Gadgetory

this episode of Android Q&A is brought to you by HipChat now ever since smartwatches first came out I've always wanted to do one thing you know what it is a man a DS boy kit come get me get a line alright so the industry had high hopes for these smartwatches they were expected to explode and go mainstream quite quickly but they haven't quite got there at all and today we're going to talk about why and to start off well they're not a standalone product unlike Dick Tracy's telephone esque timepiece the majority of smartwatches are not capable of placing voice calls on their own in fact most of them need to be tethered to an Internet connected smartphone in order to operate at full capacity this may not be a complete deal breaker for everyone however some people aren't too keen on this setup add in the fact that most smart watches are currently priced from two to three hundred dollars and this watered-down extension of a smartphone experience really starts to become a tough sell now let's talk about what they do do well they give you easy notifications without having to take the phone out of your pocket for text time temperature all that kind of thing and it does give you the added fitness tracking which is fantastic but is that a compelling enough reason for most people especially because they're not the best fashion accessory if you're looking for an attractive intelligent smart watch your choices are somewhat limited most of these devices are pretty masculine in appearance and if you are a woman seeking something softer things get even worse if you ever seen a woman wear a SmartWatch my wife just says men in your toys in their present form smartwatches are still unpolished unproven and ultimately unnecessary toss in the fact that most devices are poorly marketed and it becomes pretty clear why they're not flying off the shelves until Hardware SmartWatch producers can come up with a clear-cut reason why these devices are actually needed 1 million units sold every two years might be a slow death Neil ringing loud and clear that was some bloody good writing and that's mark Hearn at android authority calm you want to check out his article link below I base today show on that but now i'm going to riff on smartwatches here we go my friends it comes down to Wi-Fi easily accessible Wi-Fi how many of us out there would pay for LTE carrier charges on both our phone tablet and wearable devices like a SmartWatch not many it gets super expensive and there isn't a compelling enough reason to do so yet but if Wi-Fi is everywhere I mean it's grown so much right it's now in our community center library school cafe and McDonald's all that kind of stuff but when it doubles in capacity when it doubles in accessibility and it's just everywhere standalone wearable devices are able to really pull their weight and now a really compelling reason because they can access the internet and get all the data that we want without having to be dependent on our smartphone or tablet that is going to change the game what do you guys think now I saw that some of you in the comments we're talking about domain calm and possibly getting Android dot army and I thought that'd be kind of cute if you guys don't get it I will cuz domain now comes fantastic it's not just about domain com net org anymore you now have the opportunity to name your site and build your brand in ways that's never possible choose from the growing list of 200 plus domain name extensions like ninja NYC that expert and duck club all available now at domain.com and the guys at domain.com on a hook our viewers up with a great offer say fifteen percent on domain names and web hosting when you use our coupon code Android at domain.com check out don't forget fifteen percent off when you use our coupon code Android when you think domain names think domain.com alright so this is the LG G watch it was a thoughtful gift from android authority dnd the the Android God's they got this for my birthday and it was fantastic here's what I like I like easy notifications time text temperature weather all that kind of stuff and it vibrates it's much more discreet for a text I can you know if it's neat if I need to tax them out to dinner like that and I'll pull up my phone I can just look at my watch and it's much more polite that's kind of cool but of course is we talked about it's not stand alone so there's limited things it can do I really do like the fitness tracking combined with the watch and text and all that stuff so it's okay would I have paid 180 bucks to buy this myself no so my wife's right it is kind of a toy thanks for watching you know what I say the same thing all the time you know what I'm looking for here here here and down there so I'm just going to go up by saying kitten no ugly at least I have an X years