If you're thinking about giving or getting a smartwatch
this holiday season, you should check out what Bill has to say on his Tech Everywhere blog. A lot of people test tech products, but Bill is one of the few who live with them for weeks or months at a time before rendering his opinion. The difference between a first impression and an analysis that reflects weeks of steady usage is often significant.
Bill and I don't always agree on tech toys, but I do always find his reviews valuable.
Check it out.
(Disclaimer: Bill and I have worked together for over 30 years, and his blog appears on the site of the company we co-own. It's still valuable advice, and I'd say that even if I didn't know him.)
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The most telling comment was that you'd probably replace it after a year.
I think I'll stick to my 15 year old Seiko Kinetic, it does the most important part of a watch, it tells the time.
15 years of use with one repair and it still cost less than a watch you might replace after a year.
That's a very reasonable perspective. These new smartwatches are tech toys that are likely to age out fast. For anyone who wants only to tell the time, a standard watch is far and away the best way to go.
I'm still waiting for the shoe phone( never have to charge if you walk enough) myself.... I actually feel smart watches make since under ideal circumstances as pagers. The problem being that the hassle enebidable out ways any benefit to one's self and it's hard to quantify how less rude you are being to others by not checking your phone. So until they are hassle free( with how fast they are improving won't be long) I'll just keep waiting for my shoe phone. Although when they do become hassle free I'll have to admit I am neither busy enough not popular enough for one to make since. But with a shoe phone, a must buy!!
-rehcra
I'm sure I'd somehow mess up a shoe phone, alas.
That's the beauty of it. The closer to "Get Smart" the better.
-rehcra
I'd be too worried of going to the urinal with a shoe phone.
Not to mention the hassle with electronics in a shoe when boarding a plane.
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