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Here's the problem though, a smartphone is a computer, there simply isn't anything that you can't program it to do, so at best, the smart-watch is going to repl
by phaus 13y ago
Here's the problem though, a smartphone is a computer, there simply isn't anything that you can't program it to do, so at best, the smart-watch is going to replicate the functionality of a device that we already own.
- Angostura 13y agoAnd that's why tablets never took off.
- phaus 13y agoTablets took off because the screen size is so much better for consuming content and getting certain types of work done. The usefulness of tablets seemed obvious to me and many others before they became popular. I don't see an obvious use-case for smart-watches, unless they are extremely affordable. $300 is more than twice what I would pay for a fully-featured watch, and that's if there is a killer feature that justifies their existence.
- pazimzadeh 13y agoFunction follows form, or vice versa. I'm not saying I know what need a wrist computer would solve that a smartphone doesn't, but these needs could exist. Arm motion tracking? Pocket free computing?
- phaus 13y agoI could be wrong; Apple might have a surprise in store for us. On the other hand I could be right, and the iWatch could become a billion-dollar in spite of that. Only time will tell for sure.