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IBM Created Smartwatch with Digital Crown Long Before Apple?
Looks like the concept of the smartwatch is much older than we all have thought. According to the video, which I managed to find on 9to5Mac this morning, back in 2001, IBM created a kind of smartwatch with small black-and-white display with touch input and something very similar to Apple's Digital Crown. The video is available below, so take a look and tell me what you think.
In a short clip you can see a device with touch display. According to what the presenter says, on the screen, one may find four virtual buttons. Two of them are responsible for navigation through the menu and two can be used to open applications the user assigns. Apart from apps, IBM's smartwatch can boast of calendar and probably some other features not shown in the video. What I want to point out is that the interface is pretty much user-friendly and intuitive, especially if to keep in mind that the device was developed in 2001.
What I can say now? It appears that neither Google, nor Samsung, Microsoft and Apple can call themselves the inventors of the smartwatch product category.
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"It appears that neither Google, nor Samsung, Microsoft and Apple can call themselves the inventors of the smartwatch product category."
Apple rarely invents anything. That's not their claim to fame. Apple perfects existing technology and implements it in a way that makes a difference in people's daily lives.
Apple invented neither the "PC" nor the graphical user interface but they combined both to create the world's first personal computer that didn't require learning a vocabulary of arcane text commands to operate.
Apple didn't invent music players nor MP3 compression. But they were the first to create a pocket sized digital music player that could hold a thousand songs with a user interface that was a pleasure to use.
Apple didn't invent smartphones or touch screens but they were the first to combine the two in a way that revolutionized what people could do on their pocket sized devices. The entire cell phone industry copied the first iPhone.
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freediverx
25 Apr 15 at 4:33 pm