Filip Novotny People didn't trust the iPod or the iPad at first, but both products ended up being huge hits. Tim Cook spoke in a similar vein when asked about the future of the Apple Watch. He spoke at length about the upcoming watch at Tuesday's Technology and Internet Conference organized by the Goldman Sachs group.
To show why the Apple Watch will succeed, the head of Apple took a small trip into history. "We weren't the first company to make an MP3 player. You may not remember it, but there were a lot of them back then and they were fundamentally difficult to use," Cook recalled, joking that using them almost required a PhD. While these products, he says, no one remembers today and are so irrelevant, Apple was able to succeed with its iPod.
According to Cook, the iPod was not alone in this position. "The market for tablets was similar. When we released the iPad, there were a lot of tablets, but nothing really mind-blowing," Cook said.
At the same time, he believes that the watch market is also in the same position. “There are a number of things being sold that are labeled as smartwatches. I'm not sure you could name any of them," Cook said, pointing to the flood of Android products. (Samsung alone managed to release six of them already.) According to the head of Apple, no model has yet managed to change the way people live.
And that is exactly what Apple is allegedly aiming for. At the same time, Tim Cook believes that his company should succeed. "One of the things that will surprise customers about the watch is its wide range," convinces Cook, pointing to the great design, the possibility of individual customization of the product, but also some of its functions. The key should be the various methods of communication, led by Siri, which the Apple director is said to use constantly.
He also highlighted the possibilities of monitoring physical activity. "I use the watch at the gym and track my activity level," Cook said, but emphasized that the Apple Watch can do more. "Everyone can find something for themselves with them. They will be able to do a huge number of things," he concluded, adding that after a while we won't be able to imagine living without the Apple Watch.
Unfortunately, Tim Cook did not reveal exactly why the Apple Watch should be the product that breaks through in the smart watch market. The comparison with the iPod or iPad is nice, but we can't take it 100% seriously.
On the one hand, it is true that most of the products of the Cupertino company are met with doubts after their introduction, but the situation surrounding the Apple Watch is different after all. While the public knew during the introduction of the iPod what the music player could offer them and why Apple's was the perfect choice, we can't be so sure about the Apple Watch.
Speaking of the benefits of the smartwatch product category, why should the Apple Watch be the one that everyone wants to buy? Only the following months will show whether design, a closed platform and functionality comparable to the competition are enough for success.
Is he a moron or is he just saying that for people? What is fundamentally difficult about using an mp3 player? I'm starting to be allergic to his cagey stuff - regardless of the Apple Watch.
Exactly. I have never seen an iPod with my own eyes. I know it exists, but I don't know anyone who has it. I also don't see anything stunning on the iPad or writing on a tablet. There is simply no reasonable use in the area where I live and work. Segrina kid, I'm just playing on it. Neither Segra nor her husband do anything about it. IWatch will be sold. Most of the people around who have an iPhone are shaking at this. It kills endurance for me. I don't take anything that won't last a day to the barracks. It's useless. I have a Polar sports tester for 10 years. This is the only watch I have ever bought. I won't clear emails on the watch or talk or write anything into it. Even now, I'm typing on the "giant" Note 3 keyboard and it's not very comfortable. I should have written it down a long time ago. I have a Note 3. I was thinking about a Samsung smartwatch. When I wrote down what he can do, and it's not a small thing at all, I realized that I just don't want to do those things. When I go for sports, I often don't even take a pulse meter. It is not needed. I don't even take a smartphone. Just a regular little old Nokia in your pocket in case of any problem. I have my smartphone with me all day. I'm glad if I don't take him for a while. Always have e-mails, Facebook and who knows what else with you. If it worked independently on the phone and lasted a week, maybe that would make my life easier. But Tim probably doesn't want that. For this, it is ideal to have an iWatch on your hand, an iPad in your left hand, an iPhone in your right hand and watch your Mac. Thank you, peo me no.
Have you ever typed on that damn iPad? I don't see how it's written on the note 3, but it's beautiful on the iPad. I arrange on it everything that can be arranged on the Internet.
I tried the iPad. Holding it in one hand and typing in the other is insane. It is too hard. Then it occurs to me to take it lying down and write with two thumbs. So I write on the Note 3. It works great there, it's 5,7 inches. It probably wouldn't work for 9,7, I probably have small hands. Then it occurs to me to put it on the table and write on it like a keyboard. No tactile response with an unnaturally tilted display. I'd rather write it manually on Note and he'll convert it. So ideally probably with some sort of cover with a keyboard. Yes, I would see that as the best solution. But that already slightly replaces the NTB, and an 11-inch Air or Chrome book for 7000 won't be much bigger. Now I write for NTB. I'm writing from memory, I'm sitting comfortably. As it is certainly possible to answer emails on the iPad, it is also possible on the 4S, but it is 10x faster on the NTB. You, too, on some Air.
But yeah. The response of a classic keyboard is indisputable. I like the battery life on the ipad mini. I can send emails, photos via dropbox, etc., messages, etc. quickly anywhere. Plus I'll read a book and listen to music on it. I wouldn't want to take notes with me. Air? Maybe. Since I'm getting into OS X and bash, I'm looking for options instead of an iPad... There are so many options these days...
