On Why I Am Not Gonna Buy Any Smartwatch

http://www.upbeat.it/2014/04/01/on-why-i-am-not-gonna-buy-any-smartwatch/

by funkyboy • 12 years ago

5 9 12 years ago

Why problem does a Smartwatch solve?

nm_101• 12 years ago

Pretty much agree with this.. although I can see application I cannot quite see them going mainstream in the same way iPhones have

dm2• 12 years ago

Not all products are for everybody.

I probably won't wear one permanently but that is because I'm looking at a computer screen for a good part of the day and the disconnect from electronics is welcomed.

My phone is always accessible and I simply don't need another device to charge and to be temped to constantly tinker with.

With that being said, I'll probably have a couple of watch dev kits within the next year, just to see if they happen to be useful or if they can be used in some interesting ways that can't be done with phones.

qq66• 12 years ago

The article was staying completely focused on why "I" am not going to buy a smart watch, but snatched defeat from the jaws of victory when he started extrapolating to the market.

He may be right, though. People have up on watches as functional items when they got phones, even though checking the time on a phone takes a little longer. There doesn't seem to be a big appetite for putting something on your wrist that isn't jewelry. Smart watches will either need to do amazing things, or be embedded in jewelry watches the same way a moon phase indicator used to be embedded.

lighthazard• 12 years ago

I own a Pebble. It's a dumb smartwatch. I'm going to wait until a smart watch comes along with a full fledged phone replacement.

vytasgd• 12 years ago

I have a pebble for skiing (hate taking my gloves off, digging into my jacket to pull out my phone and realizing it's a text I don't even have to respond to... also can see who is calling before I answer with my earphones) and biking (quick glance rather than having to pull out my phone)

I also lose my phone in my apartment every 5 minutes, so I can just glance at my wrist whenever i get a text and if there's a call, well, then I find my phone again.

That last one isn't a huge pain point, but the first two definitely are.

tremols• 12 years ago

It seems to me that this tech-gadget trend based on 80's cyberpunkish fiction will fail. Geeky futuristic sentiment without practical value doesn't succeed at a big scale (except maybe in japan where they love talking toilets and robot pets?). In other words; popularity of smartphones and the internet shouldn't be confused with techno-fetichism.

51Cards• 12 years ago

I don't mean to be critical but I don't get the goal of these articles. Why say you're not going to buy something because it doesn't fit your lifestyle? Especially on things where you admit you probably buck the popular trend?

Personally I won't ever buy an espresso machine or a micro-brewery because I don't drink coffee or beer. However I also don't feel the need to justify or explain that even though both are fairly mainstream activities. They are just devices that don't fit my needs.

If you do things differently and it works for you then kudos, I like original thinking. It doesn't really make an argument however for why a device shouldn't work for others?

Just my 2c and trying to understand the motivation here. Then again with the elimination of the penny here in Canada 2c rounds down to Zero, so take that for what it's worth. :)

pohl• 12 years ago

Because the fundamental question of the web is Why Wasn't I Consulted...

http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html

arnarbi• 12 years ago

I'm sure going to get a smart-watch because it would be very useful to me. But that is not an interesting topic of discussion.

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