"Smartwatches" - yay or nay?

0ph0rce0 · 18-09-2013 05:30PM

Apple will be out next with some shíte watch which all the iNerds will have and they'll be spunking all over themselves about it. And i'm sure apple will be saying they invented it first and its so revolutionary (even though its out already from other company's for donkeys), and they'll start trying to sue everyone.

Son Of A Vidic · 18-09-2013 05:50PM

My watch tells the time, that's all I expect it to do and that's all I want it to do.

Wibbs · 18-09-2013 06:52PM

bluewolf wrote: »

I don't wear a watch but it's a cool idea. Don't see what's wrong with the idea. I'm sure they said the same about the first mobile phones ^^

They said the same about the first wristwatches. Never catch on, sure we have pocket watches. The phone in many ways is the pocket watch of today.

ScumLord · 18-09-2013 06:54PM

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

Apple will be out next with some shíte watch which all the iNerds will have and they'll be spunking all over themselves about it.

You know what, I don't think Apple would go for this. Their product range is fairly practical. They seem to concentrate on making one really good product instead of a huge range of products to meet different budgets. I think a wristwatch like this would be too niche for Apples global aspirations.

Miss Mayhem · 18-09-2013 06:58PM

I can't really see this catching on. The screen is way too small and not that many people wear watches anymore.

darkpagandeath · 18-09-2013 07:17PM

Why have a device that does all you need in one small package .. why not have 2 that do the same thing basically ? I have an idea why not just goto these companies and just throw your money throw the door at them.

TommiesTank · 18-09-2013 07:36PM

Nah, i'll stick with my Tag Heuer.

ComputerKing · 18-09-2013 07:38PM

I think there a good idea but the only one imo worth getting is the Pebble smartwatch it's one of the only well priced ones too.

18-09-2013 08:21PM

Wibbs wrote: »

They said the same about the first wristwatches. Never catch on, sure we have pocket watches. The phone in many ways is the pocket watch of today.

I like my pocket watch :cool:

Sh1tbag OToole · 18-09-2013 08:27PM

Maybe if they make one with an analogue dial and metal casing and otherwise looks the same as a mechanical watch.

TheFarrier · 18-09-2013 08:32PM

iDave wrote: »

To keep share prices up they have to be seen to constantly innovating and coming up with new 'smart' devices.
Not sure what they'll add 'smart' onto next. Cars maybe.

Smart cars have been around for years

Wibbs · 18-09-2013 10:16PM

bluewolf wrote: »

I like my pocket watch :cool:

V cool

It's funny that the pocket watch and it's modern phone facsimile may well last far longer than the wristwatch which was destined to replace it.

The church in europe was about the first real big time revolution for the everyday person as the bells peeled out the prayer hours, the coming of the railways was another revolution of steam wheels and clocks, as was the move to cities and industrialisation. The IT age is our revolution. Time is everywhere today; on phones, on our PC's, tellys, cookers etc, attached to texts, emails and tweets. Now with smartwatches another vector is added. What was once precious and expensive is now mundane and unnoticed, or worn as fashion. We're positively drowned in the measure of time, always aware of it in ways we really weren't not so long ago and mostly didn't need to be. And there's usually never enough of it. Slaves to time, with more masters than ever.

Years ago I knew an Italian lad whose great grandfather back home had a wristwatch he was gifted in his younger days. A very extravagant present for the times. The thing was he never set it to the "right" time. He was a rural man in a rural place, a place with a time of it's own, outside of the tick tick of metal and the buzz buzz of quartz that we're attached to. His watch told the local time, his time. And I love that and wished I could do the same. Maybe like Yeats I want the bee loud glade unharried by the hourhand? Ironic given I've more watches than most people.

Meh I love contradiction.

AlanS181824 · 18-09-2013 10:49PM

I like the idea but alas, I regret to say it is a resounding nay from me.

thisonetaken · 19-09-2013 12:09AM

I hate having to carry around a clunky phone in my pocket, I'll definitely be replacing it with a smartwatch but not until at least the 2nd gen versions come out.

smash · 19-09-2013 12:14AM

tmc86 wrote: »

That's going to be a pain to charge everyday!

they've slapped a camera onto it too

You'd wanna check someone's wrist before the drop the hand then!

NuckingFacker · 19-09-2013 12:18AM

thisonetaken wrote: »

I hate having to carry around a clunky phone in my pocket, I'll definitely be replacing it with a smartwatch but not until at least the 2nd gen versions come out.

The current offerings all need to be tethered via bluetooth to a smartphone, in, err, your pocket..

somefeen · 19-09-2013 12:25AM

I already own a watch and a phone, just because I cant be ****ed carrying a phone around with me all day just to tell the time

MadsL · 19-09-2013 12:34AM

Wibbs wrote: »

V cool It's funny that the pocket watch and it's modern phone facsimile may well last far longer than the wristwatch which was destined to replace it.

