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This is exactly what's wrong with the idea of smartwatches today. People want to do things like put websites on them.

Why, why on earth do I need the web on my watch?




Why not if it can be done well? Also, I thought the same thing about my smart phone years ago.


If flying cars existed, I'd drive one. If pigs flied I'd never leave home without an umbrella.

If it could be done, maybe. But I do not think it can be done well. A watch's screen is maybe 2". It's designed to be glanced at and not stared at for extended periods of time.

I don't want a watch that has the Web. It fundamentally doesn't do what I want a watch to do.


I guess a watch in which you can browser is not a watch anymore.


Really? Viewing websites was one of the most demanded features from a smart phone. To the point where feature phones and executive phones had in built web browsers before iPhones and their ilk came to market. It's also why WAP (for all it's sins) was created in the 90s and available on dumb phones.


How could you possibly put the web on a screen where my fingertip is big enough to cover up 25% of it at any moment?

This seems like one of those cases where less is definitely more.


you seem to think that in 3 years there won't be 5" watches...


Yes. Yes I do.




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