Re:Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS)
by Someone on Sunday September 22, 2013 @05:43AM
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I would move that motion processor, a heartbeat detector, a glucose detector, and the user keychain into the 'watch'.
That way users carry all information about themselves on the watch. That frees the pod/tablet/tv part from being anything more than a 'sync with cloud and display stuff' part.
The 'watch' part could show the essentials like unread email count. I would use something low-power like e-paper there so that the watch's battery lasts for a week (hm, is it coincidental that Apple went very flat with iOS 7? I think screens like the notification screen would translate reasonably well to a four-color display)
In other words: the display can easily be shared between users. If I pick up your tablet, it shows my desktop.
Maybe, I would even leave the production of displays to third parties, and keep the 'watch' and 'sync to cloud' stuff to myself (Apple would have a long way to go to get there, though)
Will that happen overnight? No. For one thing, I doubt internet connectivity is fast enough too make a device change from displaying your content to showing mine.
That way users carry all information about themselves on the watch. That frees the pod/tablet/tv part from being anything more than a 'sync with cloud and display stuff' part.
The 'watch' part could show the essentials like unread email count. I would use something low-power like e-paper there so that the watch's battery lasts for a week (hm, is it coincidental that Apple went very flat with iOS 7? I think screens like the notification screen would translate reasonably well to a four-color display)
In other words: the display can easily be shared between users. If I pick up your tablet, it shows my desktop.
Maybe, I would even leave the production of displays to third parties, and keep the 'watch' and 'sync to cloud' stuff to myself (Apple would have a long way to go to get there, though)
Will that happen overnight? No. For one thing, I doubt internet connectivity is fast enough too make a device change from displaying your content to showing mine.