Apple Unveils Apple Watch

They claim their cold-forged stainless steel makes the watch "60% more gayballz".

Looking at the alleged "best apps for the Apple Watch" -- all of which are easily done on a phone -- I can't help thinking that the Apple Watch is a $600 solution in search of a problem (and that's the cost of the watch with the base (lame) watchband --the watchband you actually want will cost you up to $400 more).

I thought this product was an unlikely gamble, but John Ekdahl pointed out, correctly, that given the new Fitness Monitor craze, there exists a potential pre-existing audience for a watch that can do a bunch of things. While the Apple Watch canceled a bunch of planned fitness-monitor technologies, they apparently kept the heart-rate monitor, allowing the Watch to compete, in theory, with Jawbone, Fitbit, Garmin, and so forth.

But I don't know. I have a heart-rate monitor and I find it to be a not very useful thing. I don't know what to do with it. It's largely trivia, rather than useable information.

So I don't know about spending $600-1000 for the midrange Apple Watch.

The lower cost "sport" version, made of aluminum, will cost $350 for the smaller (woman's) version and $400 for the larger (man's) version. The midrange version, in stainless steel, will cost $550 for the woman's version, and $600 for the men's. And then add on several hundred dollars for a decent band.

The top-of-the-line gold version, I don't even want to get into.

One thing I think was potentially attractive about the Apple Watch was price. The Apple Watch would be a stylish little gizmo, as most Apple products are. That means it could, say, compete in the Stylish Wrist Jewelry market with, say, Tag Heuer.

But I assumed, stupidly, it would be cheaper than a Tag Heuer.

If it's pretty much the same price as a Tag Heuer, why not just buy the Tag Heuer?

Eh, I thought this would flop, and then John Ekdahl was all like "no, it will be soooo awesome," but never listen to John Ekdahl. He's an idiot.

Posted by: Ace at 03:48 PM

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1 I'd rather spend $3000 on a watch from Breitling instead.

Posted by: EC at March 09, 2015 03:50 PM (GQ8sn)

2 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 03:50 PM (kff5f)

3 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 03:51 PM (kff5f)

4 The question is only how many dorks need to stand in line outside all of the Apple stores in order for them to get into the black on this project.

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 03:51 PM (VndSC)

5 If it's pretty much the same price as a Tag Heuer, why not just buy the Tag Heuer?

Exactly.

Posted by: EC at March 09, 2015 03:51 PM (GQ8sn)

6 "They claim their cold-forged stainless steel makes the watch "60% more gayballz."

Gays are good, right? If it has more gayballz, them I'm going to vote for it. And for more student loanz.

Posted by: Confused Millennial Voter at March 09, 2015 03:51 PM (YYJjz)

7 Anyone that would look at any vastly overpriced Apple product and say "It will be SSsooooooo awesome" is nothing but a barely functioning Apple fanboy. There is nary a lower form of life on Earth

Posted by: deadrody at March 09, 2015 03:51 PM (vJOFB)

8 This will be ALL THE RAGE with celebs and then all the people who want to be like celebs.

They will sell a zillion of them and make a ton of money.

But ten years from now? No one will have an iwatch. Just like hardly anyone has an ipod now.

Posted by: blaster at March 09, 2015 03:51 PM (Rx8ML)

9 $400 for a watchband? I'll pass.

Incidentally, I quit wearing a watch several years ago when I realized that I was surrounded by clocks at all times.

Posted by: rickl at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (zoehZ)

10 I will buy this watch.

Posted by: Extraordinary lame Rob Lowe at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (VndSC)

11 I don't usually make fun of Apple, but this SWPL drenched madness is driving me over the edge.

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (J6suc)

12 hey I love my iPhone, and my MAC, and my wife loves her iPad, but I am not so sure about spending all that money on a watch. But I do have mixed emotions because my wife owns a shit load of Apple Stock. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (rDqRv)

13 Laaaaaaaame.

Posted by: Dick Tracy at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (c+Y7q)

14 Does the watch come in Betamax?

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (VndSC)

15 I'm not a fan of the "just" heart-rate monitors. The ones that can calculate caloric burn, though? That's data I can use, especially if it's easily exportable.

As for a "watch." Well, I already have a cell phone, laptop, and car. I don't have much use for a "watch."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (kff5f)

16 Waste. Does nothing of note. Annoys the shit out of you in the process.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 09, 2015 03:54 PM (vvS6Q)

17 If your heart stops beating does the watch say "Bye- BYE"?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 03:54 PM (rDqRv)

18 Can't wait for "Will It Blend?" doing an iWatch.

Posted by: EC at March 09, 2015 03:54 PM (GQ8sn)

19 iCondom, coming soon to a pharmacy or gas station near you!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 03:54 PM (2Ojst)

20
Apple reminds me of the movie "Big" where the kid in an adult's body comes up with a $500 toy.

Actually, this applies to much of the consumer market now.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 09, 2015 03:54 PM (79zi+)

21 A 400 dollar Apple watch that doesn't work is still correct twice a day.

So, you have that.

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 03:54 PM (VndSC)

22 But is he a cute idiot? asking for a friend.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 09, 2015 03:55 PM (vPh3W)

23 >>> The ones that can calculate caloric burn, though? That's data I can use, especially if it's easily exportable.

any fitness monitor can do a rough calculation of that, pretty much.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 03:55 PM (PA7DS)

24 17 If your heart stops beating does the watch say "Bye- BYE"?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 03:54 PM (rDqRv)

It sets off the explosive charges in Peachtrees.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 03:55 PM (2Ojst)

25 Strap that Apple piece of shit to a 9.9HP Evinrude outboard motor, take it out on the lake for half an hour, and then tell me the god. damn. time.

Timex.

Posted by: John Cameron Swayze at March 09, 2015 03:55 PM (IDj42)

26 But I don't know. I have a heart-rate monitor and I find it to be a not very useful thing. I don't know what to do with it. It's largely trivia, rather than useable information.

But, Ace, you can navel-gaze while flaunting your conspicuous consumption to other Apple fanboys! Think of the status!

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 03:55 PM (MMC8r)

27 This watch will'tell people. "Mug me"

Posted by: ThunderB, PinUpWhoreBabyMachine at March 09, 2015 03:55 PM (zOTsN)

28 Never underestimate the ability of Apple to sell new things to their cult members. Next up: the Ispork.

That being said, a heart monitor tells you your heart rate. People working out try to hit a target heart rate, and sustain it. It matters.

Or you can just exercise to the point of being sweaty and breathing heavy, it's more or less the same thing.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 09, 2015 03:56 PM (TOk1P)

29 and Ace laughed at John Gruber's $1000 estimate on the Apple Watches you actually want to buy

Posted by: The Dude at March 09, 2015 03:56 PM (SyKbw)

30 I have a Samsung Gear 2 watch which does all this shit and is $200.

The novelty wears off. It works great, but no one calls old guys.

Still talking on the phone through your watch? Dick Tracy baby!

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 09, 2015 03:56 PM (0FSuD)

31 I heard on the news this morning that Apple's target audience isn't even in the west. It's the Chinese.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 09, 2015 03:56 PM (AxABj)

32 But just think how nice the circular D logo of the democrats.org watch app will look on your wrist.

Clever clever, Apple. Also, think I saw Al Gore in the audience, because, why not.

Posted by: Chupacabras at March 09, 2015 03:56 PM (k2sJ1)

33 But I assumed, stupidly, it would be cheaper than a Tag Heuer.

If it's pretty much the same price as a Tag Heuer, why not just buy the Tag Heuer?

Because Apple.

No, seriously, as far as I can tell, the only reason to drop that much dime (and you know that to be truly elite, you'll have to have a platinum one), is to show that You Are Hip And Awesome.

I read a great line in a book I'm rereading and shall be discussing on the podcast tonight ( / prepimp ) talking about a super exclusive restaurant in London where all the Hip Young Things dressed as formally as their budget would allow whilst the old guard just showed up in what they wear normally.

Posted by: alexthechick - LIV ahoy! at March 09, 2015 03:56 PM (mf5HN)

34 We get to see pictures of apple cultists holding an Apple product with the arm bearing an Apple watch, so there's that.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 09, 2015 03:56 PM (b7GF2)

35 I'm looking forward to sporting my new Apple Watch (and an erection) in the women's changing room of my local Planet Fitness.

Posted by: Gender Non-Specific Man at March 09, 2015 03:56 PM (xQX/f)

36 And this watch, which is useless if you don't also carry an iPhone, is yours for ONLY $549! What? A band? You want a band? Oh, then it's, uh, $1049. Plus an iPhone.

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 03:57 PM (J6suc)

37 So, I'd have to charge my watch in addition to my phone everyday? Yeah, I'll pass.

Posted by: no good deed at March 09, 2015 03:57 PM (ZKGnj)

38
One thing the Apple Watch has already done:

Stomp a thread right when AtC starts talking bukakke.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 09, 2015 03:58 PM (JtwS4)

39
I'm gonna start a company called "Cantalope" and make zillions.

My first gadget is a microscopic gps monitor you place under the skin of your daughter making sure she Can't Elope with some long haired hippy leftist.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 09, 2015 03:58 PM (ODxAs)

40 Word of caution on these things.

If you get too far from the partner Apple watch, then both watches explode and blow your hands off.

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 03:58 PM (VndSC)

41 >>>That being said, a heart monitor tells you your heart rate. People working out try to hit a target heart rate, and sustain it. It matters.

Or you can just exercise to the point of being sweaty and breathing heavy, it's more or less the same thing.

..

I know in theory you're supposed to "hit that target heart rate," but as you say, unless you're some kind of ultra-pro trainer, most people have a pretty good idea of what "peak heart rate" is already -- it's full out, it's breathing heavily, it's a pace you can't easily sustain for more than 60 seconds or so.

and everyone knows what "cardio" rate is, or "elevated" rate, sort of intuitively -- you feel your heart is beating hard.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 03:58 PM (PA7DS)

42 I honest-to-God never said that.

Posted by: JohnE. at March 09, 2015 03:58 PM (dtd2D)

43 Well, you do not get a Tag Heuer for two reasons:
1. it is it is a crappy watch
2. since it is a crappy watch it is really jewelry and men do not wear big clunky metal bracelets.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 03:58 PM (gsfK5)

44 Then this means I can finally get rid of that big-ass hourglass?

Posted by: The Wicked Witch of the North at March 09, 2015 03:59 PM (8ZskC)

45 BTW, Ace, you can purchase a pocket watch with a Swiss mechanical movement for half the cost, and you would have more panache with less geekiness.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 09, 2015 03:59 PM (79zi+)

46 As for a "watch." Well, I already have a cell phone, laptop, and car. I don't have much use for a "watch."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (kff5f)

Hoho! Silly person, it has the Apple logo on it. That's its use.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 09, 2015 03:59 PM (TOk1P)

47 But can you pay for your latte at Starbucks with it?

Posted by: wth at March 09, 2015 03:59 PM (wAQA5)

48 ... I already carry an iPhone. And an iPad. and a Windows convertible tablet/laptop.

