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A colleague of mine purchased a Samsung Gear 2. I think it took about 2 days before it was discarded. He said it was awkward doing business in a display like th
by allegory 12y ago
A colleague of mine purchased a Samsung Gear 2. I think it took about 2 days before it was discarded. He said it was awkward doing business in a display like that when the phone was in your pocket anyway. I suspect the same is true with this: it has initial appeal but lacks practicality and genuine use cases.
I myself, after owning everything from a Timex DataLink, Fossil Wrist PDA, through a TI EZ430 to an expensive Omega, settled on watch perfection: £7 Casio F-91W.
- izacus 12y agoWhy would you do business on your WATCH? The purpose is to propagate notification in a non-intrusive manner, not being a phone replacement.
- allegory 12y agoSorry: "doing business" means accepting calls, changing music, getting a glance at the state of things etc. It's supposed to augment the phone but fails to do so according to him.
- memossy 12y agoBe careful displaying your Casio F-91W if you visit an Arab country.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Claimed_use_in_terrorism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Claimed_use_in_terr...
- leoedin 12y agoCheap casio watches are used as bomb timers because they are ubiquitous. Any market stall selling watches in almost any country in the world will have a Casio F-91W or a clone of it. If you wore a cheap Casio watch in an Arab country nobody would think anything of it because everyone else is also wearing them. Terrorists often wear boots, but wearing boots does not make one a terrorist.
- makomk 12y agoThe fact they're ubiquitous hasn't stopped them from being used as evidence that people are terrorists, unfortunately.
- weavie 12y agoAnother F-91W user here. Battery life is currently 13 months without a single charge. Does everything a watch needs to, including telling the time!