Bill Nordstrom wrote: > Mainly I want to combine the > following modern day encumbrances: > > 1. A mobile phone > 2. A walkman- a necessity in my view. > 3. Organizer > 4. Address/phonebook > 5. Maps > 6. Memo pad This parallels my recent thoughts on this, but add in 7. pager I know that the digital cell phones usually have this capability, but until digital service is the norm, pagers are useful. (side note, are there PC/104 compatible boards that will receive pager and/or cellular signals, and drop them into the text/audio paths? > As I see it, the emphasis on HMD in the wearable community is stifling the > emergence of this crucial product. I don't know many people that are > dependent on a camcorder all day long. Sure, I would love an unobtrusive, > nonstop visual data feed all day. I would love to video conference with my > wife while shopping, but that is a wish presently, and not a need in most > peoples minds. I disagree - the HMD stuff has been mostly for a *text* HMD - the P4 as Grail. I don't want to need to remember to look into a lens to see if my email is answered, or have an open flat LCD (privacy), and sometimes an audio alert (or Steve Mann's electro-shock alerts) is not good either. An HMD allows for a private, visual alert. If I'm going somewhere and need directions or a map, I'd prefer not to have to stop and look into a device, then resume my journey - I want to have them 'at my eyeball-tips' so I can navigate and keep on track. I'm willing to do with less for now, and I think that a mini-LCD (3-inch screen, say) that can be retro-fitted with an HMD later would be the ideal system. -- Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team Scientific Atlanta | Digital Video Services Group |
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