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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
I like the way it goes: you stop wearing a watch because your phone takes that function, then you wear a watch again because the watch takes on or extends functions of your phone.
We live in an interesting technological age. It's like seeing evolution in action and devices evolve to survive.
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The Dick Tracy Watch-phone was a briefly (somewhat) popular techno-toy 20 years or so ago; all the coolest kids had one. The problem of course was it had to be charged almost daily and the phone function was almost unusable; the form factor made it tedious to dial, talk or listen.
Miniaturization and other technologies, including battery, have come a long way since, so this is almost doable. Voice recognition could be used to dial. But unless they develop a non-tedious way of hearing, it won't take off. Earphones are a little passe, or quickly getting that way.
Maybe an implant directly in the ear! I mean, who wouldn't be willing to have a little out-patient surgery for technological convenience?