{"id":2873,"date":"2014-03-02T02:07:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T07:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2014-03-02T02:07:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T07:07:26","slug":"on-device-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/03\/02\/on-device-ecosystems","title":{"rendered":"On device ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/131899145\/\" title=\"Thirsty monkey by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/v4s1.yimg.com\/sh\/52\/131899145_5fd2fe87d2_n.jpg?resize=213%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Thirsty monkey\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a>I was just listening This week in google #236, and they were talking about device ecosystems. The topic of smartwatches came up obviously. The first Samsung Galaxy Gear was apparently not a good seller because it had a limited app ecosystem and it was tied to just a few devices (I only know one person who has said watch, and wears it regularly).<\/p>\n<p>If Apple builds an iWatch, they will tie it into the iOS ecosystem. This is why Leo Laporte the host likes the Pebble &#8211; it works with all his devices.<\/p>\n<p>How many people are Leo with an iPhone and an Android phone? And whatever else is compatible with the Pebble? End users (consumers) usually have one phone. There&#8217;s nothing wrong with the iWatch to be tied into the iOS ecosystem &#8212; its an awesome ecosystem. Soon you may get cars with iOS on it (just like you can get cars with Linux on it).<\/p>\n<p>The iWatch if Apple makes one will probably be compatible all the way back to the iPhone 4S. It should cover most iOS\/iPhone users. And just like the apps you buy in the app store when the iPad came along (first you had iPhone only apps, with double-size; then you had separate iPad apps that would cost more; nowadays many apps are &#8220;universal&#8221; to work on both and cost the same), I expect something similar will happen with the iWatch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That said, I like my analogue watches. I had no interest in the Pebble or the Samsung Galaxy Gear. I&#8217;d be interested to see what they do with version 2, which has Tizen (even less apps maybe?). When Apple releases an iWatch, you can be sure I&#8217;d probably buy it &#8212; I have seen things from all sides, and I like their ecosystem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20On%20device%20ecosystems&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2014%2F03%2F02%2Fon-device-ecosystems&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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