The church in europe was about the first real big time revolution for the everyday person as the bells peeled out the prayer hours, the coming of the railways was another revolution of steam wheels and clocks, as was the move to cities and industrialisation. The IT age is our revolution. Time is everywhere today; on phones, on our PC's, tellys, cookers etc, attached to texts, emails and tweets. Now with smartwatches another vector is added. What was once precious and expensive is now mundane and unnoticed, or worn as fashion. We're positively drowned in the measure of time, always aware of it in ways we really weren't not so long ago and mostly didn't need to be. And there's usually never enough of it. Slaves to time, with more masters than ever.

Years ago I knew an Italian lad whose great grandfather back home had a wristwatch he was gifted in his younger days. A very extravagant present for the times. The thing was he never set it to the "right" time. He was a rural man in a rural place, a place with a time of it's own, outside of the tick tick of metal and the buzz buzz of quartz that we're attached to. His watch told the local time, his time. And I love that and wished I could do the same. Maybe like Yeats I want the bee loud glade unharried by the hourhand? Ironic given I've more watches than most people. Meh I love contradiction.

Nokia's pocketwatch http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_7600-538.php

anncoates · 19-09-2013 08:06AM

Combine with Beats for the ultimate holistic c*nt experience.

super_furry · 19-09-2013 08:26AM

How often you'll have to charge them will be crucial. I don't think that if you're expected to charge them everyday, people will be up for that.

Wabbit Ears · 19-09-2013 09:01AM

When they are self charging and can be worn without taking them off for long periods of time they will be useable but having to charge every day or every week would relagate it to the cables and bad purchases drawer pretty quick.

gramar · 19-09-2013 09:11AM

Everyone assumes it's to be worn on our wrist. Maybe it's for ankles. They could call it a smankle.

Witchie · 19-09-2013 10:10AM

I got my teenage son one for Christmas last year and he loves it. He charges it every night while he is sleeping, wears it to school and if I need to text him to tell him about a change of plans for collecting him or whatever, he can check it and reply on his watch so he doesnt get in trouble for having his phone out in class. He also uses it for controlling his music while his phone is in his pocket and for twitter updates.

I think as they get better I will probably get it, but for now am happy to let my son enjoy the technology.

paulbok · 19-09-2013 10:30AM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

The current offerings all need to be tethered via bluetooth to a smartphone, in, err, your pocket..

I think thats why he wants to wait until the next generation?

Anyway, there are smart watches available that work without tethereing to a phone.

josip · 19-09-2013 11:03AM

thisonetaken wrote: »

I hate having to carry around a clunky phone in my pocket, I'll definitely be replacing it with a smartwatch but not until at least the 2nd gen versions come out.

If you replace your phone with a watch wouldn't you also need permanent wearable earpieces so that you could use the phone in any environment where there's background noise or where it's not acceptable for everyone to be on speaker?

gobnaitolunacy · 19-09-2013 11:10AM

bluewolf wrote: »

I like my pocket watch :cool:

The big move from pocket to wrist watches was as a result of WW1.
Can't really go 'over the top' to have a pop at Harry the Hun and your hands full and the darn thing falling out of your pocket.

kneemos · 19-09-2013 11:19AM

I could tell the time fairly accurately by the Sun when I was a young fella.
Not so good at night though,or inside,cloudy days were confusing.

Wibbs · 19-09-2013 05:36PM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

The big move from pocket to wrist watches was as a result of WW1.
Can't really go 'over the top' to have a pop at Harry the Hun and your hands full and the darn thing falling out of your pocket.

*pedant* more the Boer war kicked it off, that's where you see the first regular references to them, the Great war did seal the deal though. Before that "wristlets" were considered a woman's watch. Still were for a time even after that. There was a case of an elderly judge in the US presiding over a case in the 1920's who ordered a lawyer to remove his wristwatch as he was neither a woman nor a veteran. This persisted more in the US. Ads for wristwatches promoted them as a second watch for sportsmen and rugged outdoor adventurers* with pics of hairy chested men to back this up.

*bit of a joke as they weren't waterproof, nor shockproof.

NuckingFacker · 19-09-2013 09:51PM

I had a casio watch in the 1980s that had a calculator...ideal for maths exams. That's about as smart as I want a watch to be. I'm waiting for when they bring out star-trek style communicator brooches. Though I'm not too sure if a brooch would suit me..

JoePie · 20-09-2013 12:58PM

josip wrote: »

What's easier now? I'm genuinely curious.

I can sit in a meeting and check texts on my watch, which is a lot less innocuous than whipping out my phone. I keep my phone on silent all day as well, and if I've got headphones in my computer, I won't notice a text/WhatsApp coming in, but now I don't have to check my phone all the time. My arm will just buzz when I get a message.

I can flick around the currently playing album/playlist I have going on my phone without taking out my phone. Some people mightn't feel comfortable taking out their phones in a rough area/time period where a lot of phones are getting whipped out of hands, or when I'm all squashed in on the train, and I can flick through songs, start/pause, change volume.

Just small little things.

"Smartwatches" - yay or nay?

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