Samsung has launched the Galaxy Gear, Sony the Smartwatch v2 and Apple is rumoured to have the iWatch ready to go soon.
But I look at my wrist and it hasn’t had a watch on there for years. If I want to know the time, I check my phone as do millions of other people. I tried the Pebble Smartwatch and hated it.
So, I just don’t understand why companies think a watch is the next big thing? Maybe, they realise they cannot revoutionise the phone any further so need to create a new sector and get everybody wearing wearable tech on their wrist. Or does Apple have a different take on this?
What do you think? And do you or would you wear a watch?
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I’ve been using BT watches for years and find the notification aspect useful. Also I had a couple that allowed me to control my mp3 player which I found convenient. My Gear is more capable and in particular I like the quality of this wearable. I think it is a niche. Like all good products if it does solve a problem then will not be successful. By the with careful battery management I can three working days of life from the Gear.
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3 working days from the Galaxy Gear is not bad at all. Have you found anything on the Note 3 that surprised you?
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Gavin, I know you have a very long history with PDAs as well as Smartphones so hopefully you’ll appreciate that the Note 3 is really what PDAs should have been. That is, providing a set of integrated PIM apps and ability to take notes. The Note 3 s/w is so much more integrated now and I am using S-Planner as my primary PIM (with data added via Action Memo) and once Blackberry launch the BBM for Android I may sell my Q10 as I have been very impressed with the keyboard on the Note 3. So I may only use Android in the future with two devices (Note 3 and my new S4 Active). The battery on the Note 3 has also surprised me. I would say that it is 30% better than the Note 2, which itself was very good. But for serious note taking I still feel more comfortable with my Note 8 tablet. But given the superb quality of the digitiser and S Pen on the Note 3, I may even end-up selling my Note 8. Will give it another 2/3 weeks of testing.
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The Note 3 really sounds interesting. You never know. I might get one.
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