Smart Watch? Really.

So many of you might have seen the new Sony Smart watch seen here: Sony Smart Watch

 Is this an awesome new thing or just a fleeting niche product that mostly likely will fade away as fast as it popped up? Well my opinion is that they just might have missed the mark on this. These watches remind me of the Calculator watch back in the late 80's early 90's. At the time they were amazing and everyone had to have one, but once you got one you really didn't know what to do with it except maybe cheat on your math homework. And the day after I got mine, I forgot I had it on went to a friends house to go swimming and well....you can guess that my calculator watch didn't work so well after that.

 So these smart watches will be the same, just a passing fad, unless..... With the advent of flexible displays and emerging folding screen technology these devices could be viable. Imagine you slap this screen device on your wrist like those old wrist slappers that we all know and love, and while it's on your wrist you can see the time. Then when you want to browse the web or play a game or any other smart phone activity you just take it off your wrist unfold it and go at it.

Smart watches?, I'm gonna say "Nice try" but until we can get some of these other technologies into these watches, they just aren't worth the money.