It’s getting cold and so I’m fumbling with my phone and other devices.

I like the idea of a large screen on my forearm, but I’m not sure how it would work. Maybe it would be cool?

I see some company tried in 2014 and probably didn’t get anywhere (see Arubixs Portal), and there was that infamous Kickstarter too

  • @Augustiner@lemmy.world
    6•7 months ago

    I already hate that I have to have my phone with me at all times (cause of work and family that wants me to be available). Definitely don’t want to wear another thing tracking me, distracting me and spamming notifications.

    If I had to switch my phone to a wearable the best would probably be an earpiece that reads text for me, if needed.

    Glasses and wristbands are a privacy nightmare and I can’t wait for people to get AR ads with their shiny new glasses.

    • OtterOPEnglish
      5•7 months ago

      The hope here was that the device would work the way we want them to

      So locally processed data, no tracking (unless you want to track your location intentionally) etc.

      • @Augustiner@lemmy.world
        4•7 months ago

        Guess under those circumstances a health tracker might be a useful thing. I’m not a huge fan of quantifying that kinda stuff, but getting a heads up for problems would be nice. Don’t give me any shit like a sleep score or whatever, just beep me if my heart is beating irregularly or something else is wrong.

        But as the other guy said, I’m too much of a pessimist to believe in a gadget like that ever existing ;) There’s always gonna be data mining and companies bombarding you with bullshit and ads.