Apple updated its online storefront on Tuesday with fresh imagery and text touting so-called Continuity features that interconnect iOS, Mac and now Apple Watch devices.
As seen in the screenshot above, Apple is placing emphasis on software integration across its major platforms, highlighting inter-device operability between flagship iPhone, iPad, MacBook and Apple Watch products. Specifically, Apple Watch owners can transfer calls, messages, emails and more to a paired iPhone.
In what appears to be a nod to Apple Watch's unique blue fluoroelastomer Sport Band, the online store boasts a cool blue color scheme with iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 screens displaying ocean themed backgrounds.
Apple also cleaned up the store's layout to match other Apple.com product pages. For example, instead of setting off iPhone, iPad and Mac into separate boxes, the site now features large device images that cascade from one product to the next against a stark white background. Onscreen text has been pared down to device names only and is executed in a thinner font compared to previous versions. The lone exception is Apple Watch, which uses a graphic done up Apple's San Francisco typeface.
Apple has touted Handoff as a core Apple Watch capability, but today's Online Apple Store update is one of the first instances Watch was included as an integral part of the company's portable device ecosystem.
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Mmm - great they're advertising. Shame we can't even pre-order it yet here in NZ. Thanks Apple Australia! As for an actual Apple Store, we'll line up behind Kalgoorlie%u2026 still, off to Sydney in a week so I might actually get to peer at one in a glass case...
Mmm - great they're advertising. Shame we can't even pre-order it yet here in NZ. Thanks Apple Australia! As for an actual Apple Store, we'll line up behind Kalgoorlie%u2026 still, off to Sydney in a week so I might actually get to peer at one in a glass case...
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/SearchResults.aspx?searchString=apple+watch
You mean my Motorola smartwatch and Samsung smartphone running Google Android won't really do much with my HP laptop running Microsoft Windows? :D
This is could easily supplant "it just works" as Apple's killer feature. The continuity between devices is one of the biggest reasons I never break from Apple's ecosystem when getting a new device.
[quote name="OneMoreThing" url="/t/186343/apple-starts-advertising-watch-as-part-of-connected-ios-mac-ecosystem#post_2725334"]This is could easily supplant "it just works" as Apple's killer feature. The continuity between devices is one of the biggest reasons I never break from Apple's ecosystem when getting a new device.[/quote] Yep. And things like Handoff do "just work" for me. Love love love that I can be doing something on my phone and easily pick it up on my iPad. I want that functionality for all 3rd party apps too.