What advantage do I get by wearing a $1000 watch that I assume needs to sync with my phone (for the LTE connectivity) to do anything cool?

Just another data hog device to break?

Eh, I'll pass.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 03:59 PM (AkOaV)

49 2. since it is a crappy watch it is really jewelry and men do not wear big clunky metal bracelets.
--------------------------

See sentence 1 of this post.

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 03:59 PM (VndSC)

50 I thought the youngers were ashewing wearing anachronistic time-pieces on upon their wrists. Prediction: Apple Cube

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2015 03:59 PM (84SRe)

51 Watch? Haven't worn one in years.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 03:59 PM (MMC8r)

52 I was already annoyed as hell enough with my Fitbit HR for needing to be recharged ever 2 days, let alone charging this stupid thing having an 18 hour battery life.

Posted by: Chupacabras at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (k2sJ1)

53 Wouldn't the porn be too small to see on a watch? This is a show stopper.

Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (oDCMR)

54 Does the watch come in Betamax?

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM

Early nominee for thread winner!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (h4vJk)

55 Anyone here holding out for ther iVibrator?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (rDqRv)

56 1
I'd rather spend $3000 on a watch from Breitling instead.

Posted by: EC at March 09, 2015 03:50 PM (GQ8sn)

I collect watches. Breitling uses ETA movements, owned by Swatch.

Really. Don't waste you money on them. Swatch has bought up a hell of a lot of companies, but not all use ETA movements.

The same ETA movement in a Breitling for $3K is in a lot of $200 watches.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (0FSuD)

57 So, wait....$400 for the low-range Men's Apple watch that does everything Android Wear watches can do for $250 max?

And then there's the $10k Apple Watch Edition. That's RedSteeze-level trolling right there....

Posted by: khelek at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (3zvh8)

58 As for why you do not get an apple watch, you do not get an apple watch because it is a trinket that records your location and activity all day every day. If you hate the NSA reading your email, wait til they are monitoring you all day every day.

Someone explain the difference between this and an ankle bracelet monitoring home arrest criminals. probably that the ankle monitors fewer parameters and is less invasive.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (gsfK5)

59 I know in theory you're supposed to "hit that target
heart rate," but as you say, unless you're some kind of ultra-pro
trainer, most people have a pretty good idea of what "peak heart rate"
is already -- it's full out, it's breathing heavily, it's a pace you
can't easily sustain for more than 60 seconds or so.

and everyone knows what "cardio" rate is, or "elevated" rate, sort of intuitively -- you feel your heart is beating hard.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 03:58 PM (PA7DS)

Right. Useful information for super athletes, and probably more importantly, people who may have heart conditions, and need to NOT hit a certain rate.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (TOk1P)

60 Can you control K.I.T.T with it?

No.

Then it's a piece of shit.

**talks into watch**

K.I.T.T, come pick me up, buddy. I'm drunk and you need to drive me home. **hic**

Posted by: Michael Knight at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (c+Y7q)

61 I don't know what to do with it. It's largely trivia, rather than useable information.

****

So true in so many ways of so much in the electronic age, Ace.

It's tough to sell a solution to somebody who doesn't know there's a problem.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (NeFrd)

62 Does the watch come in Betamax?

Yeah, but you can't rent porn to watch on it.

Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (xQX/f)

63 The other apple news today is that HBO go sounds like it will be exclusive to apple tv. Which is annoying. Do they want me to keep pirating GOTs? Apparently.

Posted by: Lea at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (lIU4e)

64 Sounds like it's mostly an expensive toy with a bunch of apps that tell you you should check your phone

Posted by: Greg61 at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (H0lcY)

65 Show me how its better than a sundial.

Posted by: Fred Flintstone at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (8ZskC)

66 This is not a good idea for me because I lose and break watches; I only wear cheap timexes.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (bdqzU)

67 >>> was already annoyed as hell enough with my Fitbit HR for needing to be recharged ever 2 days, let alone charging this stupid thing having an 18 hour battery life.

have you lost your cable yet?

I just went through that. They want $20 for a new cable, plus like $7 for *slow* mail. fast mail will cost $14.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (PA7DS)

68 Eh, the fitness thing? Does anyone care that much about their heartrate? I throw my phone in a pocket or armband when I go running, and that gives me distance/time information. Not sure if I need anything else.

I like the idea of being able to see texts and get quick info on my wrist, rather than checking my phone, though.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (xN1DB)

69
Old joke about nouveau riche Russians. Two run into each other on the street.

NR1: "Hey, that's a nice tie. What did you pay for it?"

NR2: "$600"

NR1: "Idiot. I know a place where you could have got it for $1,000"

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (JtwS4)

70 It will look real cool with your Google Glasses and hipster outfit.

Posted by: wth at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM (wAQA5)

71 >>>Sounds like it's mostly an expensive toy with a bunch of apps that tell you you should check your phone

hahaha

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (PA7DS)

72 I also have never worn a watch with any regularity. It feels clunky and unnecessary, especially considering I'm already carrying around a clunky cell phone that tells me the time just as well.

But what do we know? Watch this be a huge seller for Apple.

Hipsters, I've noticed, seem to like wearing watches. So maybe that's their target audience.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (AkOaV)

73 It's an Apple product. The Apple fans are almost as bad as Democrats; they'll buy anything with the Apple logo on it.

Posted by: Null at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (xjpRj)

74
Someone explain the difference between this and an ankle bracelet monitoring home arrest criminals. probably that the ankle monitors fewer parameters and is less invasive.

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The state pays for the ankle bracelet.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (79zi+)

75 New iTesticlecuff!

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (MMC8r)

76 Does it come with a "Fapometer"?

You know, for measuring your, um, committment to exercise.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (+Fae7)

77 btw the Fitbit Charge HR tells you the phone number of someone who just called

I don't use that feature. I mean, what, I check the phone?

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (PA7DS)

78 But ten years from now? No one will have an iwatch. Just like hardly anyone has an ipod now.

Posted by: blaster at March 09, 2015 03:51 PM (Rx8ML)

The only reason "hardly anyone has an ipod" is because smart phones became so accessible. Why have something that *only* plays MP3s, when you can have something that plays MP3s, streams audio and video, and has all kinds of other cool apps?

So the iPod didn't fail- it was replaced.

I do, however, think the AppleWatch will fail- because it brings nothing to the table. I can get a Jawbone UP3 for $180. That gets me the fitness functions + calorie burn.

Or I can get a Samsung Gear-Fit (assuming I have a Galaxy) for $150.

Or I can get a Microsoft Band (which is supposedly compatible with all 3 major mobile OSs) for $200.00.

What, besides a name, does the AppleWatch bring to the table?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (kff5f)

79 Apple doesn't make consumer electronics. It's a designer brand. It makes cultural signifiers.

Still waiting for the iMark digital tatoo, available on hand or head.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (DT3rQ)

80 @25 My early vote for thread winner

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (84SRe)

81 I prefer my $125 TomTom Runner GPS watch, thank you very much.

Posted by: Kim Priestap at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (xDetv)

82 I would only pay a lot of money for the Breitling watch with the emergency satellite locator beacon. every other watch is over priced, underperforming pajama boy bling.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (gsfK5)

83
My second gadget for my new company Cantalope (CNTP:nasdaq) is a watch that tells whether the girl you are talking to is ovulating. No surprise baby for you, she Can't Elope.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (ODxAs)

84 Will this allow me to send voice commands to my own giant robot?

If not, pass.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (MMC8r)

85 Remember in the 80's when casio had those square watches that had calculator buttons on them ?
And the geeks thought they were so cool ?

I love my Mac - but these watches will not be a success.

Posted by: McCool at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (TQxRy)

86 Will it work with my private server?

Uh, asking for a friend.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (c+Y7q)

87 You know, for measuring your, um, committment to exercise.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM

You are committed to excellence, and the Raida's want you.

Posted by: Zombie Al Davis at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (+Fae7)

88 I'd rather spend $3000 on a watch from Breitling instead.
Posted by: EC at March 09, 2015 03:50 PM (GQ8sn)

-----------------------------------------

I've looked at Breitling. Anything worth having is 6 grand or above.

Posted by: Lawfully elected prez. of Hondurous at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (/HX7u)

89 Hey, psst. I've got an electronic gizmo you might like. Instead of an iWatch, I call it a you-watch!

/Carlos Danger

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (NeFrd)

90 It's a $600 solution in search of douchebags who want a fancy new status symbol.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (PRhCg)

91 I'm sure the NSA is a fan

Posted by: brak at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (Tj+s6)

92 And....will you have to purchase a new watch each year or so because Apple comes out with the next gen version (just like iPhones and iPads)?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (bdqzU)

93 ...And I know people who bought watches that sync with their android phones.

It was cool for like a day. The watch brought nothing to table except to alert you of new text messages and emails (which, uh, your phone does by vibrating in your pocket).

And they were way cheaper than Apple products.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:03 PM (AkOaV)

94 >>>Eh, the fitness thing? Does anyone care that much about their heartrate?

i thought it would be useful but I can't figure out what to do with it.

There is some small satisfaction seeing your resting heart rate get slower, over time, as you get healthier.

but... eh, it's not like you can do specific things to reduce your resting heart beat.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (PA7DS)

95 It will look real cool with your Google Glasses and hipster outfit.
Posted by: wth at March 09, 2015 04:01 PM

Just another signal to other members of the tribe, and a warning to all non-hipster douchebags to avoid at all costs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (h4vJk)

96 What, besides a name, does the AppleWatch bring to the table?

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Parental / spousal / citizen surveilance

Posted by: SH at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (gmeXX)

97 Off sock

Posted by: Soona at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (/HX7u)

98 Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 03:58 PM (PA7DS)

Yeah.....not exactly. Target heart rate based on how you feel is notoriously inaccurate.

