If I were him, I'd blur the finger tips in the photos. They have enough resolution to extract fingerprint information. There's much opportunity for mischief. I hate biometrics as a means of identification and access control, but the reality is that it's used (certain smartphones, some national ID cards, door locks, criminal records search). Even if he isn't enrolled in any fingerprint system now, he might be in the future.
Honey, he shrunk the watches
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#12Kids, watches were devices that boomers, like Walter White, used to tell time before iphones.
I know you’re joking, but once I accidentally broke a 200 something day streak of activity on my Apple Watch, I chucked it and went back to (modest) collection of real watches. No one needs yet another notification device, and the activity tracking stuff isn’t as valuable as people make it out to be. Just break a sweat everyday and you’re good. (Yes, the health monitoring stuff is wonderful)
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#14Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
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#15Kids, watches were devices that boomers, like Walter White, used to tell time before iphones.
You might need to update your heuristics, because most kids these days haven't watched a show that ended almost a decade ago.
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#16Kids, watches were devices that boomers, like Walter White, used to tell time before iphones.
I know you’re joking, but once I accidentally broke a 200 something day streak of activity on my Apple Watch, I chucked it and went back to (modest) collection of real watches. No one needs yet another notification device, and the activity tracking stuff isn’t as valuable as people make it out to be. Just break a sweat everyday and you’re good. (Yes, the health monitoring stuff is wonderful)
I 'downgraded' to a cheap Casio late last year and I think i'm better for it.
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#17Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
I recently got the apple watch 7 in 41 mm and I don’t think it is too big. It is about the size of a normal watch. And the smooth corners make it the most comfortable watch I’ve ever worn.
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#18I quite like this site name
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#19Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
I'm stilling waiting for proper stand-alone "smart watch phones". I don't think the form factor has been figured out yet, but I'm sure there is one.
One way I imagine it being possible is with a detachable watch from the strap via magnets, meaning it can be interacted with without holding your arm up and also recharged without removing the watch strap. The move towards removing ports helps the idea and improve IPS rating (as it did with smartphones).
The only real question is screen size. I'm still not convinced by folding displays, but it could be a possibility. The main requirement for a larger display is an on-display keyboard. A flip/slide-out keyboard could be interesting, especially something that types as nice as blackberry devices did [1].
[1] https://gadgetynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iphone-ke...
Re: Honey, he shrunk the watches
#20Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
I recently got the apple watch 7 in 41 mm and I don’t think it is too big. It is about the size of a normal watch. And the smooth corners make it the most comfortable watch I’ve ever worn.
I find a lot of normal watches too thick. You'd think thinness would be a priority for comfort reasons but I guess not. Most phones are thinner than most watches. The Apple Watch is close to twice as thick as the iPad!