Apple's iWatch: what features are on our wish list?
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With rapid development in health monitoring, a sensor-packed smartwatch could exploit the vast potential of our personal data.
There are many things (we'd like to see in an Apple iWatch), hopefully a smart wrist-borne device (that finally justifies the existence of smartwatches as a piece of useful wearable technology).
One of the most important items on our wish list for a smartwatch is the ability to offer something (that a smartphone cannot). (Given smartphones are already capable of combining voice control, predictive assistants and cameras capable of taking stunning photos), one of the areas where smartwatches could really add value is in the health arena.
(A wearable device to capture the potential of health and fitness apps) would suit the smartwatch form factor. It is clear that Apple is looking at medical applications for its apps and hardware at the very least.
Most smartwatches (available to date) have relied on a persistent Bluetooth connection to a smartphone or tablet, something (Apple’s iWatch is expected to be hampered with). The advantage (Apple has over other smartwatch manufacturers) is that it controls the entirety of both the software on the iPhone and iPad as well as any iWatch, which could mean better integration and interactivity between the two devices than could be achieved by third-party manufacturers). Samsung is in a similar position with the Galaxy Gear.
Apple could leverage Siri on the wrist for voice control and personal assistant duties, while relying on the swiping gestures common to Apple’s iPhone and iPad to navigate full screen apps.
Vocabulary Bank
Feature (n) 特點; 特色
Wish list 願望單
Monitor (v) 監控; 監管
Monitoring (n) 監控; 監管
sensor-packed (adj) 配備感應的; 配有感應的
exploit (v) 開發; 利用
vast (adj) 廣大的
potential (n) 潛力
we’d like to = we would like to 我們想要 ~
hopefully (adv) 希望
wrist 手腕
bear (v) 配戴; 具有 bear-bore-born
wrist-borne device 手腕配戴的裝置
justify (v) 證明…為正當; 為… 辯護
exist (v) 存在
existence (n) 存在
a piece of 一件
item 東西
be capable of 能夠
predict (v) 預測
predictive (adj) 可預測的
assistant 助理
stun (v) 吃驚; 驚嘆
stunning (adj) 令人驚嘆的
arena (n) 領域; 場所
capture (v) 捕捉; 抓住
suit (v) 適合
form factor 形式因素
medical (adj) 醫藥的
at the very least 至少
available (adj) 可用的
to date 目前為止
rely on 依賴
persistent (adj) 持續的; 堅持的
tablet (n) 平板
hamper (v) 阻礙; 妨礙
entire (adj) 全部的
entirety (n) 全部; 全體
integration 整合
interactivity 互動性
achieve (v) 達成; 完成
third-party 第三方
manufacturer 製造商
position 立場
leverage (v) 對 … 運用權力, 影響力
duty 職責
….., while…. 當…. (while 的子句先翻譯, 再翻逗點前面的子句)
swipe (v) 刷; 滑 (手機)
swiping (adj) 刷的; 滑的 (手機)
navigate (v) 操縱; 瀏覽
