“Wearables, and the apps that will make them useful, are set to go mainstream thanks to the expected launch of Apple’s smartwatch on March 9. Yes I know, wearables like Google Glass didn’t do very well in their initial launch,” Daniel Burrus writes for CNNMoney. “The current crop of smartwatches and fitness bands are good, but they’re not exactly mainstream, in spite of all the naysayers.”
“It will only take a small percentage of Apple fans to buy a smartwatch to create massive sales numbers,” Burrus writes. “In addition, prospective buyers are likely to be influenced by social media as their friends and family members post information about their smartwatch usage.”
MacDailyNews Take: Exactly. Plus, as people see others using Apple Pay via their Apple Watches, the device will sell itself.
Burrus writes, “I predict that over the next five years, every business process, including how we market, sell, communicate, collaborate, innovate, train, and educate, will be transformed by mobile devices and wearables. Niche markets are sure to drive the accelerated growth of wearables long into the future.”
Read more in the full article – with an excellent example of how Apple Watch could be used by Baby Boomers’ children who act as caregivers for their parents – here.
MacDailyNews Take: Burrus gets it.
‘The watch would have sensors to detect blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, pulse and temperature, and much more. If a wearer falls, the accelerometer in the watch would activate an alarm and send a text message to the caregiver.’
In Samsung’s version the notifications will mostly be saying send money immediately to said bank account to save the wearers life, or worse still a near flat lining monitor app message regarding a long lost distant millionare relative in Nigeria who having been injured in a car crash wants to leave his money to you but needs your details before he kicks the bucket or it all goes to Boko Haram.
No, it would just activate an ad for Life Alert.
Uhh, no.
For those of you old enough to remember who Dick Tracy was, the vision of a smart watch is quite old. However, Dick Tracy was a product of his time and probably could not imagine the smart watch of today. The Apple I-watch could put a lot of alarm companies out of business, which may be a good thing. Indeed, Apple is to technology what WalMart is to retail.
I would love the sports model for the fitness/exercise application….but it is not WATERPROOF!!!!!
Game ender.
Not true. Tim Cook has said he wears his in the shower every day. What Apple said was it was not “rated” as waterproof yet (the introduction).
Explode..like those laptops used to?