I think the phone is a good idea. I would very interesting to know whether kids are using it. It looks bulky, I think if such phone could look like the type of bracelets which are in fashion among kids...
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Here's an interesting twist... instead of the watch being tethered to the handset, what if it was the other way around? All the smarts are in the wristband and it syncs with a larger "phone sized" screen. That idea...
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The dependence of this watch on being teathered to an iPhone for connectivity and location awareness makes it waste, in my book. I know people who no longer buy watches because they always have their phone on hand. When...
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To me, IoT promises little. Especially if the (Thing) requires (My Computer + My Internet Connection). The way I see it, easier updates via the internet also raised my cost of "ownership"....
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@dried-squid -- seems like the internet as a requirement is becoming the norm in regard to updates. It's just so much easier than the alternative. Notice I didn't say it was the "best" way, but it is the easier way.
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Great points @laredoflash -- the Internet can indeed be a finicy thing and perhaps the IoT movement is putting too much stock into it being available to us 24/7? I have my deep concerns about this as well.
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I like to your additon of the IT Fix-It person @James - But I wonder if in the future, we'll eventually have appliances that are highly modular. So if a sensor breaks or is acting up, it may be as simple as unscrewing part...
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Ha! You know, there are enough massive Apple fans out there to make something like iClothes sell big. Now I have to wonder whether clothing designers ever take the growing size of smartphones into consideration... something...
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@pablo if a young kid is walking to school alone then this would be helpful, or if they're going to visit a friend and the parent is worried. I'd say maybe 8 or 9 years old is about the maximum age you'd hit before the kid...
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@soozyg same here. A big screen is great for productivity, but I can't get as much done without a keyboard. Making the iPad bigger is only half the solution.
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@vnewman2 I don't own one, but that's the first thing that struck me about the 6 plus - it's huge! I know giant smartphones are a big trend but that doesn't seem like it would fit comfortably in one hand.. or in a pocket,...
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@Li, the FiLIP is not for teenagers, who want a full feature smartphone. It is actually for children, ages 6-8 to 12, who may go to school alone or move around the area to visit friends.
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This kind of thing is a little bit tricky indeed. I think it's especially useful for parents with teenagers - but how the boys and girls will actually feel?
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That's true - for wearables, not only Apple but also many other vendors like Samsung, did not get to the breaking point so far. There is no amazing product available so that people cannot live without them like smartphone....
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@soozyg, I had a long talk with the FiLIP people on the Telefonica booth. They have many discussions about the possibility of letting the child remove the watch. The current model does allow to be removed, but it...
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I can only hope that someday there would be companies who give the developers some percentage of shares in the product they develop. This will encourage resources to come up with better ideas and put their best efforts in...
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I think one of the reasons why we see that google is right most of the time because they probe in every direction and more chances they will take more will be the probability of success. And their success gets more hype...
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@vnewman: Still a lot less clunky than the old dumbphones we used to use!
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I think it's a way of recapturing the convertibles market that found those devices too bulky.At the very least, it will give enterprise users seeking a larger screen an alternative to Windows.
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Tablets just are not a hot item anymore. It's clear that people are not finding really good use cases for them. That isn't to say that the iPad will go the way of the iPod, but I don't think the true applications...
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