09-09-2014, 11:32 PM
Lew Zealand wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
It is unclear from today's presentation whether the software that runs this device is upgradable; whether it is or it isn't, however, obsolescence is guaranteed:
EIther way, this translates into the purchase of a new AppleWatch every few years if you want to use it for anything more than telling time - good for Apple's bottom line, expensive for the collective bottom line of its customers.
- If the software is upgradable, than eventually the computing power required to run the upgraded software will outstrip the ability of the hardware built into the watch to run the software, just as it has with every PC, Mac, iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad ever sold
- If the software is not upgradable, than eventually the watch will be rendered obsolete as advances in technology and standards leave the watch and its capabilities behind
The Apple Watch is not a watch, the Apple iPhone is not a phone. They are computers.
If they were watches or phones, they would tell time and make calls, respectively. That's it.
i concur. Apple did not set out to make a masterpiece watch any more than it makes a phone that lasts forever. if that's what you expect from a watch or phone the smartphone/smart watch is not for you. if you want a computer in your pocket and/or on your person - game on.