“Loosely, the path of all consumer electronic categories is to evolve as ever more computer-y gadgets, until a tipping point occurs and they turn into ever more gadget-y genuine computers. The sample size (in terms of product categories) is small, but Apple seemingly tries to enter markets at, or just after, that tipping point — when Moore’s Law and Apple’s ever-increasing engineering and manufacturing prowess allow them to produce a gadget-y computer that the computer-y gadgets from the established market leaders cannot compete with. That was the iPod. That was the iPhone,” John Gruber writes for Daring Fireball. “That, they hope, is Apple Watch.”
“It was obvious that portable media players were being computerized. It was obvious that mobile phones were being computerized,” Gruber writes. “Who better to enter the market, in both cases, than the world’s best personal computer maker? It is not obvious — based on the watch market today — that wrist watches should or will be computerized.”
Much more in the full review – recommended – here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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