If you line up devices starting with a big desktop PC on one side and simple mobile phone on the other end, there's a gap today between netbook and smart phone. I wonder if something like this is the thing that will fill the void. Imagine adding a WAN dongle and a Bluetooth headset to this. With Skype, it's half phone/half PC.
Writing this post got me thinking about something. It would be cool to be able to carry this in my backpack in the "on" state and get notifications about important events via smaller, wristwatch-like devices. Imagine your watch vibrating when you get a call and showing you caller ID info or text messages popping up on it.
There are certainly downsides compared to the iPhone or what I hope the first really nice Android device will be. However, I find these too small for "real" work so I have to carry a laptop around anyway. A hybrid could be both to some portion of the population.
How the power management works on this thing will be very interesting -- how long does the battery last with the screen off, or with the CPU in almost-asleep mode? How much would WiFi or 3G being on take away from that?
I've been wondering if it could be paired to a Linux box with BlueZ Utils and get any old script to pretend to be an incoming call and vibrate the bracelet and show a message,,,
Cool. This was sorta what I was thinking of. Too bad it doesn't have two or three small buttons. That could be useful for a lot of stuff. And, it doesn't look nearly as tacky as the version I had imagined. The review misses the point that "time" could be the default state when there's no pending action or alert.
Writing this post got me thinking about something. It would be cool to be able to carry this in my backpack in the "on" state and get notifications about important events via smaller, wristwatch-like devices. Imagine your watch vibrating when you get a call and showing you caller ID info or text messages popping up on it.
There are certainly downsides compared to the iPhone or what I hope the first really nice Android device will be. However, I find these too small for "real" work so I have to carry a laptop around anyway. A hybrid could be both to some portion of the population.