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I recall discussions with friends about wanting a good wearable computer, years before good smartphones came out.

I recall discussions with friends about wanting a good wearable computer, years before good smartphones came out. Innovation has an overlooked requirement, which is that there has to be an unmet need (or at least an unmet want). I don't doubt that there are unmet needs/wants still, but they may not be for a new type or class of hardware. If the next innovative class of product is, say, something in 3D-printing or a better way to communicate electronically than email and social networks, then it may not be something that Apple is well positioned to provide. Or, you know, maybe it is. But it's not necessarily the case. The Apple Watch was made because it was within Apple's domain of competence, and it has not taken off because it wasn't also in the users' domain of need/want. It is possible that the two don't overlap.

Posted by rossdavidh on Jan 6, 2019, 3:59 PM

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I recall discussions with friends about wanting a good wearable computer, years before good smartphones came out.

rossdavidhJan 6, 2019, 3:59 PM

I recall discussions with friends about wanting a good wearable computer, years before good smartphones came out. Innovation has an overlooked requirement, which is that there has to be an unmet need (or at least an unmet want). I don't doubt that there are unmet needs/wants still, but they may not be for a new type or class of hardware. If the next innovative class of product is, say, something in 3D-printing or a better way to communicate electronically than email and social networks, then it may not be something that Apple is well positioned to provide. Or, you know, maybe it is. But it's not necessarily the case. The Apple Watch was made because it was within Apple's domain of competence, and it has not taken off because it wasn't also in the users' domain of need/want. It is possible that the two don't overlap.

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