Reply to: Smart Watches

[bobspud]

Samsung already looks crap by competitors standards...

http://toq.qualcomm.com/#toq-hello

[SimonMac]

The Samsung thing is a great example of what Samsung come up with when they don't have a similar Apple product to copy: "Tell you what, let's make a last-generation-but-one iPod Nano with a strap!"

Harsh

[NickFitz]

The Samsung thing is a great example of what Samsung come up with when they don't have a similar Apple product to copy: "Tell you what, let's make a last-generation-but-one iPod Nano with a strap!"

[darmstadt]

I bet its a ****er to play Tetris on though

[bobspud]

I am a bit old fashioned in that if I book a meeting with you, as I walk into the meeting my phone gets switched off or put on silent mode and I pay you the respect of my attention while you talk to me. I don't care who calls me while i am in that meeting. They join the back of my queue. There are far too many distractions these days.

I get fed up these days when I have a meeting and half the teams noses are stuck in their mobile/ipad/laptop...

[SimonMac]

Not sure why I would need to look at my wrist to find out that its sunny/pissing down with rain or just flipping cold.
If I want any of that info I can stand on my nearest door step and look up...

It's just one more distraction getting in the way of real interaction.

If thats the case why have weather forecasts!

I can see them useful when you get a text or email, quick check on the watch to see who its from to decide if you need to read it or not, but then "dumb" watches can do that too

[northernladuk]

Not sure why I would need to look at my wrist to find out that its sunny/pissing down with rain or just flipping cold.
If I want any of that info I can stand on my nearest door step and look up...

It's just one more distraction getting in the way of real interaction.

Get with it Grandad!

[bobspud]

Not sure why I would need to look at my wrist to find out that its sunny/pissing down with rain or just flipping cold.
If I want any of that info I can stand on my nearest door step and look up...

It's just one more distraction getting in the way of real interaction.

[northernladuk]

I think it is the way forward and will be the norm very soon. When they can get it down to a reasonable size that still looks like a watch there will be no reason not to get one.

There was a good article in one of the papers on these and the guy said he used to have a watch to look at the time, now with phones been with us all the time he looks at his phone and doesn't bother with a watch (same for me). With this turn around he will get a smart watch and not get his phone out as much, if he even brings it in some situations (which I will probably go for as long as they make them look better/smaller)

He says it is the future and will be a standard but this one isn't it.

I think it will sit along side classic watches coming down to personal tastes of stylish watches rather than a screen. Saying that if one of the big stylish designers can integrate a smart watch in to a good looking classic style I think they will have a winner. I think they may poo poo smart watches but they are going to have to keep up.

[darmstadt]

Mines well smart, glows in the dark, pretty damn impressive, and it shows me the time when I look at it...and it has a comfortable leather strap

[TheFaQQer]

With Samsung announcing there watch in the last few days, and the likes of Sony already announced and Apple anticipated does anyone see a market for these devices? The Pebble didn't make much of a splash, nor have any of the Taiwan based even though some (like this) look amazing!

The AndroidPit review of the Gear is pretty damning - linky

Pebble was a good idea in theory, but failed to deliver as a result of being a victim of their own success. Customer service couldn't keep up with the issues, and there were too many people chasing for information about a product that they couldn't deliver in time because of the scale of the success. Throw in the fact that you can't get them into Germany (for example) because they are missing the right documentation (Pebble's recommendation is to ship it somewhere in the EU which isn't as picky, and then have it forwarded on to Germany), add some more poor customer service, and you'll see why it didn't make a splash.

Not sure I want to be able to make calls from a watch (I'm not Michael Knight), but having the ability to glance at it to see who is ringing or texting when in a meeting would be pretty handy.

[TheFaQQer]

I'm in for one of these - AGENT - The World's Smartest Watch

Ships in December, and the community are busy developing apps and watch faces already.

Proper technology company + proper watch company

[RedSauce]

I have gone for the pocket-watch version

[Alias]

With Samsung announcing there watch in the last few days, and the likes of Sony already announced and Apple anticipated does anyone see a market for these devices? The Pebble didn't make much of a splash, nor have any of the Taiwan based even though some (like this) look amazing!

maybe as a fad but I doubt long term unless the SIM card is incorporated into it... Like this one

[Bunk]

The Hyetis one is £770 though.

I'm not really sure what they add to the phone. A second tiny screen? Another camera? Don't really see the point yet.