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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Apple Watch: The Disappointments
Date: 13 Mar 2015 23:48:37 GMT
Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-03-13, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <JKednWCljY3M-J7InZ2dnUU7-UOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Kurt
> Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>In article <130320152225078813%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
>> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Personally I think this device will fail, because it doesn't give me
>>> anything I need. But then neither does a smartphone or satnav, for the
>>> most part.
>>
>>So, what you are saying is that you personally thinking it will fail is 
>>a pretty good indicator of success?
>
> Look, I can see (just about) that a smartphone or satnav could be
> useful.

Uh huh. I wish I had been around to see your reaction to smart phones
and navigation systems *before* they were proven successes. Something
tells me you would have predicted their utter failure, just like smart
watches. : )

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