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hmm... how the hell does that work? Every display tech I've seen so far needs a rectangle matrix... :S
 
IceBone said:
I wouldn't hold my breath. There's still no such thing as a round display.
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There's a round display in the video edkwon posted.
 
Blayde said:
Finally, rounded faces, glad I waited till the second generation of smartwatches, nothing against the Pebble, but it's supposed to look like a watch and then be smart, like that G?bor Balogh concept.

/Will definitely buy one iteration of whatever comes out on top
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:nod:
 

You watch the whole thing but if you skip to around 9.40 you can see the guy swiping around the watch.

So yeah, Motorola has mastered magic :p
 
lol battery life

 
IceBone said:
hmm... how the hell does that work? Every display tech I've seen so far needs a rectangle matrix... :S
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just a thought: somehow 'fold back' the corners... then do it again... and again... until you're close enough to the circle that you can hide any remaining corners behind the bezel :dunno: after that, it's just software not doing anything with those areas.
 
eizbaer said:
just a thought: somehow 'fold back' the corners... then do it again... and again... until you're close enough to the circle that you can hide any remaining corners behind the bezel :dunno: after that, it's just software not doing anything with those areas.
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Nothing as complicated as that I don't think. I don't see a good reason why it has to be square. Its not going to be a true circle if you zoom in and look at the edge, but its completely feasible to have the rows of LED's be shorter at the top of a circle then the ones in the wider part.

A quick google search for "Circular LCD screen" popped up a bunch results of companies developing round screens...here is one about Toshiba doing so in 2007...

http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/circular-lcd-debuts

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The biggest barrier I have with these kind of items are the price. Its cool and all, but until it gets under $100 I don't think I'd go for one. The $300+ price tag that most of these have are just silly when you can buy a full size phone or tablet for a lot less. I realize its new technology and miniaturizing components gets expensive, but those items at the price are purely a boutique item IMHO.

That said, bring the price down and I'd think about it. I'd also consider a small handheld device that could go in a pocket that connects to a tablet or phablet and acts as the "phone" part so i don't feel like as much of a dork holding a big ass phone to my head. I love having it for everything else, but its not the greatest to use as a phone honestly.
 
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Electric-Mayhem said:
That said, bring the price down and I'd think about it. I'd also consider a small handheld device that could go in a pocket that connects to a tablet or phablet and acts as the "phone" part so i don't feel like as much of a dork holding a big ass phone to my head. I love having it for everything else, but its not the greatest to use as a phone honestly.
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Those exist already. I know HTC has the Mini+, dunno about anyone else.
 
if a phone hardly lasts a day on one charge, how long will those watches last? it can only pack 1/4 battery-size!
 
The screen is also then tiny, doesn't have to drive as many apps or as heavy an OS. Anything more than a day is fine with me, most of us charge phones everyday, one more device is no big deal
 
The Pebble lasts a week, the first Galaxy Gear hardly lasts a day and they say the new Galaxy Gears should last 3 to 4 days.

I'm guessing the Google Wear things will be around 3-4 days as well.
 
You have to consider the display technologies. The Pebble is e-ink which doesn't use that much power. From the looks the Google Wear devices would be LCD so the battery life is anybodys guess.
 
SchumacherM said:
lol battery life

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How, why, what?
Either you never ever use your phone or that is massively wrong?

bone said:
if a phone hardly lasts a day on one charge, how long will those watches last? it can only pack 1/4 battery-size!
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E-ink lasts for massive amounts of time (like the pebble watch). I'd actually prefer it to LCD, even if that means only black and white. I just don't like charging up everything I own, and I do like the pebble's low price point...

I'd still do most stuff on the phone/tablet anyway, so I don't need a colour screen...
 
I would also prefer a high quality, high resolution e-ink over LCD, especially if they can get something with a high refresh rate.
 
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