As if the world isn’t insular and droney enough with everybody staring at their phones all day, now we have iWatches to provide a workaround for the gadget-addict who still harbors a modicum of old-school social etiquette and feels rude openly reaching into a pocket or purse every 30 seconds for a “smartphone” to drool on. Simply glance at the ol’ wrist, and the other living/breathing humans in your midst won’t even realize you’re ignoring them and checking Facebook. Everybody wins!
I imagine the watch/phone combo will add up to more than the sum of its parts in this respect, as everybody farts around with their phones AND their watches together, trying to get them to interact with each other in myriad whiz-bang ways. Progress, baby. Let us continue on our relentless hunt for non-existent questions to address with our stylish new technological answers (“Dude, now I can open my dishwasher with my wristwatch! How did I ever live without this?”).
So… bah, humbug, I guess. I won’t be strapping a $400 iPod Nano to my wrist in the foreseeable future.
Sometimes I feel like Apple should bring back the Pet Rock, slap an “i” in front of the name, and watch people line up to buy it.