So many people putting down Apple for apparently being responsible for the introduction of a telescreen system. First off, 1984 won't happen. I'm sorry conspiracy theorists, it won't. 1984's totalitarian system might appear impossible to break, but there is no feasible means of establishing it. Even if it were so, it would be crushed under its own weight from massive corruption or would topple over from widespread public dissent/failing economy. You know how many dictatorships would do 1984 precisely if it was that fucking easy to control people and eternally maintain it, especially a multi-continental population worth? There are aspects of 1984 that could exist, but if there is to be a dystopia, capitalism says that it will likely be Brave New World. Secondly, what exactly is your point in giving Apple shit for creating Macs, iPads, iPhones, etc? Are you saying that Apple SHOULDN'T have made them!? Hypocrites. Hypocrites everywhere. How many of you have iPhones or smart phones in your pockets right now? How many of you are typing on either a mac or a computer from microsoft, a corporation who has piggy backed on Apple's advancements since the invention of a personal computer? Who the hell are you to put them down? You wouldn't be typing your damning statements of Apple without Apple's products. If technological progress is really so terrible and a CLEAR path to totalitarianism, why begin at Apple? How about we blame the inventors of a television? 1984 also used gambling, spirits, and cigarettes to keep people in line, we might as well blame those as well for totalitarianism. And 1984 wouldn't thrive if they didn't have guns and batons, might as well blame those conspiring bastards who dared to invent the gun. 1984 also had uniforms consisted of jumpsuits, I guess jumpsuits are now a shrewd plan towards totalitarianism as well. Point being, the technology and its inventors themselves are not responsible for totalitarian dystopias, if such a thing is even feasible, it would be the people using them. So show a little more appreciation you pretentious children.
Technology Patent hints a camera could be inside the next Apple Watch The Apple Watch hasn’t seen a hardware update since it was released thirteen months ago. But whenever the day for a face lift finally comes, there’s a good chance the Apple Watch will contain a built-in camera, if a recent patent from Apple is to be taken without a pinch of salt. Inside a recent collection of documents published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a few small illustrations allude to future Apple Watch designs including a built-in camera. Although the premise of the documents is a reference to pushing location-specific information to an Apple Watch, a tip-off in the form of a built-in camera is seen if you look closely enough. Specifically, Figure 2 within the document makes mention of a camera within the user interface of the Apple Watch. Apple Watch Camera Patent Within the text of the document, Apple makes mention of “a compact digital camera that includes an image sensor such as a CMOS sensor and optical components (e.g. lenses) arranged to focus an image onto the image sensor, along with control logic operable to use the imaging components to capture and store still and/or video images.”
Although Apple doesn’t specify details about what the purpose of an onboard camera would be, as noted by Patently Apple, the documents mention that the camera could face outward so as to capture QR codes and other scannable input. Facing outward would also permit the camera to capture an image of the person wearing the watch. It’ll be interesting to see whether or not this feature will be implemented in the next iteration of the Apple Watch. Unlike the iPhone’s consistent release schedule, Apple is yet to even hint at a release date for the next-generation smartwatch. Whenever it does arrive though, this little tidbit lends credit to the rumors that it may very well have a built-in camera module for selfies with a flick of the wrist. The Pantent abstract states: A host device (e.g., mobile device) and a wearable device can cooperate to provide location-specific information to a user. For example, a host device can maintain a store of location-specific information records. When the host device detects that its current location corresponds to a relevant location for one of the records, the host device can send the record (or a portion thereof) to a paired wearable device. The wearable device can present information content from the record to a human user and/or to a machine such as a scanner or wireless communication terminal.
Apple is finally fixing the Apple Watch user experience. With watchOS 3, which will arrive as a free upgrade this fall, users can look forward to significantly faster apps with background updating, a Control Center and app dock, and lots, lots more! All this is brilliant. There really are some welcome changes. But please just give me a standard blank watch face with photo backgrounds. It's not hard. We already have a digital face photo background. I'm assuming they're worried people will copy other people's watch faces and put them on there, but that's up to them. Apple wouldn't be at fault. So please just do it Apple.
