ResearchInitial reactions to Apple Watch
The day after its announcement, Gigaom readers were overwhelmingly positive on the prospects for the Apple Watch. Read more »
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The day after its announcement, Gigaom readers were overwhelmingly positive on the prospects for the Apple Watch. Read more »
The “whole” mattered more than the individual parts, as the most important factor. The most important individual feature was the modular band system – this shows Apple’s focus on creating choices… Read more »
Apple tried to lay groundwork through the development of key platform frameworks that create an “ecosystem” effect that is hard for the Kickstarter crowd (and even some bigger players) to match. Read more »
The Apple Watch requires an iPhone to really work, raising the overall cost of ownership for someone who wants to wear a smartwatch and forcing those who currently use other platforms… Read more »
We are early in the release window for the Apple Watch, so pricing may come down. Apple tends to be comfortable with excluding a part of the market early on as… Read more »
Apple’s long-awaited and widely leaked announcements for Apple Watch — which everyone thought would be the iWatch — and new larger Apple iPhones — the 4.7 inch iPhone 6 and the… Read more »
I had an opportunity to meet with some Googlers this week, and we talked about the renaming of Google Enterprise to Google for Work, which was announced Tuesday, in a post… Read more »
LG has not two, but three connected watches coming to the U.S. market this year, and it’s got more in pipeline. The company is even exploring a watch design based on… Read more »
The Apple Watch isn’t out until 2015, but already people are proposing it as an important element for controlling the smart home. I’m not so sure. Read more »
Tell us your thoughts on the Apple Watch and what you think its impact will be on smartwatches and wearable devices. Read more »