Comments on: Apple rumor watch: 100 designers developing wristwatch computer http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 21:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1655305 Halloween_Jack Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1655305 No one else thought of the Pip-Boy 3000 from the Fallout videogames? I haz a sad. Seriously, I've wanted something like this for ages, and the closest I've seen to it so far was the Palm OS watch, which was... unsatisfactory. (I'm waiting for my Pebble; that may fit the ticket.)  No one else thought of the Pip-Boy 3000 from the Fallout videogames? I haz a sad. Seriously, I’ve wanted something like this for ages, and the closest I’ve seen to it so far was the Palm OS watch, which was… unsatisfactory. (I’m waiting for my Pebble; that may fit the ticket.) 

]]> By: Mark Demers http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1655273 Mark Demers Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1655273 For an Arduino compatible version don't forget the Solder : Time II ...  http://www.spikenzielabs.com/SpikenzieLabs/SolderTime_2.html It has a serial port on the back to allow DIY interfaces to accessories like Blue-tooth, Xbee modules etc ... For an Arduino compatible version don’t forget the Solder : Time II … 
http://www.spikenzielabs.com/SpikenzieLabs/SolderTime_2.html

It has a serial port on the back to allow DIY interfaces to accessories like Blue-tooth, Xbee modules etc …

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1655133 Lupus_Yonderboy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1655133 Yeah, the big question is whether people can deal with recharging - that's one of the reasons the Pebble has an ePaper screen (one of the stated ones, at least), they were trying for ~7 days charge so you'd only have to deal with it once a week or so.  People have, of course, gotten a lot more used to charging their tech every day since smartphones got to be more prevalent, my wife used to brag how her dumbphone went days at a time between charges but she charges her iPhone every night now. Yeah, the big question is whether people can deal with recharging – that’s one of the reasons the Pebble has an ePaper screen (one of the stated ones, at least), they were trying for ~7 days charge so you’d only have to deal with it once a week or so.  People have, of course, gotten a lot more used to charging their tech every day since smartphones got to be more prevalent, my wife used to brag how her dumbphone went days at a time between charges but she charges her iPhone every night now.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1655067 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1655067 Why so modest? How about from your Prince Albert to your smartphone? Why so modest? How about from your Prince Albert to your smartphone?

]]> By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1655004 jimkirk Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1655004 Cool idea.   There are a few potential watch sized Arduino like/compatible platforms out there, this might be useful... http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/seeeduino-film-p-689.html?cPath=132_133 http://digistump.com/ http://tiny-circuits.com/ And here's a pulse sensor for the Arduino that was a Kickstarter project http://pulsesensor.com/2012/07/26/were-migrating-here-please-join-us/ add a Bluetooth connection to the phone... Cool idea.  
There are a few potential watch sized Arduino like/compatible platforms out there, this might be useful… http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/seeeduino-film-p-689.html?cPath=132_133
http://digistump.com/
http://tiny-circuits.com/
And here’s a pulse sensor for the Arduino that was a Kickstarter project
http://pulsesensor.com/2012/07/26/were-migrating-here-please-join-us/
add a Bluetooth connection to the phone…

]]> By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654996 jimkirk Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654996 Something like this... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/903141699/leikr-the-new-danish-designed-gps-sports-watch Battery life is expected to be 24 hours, reminiscent of winding your watch every day. Something like this…
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/903141699/leikr-the-new-danish-designed-gps-sports-watch

Battery life is expected to be 24 hours, reminiscent of winding your watch every day.

]]> By: Steve Miller http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654820 Steve Miller Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654820 The wrist watch can into popular use during WWI, Trenches and all that, ya know. The wrist watch can into popular use during WWI, Trenches and all that, ya know.

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654766 Lupus_Yonderboy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654766 You know, I used to have a teacher who carried a pocketwatch who said exactly the same thing about wristwatches - "If I don't have time to reach into my pocket to find out I probably don't need to know what time it is that badly". You know, I used to have a teacher who carried a pocketwatch who said exactly the same thing about wristwatches – “If I don’t have time to reach into my pocket to find out I probably don’t need to know what time it is that badly”.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654696 vonbobo Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654696 I don't carry my phone when I'm at the gym- a stand alone, all in one fitness/media device would be nice (So that means it is also waterproof! sweeeet!) Maybe the watch will be 100% cloud for processing and storage? I don’t carry my phone when I’m at the gym- a stand alone, all in one fitness/media device would be nice (So that means it is also waterproof! sweeeet!)

Maybe the watch will be 100% cloud for processing and storage?

