05-31-2012, 12:00 PM
It's an interesting idea for sure. The current applications seem really limited though. I can think of a TON of applications for the tech that makes it much more convenient than having to pull out your phone. But with such a small interface, he kinds of non-gimic uses are definitely gong to be limited. Secondly because of the "paper" display, resolution looks to have suffered, and I would imagine that will create more limitations. The biggest benefit (it's convenient location on your wrist combined with it's small size, and socially accepted accessory/style) is also it's biggest limitation.
Still though, the way the phone and watch work in conjunction seem to me to be the area that some serious innovation can come from. The watch is just a convenient delivery vehicle for information by itself. However, by using the devices together (for instance as distance measuring tools - watch at one end, phone at the other) maybe could bring additional functionality that the phones by themselves can't achieve.
Even that by itself is really just using the watch in its current state. Depending on the tech advances in that watch, it really just winds up speaking to the total integration of all of our devices (TVs, Computers, Phones, Multimedia, Garage door, coffee machine, car ignition etc etc.). The devices that tie in to that network aren't really the onnovation at all. The apps themselves, along with the language the devices are all using is where the innovation is. I think we need to stop thinking about smart phones as phones though, because they really just serve as a portable interface to our digital existence, and I think their portability and current level of wide user acceptence means they are by far the most likely device to become the eventual link between all the devices we currently use. Hell, you can already use your phone to control your TV (and have been for a long time).
Still though, the way the phone and watch work in conjunction seem to me to be the area that some serious innovation can come from. The watch is just a convenient delivery vehicle for information by itself. However, by using the devices together (for instance as distance measuring tools - watch at one end, phone at the other) maybe could bring additional functionality that the phones by themselves can't achieve.
Even that by itself is really just using the watch in its current state. Depending on the tech advances in that watch, it really just winds up speaking to the total integration of all of our devices (TVs, Computers, Phones, Multimedia, Garage door, coffee machine, car ignition etc etc.). The devices that tie in to that network aren't really the onnovation at all. The apps themselves, along with the language the devices are all using is where the innovation is. I think we need to stop thinking about smart phones as phones though, because they really just serve as a portable interface to our digital existence, and I think their portability and current level of wide user acceptence means they are by far the most likely device to become the eventual link between all the devices we currently use. Hell, you can already use your phone to control your TV (and have been for a long time).
Gameless (for now)