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Is the subtext of the article wearable computers?
by andrewtbham 15y ago
Is the subtext of the article wearable computers?
- dlss 15y agoIt's got to be something like that. Otherwise it would be a complete waste of resources. (5% of non-retail staff would be something like 10%+ of all engineering staff...)
- mahyarm 15y agoThe iPod Nano. They even sell 3rd party watch cases for it.
- ugh 15y agoWhat do you mean? Smartphones are obviously wearable computers and they already exist.
- andrewtbham 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_computer
- ugh 15y agoHuh? Seems pretty clear from that that smartphones are obviously wearable computers.
- hugh3 15y agoThey're the only type of "wearable" computers that make sense: i.e. computers you can easily carry in your pocket. Occasional fantasies of computers built into actual clothes are the domain of people who don't understand clothes very well.
- ugh 15y agoExactly. There is nothing that would stop us from making smartphones water resistant and shock resistant and sowing them into clothes. It’s not that we don’t do it because it’s impossible, we don’t do it because it’s a stupid idea.
- 0x12 15y agoAh, but think of the sponsor & advertising angle. Rent out the space on your t-shirt. Eventually every surface will turn in to an ad. And animated ads after that. The animated t-shirt can't be all that far into our future.
- froo 15y agoI'm thinking Apple may start bringing out their own TV's/Loungeroom hubs. They're known for their high quality displays and they already have a lot of the other technology that would be coupled with it - FaceTime, Siri, iCloud/iTunes, App store. In fact, I think Siri and Facetime are both the key parts here. If you can get your TV to do things for you (eg book flights) and also use it as a simple communication point (FaceTime) - its in the realm of "future technology" that people think of when they imagine what's coming.