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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Wearable computing: the ultimate lock-in ecosystem |
| Date | 2014-07-08 15:26 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <20140708152651.4c71b2d9.rsw@therandymon.com> (permalink) |
Good article at Ars Technica about Google Wear and its ilk: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/android-wear-review/ The rest of the review is interesting and intriguing, but this is what caught my attention: //--clip Like nearly all smartwatches, Wear devices rely on a Bluetooth-tethered phone, which needs to be running Android 4.3 and up. Running iOS or Windows Phone? You're out of luck: no Wear for you. Smartwatches seem to be the ultimate ecosystem lock-in device. Samsung's requires a Samsung phone, Google's requires an Android phone, and we're sure Apple's will require iOS. There is so much cross-communication that needs to happen between a watch and phone that supporting multiple OSes becomes really hard. Would you switch platforms for a good smartwatch? //--clip -- RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
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Wearable computing: the ultimate lock-in ecosystem RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-07-08 15:26 +0000
Re: Wearable computing: the ultimate lock-in ecosystem Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-07-09 13:46 +0300
Re: Wearable computing: the ultimate lock-in ecosystem Philip Shaw <jnufcvyvuc@tznvy.pbz> - 2014-07-15 09:46 +0000
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