epoch1970 wrote: > s/Being able to run Apps when the watch is unavailable/Being able to run > Apps when the *iPhone* is unavailable/g ? > Well, the main problem here is that there is so much you need to do on the phone right now. I could run it independently if I dropped all advanced UI and artwork display and limit communication to local servers and not allow switching players.... Hm... 90% of the functionality gone but you might be able to play/pause/change volume. But how to explain the different UI to users? Do I drop all that UI functionality completely?
I think we'll have to wait at least until apple enables graphics rendering on the device although the more complicated communication issues still stay. > > How far is the hardware revision, realistically? I expect gains in > battery/efficency will improve the performance side. > You mean the rumored-about second-generation Apple Watch? Hard to tell. I still can't believe they are really bringing it this year because that would so severely devalue the first generation and IMHO kill their effort to position the watch as a luxury accessory. But then... They haven't really been successful in making people use this thing for anything else than as a sports watch on a larger scale so they might as well drop these higher-priced versions (or just not care about them) and focus on the cheaper sports watch. But then if these rumors are true then the new watch will be slimmer and have more sensors leaving little room for a more power-consuming processor and RAM (the slow RAM is one of the primary reasons for the lack of performance) or the addition of a stronger GPU. I guess in that case it will probably have somewhat similar performance and battery life with a smaller battery. OTOH battery performance hasn't turned out to be that big problem everybody expected (although that's probably to a certain degree because people simply don't use a lot of Apps so overall active time is short) and maybe they could accept a somewhat shorter battery life with an Apple Watch 2. I guess we'll see... --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103693 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
