As a businessman, I applaud them for making money

Apr 27, 2015
3:43:33pm

Jericho

and for them, if it is turning profits, good for them. It's garbage to me though, as it is.

I do think it can evolve and be something great someday, but that may be several years or even a decade or two away.

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Jericho

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I am not sold on an Apple Watch...I fail to see any benefit for me. I don't see

Bobby Dooley

4/27/15 2:57pm

Good to know. I'll cross it off my list of gift ideas for you

BYUCoug11

4/27/15 2:58pm

It's gonna be a big failure, it has a long way to go in order to be anything

Jericho

4/27/15 2:59pm

Define failure? I don't think Apple to see people buying a smart watch

sandtrapcougar

4/27/15 3:02pm

I don't think they will make money off of it

Jericho

4/27/15 3:04pm

I think you will be wrong. They have pretty nice margins on these watches and

sandtrapcougar

4/27/15 3:14pm

I could be... but it would be the first time!

Jericho

4/27/15 3:15pm

That's what people said about the iPod. And the iPad. And the iPhone.

Ham

4/27/15 3:03pm

Steve Jobs

Jericho

4/27/15 3:04pm

Check out the numbers

TepperCoug

4/27/15 4:05pm

There were 0 apps available at iPhone launch, it didn't support 3rd party apps.

King Philip

4/27/15 4:14pm

What did they say about mobileme? G4 cube? newton? hockey puck mouse?

yfootball

4/27/15 3:11pm

Given the sales thus far I'm not sure how you can make this prediction.

Tokolosh

4/27/15 3:18pm

I'll admit that I haven't look over any of the numbers whatsoever

Jericho

4/27/15 3:24pm

I wouldn't call it garbage. Of the many devices in the category it seems

Tokolosh

4/27/15 3:36pm

As a businessman, I applaud them for making money

Jericho

4/27/15 3:43pm

RE: I am not sold on an Apple Watch...I fail to see any benefit for me. I don't

crack

4/27/15 3:02pm

I really like mine!!! It is pretty awesome actually.

cougsrule

4/27/15 3:05pm

what's funny is that smartphones killed the need for wrist watches and then

Mayor of Cougartown

4/27/15 3:06pm

I like mine. It's not something you need but it

jbob

4/27/15 3:08pm

Honest question...what else can it do?

Bobby Dooley

4/27/15 3:10pm

until it lasts more than 2 days, its garbage. Ive owned the pebble and samsung.

yfootball

4/27/15 3:15pm

RE: until it lasts more than 2 days, its garbage. Ive owned the pebble and

jbob

4/27/15 3:44pm

That is very unimpressive. I took mine off at the same time and am at 89%. And

yfootball

4/27/15 4:15pm

The estimate is closer to 3 million sold

TrueAndBlue

4/27/15 3:41pm

It's utility is not the novelty of getting notifications in your wrist.

Jeremy

4/27/15 3:11pm

If you check your phone 20+ times a day ...

Busiturtle

4/27/15 3:20pm

Is it called not having a job? I check my phone hundreds of times a day because

TrueAndBlue

4/27/15 4:00pm

Here is a write-up from a fellow skeptic...

Tokolosh

4/27/15 3:15pm

The CEO of Pebble said that their main competition is people not wanting to wear

El Jefe

4/27/15 3:19pm

It's a new way to interact with technology. Removing friction from your

TrueAndBlue

4/27/15 3:59pm

I haven't worn a watch for years, and I don't care to wear one now just cause

ByuImaginesDragons

4/29/15 2:53am

Having seen the Apple Watch commercial my reaction is this is a watch

Busiturtle

4/29/15 4:57am

SMH. To use the word pretentious is pretty sad. Mocking and name calling

cougsrule

4/29/15 12:17pm

That is the message the TV commercial conveyed to me

Busiturtle

4/29/15 12:28pm

You see what you want to see. That video showed no scenes of bragging about

TrueAndBlue

4/29/15 1:06pm

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