think a feature , any feature , that you could bring to a slice of technology . That lineament is unique , like a snowflake . And for each unequaled snowflake feature , there is a like pundit snow bunting telling you that feature is silent .
write for ZDNet , Matthew Miller says“Adding GPS to the Apple Watch is a dumb idea . ”(Tip o ’ the antler toTodd Wells . )
Improving thing is stupefied . All is futile when view through the lens of our mortality .
Wow , way to wreak the room down , Matthew .
The current Apple Watch does n’t have GPS and it still only lasts for one day .
It ’s true . You have to buy a new one every day . That ’s the dark secret of the Watch that Apple does n’t need you to know .
Rumors of a new Apple Watch continue to come along with thelatest from a KGI analyststating that one exemplar , the Apple Watch 2 , will let in GPS , a barometer , and urine resistivity . GPS and constant hear rate monitoring ask pile of power and unless Apple importantly increase the size of the stamp battery or announces some new battery engineering , add together GPS should not be a priority for the Apple Watch .
Ah , so it ’s battery sprightliness that Miller is concerned about . Well , it for sure does seem like that could a big trouble and that Apple would be unintelligent to just jam in additional , power - hungry component without … uh … Do you think maybe we should go and actually learn theApple Insiderpiece he links to ? Nah , in all probability not worth it , right ? Well , possibly just to be on the secure side .
A mellow capacity barrage fire will be included to power the advanced element …
Oh ! So they thought of that . Huh . Well , there ya go .
Hey , in person , the Macalope would rather put the power to an always - on screen alternatively of GPS but GPS could still be an extremely valuable feature to have .
We ’ve break down through time of consolidation throughout the history of mobile devices , but the end drug user experience is usually better with focused gadget .
call up when someone endeavor to make one equipment that wasa full - screenland iPod with touch controls , a revolutionary fluid phone and a breakthrough Internet communications twist ? How ’d that ever plow out ? They still even make that thing ?
You might well get a good exploiter experience with disjoined devices , but at some point a combination of many “ good enough ” drug user experiences will win for mobility .
Way back in 2007 the Macalope remembersreading day of reckoning and gloomabout how rotten the original iPhone ’s battery would be before it was released , yet it turned out to be fine ( in no modest part to the fact that the “ expert ” suppose there was no way it could play television for five hours work for rival smartphone Maker ) . Thanks to smartphones , we ’re mostly trained to institutionalize things every daytime . So , as long as the Watch reach it that far , battery is n’t much of an issue .
In world-wide , however , the Macalope recommends wait to see a twist before declare how dumb its features are . That just seems like usual courtesy .
[ CORRECTION : An other version of this pillar misidentified the author of the bit as the tout . The Macalope apologizes and regret the error . ]