Jocks will tend to overwork, and non-athletes tend to underwork.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (4o17u)

99
These things better have a stack of anti-theft features, or college bound youths who didn't do nuthin are going to be snatching them off nerd wrists with abandon.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (kdS6q)

100 @Ace

I haven't lost it yet, but my cat has an unhealthy fascination with it, so only a matter of time.

Posted by: Chupacabras at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (k2sJ1)

101 Someone explain the difference between this and an ankle bracelet monitoring home arrest criminals. probably that the ankle monitors fewer parameters and is less invasive.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (gsfK5)

Yeah I hear ya but I already have an iPhone and EasyPass and a traceable IP address, so....?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (rDqRv)

102 A Tag Heuer, or any good watch other than a throw-away digital, will be useful for many, many years, and potentially for many lifetimes. Smart watches will be obsolete within a year and likely non-functional in two years. Yet they cost the same as a good watch, or more. That alone is a reason to think twice.

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (J6suc)

103 A good quality watch is something you keep for decades, not so with Apple products that are designed to become obsolete within a few years.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (bdqzU)

104 I heard Apple will be marketing a niche product just for pirates. Called the iPatch.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (NeFrd)

105 This just doesn't do it for me. Especially at that price.
My G-Shock works just fine, and is water resistant to 200 meters, which as a diver is very nice.

Posted by: Iblis at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (9221z)

106 The Apple Watch is also useless without an iPhone. Another major expense.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (ZPrif)

107 >>>I can get a Jawbone UP3 for $180.

you can?

Where?

Posted by: Guy Who's Been Waiting Six Months for the Jawbone Up3 at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (PA7DS)

108 The Pod People, the ones who buy every thing that Apple puts out, will buy it.

I wish my mind to remain free, at least as much as it is now.

Posted by: West at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (1Rgee)

109 @67

Samsung Gear 2 has everything a fit bit does. It's $200 and it works with your Samsung phone. If you are ghey and have Apple you are out of luck.

Did I mention Samsung phones have batteries you can change?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (0FSuD)

110 Watches are so last century, no matter the maker. Unless you are a diver.

Posted by: dogfish at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (1vYi0)

111 I like the $5 watches from Walgreens.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (MMC8r)

112 Brattleboro wants thank Presdent Obama for supporting this rather then conducting illegal wars like Bush. Once again our presdent of color is more about helping people rather than judging them on religion or skin color. Thank Sir and we in Brattleboro love you.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (Sd++4)

113 The heart rate monitor, as it turns out, is quite problematic.

http://fusion.net/story/60771/will-the-apple-watchs-coolest-feature-work-for-people-of-color/

Posted by: JohnE. at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (dtd2D)

114 The Apple Watch is also useless without an iPhone. Another major expense.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (ZPrif)

Well for those of us with iStock, that's called a benefit

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (rDqRv)

115 Also - nobody under 30 wears a watch anymore.
They all have cellphones to tell time.

The only useful feature for the watch would be to locate your cell phone.

Posted by: McCool at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (TQxRy)

116 John Cameron Swayze >>>> Patrick Swayze

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (wtvvX)

117 Someone explain the difference between this and an ankle bracelet monitoring home arrest criminals. probably that the ankle monitors fewer parameters and is less invasive.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:00 PM (gsfK5)

Yeah I hear ya but I already have an iPhone and EasyPass and a traceable IP address, so....?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (rDqRv)

I am looking for something with carbureator.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (gsfK5)

118 There is some small satisfaction seeing your resting heart rate get slower, over time, as you get healthier.

****

There is a lower limit to this phenomenon.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (NeFrd)

119 Will this allow me to send voice commands to my own giant robot?

If not, pass.

"Showt-"

/crashes

"Stupid Apple crap."

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (DT3rQ)

120 I'm not the market for Apple products.
The last Apple product that they released that I wanted was the iPod Nano.

Still, tens of millions of other ppl love everything Apple. So maybe this will be a huge success. Probably, given their track record.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (ZPrif)

121
Now there's gonna be guys doing the Wrist Presenting Pose with shit eating grins for the next coupla months

Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:07 PM (3ZtZW)

122 With this new product, Apple will finally hit a trillion in market capitalization.

Enough to buy Greece and not feel the loss.

Once Apple owns it's own country, the real innovation begins.

Posted by: jwest at March 09, 2015 04:07 PM (9ZZd+)

123 everyone should wear a watch.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:08 PM (gsfK5)

124 So, technically, you could use the watch to swipe Apple Pay at Starbucks for that Venti Latte? And, do this without removing your iPhone from your pocket?

OK - I can see a market here.

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 04:08 PM (VndSC)

125 I read that Apple planned a lot more health sensors for the Apple Watch besides the plain-old heart rate monitor -- but none of the fancy scifi sensors worked reliably enough to be included, so they only went with the heartrate monitor -- a tech that's been widely available for 30+ years.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:08 PM (ZPrif)

126 Posted by: JohnE. at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (dtd2D)

You have got to be kidding me.

So not only is the iWatch an overpriced gadget, but it's also RACIST?

Wow!!!

Plot twist.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:08 PM (AkOaV)

127 Documenting the heart rate spike during a hobo hunt has to be .... something, No?
But it takes 5 or 6 skins to buy one of those bracelets.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at March 09, 2015 04:08 PM (zllbf)

128
>>>As for a "watch." Well, I already have a cell phone, laptop, and car. I don't have much use for a "watch."

Unless I could whistle into the watch and my car would pull up like Kit.

Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:08 PM (3ZtZW)

129 Posted by: Guy Who's Been Waiting Six Months for the Jawbone Up3 at March 09, 2015 04:05 PM (PA7DS)

Went to their website today. Advertised for $179.99 (pre-order).

So perhaps I should have said "Will be able to get..."

http://fusion.net/story/60771/will-the-apple-watchs-coolest-feature-work-for-people-of-color/
Posted by: JohnE. at March 09, 2015 04:06 PM (dtd2D)

So the AppleWatch is racist.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 04:08 PM (kff5f)

130 It's always amazed me that a company that was this close, holds fingers approximately 2mm apart, to going tits up is now on ther precipice of being a trillion dollar company.

And they haven't even realized full, ahem, global penetration yet.

Amazing.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 09, 2015 04:08 PM (lGNaU)

131 @113

All of the wrist heart rate monitors are problematic. AKA they suck

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (0FSuD)

132 Does the iWatch have an app for the time though?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (fWAjv)

133 The only shiny bits I wear on my body are my cross and my gun.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (scgac)

134 I only worry about my 'resting' heart rate. Early morning. No load. Calm.

If that number is outside your age bracket then you gotta step it up.

Somehow I always know when my heart is working hard. That pounding in my chest, sweat pouring into my eyes, nurses yelling "CLEAR" over my bare chest.

Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (xQX/f)

135
And bring back the Swatch Skin for men, you Helvetian bastards.

Great watch, but now you can only get them in a limited selection of girl styles.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (kdS6q)

136 I liked "Big O".

The robot maid was hot...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (wtvvX)

137 @67 I sent my Fitbit back for refund. Had it three weeks. It wouldn't hold a charge more than a day and kept going into electro-rem sleepytime. bastard!

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (84SRe)

138 If they cost $50 I wouldn't buy one.

Because they're Apple products.

Posted by: Xavier at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (sTWPi)

139
New fangled piece of junk.

Posted by: Swatch at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (wAQA5)

140 The market for this watch is in China?

I guess that's for all of the ones that say "Appel" on them, right?

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (VndSC)

141 76 Does it come with a "Fapometer"?

You know, for measuring your, um, committment to exercise.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 09, 2015 04:02 PM (+Fae7)

Just strap a pedometer to your wrist.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (2Ojst)

142
http://fusion.net/story/60771/will-the-apple-watchs-coolest-feature-work-for-people-of-color/

Dare I wonder if that might limit theft?

/ICondemnMyself

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (MMC8r)

143 They want to make some sales point on the fact that high chromium stainless work hardens? Over priced, not that classy looking, and yes, a tad gay.

Posted by: maddogg at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (xWW96)

144 With this new product, Apple will finally hit a trillion in market capitalization.

Enough to buy Greece and not feel the loss.

1. ) Buy Greece.

2. ) Fire 90% of the citizens; ship them to Albania (because f*** Albania).

3. ) Rebrand and reopen as "iGreece", the world's first nation-sized theme park.

4. ) Profit! (Seriously, the Germans will love it)

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (DT3rQ)

145 Parental / spousal / citizen surveilance

Shall we take bets on when these get stashed at libraries or farmed out to mules that will go to a library?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (b7GF2)

146 Still waiting for the LG Watch Urbane LTE.

Posted by: OCBill at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (YJvVE)

147 Posted by: Swatch at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (wAQA5)

Good thing you weren't manufactured in Croatia.

Posted by: Walter at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (kff5f)

148 Posted by: Xavier at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (sTWPi)

For $50 I'd consider it. I'd also know that I was most likely throwing away my money on something I'd use only a few times.

But that's not uncommon for me to do. But for $1000 I'd rather buy something more ... useful

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (AkOaV)

149
It'll never last.

Posted by: Bell Bottoms at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (ODxAs)

150 >>>Went to their website today. Advertised for $179.99 (pre-order).

It has claimed that since November. IT has claimed "shipping in 10-11 weeks" since December.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (PA7DS)

151 http://fusion.net/story/60771/will-the-apple-watchs-coolest-feature-work-for-people-of-color/

Clearly Apple is racist.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (2Ojst)

152 I tried activating the pedometer on my phone. But I don't carry my phone all time time, so it was perturbed that I only took about six steps all day. You'd think for all the money it cost it could go for a walk by itself.

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (J6suc)

153 Enough to buy Greece and not feel the loss.

Once Apple owns it's own country, the real innovation begins.

iCropolis?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (wtvvX)

154 But for $1000 I'd rather buy something more ... useful
Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (AkOaV)

High-class escort?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (2Ojst)

155 18 hour battery life. 24 hour day. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: @dickstrash at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (KuU4f)

156 Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (MMC8r)

Nah, they sell that shit on Craigslist anyways.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (AkOaV)

157 I had a dreadmill (no, that's not misspelled) that had a great heart rate monitor. I just liked knowing it.

Then I got a new and improved dreadmill, and the HR monitor suxed. It really is a better dreadmill though... if such a thing is not an oxymoron.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (TOk1P)

158 I would be willing to bet that this watch is 10 times smarter then that idiot Bush !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (Sd++4)

159 High-class escort?
Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (2Ojst)

Exactly.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (AkOaV)

160 Wankband is greater than FitBit

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (fWAjv)

161
>>>Anyone here holding out for ther iVibrator?

