Google 'Actively Exploring' Smartwatch Market

[zakislam]

Search giant was granted a patent for a flip-out smartwatch in 2012.

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[wannabepro]

Screen is too small. Unless you could control it with your mind.... That would be cool!

 

[kjoz]

Interesting idea, but it will never beat a nice watch that has been hand made in a small alpine village in Switzerland!

 

[dimar]

Bendable screen watch around the wrist is the only kind of watch that might interest me 🙂

 

[cats_Paw]

James bond S.it!

But i still like my Casio with that cool ilumination when you press the right button!

 

[virtualban]

What I wish for google to pursue is retina displays, of the kind that project directly to the retina, and be quick to patent the idea before apple does it.
http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/EyePhone

 

[g00fysmiley]

as long as the battery life is good i would be interested in a perephial watch to see txtx and notifications on

 

[CrArC]

[citation][nom]kjoz[/nom]Interesting idea, but it will never beat a nice watch that has been hand made in a small alpine village in Switzerland![/citation]I must admit "Hastily glued together by an underpaid factory worker in Shenzen" doesn't sound as snazzy as the Swiss alternative.

 

[Pherule]

Unfeasible for 2-handed typing, but otherwise a nice idea. The only other immediate problem would be radiation. Are they going to put a thin layer of lead at the bottom to shield your wrist from radiation?

Also:

Computers - one small leap from typewriters
Laptops - one small leap from computers
Smartphones - one small leap from laptops
Smartwatches - one small leap from smartphones
Microchip imbedded in your skin - one small leap from smartwatches

Do not like where this is going. I'd sooner embed a bullet into my skin than a microchip. We aren't animals.