Slashdot Mirror
Ask Slashdot: What Features Belong In a 'Smartwatch'?
Nerval's Lobster writes "If the rumors are true, and Apple is indeed hard at work on a newfangled timepiece (dubbed the 'iWatch'), what unique features could such a device offer a public already overloaded with all sorts of handheld devices? Answer that question, and you're perhaps one step closer to figuring out why Apple — again, if the rumors are true — decided to devote millions of dollars and the precious hours of some very smart people in the effort. This article suggests voice control (via Siri), biometrics, mobile payments, and other possible features, but there must be loads of others that someone could think up."
Track masturbatory habits.
...in case you ever pick up an Android device.
Everything is better with Bluetooth!
Karma: Bad
You're wearing it wrong.
rewriting history since 2109
Apple fanboi 1: take your ring off, it's scratching my bunghole!
Apple fanboi 2: I'm not wearing a ring.
Apple fanboi 1: OK, take your watch off!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
You must mumble, because I don't have a problem whenever I've asked Siri the time.
That's so odd. When I ask "Siri, do you have the time?" I always get "Not for a man like you."
" But with Siri -- especially as Siri improves -- you don't need any buttons at all."
Talk to the hand.
Great.