If this is Samsung’s smart watch
But I can say with certainty that if coque batman huawei p9 lite this is is truly Samsung’s big entry into the “wearables” market one considered to be the future of electronics and one estimated to be worth $6 billion by 2016 it is appalling at best.
Look at it. Look at it! It looks like a shrunken smartphone affixed to a plastic watchband. coque huawei goed hoesje It is the spiritual successor to the Casio calculator watch. It is an accessory that proclaims its geekiness without hesitation. It is an inelegant object for which form and function follow nothing in particular, save for the coque iphone 6 plus stars wars smartphone from which they have been adapted.
Look around wearable technology is already around you. coque iphone Bluetooth headsets curl around earlobes. FitBits clutch bra straps and belt loops. coque huawei p9 lite boxe Nike FuelBands hang from wrists, pinhole LED lights aglow. coque iphone 5s casseurs flowters This technology is subtle, simple, and suitable for a wide variety of environments. It does not resemble coque iphone 7 assasination classroom the silicon embedded inside. It is not a tiny coque iphone 5s bff helicopter pad strapped to one’s wrist.
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Apple knows this. Nike knows this. Even Google knows this. bracelet homme When it introduced its Glass product extremely geeky, in a LeVar coque iphone 6s art Burton on Star Trek kind of way it marketed the smart glasses with elegant, fashion focused photos. Though the device got some degree of traction in a glamorous industry (Glass has walked the Diane von Furstenberg runway in New York), its narrative has largely remained coque iphone femme de voyou in the hands of the coque iphone 7 transparente dessin geeks who obsess over such things. bijoux personnalise Larry Page was not happy about Robert Scoble sporting them in the shower for his audience on Google Plus, and it wasn’t because fichier stl coque iphone 7 of the waterlogging that ensued.
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Photo courtesy Warby Parker
Watches are no different. coque iphone coque iphone Smartphones took that notion even further, replacing the wriststrap altogether. But plenty of folks wear watches, because they coque huawei p9 lite cerf are now an accessory no different than a ring on your finger or hat on your head. coque huawei It’s about look and at the higher end of the market, status. coque iphone 4 harry styles president George W. Bush wore a $50 Timex. The narrative played into each’s reputation as extravagant and populist, respectively. No one talked about how well each device kept the time.
As for Glass, Google has been rumored to be in talks with Warby Parker, the hip New York startup responsible for stylish, low cost frames that downtown denizens love. coque iphone 6 death note The company knows that a geeky pair of specs $1,500 or otherwise won’t make waves unless the technology is virtually transparent. coque samsung You need a great pair of glasses coque iphone 5 dessin before you wire them up.
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Samsung officially announced its Galaxy Gear coque iphone 7 plus queen watch
hours after this post was coque chat huawei p9 first published. As you can see in CNET’s photos of the device, it’s much thinner than the version depicted at the top of this post, though it looks very much like an Apple iPad nano with a strap.