Steve Jobs understood the need for both form and functionality. He'd have looked at the Apple Watch and asked, "So what?" This is not meant to lionize Job, but his strength was to put out products that worked so well that everyone immediately realized that they could use it. From the Mac to the iphone to the ipad. People who didn't know what to with a computer, a smart phone, or a tablet suddenly got it. He wasn't the first at any of these, but he did make them so well that they couldn't be ignored.
The iphone (along with Android) killed BlackBerry, the previous standard in smartphones. The Mac (along with Windows) put a computer in everyone's home, and made a friendly GUI indispensable. The ipad showed how a tablet could be useful, and led a revolution in how we compute.
The Apple Watch does none of these things. And frankly, I don't see how it can, at least in its current iteration. I don't even see how it would be useful.
I wrote a short paper in Uni for this about a year ago now. My point was pretty much the same as yours. The Apple Watch is an Accessory at best, not a killer app with distinguishing features.
Steve Jobs understood the need for both form and functionality. He'd have looked at the Apple Watch and asked, "So what?" This is not meant to lionize Job, but his strength was to put out products that worked so well that everyone immediately realized that they could use it. From the Mac to the iphone to the ipad. People who didn't know what to with a computer, a smart phone, or a tablet suddenly got it. He wasn't the first at any of these, but he did make them so well that they couldn't be ignored.
The iphone (along with Android) killed BlackBerry, the previous standard in smartphones. The Mac (along with Windows) put a computer in everyone's home, and made a friendly GUI indispensable. The ipad showed how a tablet could be useful, and led a revolution in how we compute.
The Apple Watch does none of these things. And frankly, I don't see how it can, at least in its current iteration. I don't even see how it would be useful.
I wrote a short paper in Uni for this about a year ago now. My point was pretty much the same as yours. The Apple Watch is an Accessory at best, not a killer app with distinguishing features.