New Smartwatch

[Darthwing Teorist]

This is a new smartwatch that one of my friends is working on. It does not need a smartphone to work.
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/22/the-ne ... martphone/

[GrahamB]

It looks handy, but haven't worn a watch for years now - that's my main problem with the smart watch idea.

[JonathanArthur]

I'm assuming it makes calls?

If so, I'd buy one in a flash.

[Dmitri]

Cool, finally someone's doing it...
Can't believe how much they're squeezing into that tiny thing!

Two of the biggest problems I see with that sort of thing though, are the screen size and that some people don't like to "wear" things on them. The first one will be a very, very serious obstacle I think, because screen real estate is a HUGE usability factor for smartphones. And if that thing is aspiring to become, more or less, a replacement for your smartphone, it better be able to show me all those images with which Dr. Rob and Tesshu have been topic-polluting the TNT thread recently...

The second obstacle/reason, the necessity to wear it, is what I think it also going to be a major problem for acceptance of the Google Glass stuff. Aside from it screwing with your peripheral vision... I have a feeling it would drive me absolutely insane, if I had to wear it all the time. But show knows; humans adapt...

One of these days they'll come up with some type of an unfolding sectional screen where sections connect seamlessly, I just know they will. Something similar to those gadgets they had in the movie "The One" with Jet Lee.

[Darthwing Teorist]

Yes, it looks like it can make calls, I can ask my friend for more exact details. The pricing may be around 300$-400$, though my friend is not sure yet as he is an engineer.

As to the wear problem, I am no longer used to wear watches so it can be an issue. OTOH, I think it's a great idea and it's easier to carry around than a smartphone on your belt. I don't know how the phone calls are handled (I assume through a headphone) but if it has a microphone, it can make you look like a Secret Service agent talking into his sleeve.

[Bao]

Cool, finally someone's doing it...

Yeah. In all those Sci Fi movies and series, they always had their speakers, phones and gadgets around their wrists. Can't understand why Apple haven't made an iWatch yet.

[Darthwing Teorist]

Because iWatch Movies.

[Dmitri]

http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/02/apple- ... -on-watch/