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Apple's "Spring Forward" Event Debuts Apple Watch and More

Posted by samzenpus on from the here's-what-happened dept.

samzenpus (5) writes There was a lot of news at Apple's Spring Forward keynote today. Here's a list of some of the most eye-catching announcements.
  • HBO Now standalone streaming service coming to Apple TV and iOS apps in early April for $14.99 a month.
  • Lowered price of Apple TV to $69.
  • Apple Pay accepted at up to 100,000 Coca-Cola machines by the end of the year.
  • ResearchKit Announced: Is open source and allows medical researchers to create apps, and use the iPhone as a diagnostic tool.
  • New MacBook: Lightest ever at 2 pounds, 13.1mm at its thickest point. 2304x1440 display, consumes 30% less energy. Fanless, powered with Intel's Core M processor. 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0. and 9 hours of web browsing battery life. Supports many protocols through one connector USB-C. Ships April 10, starting at $1,299.
  • iOS 8.2 is available today
  • Apple Watch: Accurate within 50ms of UTC. Read and delete email, built-in speaker and mic so you can receive calls. It tracks your movement and exercise. Use Apple Pay, play your music, use Siri and get any notification you get on iPhone today. 18 hour battery life in a typical day. Sport model starting at $349, stainless steel price: $549-$1049 for 38mm, 42mm is $599-$1099, and gold edition starting at $10k. Pre-orders begin April 10th, available April 24th.

5 of 529 comments (clear)

  1. Apple pay at Coke machines and apps for diabetes. by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like a perfect match.

    more seriously, I'm shocked at how low the price is on the stainless steel watch is. 549/599? I was expecting near 1k.

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  2. Bwahahahahahahwahahahaah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    10k for a watch? Bwanahahahahahahahahahahaha

    1. Re:Bwahahahahahahwahahahaah by Jeremi · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Apple Watch has an estimated 18 hour life. [...] Needing to feed my phone twice a day

      Which planet are you living on that has a 36-hour day?

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      I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
  3. Re:so lets have a breakdown by BasilBrush · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did HBO really shoot themselves in the foot by taking the cableless HBO subscription and screwing the pooch by limiting it to Apple TV for now?

    I take it you chose the wrong set-top box.

  4. Re:Tracking by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 2, Funny

    This proves how morally superior Google's concern for user privacy is over Apple's: after Google collects all that consumer health information from its wearable devices, it carefully cancels the project before actually twirling its black mustache and sending the data to ISIS.