No Viruses!

Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (3ZtZW)

162
nobody under 30 wears a watch anymore. They all have cellphones to tell time.
Posted by: McCool

Actually, there's a hipster fad for watches. For a while there big chunky ones were a thing. Because irony or something.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (kdS6q)

163 55
Anyone ~~here~~else holding out for ther iVibrator?

Posted by: Nevergiveup

FIFY

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (84SRe)

164 actually it claimed something like 6-8 weeks in November, then sometime in December it claimed 10-11.

It has not updated that since, despite the fact that more than two months have passed since then.

Per that claim, those who "pre-ordered' should have already have gotten their gizmos; but they haven't.

I am beginning to wonder about Jawbone.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (PA7DS)

165
Watches are so last century, no matter the maker. Unless you are a diver.

--

My Citizen has a depth guage, which is a good backup

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (79zi+)

166 It really is a better dreadmill though... if such a thing is not an oxymoron.

You run nowhere faster?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (DT3rQ)

167 >>>I liked "Big O".

The robot maid was hot...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 09, 2015 04:09 PM (wtvvX)<<<

You're such a louse.

Posted by: R. Dorothy at March 09, 2015 04:13 PM (c+Y7q)

168 Free Beacon @FreeBeacon 3m3 minutes ago
Ummm... RT @markknoller: WH says if nuke deal is reached with Iran it won't be a treaty subject to Senate ratification.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:13 PM (ZPrif)

169 Is it safe to assume that if a bad person sees you wearing an iWatch, they can safely assume that even though it may be out of sight, you also are in possession of an iPhone?

Stupid people
Stupid choices
Stupid prizes

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2015 04:13 PM (hzrlb)

170 Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (PA7DS)

Well F Them, then.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 04:13 PM (kff5f)

171 If anyone thinks that the data churned out by these devices won't be used as grist for the Obamacare mill is deluded.

You: I need open-heart surgery.

IRS insurance agent: I see you haven't been exercising Gov't Dialy Recommended Amount, so no...

Posted by: Coolpapa at March 09, 2015 04:13 PM (Ef4yr)

172 A Tag Heuer, or any good watch other than a throw-away digital, will be useful for many, many years, and potentially for many lifetimes. Smart watches will be obsolete within a year and likely non-functional in two years. Yet they cost the same as a good watch, or more. That alone is a reason to think twice.
Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:04 PM (J6suc)

---------------------------------------

I agree. Buying a nice Rolex, Breitling, Tag Heuer, etc., will be a much better investment in the long run than buying a computer watch on an annual/semi-annual basis. Saves a lot more money in the long run too.

Posted by: Soona at March 09, 2015 04:14 PM (/HX7u)

173 Hmmmm
I want....no, NEED one!!
But would I drop a grand for one?

I'm wearing a Luminox Diver Professional
So yes I would

And you can bet your bacon T is getting one the day it hits the store

Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 09, 2015 04:14 PM (u65Ml)

174 if I had to guess, I would guess they've discovered that their heart-rate monitor tech doesn't quite work (it's not the same light-based tech that the Fitbit or Apple watch uses, but instead some kind of sensor of electric potential in the skin), and if it doesn't work, then what do they do?

That's the Big New Thing here. Without that, it's just the Jawbone 24.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:14 PM (PA7DS)

175
Does the iWatch have an app for the time though?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA
.........................
What for? It's not like any of the Appletardshave jobs or anything.

Posted by: wth at March 09, 2015 04:14 PM (wAQA5)

176 "Clever clever, Apple. Also, think I saw Al Gore in the audience, because, why not."

The gold in the Apple watch is certified carbon-free.

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (J6suc)

177 Of course, if the Apple Watch does anything valuable there'll be an Android watch that does the same thing for half the price.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (ZPrif)

178 1. ) Buy Greece.

2. ) Fire 90% of the citizens; ship them to Albania (because f*** Albania).

3. ) Rebrand and reopen as "iGreece", the world's first nation-sized theme park.

4. ) Profit! (Seriously, the Germans will love it)

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at March 09, 2015 04:10 PM (DT3rQ)

Sounds like a great idea, but I have the sneaking suspicion jwest had more of an idea that included $25K vouchers to repopulate.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (TOk1P)

179 I'd rather spend $3000 on a watch from Breitling instead.
Posted by: EC

$30.00 Timex. Like Hillary, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (hTPJO)

180
>>>i thought it would be useful but I can't figure out what to do with it.

Its not really a fitness thing, Ace.

Its a Dead Man's Switch. You set it up to send SMS texts wherever if you're having a heart attack.

Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (3ZtZW)

181 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 09, 2015 04:12 PM (kdS6q)

Yeah, Hipsters wear watches. And normal people wear nice watches to job interviews and on customer-facing things where you have to wear a tie.

Other than that... I can't think of any time I've woken up in the morning and said, "shit, I should put this heavy metal one armed handcuff on my arm so that I can look down at my wrist to know the time instead of pulling a phone out of my pocket".

I guess if you want to be discrete about knowing the time.

Oh, and I had another thought about iwatches... college kids can use them to cheat on tests w/o the professor knowing.

So there's one audience.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (AkOaV)

182
hahaha @ fitness monitors and all fitness paraphernalia

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lambda Lambda Lambda at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (CRukk)

183 Good watches have to go in for maintenance every few years, so there's still an ongoing expense for those (and the work ain't cheap).

Posted by: Chupacabras at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (k2sJ1)

184 Free Beacon @FreeBeacon 3m3 minutes ago Ummm... RT @markknoller: WH says if nuke deal is reached with Iran it won't be a treaty subject to Senate ratification.
Posted by: Costanza Defense

Gore went to Kyoto in 1993 to sign that piece of crap. Bubba never even submitted it for ratification. Even the asshole dems voted against it in a non-binding resolution, soa as to be on record against it.

But many spoke ot the other side of their mouths about the "Kyoto accords" and the "Kyoto agreement".

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (b7GF2)

185 Finally, something that makes Google Glass seem like a good idea.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (MMC8r)

186 I'm far beyond "peak gadget."

I'm going to go live in a teepee and play a wooden flute.

Posted by: RKae at March 09, 2015 04:16 PM (hG3Cv)

187 Does the watch come in Betamax?

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (VndSC)

Sorry, only VHS available.

Posted by: Timon at March 09, 2015 04:16 PM (ZDJwC)

188 Don't you want some analog backup to digital given the risk of an EMP?

Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at March 09, 2015 04:16 PM (oDCMR)

189 The hope had been for some magical health sensors like lasers in the back that can sense glucose or blood oxygen levels or something magical.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:16 PM (ZPrif)

190 You set it up to send SMS texts wherever if you're having a heart attack.
Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (3ZtZW)

Yeah, cuz that's what I want when I'm having a heart attack. My asshole watch texting my friends letting me know I'm dying.

No thanks, I'd rather have a phone with which to dial 911.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:16 PM (AkOaV)

191 A watch is the only jewelry a man can wear. You don't want to wear one that looks like a Casio plastic watch.

It's got to have some gold or be from a real watch company, IWC, Blancpain, Zenith, Patek, Lange, Jaeger LeCoultre and maybe a Rolex, for the Novos

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 09, 2015 04:16 PM (0FSuD)

192 My Burger King Spongebob watch is still perfectly adequate, thank you.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:17 PM (MMC8r)

193 That apple features racist thing reminds me of the Better Off Ted episode where the motion detectors could only sense white people. That shit was hilarious.

Posted by: Lea at March 09, 2015 04:17 PM (lIU4e)

194 I have a couple of nice watches.

I rarely wear them these days. I have a device in my pocket that not only tells time very accurately but also does a bunch of other things.

But even before I got that device, I was becoming more and more cautious about wearing an expensive watch in any situation where it was visible in public, because the local "underprivileged" urban yoof were magnetically attracted to the things in not very pleasant ways.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2015 04:17 PM (noWW6)

195 Dumb.. Microsoft's "Band" is only $199.

And anyway.. the dopes who would want one of these probably already have a fitbit or a jawbone up.

But there is no telling how much the Apple fanboyz will spend to prove they are retarded metrosexuals, is there?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 09, 2015 04:17 PM (so+oy)

196 I do not understand the furor about the apple watch. Smart watches aren't new. Is all the interest JUST because this is Apple?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM (4df7R)

197 Oops.. Sorry John E.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM (so+oy)

198 MSM all in on SAE okie racism

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM (J7nhU)

199 Posted by: Costanza Defense

Of COURSE treaties aren't subject to Senate approval.

Only wingnuts think they are. They get all read-y and shit with that like 100 year old piece of living, breathing paper and get all worked up when their lizard brains can't understand that the words don't say what they think they say.

Idiots.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM (AkOaV)

200 Glad they're calling it the Apple Watch. iWatch sounds pervy.

Posted by: Dang at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM (FRkJH)

201 Sundial, FTW!

Posted by: Garrett at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM (FoPsr)

202 High-class escort?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 04:11 PM (2Ojst)

****

Nah, they won't even give you the time of day.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM (NeFrd)

203 MSM all in on SAE okie racism
Posted by: Thunder B

Wha happen?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM (b7GF2)

204 I had a chance to purchase a Ralux for $100 from a street vendor in Singapore. They also had Patak Phelpes. If you want fake credibility, there are cheaper options out there.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (79zi+)

205 So one cool thing is you can glance at your wrist when your phone vibrates in your pocket to see who's calling.

That's neat. Not $500 neat, but neat. I don't feel like I lose too much time in the day pulling out my phone to see who's calling.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (ZPrif)

206 I wear a not cheap Casio.
And I have an Android phone.

Life is good.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (hzrlb)

207 Does the watch come in Betamax?

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 03:53 PM (VndSC)

Super 8

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (wtvvX)

208 Dumb.. Microsoft's "Band" is only $199.

Cool. How much are they getting for a Zune these days?

