to make them last longer...
they need to be even bigger and thicker than they are at the moment. so the weight increases and when a person falls into the water, the watch will pull him to the bottom. it is the power that apple released into the world. I hope that the second model will be much better.
I won't defend Apple, but I won't condemn it either, the watch hasn't even come out yet and everyone already knows what's wrong...
I'm not saying that what they presented is a miracle, but…
I think they will be fine. They won't suit everyone, but that's impossible to achieve in the field of watches - that's why there are millions of different watches around the world.
I agree - the watch is not yet in the world and there will be many here who already know how bad, imperfect, stupid and stupid it will be, etc. I really love it... When ofiko is on the market and someone has a negative experience with it, let them pass it on to the discussion … So far it’s only at the level of theories, “guaranteed” reports/photos and sheer negativism…
Even if they last a day or two longer, they will still need to be charged, and again it will most likely be overnight.
You're right, but we'll see…
Maybe it doesn't bother me at all - I'm used to having to take off my glasses, rings and watches when I get home. I just have to, otherwise I won't relax. So, if it can keep working actively from morning to evening, then charge it, then go ahead.
and the fountain will be?
iPad doesn't have a calculator? :-) And have you noticed that car dealers sell cars without highway signs? :-) It seems like the same nonsense to me - everyone who needs this thing will buy it. True - there are many more calculators to choose from, and many of them are free.
Not only this year, but since the death of Steve the Pug, things have not been going well. And it will be worse when Lumia attacks.
In 2014, introducing a camera with 8MPX…….they could still make an iPhone 6++ and it would have an infrared sensor - so that we could send between 6++ photos!!!
You're right, don't do it... the shares are going higher and higher and the sales of iPhone and others are also getting bigger and bigger... the poor guy will probably go bankrupt soon! or they will follow your advice, Mr. Omniscient, and they will be successful :))) you made me laugh. sorry
it's not about the MPX, it's about the optics, that is, if you're not shooting for a billboard :D
It's more about Apple realizing that more MPX isn't needed.
Well, how many photos from your phone did you have printed on A4 or more?
Even for the A4, the 8 MPX is enough for you.
Personally, I only take pictures of food, selfies and nonsense with my phone.
Lower MPX have the advantage of a smaller volume of resulting data, easier rendering on social media. services etc.
Can someone explain to me why this watch will actually be useful? Of course, apart from such "important" things, so that I can look at the map on them - or so that I can see a message on them that I have a message on Facebook...