Goodbye Intel wearables

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tiriasresearch/2016/08/10/intels-wearables-strategy-stumbles-will-qualcomm-now-win-the-gold/#396fa214466f

Intel is also ending the cloud fitness data storage for Peak users, who will need to download their tracking data prior to service shut down at the end of this year. With no migration plan, this essentially ends Intel’s chances to reenter the market later – but who would trust a company that leaves you high and dry?

Now, two years later, Bell is gone and the Basis Peak watch and MICA bracelet are dead.

But two years after purchasing Basis Science, Intel did not convert the Basis watch to its own processors module.

After fumbling the ball on wearables, where will Intel pivot to and who will benefit from Intel’s problems?

Comment! It's anonymous!

7 replies (most recent on top)

I'm just glad for what I got from them for the past 15+ years, and also a very nice package that was PERFECTLY TIMED for me. I am so happy my Intel days are behind me. I wouldn't want to work there now. Wait! I didn't want to work there before but it was a well paying job with very good benefits (which seem to be dwindling as time goes on).

"NOT one intel acquisition has worked out.. I challenge anyone to name one where Intel got something that was worth it...."

I interacted quite a bit with Intel Capital and the portfolio as it related to our BU (and I'd bet others) always seemed like a mish-mash of randomness.

Some investments / acquisitions to primarily make money and many based on some alleged strategic need or fit to complete some end to end platform or other slide deck craziness that some exec in the BU dreamed up (and probably forgot or moved on from). As if placing the logo of an AI company on a slide somehow technically integrates and optimizes the technology of that company for Intel's hair-brained plans without some major (and likely disruptive, in a bad way, to the invested-in or acquired company) re-work.

I heard many times that BASIS was acquired for sensor tech vs. the watch itself. I've seen value from neither to Intel.

The idea that Intel has a real strategy for the maker community is laughable. The focus on bad game shows, talking head announcements devoid of real makers and development kits that don't fit the needs of the community ensure that Intel will remain out of touch with this world. And too arrogant and ignorant to know that they've lost until it's too late.

awww... c'mon, @wqz. You know wil.i.am was wurf it. LOL

NOT one intel acquisition has worked out.. I challenge anyone to name one where Intel got something that was worth it....

Or for that matter can anyone name a senior executive hire that has worked out. The recent Qualcomm will all leave as long as BK is at the top. Simply can't survive in the culture being attacked from above and below by the Intel poison

Basis was the first of BK's many mistakes. The guy does not know what he's doing. Generally speaking, people don't care about this physical fitness data, or they use it for a month just to see that it's worthless. The bracelets are also stupid because they are ugly costume jewelry. Does BK even have a clue what type of jewelry women find appealing? Idiot.

Basis has been a mess for some time. They don't have an API like every other wearable on the market. Kind of a moot point now.

Like every acquisition, Basis became a play thing for Intel BU's trying to build internal "solutions" or

platforms" (AKA a Powerpoint slide with a bunch of boxes, arrows and logos). Things like forcing them to use TAP (Trusted Analytic Platform) and other junk so that DCG clowns could claim design wins.

This stole the time and resources that they needed to address their real-world issues and compete in a crowded and competitive marketplace.

In theory, acquisition by Intel should be a blessing: the resources, brand and channel connections to scale. In reality it's a 1,000 pound lead balloon filled with BS as they're batted around and tugged in a million different dysfunctional directions, none of which are aligned with actually winning in their market niches.

The overheating problem could be the result of a chip design problem (it is possible that some chips are locking into a “latch up” state that draws high power until power is removed) or a battery circuit problem, but it appears that whatever the cause, the results are dangerous enough for Intel to ask users to stop using the watch immediately.

Really? Latch-up? That is so 1980s.

Intel is in complete disarray, so sad for this once-great company.

Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

Goodbye Intel wearables

7 replies (most recent on top)

Post a reply