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Old 17-02-2015, 14:44
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02...eatures_scare/

Wasn't that one of it's supposed big features?
Personally I never did care about the health monitoring speil anyway.
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Old 17-02-2015, 16:10
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The Reg article says:
"Apple also experimented with ways to detect blood pressure or the amount of oxygen in the blood, but the results were inconsistent," said the paper.

"Moreover, if Apple interpreted the numbers to provide health or behaviour advice, the company likely would have needed approval from the US Food and Drug Administration or other regulators," it said.

Apple consequently opted for more vanilla pulse-rate monitoring tech.
So the Apple Watch will have a pulse monitor like most other smartwatches. I'm amazed they could even attempt blood oxygen and pressure. There was even a suggestion they could monitor blood sugar.

I think it shows that Apple were aiming for a much more advanced set of sensors than the competition. This saves some features for Apple Watch 2.0.

BTW, when are we going to get a 'wearables' forum?
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Old 17-02-2015, 16:12
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The publicity regarding the short battery life, and now this, makes me wonder if anyone who was remotely interested in purchasing this item would be better off wearing a white elephant on their wrist.
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Old 17-02-2015, 18:04
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The publicity regarding the short battery life, and now this, makes me wonder if anyone who was remotely interested in purchasing this item would be better off wearing a white elephant on their wrist.
The rumours are exactly that; rumours. Nothing is confirmed until the product is finally released.

I am still in the market for an Apple Watch, but I'm not buying one until I've read a few reviews of the final product, and got my hands on one in an Apple Store.

Mind you, with a 14-day returns policy...
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Old 17-02-2015, 18:59
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If they really were intending to have all these sensors no wonder the battery life would be poor! But they do need some USP to set it aside from all the other wearable out there.
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Old 23-02-2015, 00:32
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It's made by Apple. What else does it need to sell?
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Old 23-02-2015, 09:16
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02...eatures_scare/

Wasn't that one of it's supposed big features?
Personally I never did care about the health monitoring speil anyway.
This is now revealed to be a 'non story':

http://www.imore.com/apple-watch-shi...ealth-features
Precisely nothing has changed — and certainly nothing has been "ditched" — between then and now. Except, perhaps, the duty of the media to inform our audience as best as we can.
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Old 23-02-2015, 10:36
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02...eatures_scare/

Wasn't that one of it's supposed big features?
Personally I never did care about the health monitoring speil anyway.
Here's the page Apple put up on their site about health and fitness when they announced the watch last year.

What features have they ditched since that announcement?
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Old 23-02-2015, 10:43
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None, but nor do I remember people saying that the stuff being talked about and printed was wrong. I suspect that rather a lot of people who wrote very positive things were of the belief/hope that this watch would be going on to do a lot more than other smartwatches.

It's not the first time the media has built up hype that went beyond what Apple ever intended to deliver. Before every new iPhone or iPad launch there have been loads of click-bait style articles that predict all the new features. Sadly, believing these would lead to eventual disappointment.

Apple doesn't comment on rumours of course (few companies do) but by not stepping in to correct people, it does then seem as if the likes of Apple are quite happy to let people believe things that aren't true, and nearer the time say 'well we never said it would do that'.

Again, this is a thread about the Apple watch, but the same can be said for many other products. Replace Apple watch with a new Sony Xperia device, a new Samsung Galaxy etc.
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Old 23-02-2015, 10:59
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None, but nor do I remember people saying that the stuff being talked about and printed was wrong. I suspect that rather a lot of people who wrote very positive things were of the belief/hope that this watch would be going on to do a lot more than other smartwatches.

It's not the first time the media has built up hype that went beyond what Apple ever intended to deliver. Before every new iPhone or iPad launch there have been loads of click-bait style articles that predict all the new features. Sadly, believing these would lead to eventual disappointment.

Apple doesn't comment on rumours of course (few companies do) but by not stepping in to correct people, it does then seem as if the likes of Apple are quite happy to let people believe things that aren't true, and nearer the time say 'well we never said it would do that'.

Again, this is a thread about the Apple watch, but the same can be said for many other products. Replace Apple watch with a new Sony Xperia device, a new Samsung Galaxy etc.
Could you imagine the outcome of any company taking the approach to respond. The press would just make up endless stories in the hope that it wasn't denied by the company and therefore would claim they had guessed right.

I've also not know any company say afterwards say 'well we never said it would do that'.

All these companies have the best policy. Keep quiet and don't feed the rumour mill.
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Old 23-02-2015, 12:32
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None, but nor do I remember people saying that the stuff being talked about and printed was wrong. I suspect that rather a lot of people who wrote very positive things were of the belief/hope that this watch would be going on to do a lot more than other smartwatches.

It's not the first time the media has built up hype that went beyond what Apple ever intended to deliver. Before every new iPhone or iPad launch there have been loads of click-bait style articles that predict all the new features. Sadly, believing these would lead to eventual disappointment.

Apple doesn't comment on rumours of course (few companies do) but by not stepping in to correct people, it does then seem as if the likes of Apple are quite happy to let people believe things that aren't true, and nearer the time say 'well we never said it would do that'.

Again, this is a thread about the Apple watch, but the same can be said for many other products. Replace Apple watch with a new Sony Xperia device, a new Samsung Galaxy etc.
OK - so they haven't ditched anything.

I'm not sure its up to Apple (or indeed any company) to waste time letting people know what rumours are or aren't true.

Its not the fault of Apple (or indeed any company) if people believe rumours they have read.
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Old 24-02-2015, 14:37
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...It's not the first time the media has built up hype that went beyond what Apple ever intended to deliver. Before every new iPhone or iPad launch there have been loads of click-bait style articles that predict all the new features. Sadly, believing these would lead to eventual disappointment.....
If the Telegraph is to be believed, people like the Guardian do it to please the company with the biggest available advertising budget in the world.

The glossies always flattered everyone, but in this highly skewed new world it is getting increasingly difficult to tell click bait from advertise with us bait.

The Telegraph also went and described Apples advertising policy as 'Apple advertising material should not appear on the same page as negative material'. However it went further and accused the Guardian of actually changing the news material to better suit Apple.

So the question is becoming, what is click bait and what is advertiser bait.
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Old 24-02-2015, 14:46
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It's the way of the world. My last employer didn't implicitly stop journalists writing negative stories, but told them to tone things down.

It was somewhat disappointing. Back in the 1990s when I started at a trade newspaper, we could tell advertisers to stick it if they moaned about something we wrote. There were always people queuing up to fill the ad pages, and inside front/rear covers and the back pages were booked with series bookings for years in advance. Outer wraps and the like were commonplace.

Now, advertisers have the upper hand and they know it.

As I said, what can you do? People don't generally want or expect to pay for news these days.
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Old 24-02-2015, 15:09
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Its an ever more difficult world.

Apple has the by far biggest cash hoard every known to corporate man, plus these companies likely both compete with and use Google for advertising revenue.
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Old 24-02-2015, 15:09
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If the Telegraph is to be believed, people like the Guardian do it to please the company with the biggest available advertising budget in the world.

The glossies always flattered everyone, but in this highly skewed new world it is getting increasingly difficult to tell click bait from advertise with us bait.

The Telegraph also went and described Apples advertising policy as 'Apple advertising material should not appear on the same page as negative material'. However it went further and accused the Guardian of actually changing the news material to better suit Apple.

So the question is becoming, what is click bait and what is advertiser bait.
Maybe you would be best to ignore publications when you want to know if a product is any good or not, and just go by user reviews or customer satisfaction. That would be a far better measure.

Which company do you think has the biggest available advertising budget in the world?
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