Smart Watches

[Darth Biscuit]

After the release of the Apple Watch, this is a hot topic.

 

My opinion is that a device that I have to charge daily and that I can't use without another device is worthless to me.

 

Am I wrong?

 

 

Oh yeah, and these fuging things are stupid expensive.

 

 

[Jase]

I've always liked the pebble steel.  Looks more or less like a real watch.

 

https://getpebble.com/pebble_steel

[Darth Biscuit]

7 days is MUCH better but the screen on that looks like something from 1987...

 

Can you use it without a phone, that's my biggest pet peeve about them...  like, I'd like to have one that worked with my bluetooth earbuds so that I didn't have to carry my phone around in the gym.  Otherwise it's just another thing to have...

[clark kent]

Well Apple has released a statement that you won't have to charge it nightly

[clark kent]

Read it along time ago so can't link it.

I think the apple watch will me more popular because you can Recieve texts and calls

[Kettle]

Id like an apple watch but cant justify the price enough to get the wife's blessing. Im just going to get a fitness tracker instead. Thats the function that i really want and the jawbone up24 can be found around $50 on amazon now that the up3 is coming.

[d-dave]

I'm curious as to the real purpose of the smart watches?  Is it so you can check things without pulling your phone out?

 

This leads me to try to make a list of what smart watches "really" do:

 

1.  Tell your wife you're late at the office while on a date with your mistress?

2.  Discretely check your huddle messages while in a meeting

3.  Yell at you wrist like DIck Tracey?

4.  Max out your D-Bag Score?

5.  Get fitness info back to your iphone like any other fitness band for several times the cost?

 

What other things can you figure out?

 

I like the idea of a smart watch, but I'm not sure how useful it would be.  I thought the ipad was stupid to clarify how wrong I am!

[Darth Biscuit]

I'm sure it'll be great for some people, I just can't fathom why I need another tech device that is essentially useless without my phone.

[Cwood722]

For $10,000 you can get the Apple Watch in gold.

[clark kent]

For $10,000 you can get the Apple Watch in gold.

thats definitely worth it not like they have the same specs or anything

[Doc Holiday]

it's more expensive then a iWatch, but for tri-sports there is nothing better. been trying to reason spending the money on this for a while, just have other things that need more attention first. 

 

http://www.suunto.com/en-US/Products/Sports-Watches/Suunto-Ambit3-Sport/Suunto-Ambit3-Sport-Blue/?categoryId=3

[Panthro]

I like the looks and the OS of motorolas

Fug apple and them forcing me to buy an Apple TV for GoT

[h0llywood]

I have the Samsung Gear and for what it does I love it. I have a watch when I'm not near my phone (which is mostly never) and as far as charging goes, it's not that big of a deal to charge it at night before I go to bed. I only use about 20% battery during the day anyway. Mine comes with the camera which can record up to 15 seconds and take decent quality photos. When my phone is on my work desk faced down, my wrist vibrates and the message appears on my wrist. 

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

I just do not need to be that connected to my Twitter account.

What are the radiation levels on a device all snuggled up on you wrist anyway?