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To: spitsong who wrote (109)	2/12/2017 8:57:08 PM
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Tons more on the Apple Watch and its competitive landscape ... from a long list of things I never got around to posting. All this news either precedes or immediately follows the Apple Watch's introduction almost two years ago. Tom’s Guide \| Nike and Apple Working on 'Stealth' Wearables (Report) (23 Oct 2014) Wired \| The Best Thing About Microsoft’s Health Tracker Is That It's Cross-Platform (30 Oct 2014) Time \| Microsoft Band vs. Apple Watch vs. Jawbone Up vs. Fitbit Surge (2 Nov 2014) MacRumors \| Apple Watch Pricing to Reportedly Start at $500 for Stainless Steel, $4,000 for Gold (4 Nov 2014) Apple is gonna sell a lot of the high-end (gold) watches in China. For at least $4K-$5K a pop. Gizmodo \| Microsoft Band Review: Tracks Your Every Move, Then Breaks Your Heart (7 Nov 2014) "It's just too bad the Band shipped half-baked." Engadget \| Microsoft Band review: A tale of pitfalls and promise (12 Nov 2014) The Los Angeles Times \| FTC in talks with Apple about health data protection (14 Nov 2014) c\|net \| Apple Watch a step closer as WatchKit arrives (18 Nov 2014) Quartz \| Tag Heuer decided the Apple Watch is a threat after all (17 Dec 2014) When I used to be in the fitness business (13 years ago), I used data from my company's equipment to track my own workouts. Heart rate, activity level, and related data tracked over time. A lot of my personal challenge was in presenting the data in a compelling fashion; the idea was to make using this equipment more attractive; more usage = healthier customers and more user satisfaction. The next step would have been to use prior data to suggest/guide future workouts. Goal = maintain fitness, cross-train, prepare for event, increase fitness, weight loss, or something else? I exited the fitness business before going far down this path. Investor’s Business Daily \| Apple Watch has no peer at CES 2015, analyst says (12 Jan 2015) MacRumors \| Tim Cook: Our Objective With Apple Watch Is to Change the Way People Live Their Lives (10 Feb 2015) ars technica \| Android Wear sales: Bad compared to phones, OK compared to other watches (11 Feb 2015) As viewed through Microsoft fanboy glasses: betanews \| Amazing! Apple wins the smartwatch wars without ever shipping a device! (11 Feb 2015) Quartz \| Apple Watch is about to crush Android's toehold on the wearable market (12 Feb 2015) Mac360 \| Watch: What Is Apple Holding Back? (12 Feb 2015) Gigaom \| Why Android Wear shipments aren’t surprising (or disappointing) (12 Feb 2015) Six Colors \| Apple Watch: What We Know (19 Feb 2015) The Los Angeles Times \| Paris Fashion Week: The Apple Watch is more interesting than fall fashion (10 Mar 2015) CNBC \| What the Apple Watch launch was REALLY about (10 Mar 2015) Yahoo! Tech \| The Apple Watch: It Succeeds as Jewelry (10 Mar 2015) Bloomberg \| Swatch Co-Inventor: Apple Will Succeed and an Ice Age Is Coming for Swiss Watches (10 Mar 2015) AP (via Daily Mail) \| Chinese makers roll out wave of Apple watch lookalikes (12 Mar 2015) Puget Sound Business Journal \| Microsoft is still committed to its first wearable, even if you can't buy the thing (23 Feb 2015) Lots of catching up still to do here ...