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for reasons I don't completely understand people are really into the idea of big high-tech watches maybe was that square ipod nano or the insane response to the pebble watch on Kickstarter or the whole Nike FuelBand and Fitbit craze whatever it is the hot rumor right now is the apple is cooking up their own wrist watch throughout this year Donal Bell and this top 5 i'm counting down the must-haves i watch features that might get me to buy one starting off at number five notifications honestly I don't really want to watch what I want is a way to obsess over my phone without having to actually take out my phone and look like a jerk I want to be able to screen calls read text messages see upcoming appointments and I want it to blink them buzz a lot so that everyone thinks I'm important number four is a little bit gross that has got to be sweat resistant in fact they can make this whole thing waterproof by going with wireless charging and sealing the whole thing up even better all I know is that if this thing can be undone by a workout or careless hand-washing it's too fragile for me I leave my pointless status symbols to be military grade at number three connectivity controlling music playback on my phone or iPod is the least it can do I want the control Apple TV airplay speakers keynote presentations talk to Siri maybe even turn on the lights of my house now knowing apple i'll probably get half those features and then they'll dangle the other ones out for i watch too and i watch three which will come in more colors and be thinner and then they'll be VI watch mini for the kids I've suffered this abuse before I know how it goes coming at number 2 3rd party apps I don't want this thing to just be a window onto my phone in my pocket I wanted to have its own apps and I want to see what kind of cool things developers can make maybe some little teeny tiny games I mean it'll take some pretty tough design restrictions to keep designers from going off the rails the Apple more than anyone else has shown that they can really crack the whip to enforce app quality now before we get to number one let's take a minute to consider all of the features that the I watch doesn't need I mean really if this thing is like an iPhone companion device why not let the phone in your pocket do the heavy lifting that means no GPS use bluetooth 4.0 instead of Wi-Fi or 4g no headphone jack no pedometer no quad-core processors and most importantly no offensively high price I mean who the hell really needs a SmartWatch make it low tech with the low price and put the emphasis on apps and design I mean I know it's Apple it's not going to be cheap but don't make me have to explain dropping four hundred dollars on an iWatch to my wife it sounds ridiculous all right and now the number one thing the apples hypothetical i watch is going to need if they're going to get people to reimburse the watch long battery life and I have enough crap that I need to charge every day I don't need to add a watch to the list now Apple has shown that they can pull off some miraculous battery life with products like the iPad but there's no way to cram a giant battery into something small enough to fit on your wrist well maybe if it was like a Nintendo Power glove kind of thing that would actually be pretty badass but a solar panel on there for charging couple laser pointers chick magnet so there you go those are the five features an apple iWatch would need to have to keep me interested but it's just my opinion and I'm sure you've got one of your own so hit me up on Twitter or leave a comment on the top five blog over at top 5 cnet com also be sure to check out Scott's lines right up of nine features he wants from the iWatch I ripped you off I only gave you five Donald Bell thanks for watching you