What I Want In A Smartwatch

[blairh]

Not necessarily. Most in-dash NAV screens sit pretty low in the dash, which is more dangerous than glancing at the watch at eye level (assuming you're holding the steering wheel at the top), but like I said, with automatic voice prompts from the iPhone and haptic feedback provided by the watch, there's no need to look at the screen at all and of course not everyone mounts their iPhone at eye level.

I can't believe you're trying to make the argument for a proper GPS system versus a small screen on your wrist.

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That probably says more about the kind of cars you drive than the market as a whole. And the point an earlier person made is that the device vibrates depending on which direction you're supposed to go, thus the screen size is irrelevant.

Vibrates how? I'm talking cars I enter, not drive. Go ahead and believe a small screen on your wrist is equal or better than a 5" screen on your dashboard.

 

[APlotdevice]

I can't believe you're trying to make the argument for a proper GPS system versus a small screen on your wrist.

That's because he's not:

"There's no need to look at the screen"

The point is you get feedback without having to look away from the street at all.

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Vibrates how? I'm talking cars I enter, not drive. Go ahead and believe a small screen on your wrist is equal or better than a 5" screen on your dashboard.

Stop focusing on the **** screen! The screen is completely irrelevant to this discussion!

 

[blairh]

That's because he's not:

The point is you get feedback without having to look away from the street at all.

How is vibration going to even work with this?

 

[APlotdevice]

How is vibration going to even work with this?

"one kind of buzz for left, a different one for right."

 

[blairh]

"one kind of buzz for left, a different one for right."

Lmfao.

 

[Nicolecat]

Yeah, so with voice prompts from the iPhone itself and haptic feedback provided by the watch (which is confirmed), having turn-by-turn on the wrist is no more dangerous than in-dash NAV and may even be safer.

key word "may"
It isn't even released yet...and I'm not trying to argue

I seriously doubt they'll rescind a feature they've already advertised (haptic feedback for turn-by-turn). Perhaps you're referring to voice prompts but we can already get that from the iPhone itself so I don't see why it can't occur concomitantly with the watch.

"May" was referring to when you said it "may even be safer" not to the point that they "may" leave off a feature that they've already announced.
Not sure how you came to that assumption...

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

I can't believe you're trying to make the argument for a proper GPS system versus a small screen on your wrist.

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Vibrates how? I'm talking cars I enter, not drive. Go ahead and believe a small screen on your wrist is equal or better than a 5" screen on your dashboard.

Sounds like you're uneducated on how Maps works on the watch. Given that the screen is still pretty small to use for navigation, it'll vibrate when it's time to turn and even give a different buzz for left and right. With Siri to narrate your journey, the screen size is irrelevant.

You do consider the iPhone a proper GPS system. The watch is just a companion to it.

 

[APlotdevice]

Lmfao.

You're laughing at at a type of system that was originally developed for the deaf.

 

[blairh]

Sounds like you're uneducated on how Maps works on the watch. Given that the screen is still pretty small to use for navigation, it'll vibrate when it's time to turn and even give a different buzz for left and right. With Siri to narrate your journey, the screen size is irrelevant.

You do consider the iPhone a proper GPS system. The watch is just a companion to it.

If you think that's superior or even on par to a proper GPS or smartphone screen God bless ya.

 

[nebo1ss]

I'm highly skeptical of the first-gen Apple Watch.

In fact I can't see myself using a smartwatch unless I could do so without needing my phone whatsoever.

Here are some real life examples where I'd love to use a watch only but we just aren't there yet.

1. The Gym/Outdoors. Allow me to keep my smartphone in my car or gym locker. Let me access my music (3rd party apps) via the watch only. Let me receive and make calls via the watch only. Let me respond to email and text via the watch. Give me a keyboard so I'm not forced to use something like Siri only.

2. The Beach. Make it waterproof. Long walks on the beach with your phone in your swim trucks kinda sucks. Let me ditch the phone entirely for a day at the beach. (And give me a decent way of snapping photos?)

3. Bars/Nightclubs. Environments that are loud and filled with people. Can't use voice dictation in a loud area filled with people.

Maybe we'll get there one day. But I have almost zero interest in a companion device to my phone which is with me almost 24/7 (because it needs to be).

Biggest problem with your wish list is that you would have to carry around a battery in your pocket to keep it working more than one hour.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

"May" was referring to when you said it "may even be safer" not to the point that they "may" leave off a feature that they've already announced.
Not sure how you came to that assumption...

I guess I got confused by your saying it hasn't even been released yet. Logic tells me that having turn-by-turn on the wrist (which is in more direct view with your hands on the steering wheel) is likely safer than looking down on the low-sitting in-dash NAV screen or even the iPhone itself you're trying to hide out of the cop's view, even if they all have voice prompts.

 

[Friarchuck]

Exactly. I see a smart watch as essentially a call/text/email screening device that lets me decide how important the communication is, and whether or not I need to deal with it by going to the actual phone. For those of us being contacted all of the time, especially for work, it's pretty handy.

Also having the screen stay off and notifications go to the watch is a battery saver.