Intel enters wearables:"The Intel Enigma"

[dahorns]

Interesting! It looks like Intel already has somebody to blame for when this invariably fails miserably, now at least they won't have to integrate the MICA team into their PC group just to hide their failures and instead they can blame somebody else.

Can a proof of concept low-volume product "fail miserably"? Are you under the impression this is an attempt to directly challenge something like Apple's Watch?

I mean, this product was never going to move the needle for Intel (in any direction), nor is it really intended to.

 

[III-V]

Can a proof of concept low-volume product "fail miserably"? Are you under the impression this is an attempt to directly challenge something like Apple's Watch?

I mean, this product was never going to move the needle for Intel (in any direction), nor is it really intended to.

Right? It's an internet of things device (I really think IoT is a goofy term)... the entire market is basically a "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks."

It seems incredibly silly to be putting any sort of real effort defending or attacking this device, or any other of the myriad of gadgets we're bound to see from Intel as they invest themselves into the IoT market.

Frankly, smartwatches/wristbands or whatever just aren't there yet, and I don't expect any product to catch on in any meaningful sense until their kinks are worked out. I think the Moto 360 was a really good candidate, but it's using ancient tech -- really looking forward to a future iteration with a better SoC and battery life.

 

[xthetenth]

Apple has the best mobile CPU on the market, but I'm sure you knew that, seeing as this is a tech site...


Really amazing to see the ignorance displayed by forum members here regarding anything made by Apple. Every time it's brought up you have some super smart guy ^(lol) show up and say "iPhone owners don't care about CPU power". If that's the case, then I guess Andoid users don't care about CPU either, and windows users care the LEAST of all because Intel hasn't even improved 50% in the last 5 years.

There is of course the fact that Apple makes laptops and desktops using intel CPUs to make a farce of this ridiculous apples to oranges comparison you've made of what started as a decent point. Apple picks the best components to get the user experience they want to deliver. Specs are actually pretty key to that. Apple users care about the performance the chip can deliver, even if they don't necessarily care what the exact chip is.

 

[positivedoppler]

Shame, there is a really huge market(larger than men) for women wearables. But Intel, Apple, Samsung eyc are too clueless to see it

 

[Arachnotronic]

Apple has the best mobile CPU on the market, but I'm sure you knew that, seeing as this is a tech site...


Really amazing to see the ignorance displayed by forum members here regarding anything made by Apple. Every time it's brought up you have some super smart guy ^(lol) show up and say "iPhone owners don't care about CPU power". If that's the case, then I guess Andoid users don't care about CPU either, and windows users care the LEAST of all because Intel hasn't even improved 50% in the last 5 years.

Yeah, I mostly agree with this. Apple, ARM, etc. all wouldn't be spending so much money on new CPUs, and the foundries wouldn't be getting into a tizzy about moving to next gen process technology if performance didn't matter.

People care about performance just not speeds & feeds...