Apple Posts Guided Tours of the Features and Functions of the Apple Watch

MojoKid writes Wondering if Apple Watch is going to be worth the money? Well, that depends on several factors, including price, features, and how eager you are to jump into the smartwatch category at this point. To help tackle the latter two, Apple has posted a handful of videos that demonstrate what an Apple Watch can do. They play out like tutorial videos and are labeled "Guided Tour," followed by what specifically the video is showcasing. Currently, there are four Guided Tour videos available, one of which is a general introduction to Apple Watch labeled "Guided Tour: Welcome." It's the longest video of the bunch at 4 minutes and 45 seconds.

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Blog spam

[Anonymous Coward]

This is blog spam. Link directly to the videos: http://www.apple.com/watch/guided-tours/

I lost it...

[meta-monkey]

I lost it at "The Apple Watch crown is a revolutionary new interface."

IT'S A FUCKING SCROLL WHEEL.

What can it do?

[phizi0n]

It can tell everybody around you that you don't know fashion, you don't know tech, you like charging things every night, and you have too much money.

What are you typing on?

[SuperKendall]

Apple is the only computer supplier to attempt to give better wages, to issue constant reports on the conditions in the factory.

It's fine that you don't like Apple, I can understand how people want different things from hardware they use. What is not fine is to imply Apple is even as bad as any other computer provider as far as treating workers in factories - because it is a lie.

You are inherently a hypocrite; because whatever you are typing your messages of hate on was made under substantially worse conditions than any Apple product.

P.S. Steve Jobs has been dead a while now. If you still obsess over where he parked you may want to seek professional help. I didn't really care that much about him when he was alive; it's pretty freaky you do long after he is dead.

Re:My favorite one...

[Camembert]

It can track and tell time!

Yes, but not for very long. If you really need to know the time accurately, it is recommended that you also wear a regular watch.

Actually the watch should be accurate within 50ms. Very good by anyone's standards. I assume it checks the official time once per day through the user's iPhone.

Yawn

[markdavis]

Yawn- so looking through the info, it doesn't really do much more than my Moto 360 can do, yet the Moto 360:

1) Has been available already for 7 months.
2) Has inductive charging and the Apple watch doesn't.
3) Is far less expensive.
4) Is arguably much better looking (for those who want round).
5) Works with many different phones, not just a few iPhone models.

So what is so innovative and impressive? A button on the side? The 360 has a button. It is not a scroll wheel, but despite what Apple's video claims, I have absolutely no problems using the touchscreen to pinch zoom, swipe, or scroll and it doesn't hurt my experience and is far more intuitive.

The ONLY two things I saw of interest were variable touch sensitivity... which is certainly not a new technology, but it novel on a watch. And having a speaker, which I certainly have not missed.

I mean, it looks like a great device, but I fail to understand why people think it is some brilliant new idea or super fantastic breakthrough.

Re:Yawn

[PapayaSF]

I mean, it looks like a great device, but I fail to understand why people think it is some brilliant new idea or super fantastic breakthrough.

"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." —Rob Malda, 2001

Many have said this before, but Apple's strength is really not "brilliant new ideas or super fantastic breakthroughs" (though they have those at times). There were personal computers before the Apple I and II. There were GUIs before the Mac. There were smartphones before the iPhone, and tablets before the iPad. So why were those all breakthrough products? Because Apple did them better than other companies did. Especially in the second Jobs era, and since, they do vast amounts of research and testing and refining to make the products great. They make hard design decisions, they don't just check off feature lists, and they make things that they think are good (in other words, they don't simply aim to satisfy customers). Plus, they now have an ecosystem of software that integrates well with their hardware, which is designed to work with their software. Add all that together, and you get breakthrough products, even if they may not be the first examples, or match a competitor feature for feature. Trust me: in five years, the Moto 360 will be remembered only as the Nomad of smart watches. All smart watches will soon start to look and act like Apple's in the same way that all smartphones now look like descendants of the first iPhone.

And the Apple Watch does use inductive charging, with a MagSafe cable.