Apple Watch requirements: lower friction, faster access

The Apple Watch has been launched today – more or less – and is being proliferated around the world through the eyes and ears of onlookers. While some consumers have gotten their devices, most of the population of the world has yet to jump aboard the smartwatch train – or even the wearables train. As such, we’ve had a talk with Andrej Kostresevic, CEO for Nomads, about what it’ll take to bring the smartwatch to the public, starting with the idea that Android Wear has a “lack of friction” and the idea that Google Glass “failed.”

Kostresevic is the CEO of Nomads, a software development company aiming to bring apps for smartphones and tablets to wearable devices. It’s the transfer they’re aiming for. Kostresevic suggested that “the failure of Google Glass, and the relative lack of traction of Android wear to a simple problem with the ratio of value they provide to the inconvenience of charging and wearing them.”
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