04-10-2013, 10:28 AM | #16 | |
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They could sell a couple million based solely on brand, another couple million based on the newness and the need / want of some people to have the newest toy, and a couple million more on the WTF factor, as in "What the frack, I can afford $xxx and more!". |
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04-12-2013, 05:17 AM | #18 |
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my grandmother wore watch as pendant necklace
it chimed heavy gold and silver and jewels - expensive her brother mined the metals himself |
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04-12-2013, 07:57 AM | #22 |
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Yeah, heard about the Sony SmartWatch, but those things are hit and miss with other hardware that's not made for it in mind. Wasn't about to spend over $100+ only for it not to work with my phone.
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Oh, now I see, it has to be connected to an Android phone to work, right? Bluetooth I guess?
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I wear it as a watch, and mostly use it to tell the time and receive notifications of new Twitter, Facebook and SMS messages. It also reminds me of calendar appointments and I use it to display small text notes (e.g. a code received by email to pick up a parcel from an Amazon locker). For all these uses it save taking my phone out of my pocket, unlocking it and finding the right app or swiping down to look at notifications.
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Edited to add: I forgot to mention the main reason I bought it. Several years ago we had the first of a series of severe winter cold periods and I couldn't cycle to work as normal. The buses were in a mess and I bought a massive polar expedition type coat to keep me warm standing at the bus stop at minus 10 degrees Celsius. It turns out I can't hear (or feel the vibration of) my mobile when it's buried deep in the pocket of my coat, and one evening I was about two hours late getting home due to the aforementioned buses. My wife had rung me four or five times and got no response, and by the time I walked in the door she was on the phone to the local hospital to see if I'd been found dead in a snow drift... Now when my mobile rings my SmartWatch vibrates, I don't miss any calls and my wife doesn't have a heart attack. Of course I'm also a gadget freak so it appeals to me - I've just written my first extension app for the SmartWatch using the SDK Sony provide. Andrew Last edited by andyh2000; 04-12-2013 at 10:44 AM. Reason: Mention main reason for buying |
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Well, I am waiting for a good watch that is also practical, not just glamorous.
I used to collect watches. Vintage. Strange. Expensive (maybe genuine) ones I got cheap in some out of the way places in the world. Most of those are gone, as I have been clearing up stuff for my move to my next and smaller houseboat. A converted trawler. I sold some. I gave some away. I kept a few really nice old ones that will be inherited some day. They are worth a good bit, but I will give them to someone that will keep them, not sell them, Actually in a safe deposit box waiting for that day. But now, a new data watch that will survive at least 2 days, if not 3 without a charge would be nice. I don't need voice communication in it, though voice commands would be nice. "Appointments today?" I would like GPS, compass, heart, to do lists, and reminders at least. |
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