bangle?
its not going to be black with silver trim and a big red plastic block on it?
Down and safe.
Patent documents filed by Samsung have revealed details - for the first time - about what the South Korean tech behemoth's R&D department have been working on over the last few months: a smartwatch. According to a filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office, the gadget - dubbed Samsung Galaxy Gear - falls under the " …
[I] predit (sic) they'll be popular for 6 months, then end up in a drawer never worn again and the market will collapse.
I'm not saying this isn't what's going to happen, but didn't we all think the same about tablets?
I dimly remember El Reg calling the iPad a "broken oversized iPhone".
And here we are today, desktops and notebooks are down, smartphones and tablets are up, up, up.
Paris, because I have about as much of a clue on what the Next Big Thing (C) will be.
That's just precious: "The market is starting to look crowded with - among others - Apple's iWatch, Microsoft's Surface Watch and now Samsung's Galaxy Gear" - you list companies that may *intend* to enter this market but aren't in it, but "forget" to list the ones already there (e.g. Sony, Pebble).
One thing I'd love to see is a morse code app for smart-watches so that incoming emails/SMSes from nominated sources (spouse/close friends/boss) can be 'vibrated' into your wrist.
With practice you could feel messages without having to hold the watch up to your face or painfully reach for your mobile. Great for meetings, driving, 'on the job', covert work etc.
Please note that I don't know morse code though I'm willing to learn for this very purpose!
"One thing I'd love to see is a morse code app for smart-watches so that incoming emails/SMSes from nominated sources (spouse/close friends/boss) can be 'vibrated' into your wrist.
With practice you could feel messages without having to hold the watch up to your face or painfully reach for your mobile. Great for meetings, driving, 'on the job', covert work etc.
Please note that I don't know morse code though I'm willing to learn for this very purpose!"
I suspect your one of, oh, 100's worldwide!