News - Sony looks set to reveal its smartwatch tomorrow

[HEXUS]

Various teaser images and hints sent via Sony’s Xperia Twitter account.

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[crossy]

One in three smartphone users want smart wrist wear

And the other two thirds think it's a waste of time and money.

Given that I was a "mark 1" owner, what I'd want from a new device is the following:

• Better battery life - "standby" times for the old Mk1 were pretty poor;
• More reliable connection - the old device had an "endearing" feature of forgetting that it WAS paired, and the phone-based software was equally annoying because it'd (monthly) require you to run the whole pairing and registration thing;
• More functionality - funnily enough what I wanted was a "watch+" and the old device didn't do a good job at being "merely a timepiece";
• Cross platform - although I got mine working on my Galaxy S3 and my old SE X10, there were stories that didn't work that well with other phones, especially HTC;
• Cheaper - £90+ for a wrist ornament that doesn't even tell time particularly well is - to borrow some RegSpeak - an "instafail".

That said, mine was good for picking up RSS feeds from Hexus and the Beeb, and it's use as a controller for the music play was also a major plus point. But I don't see it being a "must have" device, then again I can't see much point other than idle curiosity in Google Glass either - so maybe I'm not "with it" enough for these kind of things?

[cheesyboy]

Yeah, sounds great and all, but why would I buy one when I'm still rocking one of these bad boys;
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/265834/12-ultra-nerdy-watches-of-yore/10

[Jingee]

I'll stick to my nice chunky metallic standard watch thanks.