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654671 Lupus_Yonderboy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654671 As to the GPS I'm pretty sure it won't have it's own unit - GPS is expensive, both in money and in battery power, you don't want something both raising the cost of the unit 50% and taking its battery life to nothing. i'm also *assuming* that it probably won't have any music functionality.  I mean, it might, the Nano that people were wearing as a watch certainly did, but having a cable running from your wrist to you ears strikes me as...very un-Apple. And yeah, this is about either Google Glass or Pebble finally shipping - someone is getting nervous that Apple is going to "get left behind" or some such. As to the GPS I’m pretty sure it won’t have it’s own unit – GPS is expensive, both in money and in battery power, you don’t want something both raising the cost of the unit 50% and taking its battery life to nothing.

i’m also *assuming* that it probably won’t have any music functionality.  I mean, it might, the Nano that people were wearing as a watch certainly did, but having a cable running from your wrist to you ears strikes me as…very un-Apple.

And yeah, this is about either Google Glass or Pebble finally shipping – someone is getting nervous that Apple is going to “get left behind” or some such.

]]> By: DataPacRat http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654660 DataPacRat Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654660 It's certainly worth a look. I've been focusing more on the hardware side, so had barely even started thinking about the software side. Would anyone reading this happen to know if there's already an iApp that would do the trick? It’s certainly worth a look.

I’ve been focusing more on the hardware side, so had barely even started thinking about the software side. Would anyone reading this happen to know if there’s already an iApp that would do the trick?

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654637 Lupus_Yonderboy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654637 That would be the sensible thing for them to do (i.e. you don't want "buy this instead of that", you want "buy this AND that"), my assumption is that whoever is reporting on this based solely on rumor is just, well, basing it solely on rumor and incorrect about what it's finally going to be. That would be the sensible thing for them to do (i.e. you don’t want “buy this instead of that”, you want “buy this AND that”), my assumption is that whoever is reporting on this based solely on rumor is just, well, basing it solely on rumor and incorrect about what it’s finally going to be.

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654633 Lupus_Yonderboy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654633 You could probably start out with something like this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Wahoo+Fitness+-+Blue+HR+Heart+Rate+Strap/4880407.p;jsessionid=77DC644E4C87FFD4B6169C23246D37E3.bbolsp-app02-26?id=1218564860524&skuId=4880407 Seems relatively inexpensive and it also seems to work with a lot of different apps so at that point all you have to do is write a companion app to do the checking & texting. You could probably start out with something like this:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Wahoo+Fitness+-+Blue+HR+Heart+Rate+Strap/4880407.p;jsessionid=77DC644E4C87FFD4B6169C23246D37E3.bbolsp-app02-26?id=1218564860524&skuId=4880407

Seems relatively inexpensive and it also seems to work with a lot of different apps so at that point all you have to do is write a companion app to do the checking & texting.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654607 vonbobo Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654607 I think the problem is that they are describing it as a computer to replace functionality of other computers. While the watch will surely extend an iphone screen, how much stand alone processing power will it have is a bit bigger question. Will it do GPS without a tethered phone? Will it only stream music from your phone, or will it have it's own player and storage? Unfortunately, we have zero details in this news story- it's more about building hype to compete with Google Glass, and to relax investor anxiety. I think the problem is that they are describing it as a computer to replace functionality of other computers. While the watch will surely extend an iphone screen, how much stand alone processing power will it have is a bit bigger question.

Will it do GPS without a tethered phone? Will it only stream music from your phone, or will it have it’s own player and storage?

Unfortunately, we have zero details in this news story- it’s more about building hype to compete with Google Glass, and to relax investor anxiety.

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654603 Lupus_Yonderboy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654603 Yeah, I have my phone on me most of the time, so the only things that I really need it to do when it's not tethered to a phone are a) tell me it's not tethered to my phone, so I know that I'm forgetting my phone somewhere (there are actually a lot of inexpensive bluetooth watches that do this already) and b) function as a watch (show time, date, etc.).  Anything else (keep my calendar appointments in internal memory, for instance) I think is just gravy. Yeah, I have my phone on me most of the time, so the only things that I really need it to do when it’s not tethered to a phone are a) tell me it’s not tethered to my phone, so I know that I’m forgetting my phone somewhere (there are actually a lot of inexpensive bluetooth watches that do this already) and b) function as a watch (show time, date, etc.).  Anything else (keep my calendar appointments in internal memory, for instance) I think is just gravy.

]]> By: DataPacRat http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654598 DataPacRat Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654598  There are a couple of existing items that come close. The Emporia Safety Plus, in Europe, is a watch+phone combo, the watch part with a fall sensor and emergency button. And there are some wristwatch-sized pulse oximeters with bluetooth connectivity. All it would take is putting those together... if only I knew how, or knew who.  There are a couple of existing items that come close. The Emporia Safety Plus, in Europe, is a watch+phone combo, the watch part with a fall sensor and emergency button. And there are some wristwatch-sized pulse oximeters with bluetooth connectivity. All it would take is putting those together… if only I knew how, or knew who.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654597 vonbobo Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654597 remote control for my A/V systems! :) I like using my android phone for a Roku and DVD remote (TV if I had connectivity), but being on my wrist would be even better. Too bad I don't ever see myself wearing a watch! remote control for my A/V systems! :)

I like using my android phone for a Roku and DVD remote (TV if I had connectivity), but being on my wrist would be even better.

