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Predicting the Apple wearable name!
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The i$h!t. Tracks you BM's.
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iEye.
Retinal scanner.
Takes verbal commands.
Aye aye.
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iEye.
Retinal scanner.
Takes verbal commands.
Aye aye.
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I expect it will be the iWatch. I like the iPod revival idea, but I think Apple wants to push this as an entirely new category and not an extension of the iPod line. Being associated with the iPod, even if only by name, would undermine that.
I agree what iWatch is an ugly name, but I think iBand is just as ugly.
I agree what iWatch is an ugly name, but I think iBand is just as ugly.
People are really agreeing on it being iWatch as seen by the thread as well but remember when iPad was about to launch and the rumour mill was spinning like crazy and how nobody even thought about the name iPad and pretty much agreed on calling it iSlate?
I would like to think it being something else and I like the name "More" or maybe iMore as someone suggested earlier. iPal also could be the one. We just have to wait and see... September 9th couldn't come slower...
I would like to think it being something else and I like the name "More" or maybe iMore as someone suggested earlier. iPal also could be the one. We just have to wait and see... September 9th couldn't come slower...
Yeah, I like that. Friendly, helpful connotations. Easy to pronounce. Fits well into sentences " where's my iPal?"
The solution is to call it the iPatch. There will also be a band that lets you wear it across your face, and when you do so and a call comes in it will say "Arrr!"
I'm backing iLife
The iLife package was broken up a good while back, freeing up this name (just like Microsoft did with the Surface name).
iLife could position the wearable to be more than a mobile companion and could potentially link with more items:-
- iPhone
- iPad
- iPod
- MacBooks
- AppleTV (current)
- Future Apple Television(s)
Possible even
- AirPort Time Capsule access?
- AirPort Music Streaming
- Controls Sonos Players?
Just my thoughts thrown into the mix
The iLife package was broken up a good while back, freeing up this name (just like Microsoft did with the Surface name).
iLife could position the wearable to be more than a mobile companion and could potentially link with more items:-
- iPhone
- iPad
- iPod
- MacBooks
- AppleTV (current)
- Future Apple Television(s)
Possible even
- AirPort Time Capsule access?
- AirPort Music Streaming
- Controls Sonos Players?
Just my thoughts thrown into the mix
Mad Mac Maniac
macrumors 601
Just having some thoughts about this idea of trying to guess the name. Obviously it's fun to try to guess... however we really have virtually no idea what this product will be like. We can be pretty confident that it will track fitness and likely allow payments... but we don't really know what it will look like, what kind of screen it will have, what kinds of apps it can run, what full functionality it will have, the primary purpose of it, etc etc...
I'm reminded of Jony Ive when he said that naming the product is always the last thing Apple does, because if you name the product first you start to have some preconceived notion about what the product should be/do.
I'm reminded of Jony Ive when he said that naming the product is always the last thing Apple does, because if you name the product first you start to have some preconceived notion about what the product should be/do.
That makes complete sense for the original iPod, right?
I realize that is the meaning, but it has just become something they slap on everything under the sun. They aren't adding the i to inform people their device is in some way internet capable anymore...
That makes complete sense for the original iPod, right?
I realize that is the meaning, but it has just become something they slap on everything under the sun. They aren't adding the i to inform people their device is in some way internet capable anymore...
As a matter of fact, it does make sense for the original iPod. You connected it to iTunes, and iTunes is on the internet
IPal was a great idea.
This may be a long shot, but I think it's possible that there is no i in the name, but instead use a new naming convention. I think this product will also defy the current design language of the iDevices, because it probably has evolved throughout prototyping to something unexpected (how the first iPhone forged a new design language, it didn't look like an iPod as all the mock ups were expecting). Mac is for traditional PCs, "i" is for handheld portables, and there will be a new name for wearables. They're probably best to make it seem separate, an iWatch would a lot of people into thinking it's an iPhone on a watch.
Just a thought.
This may be a long shot, but I think it's possible that there is no i in the name, but instead use a new naming convention. I think this product will also defy the current design language of the iDevices, because it probably has evolved throughout prototyping to something unexpected (how the first iPhone forged a new design language, it didn't look like an iPod as all the mock ups were expecting). Mac is for traditional PCs, "i" is for handheld portables, and there will be a new name for wearables. They're probably best to make it seem separate, an iWatch would a lot of people into thinking it's an iPhone on a watch.
Just a thought.
Mad Mac Maniac
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As a matter of fact, it does make sense for the original iPod. You connected it to iTunes, and iTunes is on the internet
That's an incredibly stretch if I ever heard one.
By that notion we should have the imouse and ikeyboard as well lol.
I'm going with iBand. Because this device will do so much more than a watch. Think Healthkit monitor, iPhone extension, Apple TV remote, Homekit controller. All controlled by a new, much more comprehensive Siri and an all new touchscreen user interface.
"Wish we could say more. And now we can. The all new Siri. Everything in your digital life is now just a touch or voice command away."
iMac, iPhone, iPod, iPad, iBand. It just fits.
Yep... iBand.
"Wish we could say more. And now we can. The all new Siri. Everything in your digital life is now just a touch or voice command away."
iMac, iPhone, iPod, iPad, iBand. It just fits.
Yep... iBand.