2024年10月30日发(作者：红恨之)
苹果iWatch呼声最高的5大功能
kinetic [ki'netik, kai-]
adj. [力] 运动的；活跃的
flavor ['fleivə]
n. 情味，风味；香料；滋味; vt. 加味于
aesthetic [i:s'
θ
etik]
adj. 美的；美学的；审美的，具有审美趣味的
notification [,nəutifi'keiʃən]
n. 通知；通告；[法] 告示
curve [kə:v]
n. 曲线；弯曲；曲线球；曲线图表; vt. 弯...
cater ['keitə]
vt. 投合，迎合；满足需要；提供饮食及服务
wrist [rist]
n. 手腕；腕关节; vt. 用腕力移动
accessory [ək'sesəri]
n. 配件；附件；[法] 从犯; adj. 副的...
analyst ['ænəlist]
n. 分析者；精神分析医师；分解者
strap [stræp]
vt. 用带捆绑；用皮条抽打；约束; n. 带；...
鉴于各种传闻甚嚣尘上，所以你肯定会认
Given all the buzz, you'd think an iWatch
为，苹果公司（Apple）的iWatch面世是早
晚的事。从理论上说，这样的设备可能会让
计算应用向前再迈出一大步。有了这样的手
表，用户就不需要掏出手机来读取信息、查
看提醒或获得导航指令了（“至尊神探”也
能在墓中复活了）。本文将简要介绍一下我
们希望这款目前尚披着神秘面纱的设备具备
哪些特性。
from Apple would be a case of "when" rather
than "if." In theory, such a device could push
computing forward. Users could check
messages and get alerts and directions
without having to whip out their iPhones.
(And Dick Tracy would be spinning in his
grave.) Here's our quick list of features we'd
like to see find their way into the still
设备配对。近期苹果有一项技术获得了
专利审批。它能让便携式媒体设备和辅助设
备之间实现双向数据传输。尽管绝大多数苹
果专利从来就见不到天日，这项技术却为这
只手表打开了与iPhone配对的方便之门。这
样，用户就能通过它直接浏览信息，查阅日
程安排和Facebook的提醒，逐个路口获得提
示转向（turn-by-turn）的导航功能。
加速计。想象一下加速计将能使iWatch
具备哪些功能吧。看看现在流行的健康腕带，
比如Jawbone's Up和耐克公司（Nike）的
Nike+ Fuel Band，iWatch可能也会成为类似
的保健设备，能够追踪走路的步数和消耗的
热量。
曲面显示屏。苹果公司2011年申请的另
一项专利显示，公司正在开发一种柔性屏幕
腕带。它带有一块触控的曲面显示屏，“这
块屏幕部分覆盖在可佩戴的视频设备上，它
的柔性屏幕可以折叠起来”。可以肯定，这
会是个绝美的产品，而高分辨率曲面显示屏
将更加“性感”——我实在找不到更好的词
来形容了。
可充电电池。iWatch如果用常规电池很
可能无法续航太久，所以我们希望苹果能通
过闪电接口数据线（Lightning cord），或
至少采用如今的动能手表那样的技术，利用
腕部活动来为电池充电。同样重要的是，两
次充电之间至少要能保持一整天的续航时
间。
各种尺寸。就尺寸而言，一种尺寸可能
无法适合所有用户。派杰投行（Piper
Jaffray）的分析师吉恩•明斯特日前写道，
较大尺寸的可佩戴电脑更容易被男性用户接
受。他解释说：“女性不太可能戴这种东西，
因为女款手表往往更小，更强调时尚感。”
不管这是不是真的，明斯特要表达的主要观
点是：iWatch可能必须推出各种尺寸，以适
合各类人群。手机是一回事，但说到你要戴
mythical device.
Device pairing. Apple (AAPL) was
recently granted a patent for a technology
that would allow the two-way transmission
of data between a portable media device
and an accessory. While most Apple
patents never see reality, this one opens the
door to a watch that pairs with an iPhone so
users could say, view messages, calendar
events, Facebook (FB) notifications, or get
turn-by-turn directions.
Accelerometer. Imagine what an
accelerometer would enable the iWatch to
do. Given popular bracelets like Jawbone's
Up and the Nike+ (NKE) Fuel Band, the
iWatch could also be a similar health device,
keeping track of things like steps taken and
calories burned.
Curved display. Another patent Apple
filed in 2011 reveals the company is working
on a flexible screen wrist band with a
touch-sensitive curved display "across a
portion of the wearable video device where
the flexible display overlaps itself." Sure, it'd
be an aesthetic thing, but a curved
high-resolution display would be -- for lack
of a better word -- hot.
Rechargeable battery. Chances are an
iWatch wouldn't run for long on conventional
watch batteries, so we hope Apple finds a
way to make it rechargeable via Lightning
cord or even partly by wrist movements like
today's kinetic watches. Equally as
important: at least a full-day of battery life in
between charges.
All kinds of sizes. In this case, one size
might not fit all. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene
Munster wrote recently that a wearable
computer could prove more popular with
men than women if designed on the larger
在手腕上的产品，就是另外一回事了。因为
它事关穿着品味。
您怎么想的呢？您希望iWatch拥有哪些
特性呢？
or chunkier side. "It is less likely women will
embrace them given women's watches tend
to be smaller with a greater emphasis on
fashion," explained Munster. Whether or not
that's true, Munster sort of has a point: The
iWatch may have to come in different flavors
to cater to different people. A phone is one
thing. But something you strap to your
wrist? That's a sartorial statement.
What do you think? What would you like
to see in the iWatch?
