[sten]

hey look! a watch!

how very 1995

seriously, who wears a watch anymore? might as well wear a bracelet. it’s function is now covered by smart phones. what? my watch will now be a phone? and i’m going to hold it up to my head like dick tracy??

ROFLMAO

fail coming out of the gate

[max americana]

“seriously, who wears a watch anymore?”

I personally don’t and never have for the past 10 years or so unless there’s a party or function I go to. You want the time? Take a look at your phone.

[SamAdams76]

Actually men are more likely to wear bracelets these days then watches. I haven't worn a watch since the late 1990s - why bother when the current time is ubiquitous. It's on your cell phone, it's in your car dashboard, it's displayed on your radio or up in the corner of your computer monitor or TV.

Obviously Google and Apple are going to be offering much more than the time on their "wrist watches" but it remains to be seen whether a tablet-like device worn on your wrist catches on. When I was growing up, Dick Tracy looked cool but in 2013, you would probably look like a dork with that contraption on your wrist.

[BenLurkin]

i’m going to hold it up to my head like dick tracy?

Hope so. That's exactly what I have been waiting for.

[Sherman Logan]

Read(well, actually listened to) a book recently.

Written in 99, it made predictions about upcoming tech. Fascinating to see how extrapolations from only 12 years ago were spot on or wildly off.

They essentially predicted smartphones, apps, etc. in considerable detail.

Except their platform for the device was the wristwatch, not a phone. LOL