[SeekAndFind]

[TomServo]

Imagine all the dopes trying to text while driving while wearing this thing.

[al baby]

Better come with a couple pairs of cheaters for us old guys

[LostInBayport]

Chester Gould was a visionary!

[KoRn]

I expect this will be an iFlop, except for the iFanboys.

Not many people wear watches anymore. I haven’t in years. There’s no point in it, when you’re carrying a phone around, and looking at so many other devices that has the time displayed.

[Norm Lenhart]

Pip Boy ping. Always wondered why they didn;t just make an arm band with an iphone holder as a fashion accessory.

[dangerdoc]

Tech is becoming too good for their own good.

Why buy a new phone when your old one is good enough or a gadget watch when all the functions are being included for free on your phone?

Now if they came up with a gadget that let me see near or far without my glasses, that I would buy.

[Riflema]

Melted iPhone. Very Dali.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The metrosexuals are going to fall in love with it!

[sten]

I’m at a sports bar atm... about 20 people around me... one older person wearing a watch

people just don’t wear them anymore

iWatch ... sales plummet

DOA

[a fool in paradise]

which iwatch will i watch?

[a fool in paradise]

Chester Gould should sue for infringement.

[Praxeologue]

At 2.5 inches, this looks like the seventh generation Nano for the wrist. It should have Bluetooth 4.x or 5.0 with easier and faster pairing/handoff. Since WiFi requires too much power for the size, Bluetooth will hopefully substitute for some of WiFi’s functionality.

[HangnJudge]

Alternate artist's rendition...

[Travis McGee]

The younger GPS generation was lost when their screens went dark. Their brains had been wired from early childhood to be led and directed from point to point by computer-generated voices and pixel arrows. By the time the grid went down most people were incapable of learning to navigate by map and compass, and anyway, almost nobody had them. I was the rare exception, already equipped with a Silva Ranger compass, my Appalachian Trail topo maps, guide books, and my previous summers’ experience hiking the Trail.

As soon as the power was lost, there were no more computer-generated dropdown menus full of helpful suggestions to the traveler. No Google, no Bing, no search engines at all. The screen addicts couldn't light a fire with an entire pack of matches: I’d seen them wasting match after match in the rain. The concept of dry kindling wood had escaped their educations entirely. After their matches and butane lighters were used up during the first winter, they froze to death, providing gear, clothing, and eventually the meat from their very bodies to the more ruthless and better prepared. I’d seen their campsites, and I’d seen their bones. I’d worn their boots.

Link to the full-text Free Republic thread.

[Swordmaker]

Apple iWatch Rumor —PING!

Apple iWatch Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[Turbopilot]

There were wristband cases made for one of the smallest touchscreen iPods so you could wear it like a watch. They discontinued that iPod so it couldn’t have been too popular (although it was missing a lot of features that presumably the new model will have).

The problem is, who’s going to give up their real watch to wear an iWatch when they already carry an iPhone that does the same thing?

[Crusher138]

If you have seen the recent Apple commercials with the Chicken Fat song, you will know that Apple has it’s eye on the fitness market.

Supposedly this device will have all sorts of nifty health related monitoring. Rumors are flying about heart rate, blood pressure and blood sugar monitors. It will be very interesting to see what features are in the final product.

[Menehune56]

Looks kind of gay.

[PoloSec]

I suspect the iwatch will be watching you, more than you watch it.