Posted by: Dang at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (FRkJH)

209 The Apple watch has a two-day battery life if you life on Jupiter.

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (J6suc)

210 Not really surprised, though. What does an ewok with a time machine need a watch for?

Posted by: Garrett at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (FoPsr)

211 Is all the interest JUST because this is Apple?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at March 09, 2015 04:18 PM

Short answer: Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (h4vJk)

212 MSM all in on SAE okie racism

Outrage of The Moment. No details, all hysteria.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (MMC8r)

213 If only it were a "shock collar" for hipsters.

I may have to pick up a few shares.

Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (UzPAd)

214 Ace, the heart rate monitor is very useful for tracking your cardiac fitness.

It is also very useful for when working out. Example: You feel tired and drained on the first mile of a three mile run; checking your pulse shows that you haven't reached any threshold and can continue to exercise safely. It also tells you when to slow down.

I have been using a Garmin 305 for years. Coupled with the free software, (besides shoes) it is my most important piece of equipment.

Posted by: Goodness at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (q/J/o)

215 "WH says if nuke deal is reached with Iran it won't be a treaty subject to Senate ratification."

Say, anyone else remember back when the left were all het up about what they called an "Imperial Presidency" ginning up major foreign policy initiatives without any Congressional say-so?

Good times.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (noWW6)

216 The only Apple product launch in the past decade that hasn't been a huge success has been the Apple TV. Which has been a middling to moderate success.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (ZPrif)

217 Cool. How much are they getting for a Zune these days?

Posted by: Dang at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (FRkJH)

They changed the name to "Nokia Lumia." Cheap ones go for ~$120.00.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (kff5f)

218 >>>So one cool thing is you can glance at your wrist when your phone vibrates in your pocket to see who's calling.

as i mentioned, the $150 fitbit charge hr does this too, if you really want to save that phone-taking-out time.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (PA7DS)

219 >A watch is the only jewelry a man can wear. You don't want to wear one that looks like a Casio plastic watch.

A Casio plastic watch is the only one I'd wear. I've broken three of them so far, you think I'm gonna shell out for man-jewelry so I can weep for days next time I break a watch?

Posted by: kartoffel at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (szYND)

220 Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:19 PM (ZPrif)

Time is money!

Think about how many times you pull your phone out, only to realize its your crazy ex or your mother calling.

You could have saved yourself SECONDS each time by just looking at your watch and hitting ignore instead of spending all of that effort to take the phone out of your pocket, look at it, then press ignore.

Over the life time of the watch, it basically pays for itself!

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (AkOaV)

221 All Greeks need diversity training. All white too. And it's very common to chant racist songs. Meme is set

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (J7nhU)

222
>>>No thanks, I'd rather have a phone with which to dial 911.

What if you can't talk? Guy was having a heart attack around here, pulled up to a car dealership and banged on the windows. He couldn't talk past the pain and they thought he was "some retard" and ignored him.

Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (3ZtZW)

223 If you are trying to lose weight, keep in mind that a waist is a terrible thing to mind.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (NeFrd)

224 Yawn.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (Hd87R)

225 >>>Ace, the heart rate monitor is very useful for tracking your cardiac fitness.

It is also very useful for when working out. Example: You feel tired and drained on the first mile of a three mile run; checking your pulse shows that you haven't reached any threshold and can continue to exercise safely. It also tells you when to slow down.

...

i guess for people who are very athletic, it might be useful.

Posted by: ace at March 09, 2015 04:21 PM (PA7DS)

226 I'm going to go live in a teepee and play a wooden flute.
Posted by: RKae at March 09, 2015 04:16 PM (hG3Cv)

I bet you will. Heh heh. Heh heh heh.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 04:21 PM (2Ojst)

227 Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (ZPrif)

Who would buy an apple tv when you can get a chromecast for $30?

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:21 PM (AkOaV)

228 "The same ETA movement in a Breitling for $3K is in a lot of $200 watches."

But it's not the accuracy of the watch, it's the status signaling, no? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:21 PM (J6suc)

229 I kind of want one. One thing I like is that it reminds you to get off your ass and move.

Apple pay seems like a good thing too, but I haven't been able to make it work on my phone yet.

Posted by: stace at March 09, 2015 04:21 PM (ImzkZ)

230 What's the term? Ah yes, "Veblen good."

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (Hd87R)

231 watches were expensive because making a time piece that was small and accurate was hard. Now any timex or casio keeps better time than rolex or anything else.

All expensive watches are useful for is picking up girls in a bar, which is something.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (gsfK5)

232 Anyway, was talking about the heart monitors, not the watch. Phones have monitors...

Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (3ZtZW)

233 cold-forged stainless steel makes the watch "60% more gayballz

Couldn't you save the money and get the aluminum anodized pink cheaper. Wait a minute, moron business opp, buy a bunch, make em pink, mens for the gayballz, ladies for the pink ribbon squad.

Posted by: DaveA at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (DL2i+)

234 I have nothing to do with Apple, except to own their stock. In the tradition of The Great Egress, I am.

Posted by: toby928(C) at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (evdj2)

235 It's just another product that some of those "who could be Obama'a son" will be holding people up for....

Posted by: JoeF. at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (jsicv)

236 Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:20 PM (3ZtZW)

Well, then I guess I'm fucked. I don't know the answer to that one, it doesnt seem like a common scenario.

Posted by: mynewhandle at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (AkOaV)

237 For a grand, you could buy a lot of drink. Or ammo.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (Hd87R)

238
Okay, so I'm gonna get "fit."

Things to do:

-- buy a gym membership
-- buy workout clothes
-- buy new sneaks
-- buy a fitness monitor
-- buy weightlifting gloves
-- buy a a couple of diet books
-- search for recipes
-- join an online fitness forum
...

...

What's missing from the list? If this is you, and it probably is, you're doing the whole "fit and healthy" thing wrong.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lambda Lambda Lambda at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (CRukk)

239 I don't wear a watch or have a phone, but when I want to know the time, I ask somebody with a digital watch. When I want to have a laugh at someone's expense, I find some tool with an expensive analog watch & ask him the time. He'll almost always go for his phone, since he a) hasn't set the time on his overpriced jewellery and b) can't tell time on an analog clock anyway.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (Q819Q)

240 Blue Hen:

Imagine if we HAD followed the Kyoto Protocols. Right now the warming alarmists would be TAKING CREDIT for the 19 year "pause" in global warming, instead of coming up with bizarre excuses for it. ("The global warming is currently hiding in the ocean!")

And this would make the environmentalists UNBEARABLE! "We are the ones who saved the world! You now have to do everything we say FOREVER!"

The feeble-minded masses would say, "Yeah, they're right, I guess."

And no amount of argument would ever dissuade them.

Posted by: RKae at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (hG3Cv)

241 A) Mid- High end watch makers are going down for the count

B) Fredo will twist the Contstitution like pretzel to classify this as only a agreement and the Senate will never get within 1 mile of this POS. And by the time the Senate does what every it will do, Iran will have exploded it's first bomb.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:23 PM (rDqRv)

242 >>225 >>>Ace, the heart rate monitor is very useful for tracking your cardiac fitness.

This way ace can tell what his heart rate is when he rounds the hot water heater and wads down the home straight, past the bin freezer?

Posted by: Garrett at March 09, 2015 04:23 PM (FoPsr)

243 Problem with watches is the size of the screen is so tiny, reading anything on them sucks. Even a tweet is too long. More than a few words is a pain.

The best arm/wrist interface yet invented is the NFL forearm QB bracer that has the whole playbook on it.

That shit works. The QB can absorb tons of info in just a few seconds, and while under extreme stress

I can see that working someday. Requires a flexible screen to wrap around your forearm, but it has enough screen real estate to be useful.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:23 PM (ZPrif)

244 I don't trust anyone with an expensive watch.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:23 PM (Hd87R)

245 It is disgusting by they are assuming all that fraternity, all Greeks and all whites behave like that. Certainly all Oklahomans.

Posted by: Thunder B is Sick of This Shit at March 09, 2015 04:23 PM (J7nhU)

246 i-prostrate! guess where it goes... no one knows you're "wearing" it! Genius!

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2015 04:23 PM (84SRe)

247 "WH says if nuke deal is reached with Iran it won't be a treaty subject to Senate ratification."

This sounds like a job for... MITCH MCCONNELL MAN!

Co-equal branch of government powers, activate!

Who will go on to say for the two hundredth time that he has no intention of engaging in any government shutdowns or any other measures which might impede or annoy Obama.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (noWW6)

248 It'll sell. There are a lot of folks out there who don't want to pull out their phone every time they get a text or an email. They want to glance at their wrist. If it's important, *then* they pull out the phone to respond. This is especially true for women, who tend to keep their phone in a purse or bag rather than a pocket.

I'm not one of those people, but I could be convinced otherwise. I'd wait to see the upgrade path, though.

Posted by: Caiwyn at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (ANvDa)

249
>>>All expensive watches are useful for is picking up girls in a bar, which is something.

This one's for the Prius set, I think

Posted by: Bigby's Brass Knuckles at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (3ZtZW)

250 I can see that working someday. Requires a flexible screen to wrap around your forearm, but it has enough screen real estate to be useful.
-----------------

Ah, but can you see the porn clearly, while furiously fapping?

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (VndSC)

251 Ace @ 41
Heart Rate matters a lot, and many beginners dont know where they should be, thus over exerting themselves and not burning much fat.

A good rule of thumb is - if your heart rate/ breathing is increased enough during exercise that you can't carry on a conversation without panting every few words, you're past the "fat-burning" stage and into the cardio stage of your Target Heart Rate.
Slow your roll. Ideally, 55 - 65 percent of your max HR for fat-burning.

A high quality (and accurate) HR monitor requires a cheststrap, which sends a signal to a watch-like receiver. Polar makes them starting at about $50.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (fitjX)

252 having a watch with a heart rate monitor is gonna put the lie to a lot of claims of getting laid.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (gsfK5)

253 Good watches have to go in for maintenance every few years, so there's still an ongoing expense for those (and the work ain't cheap).
Posted by: Chupacabras at March 09, 2015 04:15 PM (k2sJ1)

-----------------------------------------

A fine watch is an investment. Just like a car or a house. If I buy a luxury car, I except the higher priced upkeep to keep it well maintained. Same goes for a house. The biggest expense in a house is wear and tear.

If one doesn't want to except the cost of maintenence, then they have no business buying it.

