jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I was with a group of people last night, and a conversation began about smart watches. A woman said she fell, and she heard someone ask if she was all right. It was her watch. She told it she was fine, and the watch asked, "Are you sure?" Another woman said she was driving her car, and she heard someone talking to her. It was her watch relaying a phone call. Another woman said she was talking to her husband about the temperature, and her TV said, "The temperature is 48 degrees." She said she has a Google TV. I didn't know there was such a thing.

That is just too weird and creepy for me.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

We are being listened to more and more these days.
My wife loves her FitBit, which has several handy features and is not that expensive.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Way too intrusive.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

These watches include medical apps that could actually save lives in the right situation

Bobby123

And information from those same medical apps would be very valuable to your insurance company. They would pay big bucks to have access to your real time medical information. It might show that you spend 8 hours a day sitting in a chair and never get any exercise or that chocolate and alcohol are your two main food groups. Next thing you know your health insurance rates go up. I have no idea what information my existing technology is already sharing about me or with whom so I won't have a "smart" watch or one of those Alexa things. The internet is the wild west come to life so I try not to feed it.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Google 'Google Pizza Joke'

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

My wife wears a smart watch and when she throws a toy for the dog it asks if she has had a fall. The best thing she uses the watch for is when she misplaces her phone, she can push a button or app, and the phone will ding so she can locate it.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Anybody think about "BIG BROTHER"

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

One of my pet peeves. Women wear clothes without pockets so they don't have a place to keep their phone or anything else with them. That's why they have to carry a purse. I would probably need a duffel bag or a backpack. I admit it's probably a guy thing to have pockets but I am addicted to them. I have standard items in at least 5 pockets. When I'm with my wife, she asks me to carry some stuff in my pockets, so I would really be more comfortable with 6-8 pockets. Every so often my wife will want me to buy a new shirt or pants that SHE likes. I have come across pants that were designed by women. The pockets are sized for women's hands and mine don't fit. The zipper is short. There are not enough belt loops. My specs for clothes are distinctly different from hers. I refuse those items.

Things I want to carry with me at all times: wallet, knife, keys, phone, glasses (not necessarily in order of importance).

PS: I gave up wearing a watch about 50 years ago. I was always smashing them in some way. I had a calculator that had the time on it (shirt pocket). That got replaced by the phone eventually, which had a calculator and the time in addition to the phone.

whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I had two, but they didn't keep working very long.

I had a cheap smart watch, but it had a rubber watchband. When that broke, the watch was useless. Charging that watch required removing it from one side of the watch, so no replacement band was available.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

This morning my wife asked me to go to the doctor. She said, “I need a hairy chest!” When I asked her why? She said, “a hearing test!! You idiot!!!”

marine73 Loc: Modesto California

I feel undressed if I don't have a wrist watch and pocket knife. I actually wear my pocket knife on my belt and carry one in my pocket, each has its usefulness, one is a multi-tool and the other is a semi-multi tool. My watch is a citizen that has multi functions on and the current one can reset for DST automatically.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I always wear a watch, but as much as I like the idea of a smart watch, I can't justify the cost for my lifestyle. I'm satisfied with analog and digital. If I don't reset the digitals at each time shift, I can pick one out with the correct time twice a year.

JBuckley

Yep!
I was wondering if any public official might find him or herself (Congressman), might find themselves indicted after their [Smart Watch] ratted them out while committing criminal acts against the the United States?

I’m sure they would destroy the evidence before surrendering their (tattle-tale) watches.