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

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 9, 2015 @06:43AM 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.

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Re:Apple pay at Coke machines and apps for diabete by HornWumpus · 2015-03-09 06:58 · Score: 0, Troll

How much production cost difference is there between aluminum, stainless and 18K gold?
Apple thinks their customers are stupid. They are right.

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Re:A laptop with almost no ports?! by BasilBrush · 2015-03-09 07:11 · Score: 0, Troll

Why are you commenting on the new MacBook and bemoaning that its not got as many ports as a MacBook Pro, when there's also a new MacBook Pro which has all the ports you'd expect?
Re:Apple pay at Coke machines and apps for diabete by BasilBrush · 2015-03-09 08:15 · Score: 0, Troll

Except Apple is not a watch brand, so they cannot expect to be able to charge what Rolex or Breitling can.
They're not. Rolex and Breitling's top end price is far more than Apple's top end.

Plus who wants a watch that has to be charged twice a day?
No one. And Apple Watch doesn't. Troll.