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posted by martyb on Wednesday July 18 2018, @08:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the less-is-more dept.

El Reg:

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?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @02:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @02:17AM (#709148)

    IMHO, the problem is that there aren't many uses for them that you wouldn't want something better. Having caller ID, a calendar and maybe GPS, most other things are either impractical due to small screen size or where you'd really want more processing power.