Posted by: Soona at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (/HX7u)

254 Cool. How much are they getting for a Zune these days?
Posted by: Dang
..........
Good point.

I do have a Windows phone, which I like a lot.. easy simple interface.

But Apple and Android have a lock on this stuff.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (so+oy)

255 "WH says if nuke deal is reached with Iran it won't be a treaty subject to Senate ratification."

Yes, Master.

Posted by: Mitch 'Renfield' McConnell at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (MMC8r)

256 Of course, if the Apple Watch does anything valuable there'll be an Android watch that does the same thing for half the price.

And twice as better.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2015 04:24 PM (hTPJO)

257 My watch is a cheapo ($10) from Walmart. It has a regular clock face and a digital time and date readout thing. It has buttons that make it light up, become a timer or a stop watch, and it is a big ol' man's watch. People see it and ask me why I am wearing a big ol' man's watch. I say because I like big watches, it has everything I want in a watch, and it is a conversation starter. I do not require, nor do I desire, a watch that costs more than my monthly mortgage payment.

Posted by: madamemayhem at March 09, 2015 04:25 PM (WPm3x)

258 I still want to buy the Jawbone 3 whenever the hell it comes out.

That apple price point is way to high and I don't want to live in their ecosystem. It's bad enough that I have an Iphone

Posted by: Zakn at March 09, 2015 04:25 PM (Bvf82)

259 Since I spent a zillion years writing computer code I can usually figure out when I'm getting fed bullshit by my electronic devices. Which is somewhere between 'often' and 'always'.

Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 09, 2015 04:26 PM (xQX/f)

260 apple is less of a company and more of a cult, it is like scientology for techies.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:26 PM (gsfK5)

261 So, the upside of the apple watch thing to me is that they'll probably have to buy & install an additional app to display the time on the front.

"Why would you have a device that can only do one thing?"

"Well, why would have have a device that keeps track of time to the nearest dozen picoseconds that won't let you know it?"

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 09, 2015 04:26 PM (Q819Q)

262 The price will probably be a lot lower a year or two from now. The first year or so Apple knows they can milk the obsessive Apple fanboys for every penny.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:26 PM (ZPrif)

263 For most Apple customers, the last watch they owned had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it.

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:26 PM (J6suc)

264 Wouldn't the porn be too small to see on a watch? This is a show stopper.

True, but whenever anyone asks you what time it is, you can always answer, "Sexy time."

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 09, 2015 04:27 PM (0NdlF)

265 260 apple is less of a company and more of a cult, it is like scientology for techies.
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You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

Posted by: Don Henley at March 09, 2015 04:27 PM (VndSC)

266 260 apple is less of a company and more of a cult, it is like scientology for techies.
----------------

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

Posted by: Don Henley at March 09, 2015 04:27 PM (VndSC)

267 having a watch with a heart rate monitor is gonna put the lie to a lot of claims of getting laid.

Like leaving a "sock" on, forgetting to switch off texting", your buddies will as if you were jack hammering her or fapping.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2015 04:27 PM (hTPJO)

268 if apple were seriously interested in making my day better they would be working on an internets handjob machine.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:27 PM (gsfK5)

269 "WH says if nuke deal is reached with Iran it won't be a treaty subject to Senate ratification."

You know... that might *just* be PRL worthy.

"Who cares that that musty old document was supposed to be declarative? We'll just ignore that and say that any place the Constitution is silent, I just get to do whatever the fuck I want!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 04:27 PM (kff5f)

270 I find it quite convenient to check my watch while listening to 78s on my Victrola.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:27 PM (MMC8r)

271 The lifespan of Apple products is also an issue.
I have an early iPod Touch that is now almost unusable. Cause all the new apps require newer OS versions and Apple doesn't screen out only apps that would work on the app store.

I'd lost it then found it two years later. Was gonna give it to a nephew, but it's basically useless now. It can still play solitaire.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:28 PM (ZPrif)

272
My third gadget will be a belt buckle that whenever someone asks the time, it screams "YOU MEAN NOW?"

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 09, 2015 04:28 PM (ODxAs)

273 If the Apple watch could pick up a hobo's heart rate at 10 yards, that would be something. Keeping the adrenaline to a minimum saves the meat.

Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2015 04:28 PM (UzPAd)

274 It's an Apple product....that means it's an over priced piece of shit only supported for 15 minutes after purchase by some smelly fuking hippie in a mall somewhere.

Fuck that.

Posted by: Sponge at March 09, 2015 04:28 PM (F4u7C)

275 You just know Kim Dong Un is going to wear one of these.

All the more reason to not get one.

Posted by: Roy at March 09, 2015 04:28 PM (VndSC)

276 i-prostrate! guess where it goes... no one knows you're "wearing" it! Genius!

If it ain't hanging out like a pervert's dick at the park, the apple kids won't buy it.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 09, 2015 04:29 PM (Q819Q)

277 I just wear an alarm clock on a big gold chain around my neck...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 09, 2015 04:29 PM (wtvvX)

278
The best arm/wrist interface yet invented is the NFL forearm QB bracer that has the whole playbook on it.
Posted by: Costanza Defense

This really needs to become an acceptable office wear option for casual Fridays....

www.sportsunlimitedinc.com/hexpadarmsleev.html

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 09, 2015 04:29 PM (kdS6q)

279 A fine watch is an investment. Just like a car or a house.

Those aren't investments ...

How many people actually sell their car for more than they bought it for? Does anyone buy a car with an eye on the ROI?

How many people treated their home as an investment and got burned when the real estate bubble popped?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 09, 2015 04:29 PM (0NdlF)

280 Wait till you see my baby's arm holding an apple (watch).

Posted by: Carlos Danger at March 09, 2015 04:29 PM (JO9+V)

281 My third gadget will be a belt buckle that whenever someone asks the time, it screams

"But first, ......."

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2015 04:30 PM (hTPJO)

282 >>>What's missing from the list? If this is you, and it probably is, you're doing the whole "fit and healthy" thing wrong.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lambda Lambda Lambda at March 09, 2015 04:22 PM (CRukk)<<<

You may not be, but, I'll be a lot lighter.

Posted by: your wallet at March 09, 2015 04:30 PM (c+Y7q)

283 seriousl, I always buy a phone with a removable battery, in case. If you wear this thing you will never have privacy again.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:30 PM (gsfK5)

284 I really want to be blown away by new tech.

Really hope something cooler is revealed this year.
2015: Year of the Watch - that's not the future I was hoping for.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:30 PM (ZPrif)

285 "WH says if nuke deal is reached with Iran it won't be a treaty subject to Senate ratification."

Then it's not binding on anyone.

Posted by: toby928(C) at March 09, 2015 04:30 PM (evdj2)

286 You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

Apple HQ *is* in California.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 09, 2015 04:30 PM (0NdlF)

287 How is samsungs silly Bluetooth watch doing?

I just can't see these ever catching on in any meaningful way. Hell the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 already have the step counter built into them. It just really seems like this is crap to be bought by the apple fanbois that believe everything they do is perfect. Seriously you are going to spend $600 on a peripheral for your $400 phone?

Posted by: Buzzion at March 09, 2015 04:31 PM (3T4Jm)

288 Anyone have any toilet paper?! I have a fax coming in.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at March 09, 2015 04:31 PM (evdj2)

289 something cooler

Yeah, the Horde tech wish list, hmm.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:31 PM (Hd87R)

290 Wait till you see my baby's arm holding an apple (watch).

It's what I want from life!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (wtvvX)

291 OT: Carville has arrived to defend Hillary Clinton.

All is as prophesied. The actors have arrived and are all in their places. The circle is complete. The last act of the age begins.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Gov. Walker's Throne of Skulls! Replicas only at the Outrage Outlet! at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (hLRSq)

292 a fine watch is not an investment, maybe an heirloom.

maintenance intensive. Also, there are a lot of stories about how the manufacturers are anonymously bidding up prices for their products at auctions to make them appear to be investment quality.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (gsfK5)

293 "WH says if nuke deal is reached with Iran it won't be a treaty subject to Senate ratification."

Just zero out the White House budget.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (MMC8r)

294 Bonus irony: Hipster pours PBR on self checking his Iwatch.

Posted by: DaveA at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (DL2i+)

295 Mickey Mouse wears a Tim Cook watch

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (R8hU8)

296 The WH is rogue.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (Hd87R)

297 Really hope something cooler is revealed this year.
2015: Year of the Watch - that's not the future I was hoping for.
Posted by: Costanza Defense

IRS electronic shackles with built-in shock feature?

Posted by: dogfish at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (1vYi0)

298 Let me know when we can get a Mass Effect style omnitool and I will be impressed.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (3T4Jm)

299 apple is less of a company and more of a cult, it is like scientology for techies.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:26 PM (gsfK5)

That's not true. Many of their products are great. I love the iPhone and the Macs are so much better than any Windows Computer I have ever used. I hate my Dell. I don't get the iWatch myself, but most of their products are great

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:34 PM (rDqRv)

300 Timekeeping by the way is one of the great tech stories of the past two centuries.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:34 PM (Hd87R)

301
I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years.

Posted by: Christopher Walken at March 09, 2015 04:34 PM (3ZtZW)

302 >I really want to be blown away by new tech.

Oculus Rift plus Japanese peripherals will get you the full blown experience soon, if you catch my drift.

Posted by: kartoffel at March 09, 2015 04:34 PM (szYND)

303
Has this thread turned into Mac user v PC user pt. CCIV?

Any tridents?

Posted by: eleven at March 09, 2015 04:34 PM (Ae7K+)

304
if apple were seriously interested in making my day better they would be working on an internets handjob machine.

Posted by: yankeefifth

iFap

Posted by: Dang at March 09, 2015 04:34 PM (FRkJH)

305 "...a fine watch is not an investment, maybe an heirloom."

My heirloom was stolen in St. Martin about 14 years ago and I haven't replaced it.

Check your insurance riders. You need a separate schedule for a fine watch.

Posted by: jwest at March 09, 2015 04:35 PM (9ZZd+)

306 iFap

That's what Tumblr is for.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:35 PM (Hd87R)

307 291 OT: Carville has arrived to defend Hillary Clinton.

I think that what this shows, though, is that Hillary Clinton is still a crook and electing her guarantees more of the same.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:36 PM (MMC8r)

308
Oculus Rift plus Japanese peripherals will get you the full blown experience soon, if you catch my drift.

#twoweeks?

