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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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#55279 — New wearable device from Apple

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 finger‹any 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?

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#55282

"Michelle Steiner" <michelle@michelle.org> wrote in message 
news:240120141123046121%michelle@michelle.org...
>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 finger > 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".
>

It should be mandatory to insert it through the septum so that Apple 
acolytes can more easily be led by their noses.


-- 
zulu
"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless 
people."
Karl Marx 

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#55308

Michelle Steiner:
> >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 finger > 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".

zulu:
> It should be mandatory to insert it through the septum so that Apple 
> acolytes can more easily be led by their noses.

Wait 'til you see the Android rip-off of the iRing. Users will wear it
on their middle fingers and stick it into their rectums. Apple acolytes
will say "It stinks."

-- 
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

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#55285

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 finger‹any 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.

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#55286

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 finger▀any 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.

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#55294

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.  :-)

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#55302

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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#55307

In article <s0r47wdhjv.fsf@ethel.the.log>, Doug Anderson
<ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Maxwell Smart was smart to the max. Dick Tracey was just a traced ... 
;-)

(Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard of Dick
Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)

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#55312

In article <250120141635558369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> (Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard of Dick
> Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)

<http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/>

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#55320

Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <250120141635558369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> 
>> (Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard of Dick
>> Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)
> 
> <http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/>

Ah, you're young 8-)


-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

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#55322

In article <lc0el4$skt$1@dont-email.me>, Erilar
<drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:

> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > In article <250120141635558369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> > <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> (Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard of Dick
> >> Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)
> > 
> > <http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/>
> 
> Ah, you're young 8-)

Me or "Your Name"?

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#55333

In article <250120140805389561%michelle@michelle.org>,
 Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <lc0el4$skt$1@dont-email.me>, Erilar
> <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:
> 
> > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > In article <250120141635558369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> > > <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> (Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard of Dick
> > >> Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)
> > > 
> > > <http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/>
> > 
> > Ah, you're young 8-)
> 
> Me or "Your Name"?

Whoever blanked on Dick Tracy in current comics.

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

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#55344

In article <drache-7E154C.12232825012014@news.eternal-september.org>,
erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> In article <250120140805389561%michelle@michelle.org>,
>  Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > In article <lc0el4$skt$1@dont-email.me>, Erilar
> > <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:
> > 
> > > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > > In article <250120141635558369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> > > > <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >> (Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard of Dick
> > > >> Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)
> > > > 
> > > > <http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/>
> > > 
> > > Ah, you're young 8-)
> > 
> > Me or "Your Name"?
> 
> Whoever blanked on Dick Tracy in current comics.

I simply never had any interest in Dick Tracy, so never bothered
reading it nor watching it.

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#55383

In article <260120140930141174%YourName@YourISP.com>,
 Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <drache-7E154C.12232825012014@news.eternal-september.org>,
> erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> > In article <250120140805389561%michelle@michelle.org>,
> >  Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > In article <lc0el4$skt$1@dont-email.me>, Erilar
> > > <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > > > In article <250120141635558369%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
> > > > > <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > >> (Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard of 
> > > > >> Dick
> > > > >> Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)
> > > > > 
> > > > > <http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/>
> > > > 
> > > > Ah, you're young 8-)
> > > 
> > > Me or "Your Name"?
> > 
> > Whoever blanked on Dick Tracy in current comics.
> 
> I simply never had any interest in Dick Tracy, so never bothered
> reading it nor watching it.

I never WATCHED it, just read the comic strip.  It wasn't my favorite, 
though.  There were others I liked much better.

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

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#55676

In article <drache-C1FDC0.19495025012014@news.eternal-september.org>,
 erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:

> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> > >  Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > > Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:
> > > > > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > > > > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >> (Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard of 
> > > > > >> Dick Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > <http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ah, you're young 8-)
> > > > 
> > > > Me or "Your Name"?
> > > 
> > > Whoever blanked on Dick Tracy in current comics.
> > 
> > I simply never had any interest in Dick Tracy, so never bothered
> > reading it nor watching it.
> 
> I never WATCHED it, just read the comic strip.  It wasn't my favorite, 
> though.  There were others I liked much better.

