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You would probably say the same if you were Eric Migicovsky, who runs smartwatch maker Pebble, whose business model involves selling people computers to wear on their bodies.
Even so, Migicovsky's confidence in the wider trend fuelling that business is notable, at a time when despite Apple and Google's moves into the smartwatch market, there is still widespread scepticism about what exactly these devices are for.
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So, what are smartwatches for? Migicovsky compares the current state of the market with smartphones in 2007, in the early days of iPhone and Android.
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For smartwatches in 2015, those core use cases appear to be activity-tracking and notifications – 90% of Pebble owners use notifications every day, according to Migicovsky – with watch-face customisation also scoring highly in Pebble's case.
On paper the case for something like Google Glass becoming indispensible seems stronger. Is Pebble right?
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(Score: 2) by Kromagv0 on Friday July 17 2015, @02:07PM
I couldn't agree more. I have a number of very good all mechanical watches and the one I use the most is a Benrus military watch. My only complaint with it at the moment is that it isn't an automatic winding watch. Apart from that it is a very good watch properly jeweled, accurate time (runs 3 seconds +-1 fast a day), got a sapphire crystal to replace the old plastic one, and it is a very simple and clean design with a black face white numbers and has a parkerized stainless steel case. I do have an automatic winding watch but I don't like it as much as it is a bit flashy with the more avant-garde styling found in mid 70's Zodiac watches. I like the pure function and simple styling of the Benrus and really don't like any of the modern men's mechanical watches as they are big, heavy, pay attention to me devices.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 17 2015, @02:54PM
I'm retired. I had an automatic self-winding watch but it kept stopping.