Posted by: eleven at March 09, 2015 04:36 PM (Ae7K+)

309 I really want to be blown away by new tech.

Oculus Rift plus Japanese peripherals will get you the full blown experience soon, if you catch my drift.

Fleshlight.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2015 04:36 PM (hTPJO)

310 "But I assumed, stupidly, it would be cheaper" Apple doesn't do cheap. Apple does Veblen goods: the more they cost, the more they sell.

Posted by: gp at March 09, 2015 04:36 PM (mk9aG)

311
I have my grandpa's watch he wore for decades. That won't be replaced by some hoity toity fruity bracelet with dingle berrys.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 09, 2015 04:37 PM (ODxAs)

312 Just zero out the White House budget.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:32 PM (MMC8r)

They'll just print their own money with their I-money printer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 09, 2015 04:37 PM (W5DcG)

313 Has this thread turned into Mac user v PC user pt. CCIV?

Longbows' accuracy over distance and rate of fire obviously make them far superior to the crossbow.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at March 09, 2015 04:37 PM (kff5f)

314 The heart rate monitor is good because it lets you know if you're dead.

Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 09, 2015 04:37 PM (7Kbxu)

315 Posted by: jwest at March 09, 2015 04:35 PM (9ZZd+

God Dammit jwest. Denial is not just another river in Egypt

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 09, 2015 04:37 PM (2Aj5D)

316 313 Has this thread turned into Mac user v PC user pt. CCIV?
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Well I'm the center of a Mary Ann & Ginger Sandwich, so bite me.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 09, 2015 04:38 PM (2Aj5D)

317 "Did I mention Samsung phones have batteries you can change?"

Had.

Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:38 PM (J6suc)

318 don't forget to pay your obamacare medical device tax Apple.

Posted by: X at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (n5fTN)

319 Both Apple and Google are trying to pioneer "wearable computing" devices. I can see some useful features for the watch, and ten years from now a watch like that might be a reasonable thing to buy.

But anyone who gets one now is an early adopter, paying a lot for a device with a few niche uses.

The main use case for a smart watch is to let you do things without getting out your phone. Like, see who is calling you and decline to take the call without even getting the phone out. However, I have solved the problem of keeping the phone where I can get it out quickly. I'm not willing to jump through hoops to avoid reaching down to my phone pocket and pulling out the phone.

One other point. Apple completely changed the game when they introduced the iPhone; they reaped huge rewards when they did so. They completely changed the game again when they introduced the iPad. But since then, they haven't found any game-changers; they have just incrementally improved things. Apple wants another game-changer. Well, this watch ain't it. Not only is it not important enough to be a game-changer, the Android equivalents are just as good and were already out before this released.

You can even get an "eInk" Android watch with much better battery life. There's no option for that with the Apple watch. I have to say, three days of battery life sounds more useful to me than 18 hours of battery life.

Posted by: mr_jack at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (M59SC)

320 SWATCH is the word. Pass it on.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (hTPJO)

321 I'm forced to use an iPhone (4s, to boot) because that's what my company requires. The execs in my company (engineering software) all parade around with their iPads surgically attached to their hands (though it should be said that almost none of my company's software works on Mac - go figure).

I generally find Apple's stuff to be pretty good but I cannot for the life of me see from where comes this disgusting levels of rump-swabbery for all things Apple unless it's part of the whole hipster-cult sort of thing. I loathe Windoze and generally use Ubuntu whenever I can (I'm cheap) and the only think I loathe more than Windoze is the Google Data-Mining Matrix known as Android.

Posted by: DocJ at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (zrsn3)

322 As a runner who travels, I'd like to have one that could give GPS directions. That'd be worth it to me. Current GPS watches (often at the same price range) only give distance and rate.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (L2xDv)

323 most of their products are great
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:34 PM (rDqRv)

http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-06-24

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (Q819Q)

324 longbow

What was the state of your average Baldrick's eyesight?

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (Hd87R)

325 "Did I mention Samsung phones have batteries you can change?"

Had.
Posted by: despair at March 09, 2015 04:38 PM (J6suc)

yeah in the new version the galaxy 6, no longer removable.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (gsfK5)

326 The Norinco SKS Model D is clearly superior to the PostBan Model M.

Posted by: toby928(C) at March 09, 2015 04:40 PM (evdj2)

327 MAC vs. PC?

Divisive.

Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2015 04:40 PM (UzPAd)

328 320 SWATCH is the word. Pass it on.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (hTPJ

Oh F*ck there goes my new password.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 09, 2015 04:40 PM (2Aj5D)

329
The lower cost "sport" version, made of aluminum, will cost $350 for the smaller (woman's) version and $400 for the larger (man's) version. The midrange version, in stainless steel, will cost $550 for the woman's version, and $600 for the men's. And then add on several hundred dollars for a decent band.

I don't wanna hear another fucking word about wage equity.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (SpnVI)

330 Total waste of money.

The last thing Apple put out that was good was the Apple ][.

Posted by: The Non-Fruit Hat at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (0Ew3K)

331 I've heard there are some watches that require NO ELECTRICITY AT ALL.

holy shit

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (Hd87R)

332 @Moochava Yearly reminder: unless you're over 60, you weren't promised flying cars. You were promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia. Here you go.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (ZPrif)

333 now I have to get a cell phone signal blocking pouch.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (gsfK5)

334 I really like my 5s and my Macbook Pro. It was a nice change from the monkeys humping a football that was Windows Phone and Win 8.1.

My Zune was great, then they went out of their way to piss me off. It was kind of like having to play Ruprecht the Monkey Boy every day.

Posted by: Chupacabras at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (k2sJ1)

335 Who would buy an apple tv when you can get a chromecast for $30?

The Apple tv saved my marriage. I bought one for our (kind big) bedroom. In the 'sitting area' of our bedroom I bought a Fire Stick for that tv. The wife hogs the Fire Stick while I have the bed all to myself, cursing Apple for their capitalistic low content ways, while the wife 'binge watches' for hours.

After a couple minutes I fall asleep.

Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (xQX/f)

336 Posted by: DocJ at March 09, 2015 04:39 PM (zrsn3)

One "virtue" of having all things Apple is that they mindlessly sync with each other. And for many of us people who don't either have the technical know how or patience to set that up on other products, Apple's just do that almost automatically. Yes Yes I know I that might mean I'm lazy, but it is just one less worry for me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:42 PM (rDqRv)

337

The last thing Apple put out that was good was the Apple ][e.

FIFY.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:42 PM (MMC8r)

338 Non electric watches run on COAL

Posted by: Christopher Walken at March 09, 2015 04:42 PM (3ZtZW)

339 The main use case for a smart watch is to let you do things without
getting out your phone. Like, see who is calling you and decline to
take the call without even getting the phone out.

Easier alternative solution: dont have friends. dont go outside. adopt the hermit lifestyle. Embrace it, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 09, 2015 04:42 PM (JO9+V)

340
18 hours of battery time? for a watch? Holy shit that's funny. You might miss a few appointments.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 09, 2015 04:43 PM (ODxAs)

341 The last thing Apple put out that was good was the Apple ][.
Posted by: The Non-Fruit Hat at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (0Ew3K)

Hrm, the //c was okay, if you ask me. But, yeah, by the time the IIgs came out it was pretty much in the shitter, too.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 09, 2015 04:43 PM (Q819Q)

342 I gets the Applestuff from the work. It works.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:43 PM (Hd87R)

343 Why not just make a wristband for your phone?

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 09, 2015 04:43 PM (MMC8r)

344 The last thing Apple put out that was good was the Apple ][e.

That was a good one.

Kinda wish I'd kept the IIGS, not that I have anywhere to put it.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 09, 2015 04:43 PM (/kI1Q)

345 /sock

Posted by: Bigby's Watch Hands at March 09, 2015 04:43 PM (3ZtZW)

346
Easier alternative solution: dont have friends. dont go outside. adopt the hermit lifestyle. Embrace it, even.

Add Bourbon and you have the Moron Way.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 09, 2015 04:44 PM (JtwS4)

347 It's an Apple product...need I say more?

Fanbois everywhere will swoon in anticipation, hearts racing, arms and legs pumping as they cue up in lines outside stores yet to open. Readily giving up their next 4 months of entertainment and app budgets to proudly make a social statement while wearing it.

"I'm an idiot that pays way to much for technology that's right up there with the horse, buggy whip and the broom!"

PT Barnum was right, so was Harry "The Hat"...
"A fool and his money should soon be parted."

Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at March 09, 2015 04:44 PM (74McK)

348 331 I've heard there are some watches that require NO ELECTRICITY AT ALL.

holy shit
Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:41 PM (Hd87R)

The hell you say.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 09, 2015 04:44 PM (2Ojst)

349 only conceivable use for an apple watch is jump starting your prius.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (gsfK5)

350 zap, try to rise above the practical, the literal. I mean, with that kind of thinking, we'd put a man on the moon, and who needs that, what we really need is more luxury goods to piss off the masses so they'll revolt and kill everyone and usher in the New World of equality and peace and amorphous sexuality for everyone.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (Hd87R)

351 Readily ~~giving up their next 4 months of entertainment and app budgets~~ skipping a few student loan payments to proudly make a social statement while wearing it.

FIFY

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (/kI1Q)

352 "And for many of us people who don't either have the technical know how or patience to set that up on other products..."

Fucking Pitney Bowes postage meter was suppose to find the wireless network all by itself. It's still sitting on the credenza two weeks later while the tech guy tries to make time to hook it up.

And I'm running out of stamps.

Posted by: jwest at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (9ZZd+)

353
I don't get the iWatch myself, but most of their products are great

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:34 PM (rDqRv)

You like me! You really like me!

Posted by: The Apple Newton at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (SpnVI)

354 I had to use my Dell with Windows 8 this weekend in the Navy and I spend half the time cursing at it. That is why in real life I use a Mac

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (rDqRv)

355 Also, the Apple TV gets a bad rap, but I think it works better than the Chromecast, especially if you do iTunes stuff and have an aversion to Google's creepiness.

