The Apple smartwatch expected later this year will very likely give us an answer. Steve Jobs’ Apple proved it could build a better product late in the game, but the jury is still out on whether that can still happen today.
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For Apple, the success of Android is a cautionary tale that shows Google can sometimes get things right enough.Īpple glasses would likely be far more elegant and far less risky, but I’m starting to wonder if Tim Cook’s Apple can execute at that level any more.
If it can survive the painful birthing process, Google could own the market far before Apple is ready to enter. The company has generally proven highly capable with Web services, and there is an inherent advantage to being first. This assessment doesn’t mean that Google can’t still lock up the market. This suggests that iGlass is likely years off, but when it arrives, it will be better looking and backed by stronger services and experiences than Google’s offering, which is very likely to have died off in the meantime. Apple’s first tablet came almost a decade behind Microsoft’s, because it took that long to develop the core technology that made the thin, light, and relatively inexpensive iPad work. Apple just made massive improvements to the user experience, and – yet again – the iPhone took that market by storm. The iPhone was far from the first smartphone, or even the first to rely entirely on a touchscreen – the LG Prada was almost identical in hardware. With MP3 players, a variety of vendors beat Apple to the market, but by studying these competitors, Apple engineers perfected the iPod, which took the market by storm. Otherwise, Apple would have to ban its product from its own campus.įor Apple, the success of Android is a cautionary tale that shows Google can sometimes get things right enough.Apple seldom makes the first product, it just waits until it can do the first good product. Apple would be less likely to put a camera on its glasses, or would at least provide visual notification for when the camera was operating. When the product arrives, it’s polished, and more exclusive.Īpple’s insistence on tightly controlling its products naturally makes them more secure, and the company takes potential security concerns more seriously. This allows them to craft the best first impression possible, right out of the gate. Its team won’t let a product out before designers believe it is ready. Apple iGlassĪpple’s approach as a company is very different. While Google’s release-and-refine process gets product into customers’ hands quickly, selling such a crude product also subjects it to a lot of scrutiny at a vulnerable phase. Not surprisingly, the idea of a camera on an employee’s head that can live stream whatever that employee sees upsets some security folks. Google isn’t very focused on security, which is why Glass has already been hacked, and why many companies have apparently already issued policies banning them for employees. Glass is designed to do both, while also doing some things users think is interesting, like allowing them to read and respond vocally to email hands-free through the projected display. Google’s ultimate goal as a company is to categorize information and serve up ads. That’s a reputation that may keep all but the geekiest customers from buying the final version. Glass users are derogatively referred to as “Glassholes” which is hardly a term of endearment, or one that suggests high status. Google Glass followed this formula by debuting as a very raw offering, earning it a pretty bad reputation before it was truly ready for prime time. Google is an engineering-led company it tosses a lot of products out in the market, listens to feedback, and modifies the products over time (or abandons them as failures, as often the case has been). I’m not saying Apple will actually produce any in the near term – we’re far more likely to see that watch first – but let’s speculate on how Apple would compete with Google Glass. Since Apple is clearly paying attention to wearable tech, I thought it would be interesting to see how Apple would approach a different opportunity: connected glasses. Thanks to Tim Cook’s remarks about the wrist on Tuesday, anticipation for a so-called iWatch reached a fever pitch this week.
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