“Contrary to previous reports, Major League Baseball (MLB) has not extended its smartphone ban on players and managerial staff during games to the Apple Watch and other wearables,” MacNN reports.
“Concern was raised by the Los Angeles Angels during a series earlier this week, which launched the query about the device when not connected to a phone,” MacNN reports. “Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost was given an Apple Watch by MLB itself after this year’s All Star Game, initial reports claimed that it was inappropriate to wear during games.”
MacNN reports, “At this time, the device is not banned from the field.”
The Kansas City Star’s Andy McCullough walks back his earlier Tweets:
In those dumb Tweets earlier about Ned Yost's watch, I should have been more clear: He is not banned from wearing the Watch. (1/2)
— Andy McCullough (@ByMcCullough) August 19, 2015
MLB just wanted to make sure he wasn't using the Watch to access data during games. Yost assured them he is not. (2/2)
— Andy McCullough (@ByMcCullough) August 19, 2015
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: This may have to be revisited after watchOS 2 is released because with Apple Watches running watchOS 2.0, even third-party apps will be able to update their info with no connection to iPhone. The WatchConnectivity feature allows Apple Watch to communicate directly with known Wi-Fi hotspots using the Tetherless Wi-Fi feature in watchOS 2.
It might just be a matter of time. They might eventually ban wearables. Wearables might just be too new to be prohibited.
I don’t understand your comment jfblagden.
Are you saying that anything wearable will be banned because it is too new?
What about head gear? Shirts? Trousers? Shoes? Socks? Underwear? Clothes? Bandages? Injury relieving sprays?
Shucks anything anyone can wear is a wearable by definition is it not???
Am I being stupid asking this?
Wearable electronics that can access data or store it, like Google Glasses.
Thank You ! Greg L.
I was railing at jfblagden because his post was lazy. It is easy to generalize and oversimplify comments thinking that one is alluding to sophistication, but alas!, in this day and age of mass cognoscenti, it behooves that individuals seeking to post messages be very specific in situations where what they are posting about could easily be generalized.
A certain level of intelligence is presumed for readers of all written work; otherwise, writers would need to define every word every time it was used. As a reader on a forum dedicated to discussing Apple products, all of which are electronic, it is reasonable to assume the accepted definition of “wearable” would be known.