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Re: Whoa, disagree! by Entropy Stew 11/17/2015, 11:54am PST
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:

(In seriousness though, I have no idea how I'd ever notice vibrations on a watch while riding, nor is there anything they can do to make me think, "Oh, a left turn" versus a right. Couple that with the fact that the GPS I do use - my phone's - loves to give me the instruction on when to turn five feet before the intersection... and, well, I just don't see how this highly-touted feature of watches works. So Stew is right after all.)


Haptic feedback is useful if you are Hellen Keller learning to speak or when you're trying to get off by lodging a wiimote in your rectum (use wrist strap for safety). Virtualized tapping of your limp wrist will not milk the cows. That's real work. People who are honestly trying to bum a few cycles from their day by offloading phone functionality to their wrist have abstracted themselves from reality. When the oil runs out and we all get put on the soylent green draft, the enterprising Flash Gordons sporting their cyberbangles should get a free cut in line. The path from conspicuous consumption to inconspicuously consumed has a symmetry we can all appreciate.

-/ES/-
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Pebble Round, the smartwatch that looks like a watch. Is there any use for it? by Welcome to Omsk 11/16/2015, 11:03am PST NEW
    Answer via Great Moments in Wikipedia Writing by Entropy Stew 11/16/2015, 5:03pm PST NEW
        Thanks for replying, Stew. But really, any practical use or is it only a gadget? NT by Welcome to Omsk 11/16/2015, 11:46pm PST NEW
            There is no role that a wristwatch can fill that a phone does not already by Entropy Stew 11/17/2015, 2:24am PST NEW
                Thanks, Stew NT by Welcome to Omsk 11/17/2015, 7:18am PST NEW
                Whoa, disagree! by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/17/2015, 8:52am PST NEW
                    Re: Whoa, disagree! by Entropy Stew 11/17/2015, 11:54am PST NEW
                        "inconspicuously consumed" - perfect, stealing, may even credit you NT by Welcome to Omsk 11/17/2015, 12:18pm PST NEW
                    I think you can kill GPS vibes or pipe voice instructions to a helmet intercom by Welcome to Omsk 11/17/2015, 12:17pm PST NEW
    The original one was 62 bucks on best buy, open box. So I bought it. by Worm 11/16/2015, 7:04pm PST NEW
        Letting me not immediately rub my big nerd interests in people's faces is amazin by Welcome to Omsk 11/16/2015, 8:36pm PST NEW
            Yeah mine has a definite calculator watch vibe to it. by Worm 11/17/2015, 12:32am PST NEW
                Also google now will notify you of random shit like weather changes by Worm 11/17/2015, 12:33am PST NEW
                    Thanks, Worm NT by Welcome to Omsk 11/17/2015, 7:19am PST NEW
                    Everytime someone @-mentions you, you feel it in your body? by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/17/2015, 8:53am PST NEW
                        Holy shit, they created a way to PHYSICALLY mess with people through the interne by Welcome to Omsk 11/17/2015, 12:23pm PST NEW
    Update: repentant gadget fream gave me his $350 smartwatch. Suggestions? by Welcome to Omsk 01/18/2017, 9:38am PST NEW
        freak NT by typo fairy 01/18/2017, 9:45am PST NEW
        Install linux on it by Entropy Stew 01/18/2017, 7:44pm PST NEW
            No by Welcome to Omsk 01/18/2017, 8:23pm PST NEW
    Update 2: Got it synced with my phone, made a list of apps that might not suck. by Welcome to Omsk 01/19/2017, 9:42pm PST NEW
 
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