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mightyjabba

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Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo project, which is apparently real and not at all an elaborate joke of some kind. A few things struck me about it. First, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the "cuff" and simply strapping your cellphone to your wrist, and yet the cuff requires a tethered cell phone. It also seems to share almost all of its functionality with the Apple Watch, with a few exceptions. It just boggles the mind that this concept has made it as far as I has.

I did like the way it alerts you when you move out of a certain range of the tethered phone, though. (I also stumbled upon this beauty while researching this.)

 
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LOL. That video looks like something from Saturday Night Live...
They may as well just strap an iPhone 6+ to their arm!
 
I found this about a month ago but couldn't find it again. I like the of a cuff "idea". Their design is way too thick and bulky.

If someday there was a 3'-5' screen, paper thin and breathable, I would be in.
 
I thought Apple Watch did that too. But because of Wifi range you don't go out of range often?


Having had two Garmin bands & now watch that does this, I for one am glad the watch doesn't, and it's one of the bigger reasons I'm getting one. My current garmin vibrates probably 30-50 times a day when I'm at home at the weekends as I move around my house and it loses the connection to my phone. I could turn Bluetooth off but then I miss notifications when they come through on my phone. If Apple introduce this, I hope it's an option the user can control. the garmin forums have many threads from people asking for it to be configurable. I get why it's there, but make it an option, not on for all....
 
Priceless. Without the video, how I am supposed to figure out why the band in photo 1 is different from photo 2?
 
Having had two Garmin bands & now watch that does this, I for one am glad the watch doesn't, and it's one of the bigger reasons I'm getting one. My current garmin vibrates probably 30-50 times a day when I'm at home at the weekends as I move around my house and it loses the connection to my phone. I could turn Bluetooth off but then I miss notifications when they come through on my phone. If Apple introduce this, I hope it's an option the user can control. the garmin forums have many threads from people asking for it to be configurable. I get why it's there, but make it an option, not on for all....

It would definitely be an option, but with your home it shouldn't be an issue if you have wifi that your iPhone connects to.
 
And had you pulled out an iPhone 6+ to make a phone call back in 2007 people would have laughed at you.

Trust me. After 6 years of people wearing Apple Watches we'll all be used to them and then there will be products like this from Apple too.
 
Am I the only one completely angered and appalled at the concept of this?

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And had you pulled out an iPhone 6+ to make a phone call back in 2007 people would have laughed at you.

Trust me. After 6 years of people wearing Apple Watches we'll all be used to them and then there will be products like this from Apple too.

They already do. Buy a workout strap for your iPhone, presto. The iPhone was a smartphone at 3.5" and is still a smartphone at 5.5". This device, whatever the hell you want to call it, is not a watch. Nor will it ever be a watch. The Apple watch doesn't attempt to mimic a smartphone, it's made to be an accessory. This abomination is LITERALLY a smartphone strapped to your wrist. It's not about being being "used to" the bigger size.
 
And had you pulled out an iPhone 6+ to make a phone call back in 2007 people would have laughed at you.

Trust me. After 6 years of people wearing Apple Watches we'll all be used to them and then there will be products like this from Apple too.

This I doubt (very strongly). If anything I see wearables going in the opposite direction -- more like "real" watches and jewelry and less like a screen strapped to your wrist.

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This abomination is LITERALLY a smartphone strapped to your wrist. It's not about being being "used to" the bigger size.

On the contrary -- you still need a cell phone to use many of its functions (it can't make calls or access cellular data on its own) so it is actually less useful than a smartphone strapped to your wrist.
 
This I doubt (very strongly). If anything I see wearables going in the opposite direction -- more like "real" watches and jewelry and less like a screen strapped to your wrist.
Agreed.

On the contrary -- you still need a cell phone to use many of its functions (it can't make calls or access cellular data on its own) so it is actually less useful than a smartphone strapped to your wrist.
So an iPod touch strapped to your wrist. Even better. I can't believe idiots actually donated to this project. Could have just bought one of these....
 

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People already are complaining about their Apple Watch getting dinged up because it is worn, lets make it bigger so it can get even more destroyed.

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Well, it shows an icon at the top of the screen when it's disconnected, but to my knowledge there is no alert or sound played.

I really want this from the Apple Watch, I really do!

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LOL. That video looks like something from Saturday Night Live...
They may as well just strap an iPhone 6+ to their arm!

Except one problem, with a screen this big you STILL need to have your iPhone to make this work! Lol! Laughable at best.
 
To large for everyday use, maybe if you are running, riding a bike, or doing something where you cannot access your phone.
 
My goodness, what's with all the discussion... this just left me speechless. Just wow. Woooooow.
 
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