When I want to code for iOS, I see it on a Mac Book Pro. This is a really cool machine. Otherwise, the Ubuntu kit will have to endure for now. I program for Android, so cool.
Just typing on the iPad. When you do the "pinch to zoom" gesture on the keyboard, the keyboard "expands" so that you have half of the keyboard under one thumb and the other under the other. It takes practice, but then you can write comfortably. But of course it doesn't have it on a classic keyboard.
As with Apple, until recently there was no other option to work sensibly than to buy a tablet. You can't do that very comfortably on 3,5 and then 4 inch mobile phones. Things are already better on the 5,7-inch Note. I firmly believe that you would write on the iPhone 6 Plus just like on the iPad, the only thing that Apple will cut you is that the iPad applications do not work on the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, even though it is actually a tablet. But nothing, I'm just being wise. As I wrote above, it will definitely sell.
This is also written on an iPad, I assume. Because typing without diacritics is fine, but writing in Czech is a complete ordeal.
I admit, I don't even write emails with diacritics... I'm weaned from Commodore64 :-) and in those early days we could only think of diacritics. Well, after all these years spent without a hack, it's hard to change things now... ;-)
It is possible to learn to write with diacritics on the iPad, but it requires practice in the handwriting. I wrote one document this way and I got quite used to it. Otherwise, I agree, it's more complicated with diacritics. How is the Note 3 or the competition in general?
But he didn't say that currently mp3 is hard to use. But those that existed at the time the iPod was launched. This is a significant difference.
And compare it to the current Samsung watches and iwatch, which will come to the market.
It needs to be cleaned better and not to be seen :-)
But yes, however, I was referring to mp3 players that existed at the time of the first iPods, using eg Cowon iAudio was certainly not extremely mentally demanding. I agree, not seeing them is low.
I don't know that one. I had something strong. When I recently saw the first iPod, the controls were much more intuitive. The best thing about today's world is that everyone chooses what they like. I started enthusiastically on HTC mobile. After trying the iPhone, I switched immediately. The parents, who used old Nokias, started to control the iPhone without my help within a day and decided to finally abandon push-button phones. At the same time, years ago I admired the possibilities of Android. But instability eventually decided. The next logical step was to switch to OS X. After a year and a half, I have to say that the Mac mini was not expensive and I am very satisfied with the intuitiveness of the software.
I was also considering a Mac mini. I hate Windows, it's a bug that slows itself down without anyone knowing why. But putting 20 into a weak Mac mini (cheaper is not worth buying), if I put an equally powerful machine with Ubuntu into 10 with an SSD disk, it's no accident. I just envy Apple's graphics software. There is practically nothing on Linux. But I program, so that's an area where linux has no problems.
Well, I make websites, and mysql and php are enough. I even bought second hand for 9000 i5 4gb ram. It looks great on the desk, plus a bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. It's just another world.
The intuitiveness of OSX ends when clicking while simultaneously pressing shift+command+alt+ctrl triggers something that is not described anywhere in the menu. By the way, does anyone know if it is possible to use a hack to switch to the maximized window via Alt+`, for example, I have two terminal windows, one of them maximized, but I can't switch between them. Or to make the application's child windows part of the application? TexPad has its own window for Find, whose behavior when switching between applications is a lottery. But I agree that other OS are not better…
Switching between terminal tabs is the shift command }
Between windows it is command `
For me, it always skips the maximized window to the entire screen..
I remember that iAudio was one of the very good products in its time. But the article talked about the period before the arrival of iPods. At that time, the first player from iAudio was on the market and it looked like a walkman, it didn't even have a display and the comfort of the first iPod could not be compared at all.
>What is fundamentally difficult about using an mp3 player?
You have a short memory. MP3 players existed even before the iPod (http://www.examiner.com/list/five-portable-mp3-players-that-arrived-before-the-ipod). Just for fun, try to buy one from eBay and use it :-)
well, if they cost around 3, then probably yes :)
I actually had two MP3 players before the iPod, and I really didn't like the fundamental complexity. I have a short memory, that's offtopic, but true :-)
Of course, Cook is experiencing it properly after Apple. But just think of the confusing menus, terrible software for PC (and mostly non-existent for Mac) and many other things.
Like today, I remember when my then one-gig MP3 asked me for an absolutely major firmware update, the main benefit of which was that from then on, nothing but the PHILIPS logo appeared on the display after turning on the player. I don't miss it.
Control, control, control. If you don't realize it, then the reason why the iPod, iPhone, iPad succeeded is simple user-friendly control. And only the Apple Watch will offer that. A friend has a smart watch from Samsung... When he has twenty applications, he has to move the display 20 times for the twentieth... This is crazy. This makes the Apple Watch a success. And of course because of the design and the connection with other Apple devices ;-)
Android Wear is made much better (notifications, etc. are immediately visible). Yes Samsung's Tizen is messed up like most of its products. From personal experience, I recommend the LG G Watch R or the Sony Smartwatch 3. And I think the Apple Watch will succeed, but only because there are fanatics like you who will buy a product from Apple even if the competition offers a much better product
And before the iPod, I had an mp3 player, and so did many of my friends. It was hell to use (of course it's relative, there were a lot of brands on the market). Then I was blown away by the simplicity of the iPod. Actually, the iPod Classic was my first device from Apple... Then came the MBP, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, AirPort... And in April it will be a watch :-D