12 March 2015
Smart watch 2
Six months on, almost exactly, and the smart watch scene has matured to mid-infancy. Apple provided more specifics about their watch on Monday (starts at $350, releases on 24 Apr) and so the reviewers began assessing the potential and comparing it against Android Wear.
- Apple's contribution to the smartwatch: An app-centric approach and Wi-Fi from Ars - The wifi is a nice way to break it out from tethering.
- NILAY PATEL ON THE APPLE WATCH INTERFACE - Concerns about unintuitive navigation. Being able to internalize your domain space is important to avoid spacial confusion. Breadcrumb trails are a useful technique in web or desktop development. A phone or watch poses more constrained problems, but it's not like there isn't research in that area.
- Android Wear will get Wi-Fi support, gesture control in next software release - Competition is good! Sadly, the hardware already out there will of course need to support this. From a casual search, no one knows what devices do.
The Android offerings have gotten very stylish. What Caught My Eye:
Moto 360 - The first good design, still holds up.
Asus Zenwatch - The rare rectangular design that also looks good. I'm not sure why I think it looks better than the iWatch. Need to see them next to each other.
Huawei's Android watch - Just announced. See This could be the best-looking Android Wear smartwatch yet from The Verge for copious details. Better look than the 360 because the band connects in the middle of the watch instead of at the base.
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