You're right, of course, it isn't a watch. It's a tiny computer strapped to your wrist. Unfortunately few people want to buy a device described as such so it makes more sense to market it as something people can vaguely remember using.
As for the power issue people used to wind their watch every day. Alternately, if they gave it a low enough power screen (like Pebble[1] or something) they might be able to charge it from the motion of the users wrist.
[1] Yes I know pebble uses an e-ink screen and Apple is unlikely to follow suit.
People /used to/ wind their watches every day. I remember having one for years as a kid. Then we invented the battery-powered watch because we realized winding a watch and setting the time every day was a royal pain.
I'd actually be thrilled if Apple started using eInk screens in things, especially something like the iPad Mini. I know they won't too, but if this device is anything like the latest iPod Nano, it /might/ get a few days on one battery charge. Assuming it's real to begin with.
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You're right, of course, it isn't a watch. It's a tiny computer strapped to your wrist. Unfortunately few people want to buy a device described as such so it makes more sense to market it as something people can vaguely remember using.
As for the power issue people used to wind their watch every day. Alternately, if they gave it a low enough power screen (like Pebble[1] or something) they might be able to charge it from the motion of the users wrist.
[1] Yes I know pebble uses an e-ink screen and Apple is unlikely to follow suit.
People /used to/ wind their watches every day. I remember having one for years as a kid. Then we invented the battery-powered watch because we realized winding a watch and setting the time every day was a royal pain.
I'd actually be thrilled if Apple started using eInk screens in things, especially something like the iPad Mini. I know they won't too, but if this device is anything like the latest iPod Nano, it /might/ get a few days on one battery charge. Assuming it's real to begin with.