[OT] SmartWatches

[Mike Kerner]

I want the Nissan watch :-)
http://www.gizmag.com/nissan-nismo-smartwatch/29029/


On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:47 AM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 09/11/2013 10:57 AM, Erik Beugelaar wrote:
>
>> Hello Alex,
>>
>> I am a Dutchman and a Dutch worldwide known product designer, called
>> Hermen van denBurg, is designing smart watches since 2009 so long before
>> Samsung is now claiming to be the first company to present an Android
>> smart watchŠ He has various models.
>>
>> The website is http://www.burgsmartwatch.com/
>>
> Certainly looks convincing.
>
> I don't have any sort of watch as I just don't like them.
>
> Richmond.
>
>
>> Good luck,
>> Erik Beugelaar
>> http://www.solidit.nl
>>
>> On 9/11/13 1:43 AM, "Alex Tweedly" <alex at tweedly.net> wrote:
>>
>>  On 07/09/2013 22:07, Peter Haworth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just curious - is anyone rushing out to buy one of these things?
>>>>
>>> No, not rushing out to buy one now. In fact, I'd say the likelihood of
>>> me buying one within 2 years is just about 0%. But within 10 years ? -
>>> probably 50%.
>>>
>>> Indeed, I think within 5 years the capability will exist to build a
>>> smartwatch that I would very much like to have - though whether it will
>>> be within my price range is another question. And of course my wish-list
>>> may be so different from what the manufacturers want to build that I
>>> never get one.
>>>
>>> My needs (and/or desires)
>>>
>>> 1. Robust.
>>>     - at least 10m water resistant or I won't even consider it; in
>>> practice 1 meter would be enough for me - but I probably wouldn't feel
>>> safe buying it unless it was safe for at least 10m.
>>>     - wide operating temp range (Yes, I do sometimes sleep in a tent
>>> below -5C)
>>>     - somewhere near to as scratch-, bang- and knock-resistant as my
>>> current mechanical watch
>>>
>>> 2. Power. Ideally auto-powered (cf Citizen self-winding quartz watches),
>>> but I'd settle for 24 hour battery life and easy charging (i.e.
>>> non-contact) on my bedside table within 2 hours.
>>>
>>> 3. Close to size/weight limits of reasonable mech watch
>>>
>>> 4. Voice activated for at least some functionality (yes, I know, I have
>>> a Scottish accent, so this will be a source of great frustration much of
>>> the time :-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/**collections/p00hvv42<http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/collections/p00hvv42>
>>>
>>> 5. Good apps for mail, voice calls, browsing, calendar, etc.   - need
>>> quite a bit of improvement and/or adjustment from current phone/tablet
>>> versions.
>>>
>>> 6. Significant progress in availability and use of sensor and remote
>>> control apps. (e.g. TV / radio remote, walkie/talkie over wifi to other
>>> family members, etc.)
>>>
>>> Given those as a minimum (and a huge wish list to go along with them),
>>> I'd be a customer.
>>>
>>> Of course most of those could be done by your phone. But apart from my
>>> wedding ring, my watch is the *only* thing that goes everywhere with me
>>> - even the phone gets either accidentally left behind (or mislaid)
>>> sometimes, and it does occasionally get left behind deliberately. Having
>>> a watch that could replace 85% of the function (even if only 50% of the
>>> convenience) would make it possible to leave it behind more often. A
>>> phone is (today) still too heavy, intrusive and fragile
>>>
>>> -- Alex.
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