Smart Watches

[baldrick]

the latest fad emerging in the electronics sector seems to be the smartwatch

for me , except for the emopulse , I cannot see the need - I do not wear a watch now

Emopulse



the pebble



maybe the iWatch from apple




Sony smartwatch

[Butterfly]

a watch is jewelry, like an iPhone, so it makes sense they would merge

[baldrick]

^ you will be able to wear goaste on your wrist

[Gerbil]

The Emopulse actually looks quite interesting. Be interesting to see when (if) it actually gets launched.

[harrybarracuda]

I think the Glasses are going to be bigger.

Samsung, Microsoft Will Take on Google Glass - International Business Times

[baldrick]

^ except I do not think you need the processing power in the glasses

they should just be a remote for your computer ( phone ) which will have the battery power for the comms link to the outside world

[harrybarracuda]

^ except I do not think you need the processing power in the glasses

they should just be a remote for your computer ( phone ) which will have the battery power for the comms link to the outside world

But isn't that all that the watches are?

Essentially, Google Glass is a camera, display, touchpad, battery and microphone built into spectacle frames so that you can perch a display in your field of vision, film, take pictures, search and translate on the go.

[Gerbil]

^ No, the Emopulse is a full smartphone.

[Necron99]

^ No, the Emopulse is a full smartphone.

But it looks totally impractical.
May as well just strap an iPhone to your arm.
Watches just can't carry enough screen real estate.
Glasses tethered to phones will be the way.

[baldrick]

But isn't that all that the watches are?

the watches seem to be more a RSS tweet reader combined with a remote for you to start/stop phone calls

But it looks totally impractical

much bigger screen , curved , 2 cameras - looks more practical and interesting than the other offerings

[Dillinger]

Rolex screen saver anybody ?

[Necron99]

But isn't that all that the watches are?

the watches seem to be more a RSS tweet reader combined with a remote for you to start/stop phone calls

But it looks totally impractical

much bigger screen , curved , 2 cameras - looks more practical and interesting than the other offerings

Look at how it juts out.
How many things are you going to bang it against?

[taxexile]

if you are looking for a smart watch, look no further.

SMITHS W10 BRITISH ARMY ISSUE WRISTWATCH FROM 1970 IN GOOD CONDITION FULLY SERVICED | smithswatches



the silly toys pictured on this thread will mark out the wearer as nothing more than a laughing stock, an oaf, a girlie-man and a silly naif susceptible to marketing bullshit and first adopter stupidity.

the watch in my link on the other hand, will mark out the wearer as a man of class, impeccable taste and irresistible charm.

[r1 pet]

[quote=taxexile;2500323]if you are looking for a smart watch, look no further.

SMITHS W10 BRITISH ARMY ISSUE WRISTWATCH FROM 1970 IN GOOD CONDITION FULLY SERVICED | smithswatches

beautiful, understated and functional,

what about batteries to power these wrist computers, a matching man bag will be needed to carry it,
or if its soler powered, walk arround with an arm in the air, limp wristed,

[Noosa]

Would be way too small for me. I don't even have a smart phone. Use my tablet for all tablety stuff and a common old 1000b mobile for waking me up and calling people.

[harrybarracuda]

^ No, the Emopulse is a full smartphone.

is SUPPOSED to be...

Watches of the Future | Indiegogo

Looks like a royal fuck up if you ask me.

[Breny]

I would buy one of those phone/watches, and then have to sellotape my phone number on the back of it just like my phone i have now!

[baldrick]

the watch in my link on the other hand, will mark out the wearer as a man of class, impeccable taste and irresistible charm.

and likely a public school boy with a predilection for dressing up in womens flimsies and getting buggered by a strapon

the same sort of people who would have dismissed the personal computer as a silly toy for little boys to play computer games on

[taxexile]

the same sort of people who would have dismissed the personal computer as a silly toy for little boys to play computer games on

which is what probably 90% of pc do 90% of the time.


there is nobody in the world who actually needs to have such a thing strapped to their wrist, or even need a smartphone in their pocket, they are overkill, daft, and mostly pointless.

taking over our lives and making neurotic obsessives out of once normal folk.

of course people will find silly needs for them, where no need existed before, just as facebook, twitter and other garbage apps were developed to give smartphones some justification and give the people who rely on them some purpose in their ever increasingly superficial existences.


look around you and what do you see, thousands of people with their faces buried into these things, to the exclusion of all else. families sitting for meals, each one absorbed in their own little worlds of inane piffle. conversations, forget it.

other than make calls and dismiss the need for people to actually use their own memories to retain information, what advantages do smartphones have over normal mobiles.
they may be technologically wonderful, but ultimately they are a waste of resources.

we just dont need them.

ultimately, they will serve no practical purpose other than to continue the relentless dumbing down of humanity.

but their development seems unstoppable, so its adapt or die.

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[baldrick]

without the personal computer the internet would not exist as it is today

and yes 90% of what is on it is dross

the same as 90 % of the humanoids

or even need a smartphone in their pocket

or just fuck off if you disagree.

I will take my smartphone with me to the shitter and continue reading my book

[withnallstoke]

the watch in my link on the other hand, will mark out the wearer as a man of class, impeccable taste and irresistible charm.

and likely a public school boy with a predilection for dressing up in womens flimsies and getting buggered by a strapon

Where could one buy such a watch, if one was to want one?

[harrybarracuda]

Looking at the capabilities of some of these, it won't be long before the stewardesses will be reminding everyone to turn their watches off during take off and landing.

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In fairness, if I wanted to talk to my wrist I would have joined the Secret Service.