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posted by CoolHand on Thursday July 16 2015, @07:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the gadgetry-at-its-finest dept.

Gizmag has published a 2015 smartwatch comparison guide for those planning to acquire another NSA-tracking collar mobile device:

Before we jump in, these are the six watches we chose as the best available right now, which you'll see lined up (in two rows) throughout this comparison:

  • Motorola Moto 360
           
  • Apple Watch
           
  • LG Watch Urbane
           
  • Samsung Gear S
           
  • Pebble Time
         
  • Asus ZenWatch

During my recent visit to an Apple Store in Long Island, a grand total of 1 person was looking at the long row of Apple Watches while the iPhone table was mobbed.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by aclarke on Friday July 17 2015, @12:29PM

    by aclarke (2049) on Friday July 17 2015, @12:29PM (#210393) Homepage

    I'm not sure where you came up with this idea. I pre-ordered an iPad when they were first announced, and it's still in use. Yes, it runs an old version of iOS, but that shouldn't be surprising. It is surprising though that Apple later changed their App Store to provide old versions of apps to old devices where possible, where the latest release of the app would otherwise not support the old device. This allows me to often download old versions of new apps as I discover them. Yes my iPad is slow (very very slow), but it's no slower than it was when I bought it. It's certainly no less capable than it was when it was new, although it's been eclipsed in almost every aspect by newer devices.

    The point here is that the iPad does the opposite of "self-destructing in a software compatibility way", since it can continue to download old/compatible versions of apps from Apples App Store.

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