Looks like a good start
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RealErmine
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I've been waiting for wrist PDA/phones and was resigned to the fact that it was just a matter of time. At 3.8 x 6.4 x 1.8cm (a little larger than the Insert thru Page Down keys on a standard keyboard) this one seems a little bulky, but has some neat features like the Bluetooth connectivity and color OLED screen.
It's pretty nice for a first round attempt at a truly marketable wrist phone. I'm not sure why they made the longer dimension across the wrist and not along it. Seems it would be more comfortable in a "widescreen" format. When they are more wearer-friendly I will definitely buy one. Who doesn't want a wireless information/communication device strapped to their wrist? While they're at it, throw some biometric sensors on there for kicks! On second thought, maybe making reality more like an FPS is a bad idea for some people.
-- Dewey, you fool! Your decimal system has played right into my hands!
Wireless earpiece?
by
st0rmshad0w
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Ok, so if it has bluetooth for a wireless ear-piece/headset thing, why exactly does it need to be a wristwatch?
This is too gimicky to be practical in my book.
Re:What's next?
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redherring22
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· Score: 2, Interesting
well that's where the bluetooth headsets come in... even though those things currently look like some kind of borg-wear or at least a futuristic cochlear implant.
this begs the question-- what will look weirder? talking into your wrist? or talking to nothing at all?
Do I want one
by
91degrees
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Plus side - Having a wrist phone would be pretty cool. Be nicer if it was 3g with a video phone, of course.
Minus side - I like a keypad. Texting on these things will be a pain, and since about 70% of my mobile comms is text based, this is a big issue.
Battery Life
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SlightlyMadman
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· Score: 2, Interesting
The battery life on these things may not be too bad for a phone, but it's really short for a watch. With a phone, you just stick it in a cradle when you walk in the door, but with this thing you'd have to actually take off your watch in the evenings.
Wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose of having it always available on your wrist, if you have to take it off all the time, and remember to put it on in the mornings?
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Money I owe, money-iy-ay
Just a ringer, please
by
moral+kiosk
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· Score: 3, Interesting
I'm not interested in talking into my watch.
That said, I would jump on the chance to have a wristwatch-ringer for my cellphone. Not even a tone-ringer, just vibrate. For starters, it's discreet; it eliminates the need to ever turn your ringer on in public. You feel a slight vibration on your wrist, look at your watch (which displays caller info), and decide whether to get your phone out and take the call. Secondly, it eliminates the problem of being unable to hear/feel your phone in loud and busy places. I think women who carry a phone in a purse might appreciate this even more.
-- It's so much more attractive / inside the moral kiosk.
Slashdot Mirror
check out Vocera's system...
:-)
it has 802.11b, which, iirc, requires more silicon than GRPS.
They say it's for nurses or something, but honestly, I can't wait
Buttsex.
I've been waiting for wrist PDA/phones and was resigned to the fact that it was just a matter of time. At 3.8 x 6.4 x 1.8cm (a little larger than the Insert thru Page Down keys on a standard keyboard) this one seems a little bulky, but has some neat features like the Bluetooth connectivity and color OLED screen.
It's pretty nice for a first round attempt at a truly marketable wrist phone. I'm not sure why they made the longer dimension across the wrist and not along it. Seems it would be more comfortable in a "widescreen" format. When they are more wearer-friendly I will definitely buy one. Who doesn't want a wireless information/communication device strapped to their wrist? While they're at it, throw some biometric sensors on there for kicks! On second thought, maybe making reality more like an FPS is a bad idea for some people.
Dewey, you fool! Your decimal system has played right into my hands!
Ok, so if it has bluetooth for a wireless ear-piece/headset thing, why exactly does it need to be a wristwatch?
This is too gimicky to be practical in my book.
well that's where the bluetooth headsets come in... even though those things currently look like some kind of borg-wear or at least a futuristic cochlear implant. this begs the question-- what will look weirder? talking into your wrist? or talking to nothing at all?
Plus side - Having a wrist phone would be pretty cool. Be nicer if it was 3g with a video phone, of course.
Minus side - I like a keypad. Texting on these things will be a pain, and since about 70% of my mobile comms is text based, this is a big issue.
The battery life on these things may not be too bad for a phone, but it's really short for a watch. With a phone, you just stick it in a cradle when you walk in the door, but with this thing you'd have to actually take off your watch in the evenings.
Wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose of having it always available on your wrist, if you have to take it off all the time, and remember to put it on in the mornings?
Money I owe, money-iy-ay
I'm not interested in talking into my watch.
That said, I would jump on the chance to have a wristwatch-ringer for my cellphone. Not even a tone-ringer, just vibrate. For starters, it's discreet; it eliminates the need to ever turn your ringer on in public. You feel a slight vibration on your wrist, look at your watch (which displays caller info), and decide whether to get your phone out and take the call. Secondly, it eliminates the problem of being unable to hear/feel your phone in loud and busy places. I think women who carry a phone in a purse might appreciate this even more.
It's so much more attractive / inside the moral kiosk.