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do you really want to pay for a second phone line from your carrier just for your watch?
He said he wouldn't have a separate smartphone, so it would be the first phone line. He seems to prefer a smartphone-in-watch-form-factor.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the aesthetics. I want a nice looking, stylish watch. Not a particularly expensive one, just decent. I didn't like putting on a decent outfit and feeling professional, and then have a cheap-looking piece of black plastic just hanging on my wrist. So I lent it to a friend, who has been using it for the past few months.
Edit: Oh, the one thing that I really miss since lending it out is the easy-to-access music controls. I found them very handy.
I almost wonder if Apple already did the market research on smart watches and realized nobody really wants one, and then they did a head fake and convinced all their competitors that they were going into development on this product with all their might. Competitors tie up engineering talent and resources producing a device to compete with something that Apple has zero plans of actually manufacturing. It would be an e…
Yeah, but remeber all these jokes before iPad came out. Who the hell needs this gigantic iPhone..
(1) it was more of a gigantic iPod Touch, not a gigantic iPhone, (2) I don't actually remember that many jokes about "who needs" it, though: I remember lots of techies griping that they preferred a tablet to not have iOS style restrictions (because, techies), and jokes about the name.
* Yes, I want a DIY one.
A friend at a local Hackerspace is building a third generation of his smart-watch, BLE-enabled and with OLED display. I think that the only way it's not going to be better than the current smartwatches on the market is because of the screen.
But honestly, what I really want is:
* No, but I want an all-over display bracelet full of sensors.
I have a Pebble, and wore it for about six months. The battery life was great (once a week charging) and the service it provided was also great, as I didn't have to pull my phone out to investigate every buzz. I also missed fewer messages, because a buzz on the wrist is much more distinctive than in the pocket. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the aesthetics. I want a nice looking, stylish watch. Not a particularly…
I have a Pebble, and wore it for about six months. The battery life was great (once a week charging) and the service it provided was also great, as I didn't have to pull my phone out to investigate every buzz. I also missed fewer messages, because a buzz on the wrist is much more distinctive than in the pocket. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the aesthetics. I want a nice looking, stylish watch. Not a particularly…
I have a Pebble, and wore it for about six months. The battery life was great (once a week charging) and the service it provided was also great, as I didn't have to pull my phone out to investigate every buzz. I also missed fewer messages, because a buzz on the wrist is much more distinctive than in the pocket. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the aesthetics. I want a nice looking, stylish watch. Not a particularly…
But as it is? Nah.