Home

Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present

iWatch could change the mobile landscape, or it could end up as a redundant peripheral. Can Apple avoid the smartwatch flops of the past?
Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present
Comments | Thomas Claburn | February 15, 2013 11:11 AM

E-mail | Share

Personal Best

The way Motorola (now under Google management) positions its ACTV device is telling: It's not a "watch" but a "Fitness Tracker and Music Player." Motorola even markets the wristband as a separate item. Of course the ACTV can tell time too, but timekeeping is a commodity service. Therein lies Apple's challenge: Figuring out a way to make timekeeping integral to the iWatch's functioning. Otherwise, the iWatch will be a small iPhone in an alternative form factor, no doubt an appealing device to some, but hardly the stuff of revolution.

Source: Motorola

RECOMMENDED READING:

Google Chromebook, Chromebox: Visual Tour

Apple iWatch: 7 Reasons It Won't Fly

Apple Wants You To Dispense Cash

Apple Mac To Be Made In USA

Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present Apple iWatch Vs. Smartwatches Past And Present


Currently we allow the following HTML tags in comments:

Single tags

These tags can be used alone and don't need an ending tag.

<br> Defines a single line break

<hr> Defines a horizontal line

Matching tags

These require an ending tag - e.g. <i>italic text</i>

<a> Defines an anchor

<b> Defines bold text

<big> Defines big text

<blockquote> Defines a long quotation

<caption> Defines a table caption

<cite> Defines a citation

<code> Defines computer code text

<em> Defines emphasized text

<fieldset> Defines a border around elements in a form

<h1> This is heading 1

<h2> This is heading 2

<h3> This is heading 3

<h4> This is heading 4

<h5> This is heading 5

<h6> This is heading 6

<i> Defines italic text

<p> Defines a paragraph

<pre> Defines preformatted text

<q> Defines a short quotation

<samp> Defines sample computer code text

<small> Defines small text

<span> Defines a section in a document

<s> Defines strikethrough text

<strike> Defines strikethrough text

<strong> Defines strong text

<sub> Defines subscripted text

<sup> Defines superscripted text

<u> Defines underlined text

BYTE encourages readers to engage in spirited, healthy debate, including taking us to task. However, BYTE moderates all comments posted to our site, and reserves the right to modify or remove any content that it determines to be derogatory, offensive, inflammatory, vulgar, irrelevant/off-topic, racist or obvious marketing/SPAM. BYTE further reserves the right to disable the profile of any commenter participating in said activities.

Tune In to BYTE
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Newsletter RSS
Whitepapers
whitepaper
CIO Strategies for Consumerization: The Future of Enterprise Mobile Computing
In this paper you will learn the five trends shaping the future of enterprise mobility. Learn how the rise of social media as a business application, the lurring between work and home, the emergence of new mobile devices, the demand for tech savvy employees and changing expectations of corporate IT will fundamentally change the workplace.
whitepaper
Media Tablets in the Enterprise
In a survey of more than 1,700 information workers (iWorkers) in North America, notebooks, desktops, and smartphones were found to be “must-have” devices, while tablets, slates, and netbooks were relegated to “nice-to-have” status, according to a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Dell and Intel.
Sponsored by: Dell
Upcoming Events
  • The Critical Importance of High Performance Data Integration for Big Data Analytics
  • Next Generation Sales Enablement: Do you have what it takes to build the sales agent desktop of the future?
  • When Datacenters Can’t Be Remote: Surviving the Urban Datacenter
  • Servers That Maximize Flexibility, Leverage The Cloud
  • Telecommunication & Collocation for Financial Markets


    • More Webcasts>>