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7 Must Read Articles about Apple Smartwatch

It will be a long time — March 2015 perhaps — before you and your better half will be able to try out Apple’s entry into the fast-fashion business with the Apple Watch. I am in the camp of skeptics till proven otherwise — mostly because I find many flaws with the device, think of it as incomplete and behavior challenged first version. If I am wrong, the Internet will remind me — it always does have a way of making you look like a fool (or smart).

Still, that hasn’t prevented people from writing about the Apple Watch. The Apple PR machine is still as effective as ever. Here are seven articles which I think are intelligent, eloquent and worth your attention. 

  • Vanessa Friedman, fashion editor of The New York Times asks the question, does the Apple Watch look good? and offers a fashion point of view. “It makes

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Invisible Design & Apple

By this time tomorrow, we will all know if Apple is releasing a wearable device, a smart watch, a combination of both or some other variation that will transform it from a computing company into a lifestyle company that uses computing to create new user experiences and interactions. Apple won’t be selling computers in the conventional sense. Instead it will become the company that offers objects powered by computing and connectivity.

And whatever those objects of desire might be, one thing is clear: they will have less in common with Apple’s roots (the personal computer). Rather they are likely to be physical manifestations of what Charles Eames once said a long time ago: “Eventually everything connects – people, ideas, objects. . . the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.” This connected future is going to bring with it the era of invisible design.

“As computing

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Smart watches, Smart but….

When it comes to wearing anything on my self — wrist, face, feet — the aesthetics play an equally if not more important of a role in making my final decisions. I look for a perfect balance of form, function and quality of craftsmanship in my shoes, bags, optical frames and watches. 

Watches in particular are more of an emotional and aesthetic choice. That is why I am underwhelmed by the growing number of smart watches which are coming to market. Yesterday, at Google I/O Google announced Android Wear, a variant of its Android OS targeting the devices like the newly announced watches. I checked them out and admittedly they are much better than some of the earlier efforts. The design elements of the Android Wear are also pretty good — except they don’t make me feel anything. 

I like the concept but not the execution of the early attempts

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