>From the response to my posting on the absence of the wearable equivalent to the Apple II I pose the following question/challenge. What would be the minimal feature set for a marketable wearable that would provide enough of a development launchpad to grow into the wearable of all our dreams? Let me kick off the discussion by suggesting that a wearable can be marketable with far less than most people on the list would suspect. I suggest this because of the huge success of the Pilot in the PDA arena. It beat the newton (a far superior PDA) by being cheap, small, and easy to develop for. People were actually willing to learn to write in a different language just to take advantage of the facility of portable data. At the same time I also would suggest that while settling for much less an inexpensive wearable can be realized that is much more than just another PDA. Rather, a true platform for the future of wearables. As mentioned on my previous posting about an Apple II wearable equivalent I suggested that existing low cost products representing seperate features of a desirable wearable together would weigh less than 2 lbs and (I didn't metnion this before) probably cost less than $1000 altogether retail. So why can't we weave together a marketable wearable? -- Bill Nordstrom University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75235-9039 W:214-648-9227 Fax: 214-648-8694 emailCooltalk: 129.112.20.190
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