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Post by seclorum »

dminor wrote: post #34

I'd pay lots of money for a stylish watch or bracelet for my wife that would alert her to incoming calls and texts. She (like many women) keeps her phone in her purse and rarely answers because she doesn't know it's ringing.

Maybe she needs an HTC Rhyme phone, with its dongle^Wcharm thingy:

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=...

Its a dongle^Wcharm thingy that plugs into the phone and acts as visible alert for phone state while its buried in a purse. Pretty funny toy.

Re: Matt Cutts: One of the more fun gadgets I've been playing with lately…

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Post by caublestone »

This is really cool and will be useful for a niche, let's not make it out to be something else. A watch is a piece of fashion first. His assessment as pretty nerdy is correct - this isn't for the main stream user to parade around.

"Hey I made this hat that can send text messages if you just think about it!" "But I'm still wearing that ugly hat"

Re: Matt Cutts: One of the more fun gadgets I've been playing with lately…

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

vibrunazo wrote: post #11
amirmc wrote: post #3

I already have my phone in my pocket and I expect it to do all the things mentioned (via interacting directly). I also have too many devices that beep/vibrate at me so another one that does alerts seems unnecessary (one in my pocket and another on my wrist?). If it was voice controlled however, that would be cool. The range of interaction would be far greater. note: I gave up wearing wristwatches some time ago, if I…

What if you could replace the device in your pocket with one in your wrist? I would love to free a pocket slot. And a Bluetooth headset could take care of phone calls.

Screw the headset, put a speaker in your palm. Add in a camera, NFC, etc. and move the display to the other side, we have a smart glove.

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Post by dave1010uk »

amirmc wrote: post #15
corin_ wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not a huge fan of inPulse - not because of what they do, which I think is awesome, but because of their size - if I could get the watch of my preference (random example, but here's the kind of watch I personally like http://s7ondemand4.scene7.com/is/image/Signet/8349614?$detai... ) with a few of these features, such as vibration in patterns to show the difference between a call, an SMS, an email... then I'd jump…

".. vibration in patterns to show the difference between a call, an SMS, an email" This is genius. Why doesn't my phone do this now ? Sure, I have different audible tones for reminders/sms/email/calls but most of the time my phone is in vibrate-only. I think we will end up with watches similar to those you describe. I imagine they'll have more functions than alerting you though. A device in constant contact with the…

I wrote a Python script for my Nokia N900 that vibrated the text of a SMS in Morse code. It was an interesting idea but only lasted a day as I don't know More code well at all.

Re: Matt Cutts: One of the more fun gadgets I've been playing with lately…

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Post by ratzinho87 »

FiddlerClamp wrote: post #39

There are three or four watches out, and probably more in the planning phase. InPulse, WIMM ( http://www.wimm.com/platform-concepts.html ) are the two that spring to mind...anyone have any idea which is better in terms of battery life, small size, expandability? Edit: Sony SmartWatch should be coming soon, too ( http://androidandme.com/2012/01/news/hands-on-with-the-sony-... ).

There's the Sony LiveView (http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/accessories/liv...), which looks more feature-rich than the InPulse.

Re: Matt Cutts: One of the more fun gadgets I've been playing with lately…

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Post by vibrunazo »

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #43
vibrunazo wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if you could replace the device in your pocket with one in your wrist? I would love to free a pocket slot. And a Bluetooth headset could take care of phone calls.

Screw the headset, put a speaker in your palm. Add in a camera, NFC, etc. and move the display to the other side, we have a smart glove.

"Talk to the hand"

Re: Matt Cutts: One of the more fun gadgets I've been playing with lately…

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Post by stjarnljuset »

dminor wrote: post #34

I'd pay lots of money for a stylish watch or bracelet for my wife that would alert her to incoming calls and texts. She (like many women) keeps her phone in her purse and rarely answers because she doesn't know it's ringing.

This is exactly my use case and I was excited when I saw inPulse posted on HN a couple months ago [0] until I realized my phone can't run cyanogenmod. Also, at the time I thought $200 (for the black watch) was a bit expensive until I found out that my coworkers are wearing $600 watches.

[0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3290884

Re: Matt Cutts: One of the more fun gadgets I've been playing with lately…

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Post by InclinedPlane »

Steko wrote: post #25

The global watch industry is pushing $50 billion and very few people wear them anymore. With the mobile revolution this category is really ripe for a complete overhaul. This isn't it but it's one of several starts in that direction. People talk about how phones are getting more powerful processors each year and extrapolate that out but what's also going to happen is that the current slab phone paradigm will be challe…

Something that's already possible today: an ensemble for mobile computing instead of a monolithic device. You have a 4G wifi hotspot, a bluetooth headset, a tablet, etc. I'm curious how you could evolve that idea. Maybe with wearable computers, maybe something else.

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Post by mclin »

seclorum wrote: post #41
dminor wrote: post #34

I'd pay lots of money for a stylish watch or bracelet for my wife that would alert her to incoming calls and texts. She (like many women) keeps her phone in her purse and rarely answers because she doesn't know it's ringing.

Maybe she needs an HTC Rhyme phone, with its dongle^Wcharm thingy: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=... Its a dongle^Wcharm thingy that plugs into the phone and acts as visible alert for phone state while its buried in a purse. Pretty funny toy.

Wow, genius. Good point, it doesn't need to be wireless to look good.
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