Too bad I don’t ever see myself wearing a watch!

]]> By: TheKaz1969 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654589 TheKaz1969 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654589 this sounds like maybe what they are proposing for the "iWatch"..? this sounds like maybe what they are proposing for the “iWatch”..?

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654590 vonbobo Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654590 Those products are already being sold... today! The brand name is what is special about this particular product. Those products are already being sold… today!

The brand name is what is special about this particular product.

]]> By: TheKaz1969 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654587 TheKaz1969 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654587 ooo! Can I get a chain to run from my vest button to my smartphone? ooo! Can I get a chain to run from my vest button to my smartphone?

]]> By: Vincenzo Ravina http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654588 Vincenzo Ravina Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654588  That's a good idea.  That’s a good idea.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654572 vonbobo Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654572 yeah, that is what I was thinking too... another computer for me to manage? More synching? But I also wonder how much functionality it will really have without being tethered to a phone... we may be stuck in the middle of marketers and companies and news agencies trying to define a tech without actually being able to show the product. But many folks don't need to know much more than they need to buy it, and they wont know/ wont care that there are other options out there. yeah, that is what I was thinking too… another computer for me to manage? More synching? But I also wonder how much functionality it will really have without being tethered to a phone… we may be stuck in the middle of marketers and companies and news agencies trying to define a tech without actually being able to show the product.

But many folks don’t need to know much more than they need to buy it, and they wont know/ wont care that there are other options out there.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654570 timquinn Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654570 Makes checking text messages much more discreet. This alone will sell it. Makes checking text messages much more discreet. This alone will sell it.

]]> By: DataPacRat http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654568 DataPacRat Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654568 I've just started looking for a wristwatch-type accessory for my phone - one that can sense the wearer's pulse, and if the heart stops or stutters, that can send a text to a specified emergency contact. Anyone know if there's a COTS solution, or a group of makers who'd be interested in helping me put something together? I’ve just started looking for a wristwatch-type accessory for my phone – one that can sense the wearer’s pulse, and if the heart stops or stutters, that can send a text to a specified emergency contact. Anyone know if there’s a COTS solution, or a group of makers who’d be interested in helping me put something together?

]]> By: zieroh http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654557 zieroh Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654557 Your snarkiness is misplaced, I think. Keep in mind that in our not-so-distant past, a large number of people voted with their wallets in favor of a very visible timepiece (wrist watches) over a timepiece in their pockets (pocket watches). Pocket watches are merely an anachronism now. Your snarkiness is misplaced, I think. Keep in mind that in our not-so-distant past, a large number of people voted with their wallets in favor of a very visible timepiece (wrist watches) over a timepiece in their pockets (pocket watches).

Pocket watches are merely an anachronism now.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654549 vonbobo Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654549 or compulsive consumerism? or compulsive consumerism?

]]> By: Lupus_Yonderboy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654544 Lupus_Yonderboy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654544 Personally, I like what Pebble and Metawatch/Strata are doing - the watch as a secondary device to the phone.  I'm thinking about getting one of them for when I'm jogging and I want to skip a song without stopping to mess with my phone, or to see who's calling/texting when my phone is in my pocket.  I don't need a stand-alone device for hundreds of dollars that needs a separate wireless contract, I personally want something in the $100-$200 range that works in tandem with what I already own. Personally, I like what Pebble and Metawatch/Strata are doing – the watch as a secondary device to the phone.  I’m thinking about getting one of them for when I’m jogging and I want to skip a song without stopping to mess with my phone, or to see who’s calling/texting when my phone is in my pocket.  I don’t need a stand-alone device for hundreds of dollars that needs a separate wireless contract, I personally want something in the $100-$200 range that works in tandem with what I already own.

]]> By: David Yoon http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654542 David Yoon Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654542 I used to think the Wristomo was the shiz back in the day. I used to think the Wristomo was the shiz back in the day.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654543 vonbobo Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654543 "The iWatch will fill a gaping hole in the Apple ecosystem" That's what she said! “The iWatch will fill a gaping hole in the Apple ecosystem”

That’s what she said!

]]> By: Ari B. http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/apple-rumor-watch-100-designe.html#comment-1654538 Ari B. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212619#comment-1654538 For those of us who are too lazy to reach into our pockets and actually look at our phones... For those of us who are too lazy to reach into our pockets and actually look at our phones…

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