"Smart" watches? I'm not getting the hype....
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I'm still not getting the point of a smart watch showing me the weather, messages, phone calls (so I can scream at my wrist), etc....it just doesn't make any sense to me.
I wear high-end watches daily but do so knowing the beauty of the time piece on my wrist. The engineering that goes within the mechanism and so therefore as a piece of jewellery.
The only "smart" watch which really isn't a smart watch I've taken to so far is the Withings Activité. I can see myself wearing this, but I can't see any business professional walking around with a chunky, bloated device on their wrist!
I'm probably missing the point entirely but this is nothing more than a gimmick for kids to have fun with (Remember those awesome Casio watches with a gazillion functions? This is modern version of this!)
I wear high-end watches daily but do so knowing the beauty of the time piece on my wrist. The engineering that goes within the mechanism and so therefore as a piece of jewellery.
The only "smart" watch which really isn't a smart watch I've taken to so far is the Withings Activité. I can see myself wearing this, but I can't see any business professional walking around with a chunky, bloated device on their wrist!
I'm probably missing the point entirely but this is nothing more than a gimmick for kids to have fun with (Remember those awesome Casio watches with a gazillion functions? This is modern version of this!)
I was talking to a chap who was trying to persuade me that a watch that just tells the time is pointless and that you really needed one that not only provides weather forecasts and social media updates, but would also tell you how fast your heart was beating.
His real clincher point was, 'thousands of people have mini heart attacks without realising it, this watch will tell you when your having one, so charging it every night is a small price to pay'
My response? 10 guesses but it started with, 'I don't want...
His real clincher point was, 'thousands of people have mini heart attacks without realising it, this watch will tell you when your having one, so charging it every night is a small price to pay'
My response? 10 guesses but it started with, 'I don't want...
wombleh said:
I like the idea of being able to answer texts, emails and phone calls without getting the phone out. Will also help battery life on the phone as the screen is used less. They need to make them a lot nicer looking before I'm tempted.
Not sure it will help phone battery, as they all appear to require bluetooth to be on.Personally I don't see the point of having another device to charge etc, give me a watch with a sim card in it that I can text/email/internet on and add a Bluetooth headset for calls.
But I think it would be a tad too small, it may get fashionable to wear a really large wrist device (watch!) some day, but I cant see that being very soon unless apple has something in the works.
Current phones are imho too big and they are getting bigger.
But I think it would be a tad too small, it may get fashionable to wear a really large wrist device (watch!) some day, but I cant see that being very soon unless apple has something in the works.
Current phones are imho too big and they are getting bigger.
Problem is that many people have multiple watches and like to swap them around for whatever reason. I might only wear this watch for 2-3 days in a row then put it down for a week. Next time I pick it up, I'd have to charge it up before using it. That'd make it worse than a mechanical wind up.
Hoofy said:
Problem is that many people have multiple watches and like to swap them around for whatever reason. I might only wear this watch for 2-3 days in a row then put it down for a week. Next time I pick it up, I'd have to charge it up before using it. That'd make it worse than a mechanical wind up.
I agree but its about fashion, if it suddenly becomes fashionable to have a smart device strapped to your wrist, then the fashion may also be to have a watch on the other wrist. The fashion of tech is rather weird, and things keep moving forward the main do all device just gets smaller, I cant see google glass or similar taking off any time soon but really who knows, price point is a big factor too.
I too am a little sceptical. I'd expect them to be best at giving you realtime updates about "something" ... but the screen size is so limited whatever the something is, it'll have to be very succinctly put. A bit cap for news headlines. Can't reply to msgs. What's left? Telling you the time (!), navigate a planned route, monitoring exercise. So it might be a better version of existing Garmin or Suunto devices, but I can't think of killer apps for it that will really make them sell.
Hoofy said:
Problem is that many people have multiple watches and like to swap them around for whatever reason. I might only wear this watch for 2-3 days in a row then put it down for a week. Next time I pick it up, I'd have to charge it up before using it. That'd make it worse than a mechanical wind up.
My emphasis, of course.How many? I'll wager not many at all.
And for those who do, how about a modern version of the Pop Swatch?
Re charging, inclusion of an induction coil in the watch will make it easy to just leave it charging on the nightstand until next use.
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