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Tim Cook on Steve Jobs and why Apple Watch will be the first smartwatch that matters

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It's too soon to tell if Apple Watch will be a smash hit, but CEO Tim Cook said in a new interview that the new device “will be the first modern smartwatch—the first one that matters.”</p><p>
Cook told Fast Company (http://www.fastcompany.com/3042435/steves-legacy-tim-looks-ahead) that the company hasn’t put any sales expectations on the watch because the need for an iPhone 5, 5c, 5s, 6, or 6 Plus to work “creates a ceiling.”</p><p>
But the watch will be an important step forward for the industry, just as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad were, because it will create a new computing experience.</p><p>
“The inputs that work for a phone, a tablet, or a Mac don’t work as well on a smaller screen,” Cook said. “Most of the companies who have done smartwatches haven’t thought that through, so they’re still using pinch-to-zoom and other gestures that we created for the iPhone.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2898832/tim-cook-on-steve-jobs-and-why-apple-watch-will-be-the-first-smartwatch-that-matters.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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