Posted by: Chupacabras at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (k2sJ1)

356 Those aren't investments ... How many people actually sell their car for more than they bought it for? Does anyone buy a car with an eye on the ROI? How many people treated their home as an investment and got burned when the real estate bubble popped?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 09, 2015 04:29 PM (0NdlF)

----------------------------------------------

Don't mistake the state of the economy to personal investments. If I need money, I can still sell my fine watch, luxury car, or house for money. No matter what the economy or market says they're worth, they are still worth something. Just like stock and bond investments.

Posted by: Soona at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (/HX7u)

357 I'll just continue to carry my coo-coo clock. Cheers! *gets back on olde-timey giant wheel bicycle*

Posted by: Dang at March 09, 2015 04:46 PM (FRkJH)

358 Bourbon? Gin. There's even a rye wing.

Posted by: Feh at March 09, 2015 04:46 PM (Hd87R)

359 if apple were serious about making the world a better place they would do some work on making better guns.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:46 PM (gsfK5)

360 Wake up and smell the nood

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 09, 2015 04:46 PM (79zi+)

361 When I married my wife I thought it was a good investment? So you can see I am not a member of Mensa

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:46 PM (rDqRv)

362 http://bit.ly/18w6hLS Scott Adams' iwatch toon

Posted by: Yip at March 09, 2015 04:47 PM (84SRe)

363 if apple were serious about making the world a better place they would do some work on making better guns.
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:46 PM (gsfK5)

Now your talking. I owe yu a drink next time we meet for that one

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:47 PM (rDqRv)

364 I bought a chromecast and loved it for a few weeks. Now I never use it.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:47 PM (ZPrif)

365 If I need money, I can still sell my fine watch, luxury car, or house for money.

Git yer bricked Tesla here! Git yer bricked Tesla here!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 09, 2015 04:47 PM (hTPJO)

366 354
I had to use my Dell with Windows 8 this weekend in the Navy and I spend
half the time cursing at it. That is why in real life I use a Mac

Posted by: Nevergiveup

I understand there are help groups for the computer challenged...

/ducks

Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at March 09, 2015 04:47 PM (74McK)

367 One "virtue" of having all things Apple is that they mindlessly sync
with each other. And for many of us people who don't either have the
technical know how or patience to set that up on other products, Apple's
just do that almost automatically. Yes Yes I know I that might mean I'm
lazy, but it is just one less worry for me

That's actually an excellent point. Ubuntu actually syncs with devices better than Droid and Windoze in my experience.

I also have to say that the support experience at your average Apple store is second to none. You have to get through all the hipster douchenozzles to get to someone in a Genius Bar shirt, but once you're with those folks it's generally really smooth sailing.

Posted by: DocJ at March 09, 2015 04:48 PM (zrsn3)

368 I had to use my Dell with Windows 8 this weekend in
the Navy and I spend half the time cursing at it. That is why in real
life I use a Mac

Posted by: Nevergiveup

The company my sister used to work for had something like one IT guy for every 40 PCs and one IT guy for every 100 Macs.

Posted by: Dang at March 09, 2015 04:48 PM (FRkJH)

369 Woof!

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 09, 2015 04:48 PM (JtwS4)

370 if apple were seriously interested in making my day better they would be working on an internets handjob machine.

There's some "Tube" video out there that reveals the #1 Secret to the Ultimate Handjob. Surprise, surprise the secret?

Use your mouth.

Posted by: Ugg Boots at March 09, 2015 04:49 PM (xQX/f)

371 "My heirloom was stolen in St. Martin about 14 years ago and I haven't replaced it."

A fine Timex from Meijer works just as well.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Gov. Walker's Throne of Skulls! Replicas only at the Outrage Outlet! at March 09, 2015 04:49 PM (hLRSq)

372 >>>-- I can't help thinking that the Apple Watch is a $600 solution in search of a problem <<<

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Apple c*ckring. Better than Viagra, and it monitors more than just your heart rate.

Posted by: Fritz at March 09, 2015 04:49 PM (UzPAd)

373 Don't mistake the state of the economy to personal investments. If I need money, I can still sell my fine watch, luxury car, or house for money. No matter what the economy or market says they're worth, they are still worth something. Just like stock and bond investments.
Posted by: Soona at March 09, 2015 04:45 PM (/HX7u)

it is not a good investment relative to all your options. It may be useful if you are in the backwoods of nigeria without any cash and you need someone to help you escape from a boko haram raiding party, but they would probably shoot you and keep your watch.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:49 PM (gsfK5)

374 Kinda wish I'd kept the IIGS, not that I have anywhere to put it.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at March 09, 2015 04:43 PM (/kI1Q)

You can emulate one with kegs (kegs.sourceforge.net). & it really is just like the old days, except hellaciously faster on a modern, multicore system.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Goodlife Knitting Klatsch at March 09, 2015 04:50 PM (Q819Q)

375 Chris Wallace asked Lanny Davis if he ever gets tired of "cleaning up after the Clinton's", and he pretty much responded that he likes the smell...

Posted by: JoeF. at March 09, 2015 04:51 PM (jsicv)

376 Now your talking. I owe yu a drink next time we meet for that one
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 09, 2015 04:47 PM (rDqRv)

It was good seeing you again.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 09, 2015 04:52 PM (gsfK5)

377 I had to use my Dell with Windows 8 this weekend in the Navy and I spend half the time cursing at it. That is why in real life I use a Mac
--
meh, that's just cause you are used to one and not the other. Whichever one you use most seems the most natural

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 09, 2015 04:54 PM (ZPrif)

378 103
A good quality watch is something you keep for decades, not so with
Apple products that are designed to become obsolete within a few years.
*
*
This. Both of my vintage Rolexes were already 20-25 years old when I bought them, ca. 17 years ago. They're still going great after their regular service. Rolex still makes the parts, and good jewelers can still get even rare parts.

An AppleWatch? Come now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 09, 2015 04:55 PM (3d+Jg)

379 Ace dissent care about exercise and his record economics is pretty bad

Posted by: Tighter at March 09, 2015 04:55 PM (itP1/)

380 But does it have a virtual tourbillon?

Posted by: Todd W at March 09, 2015 04:58 PM (9mWut)

381 The same things were said about the iPad...remember all the jokes about the name? Plus the 'why would I need this if I already have a phone' comments? Yet, somehow, tablets are all the rage.

I will sit back and see where this goes. I could see the use for having a device that works like your phone, but you don't have to pull it out of your pocket or store it somewhere. For many, that may be a desired feature. Women, in particular, don't always have pockets large enough for smart phones. Or can't hear the phone ring because it is in their mega-purse. It will be popular. Mark my words.

Posted by: KG at March 09, 2015 04:59 PM (3tT+o)

382 And with Tag Heuer you won't feel like a total loser if you don't "upgrade" every 2-3 years.

Posted by: svettyballs at March 09, 2015 05:00 PM (fqXPm)

383 I'm gonna wait for the $49 Android/Casio plastic smartwatch. With free 2-day Amazon Prime shipping, please.

Posted by: J. Moses Browning at March 09, 2015 05:03 PM (U/pUZ)

384 Don't mistake the state of the economy to personal investments. If I need money, I can still sell my fine watch, luxury car, or house for money. No matter what the economy or market says they're worth, they are still worth something. Just like stock and bond investments./I]

Being able to sell the asset for cash does not make it an investment. There has to be a return.

The items are certainly assets, and they can be investments. If you're the builder/reseller of homes/watches/cars, they're investments because you expect to sell them for more than you bought them for.

But the assets are not innately investments.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 09, 2015 05:04 PM (0NdlF)

385 oops on tag.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 09, 2015 05:06 PM (0NdlF)

386 381 The same things were said about the iPad...remember all the jokes about the name? Plus the 'why would I need this if I already have a phone' comments? Yet, somehow, tablets are all the rage.

I will sit back and see where this goes. I could see the use for having a device that works like your phone, but you don't have to pull it out of your pocket or store it somewhere. For many, that may be a desired feature. Women, in particular, don't always have pockets large enough for smart phones. Or can't hear the phone ring because it is in their mega-purse. It will be popular. Mark my words.
Posted by: KG at March 09, 2015 04:59 PM (3tT+o)

The iPad was actually innovative though. It was new technology and could replace a portion of the market by taking over a lot of what netbooks and laptops were handling. The iWatch isn't new. They are playing catchup with it. So maybe they'll get a portion of their phone user base to buy into it but how large is that portion of their user base that wants it?

You could probably get an estimate by looking at those with droid phones that have bought the android watch peripherals and then possibly bump it up a few more points because of fanboys. And with all that I would still be shocked as hell if it were anywhere near 20% of their market share.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 09, 2015 05:11 PM (3T4Jm)

387 iPads weren't new though, modern tablets had already been on the market for a good 10 years by the time they released the first iPad

Posted by: The Dude at March 09, 2015 05:21 PM (SyKbw)

388 Best watch I've ever owned: Citizen Eco-Drive. Solar -- no battery to change, ever. It will run much longer than I'll be alive. The finish and bezel are damned near indestructible. I think it cost my wife $250 or so.

And it looks sharp enough that you can wear it with anything, from khakis and boots to a suit and tie.

This iGayballz thing -- what would a grown man wear this thing with?

Posted by: Pastafarian at March 09, 2015 05:24 PM (LqrRo)

389 Yet another potential security issue for those who work in secure vaults where electronic devices are banned. Already, you have to leave cell phones, tablets, etc., outside the vault before you enter. A watch would be easy to forget about.

Posted by: Security Conscious at March 09, 2015 06:47 PM (PXnNl)

390 It's definitely cheaper than a Tag Heuer, at least 99% of them.

But Swiss watches are one of the biggest scams on Earth, it probably costs Rolex around $300 to make an $8,000 retail priced Submariner.

I like Apple products, buy I absolutely hate the Apple "image" and Tim Cook is obnoxious.

I will say though I've made a fortune on their stock.

Posted by: Kal at March 09, 2015 07:56 PM (RNPlT)

391 #25, you sir/ma'am, have reached genius.

Posted by: LCDR M(Ret) at March 10, 2015 09:11 AM (EO4v8)

392 #389, Heck, I don't even bring that stuff to work. Early onset of Alzheimer's and all.

Posted by: LCDR M(Ret) at March 10, 2015 09:12 AM (EO4v8)

393 A Heart Rate monitor is extremely useful to anyone that does any kind of fitness routine. This information lets you maximize your workout without undue stress.

That youre too dumb to understand this basic concept concerns me a lot.

Posted by: despiseer at March 10, 2015 11:55 AM (4ZDLm)

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