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Xenex writes:
"In the wake of the Android Ware [Video] announcement, I have been giving thought to the impact these watches could have on our life. 'The more I read about smartwatches, the more I appreciate my "dumb" watches' writes Shawn Blanc. 'But I don't just wear a watch to know what time it is. Part of the reason I wear one is as an excuse not to pull out my iPhone.' Basically: when you look at a watch you see the time, when you look at a smartphone for the time you also see notifications. Avoiding my phone is definitely a factor for me nowadays, and a 'smart' watch might just be another distraction."
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday March 24 2014, @02:54PM
3. Make it resist when I hit it on random objects. My old swatch has a new scratch from yesterday's gardening. I did not worry for one minute that it was going to break. I know that gorilla glass is stronger than Swatch glass, but there are a lot more ways one can hit and partially disable any of the current watches.
Oddly, I believe that the future of the smart watch is long thin screens nesting on the inside of the arm, maybe with a system to be readable despite shirt cuffs. I only need three lines of text, if there's more than two words per line...