Skip the movie with Warren Beatty - one of the 10 worst films I've ever 
seen.

-- 
D.F. Manno | dfmanno@mail.com
GOP delenda est!

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#55681

In article <dfmanno-348105.19573931012014@news.albasani.net>,
 "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> wrote:

> In article <drache-C1FDC0.19495025012014@news.eternal-september.org>,
>  erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> > > >  Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > > > Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> wrote:
> > > > > > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >> (Hint for the humour impaired: It's a joke. Although I've heard 
> > > > > > >> of 
> > > > > > >> Dick Tracey, I have never seen or read it.)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > <http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/>
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ah, you're young 8-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Me or "Your Name"?
> > > > 
> > > > Whoever blanked on Dick Tracy in current comics.
> > > 
> > > I simply never had any interest in Dick Tracy, so never bothered
> > > reading it nor watching it.
> > 
> > I never WATCHED it, just read the comic strip.  It wasn't my favorite, 
> > though.  There were others I liked much better.
> 
> Skip the movie with Warren Beatty - one of the 10 worst films I've ever 
> seen.

The iWatch would be a true waste of time.

-- 
DeeDee, don't press that button!  DeeDee!  NO!  Dee...
[I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically ignored]

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#55687

In article <vilain-D6354A.18594531012014@news.individual.net>, Michael
Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> 
> The iWatch would be a true waste of time.

Only if it doesn't have a Time app.  ;-)

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#55702

On 2014.01.31, 21:59 , Michael Vilain wrote:

> The iWatch would be a true waste of time.

Depends for who and for what.

It's not about the "watch" but about integration with the iPhone, the 
cloud and services - not to mention apps for it (fitness etc).

-- 
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
                                                   - Mike Tyson

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#55730

In article <TYqdnaXMA6ffiHDPnZ2dnUVZ_rOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
<alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> On 2014.01.31, 21:59 , Michael Vilain wrote:
> 
> > The iWatch would be a true waste of time.
> 
> Depends for who and for what.
> 
> It's not about the "watch" but about integration with the iPhone,

Because apparently lots of people are simply too lazy to even take the
phone out of their pocket to answer it.  :-\



> the cloud and services 

Great if you've got a cheap, unlimited data, phone plan ... which
leaves out about 99% of the planet thanks to greedy mobile phone
company pricing.

OR of course you could use a wi-fi connection, which to some degree
makes having a *mobile* phone rather pointless.



> - not to mention apps for it (fitness etc).

AKA the nutter gym bunnies wearing themselves out quicker. No doubt
they're looking forward to cheap 3D printing and the "do it yourself"
knee replacements it offers.   ;-)

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#55732

On 2014.02.01, 15:36 , Your Name wrote:
> In article <TYqdnaXMA6ffiHDPnZ2dnUVZ_rOdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
> <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 2014.01.31, 21:59 , Michael Vilain wrote:
>>
>>> The iWatch would be a true waste of time.
>>
>> Depends for who and for what.
>>
>> It's not about the "watch" but about integration with the iPhone,
>
> Because apparently lots of people are simply too lazy to even take the
> phone out of their pocket to answer it.  :-\

Not for that alone.

>
>
>
>> the cloud and services
>
> Great if you've got a cheap, unlimited data, phone plan ... which
> leaves out about 99% of the planet thanks to greedy mobile phone
> company pricing.

Most mobile services that one would benefit from with the iWatch are 
likely to be very low bandwidth - or at least not worse than one would 
use with a maps app in any case.

Of course your option to not buy one will be honored almost everywhere.



-- 
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
                                                   - Mike Tyson

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