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I've always been skeptical of smart watches. As others say, if it can't outright replace my phone, i just don't see much value in them. I wear "nice" watches o
by jfoutz 10y ago
I've always been skeptical of smart watches. As others say, if it can't outright replace my phone, i just don't see much value in them.
I wear "nice" watches occasionally, usually any time i have to wear a suit. As a toy, an epaper watch with actual physical hands would be pretty cool. The two extra hands on something like a diving watch could be used for other gauges, maybe unread email count or something goofy like that.
A watch seems like the right target for that semi connected on call state. Sort of like a modern pager. I'm not reading email, or available on hangouts. But i'll get the alert that we need to communicate. Low key, non intrusive, acceptable at a funeral. Just a few bits of information.
- DanBC 10y ago> Sort of like a modern pager. One of the original smart watches was Swatch's The Beep - a watch / pager mashup. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/wear-your-heart-on-your-wrist-1619632.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/wear-your-heart-on-y...
- rubber_duck 10y agoI like the idea of having a reliable health monitor inside a watch (pedometer, heart rate, oxygen levels, etc.) Especially if they can combine that with data analytics and find some early symptoms of serious issues or help me optimize my day. Combined with existing smartwatch functionality I'd get that. But right now the devices I've seen are too limited/imprecise or too expensive.