Five years ago, a collective mania overtook the industry. Nobody could think of a clear reason why consumers needed an expensive "smart" watch when they already had a smartphone in their hand, pocket or bag. What value could it deliver? Even Google didn't seem sure: in its now notorious launch video, a punter used a watch simply to replicate features on their phone. But the industry convinced itself that wearables were another platform, and nobody wanted to be a sad second in this race. So the giants entered the market. Not because they wanted to, but as a hedge. Someone else might take a lead.
As we predicted in 2014, this was a solution looking for a problem. And an expensive one, at that.
Are wearable devices whose OS wakes up only when needed for smart features the answer?
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday July 18 2018, @09:09PM (1 child)
IoT sex toys already exist, along with the unsurprising security oops...
I can't wait until we get direct APIs to the broomsticks that so many people have up their asses.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @09:44PM
Had a girlfriend who invented the first IoT sex toy when she placed one of those Nokia brick phones between her legs during a lecture. I was amused she looked shocked when I called her number and that vibrate did its thing!