I’m a weird
guy (anyone reading this knows this by now). And I’m into technology. But it
has to be on my own terms. I tend to get a device and use it the way that it fits
into my life. I don’t adapt my life for the sake of a technology, which is
probably why I still have trouble with Twitter and Facebook. I’ve never had a
particular need to share bits and pieces of my life that frequently.
I was late
coming to the smartphone party, and, to me, it’s less a phone and more of a
portable computer. It just happens to have the ability to make phone calls and
send text messages built into it. My most used apps: calendar, Wiktionary
(because I don’t have a data plan), a note taking app (I’m still trying to find
the right one), Audible, and Poweramp. I don’t surf the web on my phone if I
can help it. I don’t type messages. I don’t skype or use social networking. I
will check email, but almost never reply or send from the phone.
So with the
debut of these new smartwatches, I begin to wonder how they will fit into my
use of smartphones. Most of the apps are geared towards texting, email, and
social networking. I might be fine with reading email on the watch, or at least
knowing who just emailed me because my pocket buzzed, but what else is there?
For a device that nearly costs as much as a smartphone, what else can it do for
me?
I do have
to admit that I like the looks of the Moto 360. Of course Pebble has a
wonderful simplicity and pragmatic approach. And do I really need a
smartwatch?
Probably
not.