Trying to gauge the level of interest in smart watches among the Hacker News readership. Please upvote the poll when casting your vote.
Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
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#2I want a watch that just handles phone calls, music, and has some sensors - apps and browsing and stuff can be done better on tablets. If it's a wifi hotspot on my wrist that would also be very nice.
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#3I have a phone, in my pocket, which is small enough to carry (in my pocket) and does almost all of what I expect a general purpose computer to do.
I'm also old. Harumph.
I want a really good GPS athletic watch, which I have. It tells time and reports it to me in lots of different and specifiable ways. It tells me where I am and where I've been in lots of different and specifiable ways. It's waterproof to 50m.
If I need to know that I got a text when I'm out running, biking or walking, I'll bring my phone. But then, I don't walk around with my head down and my hand in front of me, palm up.
I'm also old. Harumph.
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#5My wristwatch doesn't even have a battery - and it won't have one for decades to come.
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#6I stopped wearing a watch (ubiquitous Casio black plastic one) the last time a watchband broke on me due to the repeated stress it experienced every time I took it off to type with a wristrest/palmrest.
Still wondering a bit about this aspect, although it apparently does not affect/bother everyone.
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#7Smart watch is as bad as a smart phone: it requires your hand to be before your eyes.
It is also smaller and less powerful than a smartphone, and probably has worse battery life. It might be a nice fashion accessory, but I'm indifferent towards these.
When something like Google Glass becomes usable and affordable, I'd like to get it. Otherwise, I'll just pull out my smartphone, as I do now.
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#8No, I have a phone.
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#9I used to buy $10 casio watches and lose them after a month. Since carrying a mobile phone that tells you the time I have not bought another watch. Not even sure why I would need a smartwatch
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#10If it comes with some of the amazing biosensors that have been hinted at, yes. (Otherwise, no, not at all).