> Please upvote the poll when casting your vote.
Please don't ask for upvotes. It will likely trigger the voting ring detector.
People should upvote for a story when and only when they find it intellectually interesting.
Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
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Re: Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, but remeber all these jokes before iPad came out. Who the hell needs this gigantic iPhone..
> 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.
Most of us thought we were getting an actual computer in tablet form.. (was a big disappointment when I realized what it was... or... more correctly... what it wasn't)
Re: Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
#53If the battery lasted at least a month. So for now, no.
Re: Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
#54I want Will.i.am's new watch
http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2014/04/05/will-building-smart...
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#55I am happy that the days of needing a watch are behind me.
I think the primary annoyance centered around the fact that I'm left-handed. Since I'm left-handed, I only really have the coordination to strap a watch using my left hand, meaning the watch itself is on the right hand.... this interferes with using a mouse with my right hand! The watch would get caught on the edge of my desk. Maybe the fact that I'm a lefty that uses a mouse with my right hand is weird.... but in any case, this all adds up to me not liking to wear watches.
Re: Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
#56Pffhaahahaha.
Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahhh * wheeze * haha.
no
Re: Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
#57> Please upvote the poll when casting your vote. Please don't ask for upvotes. It will likely trigger the voting ring detector. People should upvote for a story when and only when they find it intellectually interesting.
Sorry, it was not my intention to ask for upvotes for any other reason than to address the quirk in the polling system: voting for an option does not automatically upvote the poll. Sorry if the voting ring detector was triggered. If this poll has been killed by a voting ring detector, any chance that it can be unkilled?
Re: Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
#58Are they actually better than smartphones for anything other than checking for notifications (or the time I guess)?
If pulling out your phone to check is too impolite, that's probably a sign that you shouldn't be checking at all rather than that you should try to hide it by using a watch.
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#59I 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…
Do you like the new Pebbles better, or are they still bad (aesthetically)? https://getpebble.com/steel
I like the look of the brushed stainless much more. I don't have that, but I can imagine wearing it to work without feeling like a high schooler with a calculator watch.
Re: Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
#60> Please upvote the poll when casting your vote. Please don't ask for upvotes. It will likely trigger the voting ring detector. People should upvote for a story when and only when they find it intellectually interesting.
Sorry, it was not my intention to ask for upvotes for any other reason than to address the quirk in the polling system: voting for an option does not automatically upvote the poll. Sorry if the voting ring detector was triggered. If this poll has been killed by a voting ring detector, any chance that it can be unkilled?
Oh, that's ok. But I wouldn't call this a quirk—it's by design. Voting for an option is how you answer the poll question. Voting for the poll itself says that you think it's an interesting story for HN. Those are different.