Apple's smartwatch could be going to deliver on the pledges on which they have yet to provide. That is the takeaway from the Apple Watch portion of the Apple company's keynote at its gross annual developer's conference. Most crucially, Apple professionals said another version of the device's software, dubbed WatchOS 3, would considerably increase apps' launching time. "In watchOS 3, your favorite programs should respond instantly," said Apple VP of Technology Kevin Lynch, who demonstrated off a demonstration of the quicker launching times to applause from the developer-heavy group. If the update works as publicized, it'll talk about one of the very most commonly noticed claims about the Apple Watch, which launched to great fanfare just over this past year. Apps, those created by outside developers particularly, can be slow to use on the wearable gizmo painfully. The quicker speeds should be felt over the device, on both third-party and native apps, says Apple. Other future Apple Watch improvements add a new iPhone-like control centre and slicker navigation options, new watch encounters, and an SOS feature for disaster situations. The device's health features are receiving new talents as well, including specially-designed features for wheelchair-bound users, a deep-breathing exercise guide, and a competition panel that presents your friends' activity levels alongside your own, a visible feature of rival wearables like Fitbit's offerings. When these notable changes spin out this land, Apple's next task will be convincing skeptical customers that they need to hand the Apple Watch another chance. While Apple has yet to talk about Apple Watch sales numbers, outside quotes hover in the 3 million range. While little or nothing to sneeze at, that shape is underwhelming for a business that has sold up to 50 million iPhone items in confirmed quarter.
Obliviously I know scraping it on concrete will scratch it. I'm not complaining that I scratched my watch skateboarding. I just think this shouldn't be referred to a "sport" watch by any means because of its design. This video is for people who DON'T have the watch or just want to know how easy it is to scratch. This is the most ridiculous thing about the sport watch, which is its not ready to be worn during real sports. How can Apple call this a sport version if it gets damaged easier than those versions for the office? Does the office guy in a suit and tie really need a stronger screen than the sports guy? I think not, so what will Apple do about this in the future? Lets wait and see. SCW
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on Monday, June 13 with a keynote event at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, where Apple is expected to show off the latest versions of its iOS, OS X, tvOS, and watchOS operating systems and perhaps debut new features for services like Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple has said new versions of watchOS 3 will be introduced at WWDC, but we have not heard any details on what new versions of these operating systems might include. Drawing from what we expect for iOS 10 and OS X 10.12, the two operating systems could feature Siri improvements and design tweaks to match any design changes coming to iOS 10, but beyond that, we don't have any insight into what to expect. We do know that as of June 1, Apple is requiring new Apple Watch apps submitted to the App Store to be native apps, suggesting Apple has plans for deeper native app capabilities. At the very least, a push towards native apps is encouraging because it will result in Apple Watch apps that are able to open more quickly and work more smoothly in watchOS 3.
Apple has added Gold and Rose Gold to the Apple Watch Sport lineup in addition to new watchband colors and configurations.
This is a bit upsetting. Clearly Apple didn't release the gold or rose gold option when I bought my aluminum watch. So, why the heck did they make a late release of the gold? Thats easy actually. You see, the watch was not selling very well and they knew that have a gold or rose gold plated watch for the same price would boost sales by about 5%. Thats a lot of money for them. I would have really liked to have the gold one. Maybe later if they ever get an watch with the #1 feature that the public demands...a side camera so that you can take a photo with it and have it instantly move to your iPhone so it wont take up the watch memory...and I'm not talking FaceTime...really who uses that? I have more than 20 friends with iPhones and not one uses it. All anyone wants from an watch is to take photos and upload them to social media sites. Lets wait and see what Apple does shall we? Scott C. Waring http://iwatch101.blogspot.tw
