Re: New wearable device from Apple

From	Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.ipad, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: New wearable device from Apple
Date	2014-01-24 16:35 -0800
Organization	Rare
Message-ID	<s0r47wdhjv.fsf@ethel.the.log> (permalink)
References	<240120141123046121%michelle@michelle.org> <lbufk8$tth$1@dont-email.me> <qgmwil6seg.fsf@ethel.the.log> <250120141146235262%YourName@YourISP.com>

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Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> writes:

> In article <qgmwil6seg.fsf@ethel.the.log>, Doug Anderson
> <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > On 1/24/14, 1:23 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> > > > I found out from one of my Confidential Informants at Apple that all
> > > > the talk about an iWatch is completely off base; Apple is not
> > > > developing such a device.
> > > >
> > > > Instead, Apple is working on a wearable electronic ring; it will be
> > > > worn on the user's fingerãany finger the user chooses, but preferably
> > > > on the non dominant hand.  Of course, it will be called the iRing.
> > > >
> > > > It will be used to control iPads, iPhones, iPods, and of course
> > > > Macintosh computers.  Anything you would want to do on any of those
> > > > devices, you would control from the iRing.
> > > >
> > > > The marketing slogan will be "One iRing to Rule Them All".
> > > >
> > > > -- Michelle
> > > >
> > > > PS  I forget what today's date is; is it April first?
> > > >
> > > Call me a dreamer, but I keep hoping that it will someday be possible
> > > to own a ring that will help me encode and decode messages.
> > 
> > I've got dibs on a shoe phone first.
> 
> There have been shoe-shaped phones, but I haven't seen a Maxwell Smart
> phone-in-a-shoe yet ... you'd probably dial all sorts of weird places
> while just walking along. A wristwatch mobile phone was also released
> years ago.  :-)

Yes, but Maxwell Smart was _much_ cooler than Dick Tracy.

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New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-24 11:23 -0700
  Re: New wearable device from Apple "zulu" <zulu.romeotangohotel@ntlworld.com> - 2014-01-24 18:56 +0000
    Re: New wearable device from Apple Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-01-24 22:33 -0500
  Re: New wearable device from Apple J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-24 14:40 -0500
    Re: New wearable device from Apple Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 12:23 -0800
      Re: New wearable device from Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-25 11:46 +1300
        Re: New wearable device from Apple Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 16:35 -0800
          Re: New wearable device from Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-25 16:35 +1300
            Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-24 23:28 -0700
              Re: New wearable device from Apple Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-25 13:36 +0000
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-25 08:05 -0700
                Re: New wearable device from Apple erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-25 12:23 -0600
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-26 09:30 +1300
                Re: New wearable device from Apple erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-25 19:49 -0600
                Re: New wearable device from Apple "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2014-01-31 19:57 -0500
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-01-31 18:59 -0800
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-02-01 18:17 +1300
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-01 10:39 -0500
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-02-02 09:36 +1300
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-01 15:45 -0500
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-01 20:09 -0700
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-02 15:16 +0000
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-02-02 09:38 -0700
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-02-03 08:53 +1300
                Re: New wearable device from Apple George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-02 14:54 -0600
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-02-03 13:15 +1300
                Re: New wearable device from Apple super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2014-01-27 18:39 -0600
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-28 13:49 +1300
                Re: New wearable device from Apple "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2014-01-28 09:52 -0500
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-25 13:48 -0700
              Re: New wearable device from Apple Neil Ellwood <cral.elllwood2@btopenworld.com> - 2014-01-25 09:53 -0600
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-25 09:43 -0800
                Re: New wearable device from Apple "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2014-01-25 15:28 -0500
    Re: New wearable device from Apple "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2014-01-24 21:50 -0500
    Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-24 23:26 -0700
      Re: New wearable device from Apple Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-25 13:36 +0000
        Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-25 08:06 -0700
        Re: New wearable device from Apple Neil Ellwood <cral.elllwood2@btopenworld.com> - 2014-01-25 09:59 -0600
      Re: New wearable device from Apple "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2014-01-25 10:46 -0500
        Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-25 13:51 -0700
          Re: New wearable device from Apple "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2014-01-26 07:30 -0500
            Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-26 08:43 -0700
              Re: New wearable device from Apple "Thomas R. Kettler" <tkettler@blownfuse.net> - 2014-01-26 16:07 -0500
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-26 16:17 -0700
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-27 13:11 +0000
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-27 08:53 -0700
                Re: New wearable device from Apple erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-27 19:08 -0600
                Re: New wearable device from Apple Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-01-27 14:56 +0000
      Re: New wearable device from Apple AV3 <arviso@earthlink.net> - 2014-01-25 10:47 -0500
        Re: New wearable device from Apple Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-25 13:57 -0700
      Re: New wearable device from Apple salgud <spamboy6547@comcast.net> - 2014-01-31 01:05 +0000
  Re: New wearable device from Apple J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-24 19:14 -0500
  Re: New wearable device from Apple erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-24 20:37 -0600
  Re: New wearable device from Apple Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-31 23:09 +0100

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