What More Can Our Phones Do?
Apple CEO Tim Cooke not only unveiled the iPhone 6, but along with it, a brand new Apple watch. "Because you wear it, we invented new intimate ways to connect and communicate directly from your wrist; and it's also a comprehensive health and fitness device."
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Chris Stigall himself wants to know for sure what this new "Apple watch" is, and how it works. He asks his radio audience if they would buy this product. He admits this is a bigger moment in Apple history, but he is convinced that our phones can already do everything we need them to do, and that we've hit a ceiling. He states that he personally believes the iWatch is an attempt to overreach and that they are out of ideas. Stigall says that the smart phone itself is only short of driving, cooking, feeding us, and tending to our healthcare needs.
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In response to his thoughts, Stigall brought in William Weaver, Ph.D., Integrated Science, Business, and Technology (ISBT) professor La Salle University. Weaver covers technology in the past present and future—where we've been and where we're going. He backs up his teachings at La Salle with physics, chemistry and computer science. Weaver claims he is one of the biggest technology "fan boys" on the East Coast.
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Weaver said his students not wear a watch and that they ask him why they should carry a watch when they already have duplicate technology. There are ups to having the iWatch, such as the fitness advancement, and not having to take your phone out of your pocket. A main downfall of the iWatch is that you still must have your iPhone on you. Weaver agrees with Stigall that the smart phone is all he really needs, but that for the technology movement, this iWatch is a big step forward.