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If all it did was tell the time, it is not worth owning. Just buy a Casio!
My cellphone has that, and I don't wear a watch much because of it.
If I were to wear a watch, it would have to be for a Killer App.
But not for annoying me, and reminding me the same stuff my cell tells me.
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I'm old school, watches are for telling the time, phones are for talking on, all this convergent technology is great for the odd thing such as say sat-nav in a strange city, but most of it often seems like technology for its own sake and something I personally do without if I can - GL
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That continuous recording loop needs to be 2 hours, with playback WHILE recording!
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Still fighting with RS-232 
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Ah, and I don't want to think about it when it comes to modbus timeouts...
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I AM thinking about that now, I have two more modbus devices to integrate in our platform, one Modbus/TCP and the other Modbus/RS-232 emulated trough a USB.
Still I love this kind of job, where I can set things in motion... I mean actual, mechanical motion  ooooh, magic! 
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
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Hahaha, absolutely. I totally agree with you about our job. Hopefully for me I've completed my modbus libraries which now 'talk' to my OPC DA 2.0 client. Off-course now I have DCOM troubles but thank the industry for their tunnellers!
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Smart watches aren't exactly a new idea. In the mid 90's Microsoft partnered with Timex and created a line of programmable watches called Datalink. The technology at the time was crude. This was long before modern touchscreen displays were invented and the screen looked like a cross between a Timex digital watch and one of those cheap portable electronic games in the 80's made for kids that couldn't afford a Game Boy. The worst part about it was that you had to program it with an app that would flash black and white patterns on your monitor. Later on, they released a version that could be programmed over USB, but that was too little too late. At the time there was a cult following. NASA astronauts even used these watches in several missions. Eventually consumers lost interest as the technology lagged far behind smartphones.
In the past few years, the technology has gotten good enough to actually do the things that the original Datalink engineers could only dream of. The processing power and displays have gotten infinitely better. These new watches also wirelessly pair with smartphones which makes them much more useful. There is still much room for improvement. The biggest problem now is the battery life, which I expect to get dramatically better over the next few years with ultra low power processors and improved battery technology. Just wait until Elon gets tired of having to charge up his watch every few days.
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I am already tired of having to charge the iPhone EVERY day. I can't even figure out what it is doing sitting there all alone at night on the kitchen countertop, draining its life away unless I plug it in.
Also, is the watch going to be waterproof?
I need a 32 bit unsigned value just to hold the number of coding WTF I see in a day …
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Not a real app, but a Pebble watchface. Does this count as an app?
Enjoy life, this is not a rehearsal !!!
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I'll give you half a point. I give myself half a point for a watchface on a Samsung Gear S.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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It feels like People trying to insert technology even in the fields where it is not at all required. In very simple terms, Watch is meant to show Time,Date, What else? Month,Year? What else? Directions? It does all these things and there, more innovation (should) stop.
It is totally different thing that someone want to embed whole Laptop/Smartphone into a Watch!
Programmer : A machine that converts coffee into code !
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Someone probably said the same thing when people tried to fit a laptop into a cell phone. It's made for calls and text messaging, period. 
But yeah, I think the smartwatch a little too much.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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From a medical perspective, let's say I was a doctor. If I had a device which I could have people wear every day that would keep track of their blood pressure, pulse, glucose level, etc., and then reported those back to me. All without having a person need to do it themselves it would solve two problems. One is compliance, which goes down the more you require a person to do. Then two it would also make it harder to lie about those numbers.
Now lets put these things on thousands of people. I can now do now study that against other information in their medical records. I can create better care, better health, better lives. Or at least a suggestion for it.
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Probably no, but our desktop app might be a good candidate.
Our clients are manipulating hardware and need to interact with our desktop application.
Now, they are using a remote control (limited actions) and a handle-held "remote" screen (usually crap).
Having a smart watch might allow us to have an increase of features that can be accessed and displayed on a remote.
I'd rather be phishing!
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something to add to the bucket list.
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One that tells time at a glance.![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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To say that I would use the code re-use for Android applications for phones on Android Wear?
Well, yes of course. Why not.  It would be great.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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My problem with smart watches is that for the price of them, as with phones, you'll want to replace them every couple of years as the technology inside them becomes obsolete. Unless they start bundling them into phone contracts or the prices come down significantly, I can't see them worth the initial up-front investment.
I kinda see the point of things like FitBit though, designed for a more specific purpose but they are still pretty costly for one with the more useful features.
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Consider an Apple Watch, because it will supported for some years.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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I'm not convinced first generation watches wont struggle to be able to run the latest apps in a couple of years though, rendering them obsolete. Happy to be proved wrong, time will tell.
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"time will tell"
YES! You will be left with a very expensive SmartWatch that should AT LEAST be able to run an app that will tell you the date and time. Or that would be truly sad 
I need a 32 bit unsigned value just to hold the number of coding WTF I see in a day …
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I have a lot on my plate as "things to do after work" and SmartWatch dev is way down the list.
Although I'm planning to get the new Pebble Time and I might play with it a bit... Next year
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