2024年10月30日发(作者：红恨之)
苹果iWatch呼声最高的5大功能
kinetic [ki'netik, kai-]
adj. [力] 运动的；活跃的
flavor ['fleivə]
n. 情味，风味；香料；滋味; vt. 加味于
aesthetic [i:s'
θ
etik]
adj. 美的；美学的；审美的，具有审美趣味的
notification [,nəutifi'keiʃən]
n. 通知；通告；[法] 告示
curve [kə:v]
n. 曲线；弯曲；曲线球；曲线图表; vt. 弯...
cater ['keitə]
vt. 投合，迎合；满足需要；提供饮食及服务
wrist [rist]
n. 手腕；腕关节; vt. 用腕力移动
accessory [ək'sesəri]
n. 配件；附件；[法] 从犯; adj. 副的...
analyst ['ænəlist]
n. 分析者；精神分析医师；分解者
strap [stræp]
vt. 用带捆绑；用皮条抽打；约束; n. 带；...
鉴于各种传闻甚嚣尘上，所以你肯定会认
Given all the buzz, you'd think an iWatch
为，苹果公司（Apple）的iWatch面世是早
晚的事。从理论上说，这样的设备可能会让
计算应用向前再迈出一大步。有了这样的手
表，用户就不需要掏出手机来读取信息、查
看提醒或获得导航指令了（“至尊神探”也
能在墓中复活了）。本文将简要介绍一下我
们希望这款目前尚披着神秘面纱的设备具备
哪些特性。
from Apple would be a case of "when" rather
than "if." In theory, such a device could push
computing forward. Users could check
messages and get alerts and directions
without having to whip out their iPhones.
(And Dick Tracy would be spinning in his
grave.) Here's our quick list of features we'd
like to see find their way into the still
设备配对。近期苹果有一项技术获得了
专利审批。它能让便携式媒体设备和辅助设
备之间实现双向数据传输。尽管绝大多数苹
果专利从来就见不到天日，这项技术却为这
只手表打开了与iPhone配对的方便之门。这
样，用户就能通过它直接浏览信息，查阅日
程安排和Facebook的提醒，逐个路口获得提
示转向（turn-by-turn）的导航功能。
加速计。想象一下加速计将能使iWatch
具备哪些功能吧。看看现在流行的健康腕带，
比如Jawbone's Up和耐克公司（Nike）的
Nike+ Fuel Band，iWatch可能也会成为类似
的保健设备，能够追踪走路的步数和消耗的
热量。
曲面显示屏。苹果公司2011年申请的另
一项专利显示，公司正在开发一种柔性屏幕
腕带。它带有一块触控的曲面显示屏，“这
块屏幕部分覆盖在可佩戴的视频设备上，它
的柔性屏幕可以折叠起来”。可以肯定，这
会是个绝美的产品，而高分辨率曲面显示屏
将更加“性感”——我实在找不到更好的词
来形容了。
可充电电池。iWatch如果用常规电池很
可能无法续航太久，所以我们希望苹果能通
过闪电接口数据线（Lightning cord），或
至少采用如今的动能手表那样的技术，利用
腕部活动来为电池充电。同样重要的是，两
次充电之间至少要能保持一整天的续航时
间。
各种尺寸。就尺寸而言，一种尺寸可能
无法适合所有用户。派杰投行（Piper
Jaffray）的分析师吉恩•明斯特日前写道，
较大尺寸的可佩戴电脑更容易被男性用户接
受。他解释说：“女性不太可能戴这种东西，
因为女款手表往往更小，更强调时尚感。”
不管这是不是真的，明斯特要表达的主要观
点是：iWatch可能必须推出各种尺寸，以适
合各类人群。手机是一回事，但说到你要戴
mythical device.
Device pairing. Apple (AAPL) was
recently granted a patent for a technology
that would allow the two-way transmission
of data between a portable media device
and an accessory. While most Apple
patents never see reality, this one opens the
door to a watch that pairs with an iPhone so
users could say, view messages, calendar
events, Facebook (FB) notifications, or get
turn-by-turn directions.
Accelerometer. Imagine what an
accelerometer would enable the iWatch to
do. Given popular bracelets like Jawbone's
Up and the Nike+ (NKE) Fuel Band, the
iWatch could also be a similar health device,
keeping track of things like steps taken and
calories burned.
Curved display. Another patent Apple
filed in 2011 reveals the company is working
on a flexible screen wrist band with a
touch-sensitive curved display "across a
portion of the wearable video device where
the flexible display overlaps itself." Sure, it'd
be an aesthetic thing, but a curved
high-resolution display would be -- for lack
of a better word -- hot.
Rechargeable battery. Chances are an
iWatch wouldn't run for long on conventional
watch batteries, so we hope Apple finds a
way to make it rechargeable via Lightning
cord or even partly by wrist movements like
today's kinetic watches. Equally as
important: at least a full-day of battery life in
between charges.
All kinds of sizes. In this case, one size
might not fit all. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene
Munster wrote recently that a wearable
computer could prove more popular with
men than women if designed on the larger
在手腕上的产品，就是另外一回事了。因为
它事关穿着品味。
您怎么想的呢？您希望iWatch拥有哪些
特性呢？
or chunkier side. "It is less likely women will
embrace them given women's watches tend
to be smaller with a greater emphasis on
fashion," explained Munster. Whether or not
that's true, Munster sort of has a point: The
iWatch may have to come in different flavors
to cater to different people. A phone is one
thing. But something you strap to your
wrist? That's a sartorial statement.
What do you think? What would you like
to see in the iWatch?