Although in my seventies now I have always tried to 'move with the times' and have embraced the modern day way of life with it's Lap Tops, i-pads, etc., etc., etc. Some are totally beyond me or perhaps I can't be @rsed to learn them. I have watched (forgive the pun) the progress made with "Smart Watches" which are bringing back memories of Dick Tracy and his TV Watch/Phone when I was a lad (which most of us thought would never happen). The "Smart Watches" not only tell you the time, but act as a PC and a Phone as well, with numerous other attachments including a heart monitor. It has been suggested that in less than three years time just about every working person will have one of these as they will be supplied by gyms and the more sophisticated ones by employers everywhere as they can be monitored to track your every movement, be alerted should your heart rate suddenly soar (there goes the old 'sex on the desk at work' syndrome) and be used as a 'clock-in' and 'clock out' monitor as well as well as being able to talk to you without leaving their office and you leaving your post. Big Brother is just round the corner folks. On the brighter side you will be able to gamble on line, buy on line, check on the Premier League scores and (by that time) be able to see your beloved Hull City 'live' on the miniaturized TV on these new gadgets. One has to wonder if the 'royalties' paid to the football league and shared amongst the clubs will be such that it will result in not having to bother with 'live' support at games anymore, stadiums will be turned into housing commission accommodation, Mr Allam can call us what he likes as nobody will be paying 'gate money' any more so there will be nobody to protest, and that Premier League "fair share' distribution amongst the Clubs will result in us all being able to afford our own Ronaldo's and Messi's! We have come a long way from when I used to have to wait until the "BBC World Service" radio broadcast at 6.00pm on a Sunday here in Oz to find out how my beloved Tigers had fared the day before.
I got a Pebble smart watch as a present from the wife. In reality it ain't that smart. It's really just an extension of my iPhone. In daily use the watch is really limited to being just that, a watch. Like any computer, unless you have a real need for one it is hard to justify getting on in the first place. Like iPads etc, the only use my wife has of hers is to play candy chrush. I don't need a watch to tell me that I have not walked 10,000 steps. Maybe after it has found its way to my drawer containing my collection of old mobiles, sat navs, trackers and even the odd ipa, I will find out that if only I had pressed the right combination of buttons it would have save me countless hours and pounds, but until then I know where it's destiny lies.
I don't really see the appeal of the watch thing, it seems to just do bits of what you already do on your phone, but with a screen too small to see. Mind you, I didn't see the point of an iPad either and that's ended up replacing my laptop when I'm at home.
Am 60 and work as a research chemist/lecturer so used to technology at work, but still not got a smartphone, iPad or laptop and have no intention of getting any. Why do I want an expensive tiny screen when I don't need to use one? Have desktop at work and home, ordinary mobile and am happy with them. Wife bought me a Kindle which I will use on holiday but actually prefer ordinary books. Its all overrated in my opinion.
Yeah, but this is 'progress' highpeak, and before too long you won't be able to buy anything except what they put on the market. Remember the first mobile phones? They were the size and same weight as a brick! Look at them now. I did manage to sell my old Amiga and everything that went with it for a good price to someone who collects antique PC's etc. I manage to sell my old Desk Tops on the local 'Auction Site' and have noticed that they are getting decidedly smaller each year. You can get these 'smart phones' online from China at half the price as well.
I think that you miss the point with a tablet. These are simply the best computing device produced so far. Unlike a pc, its the accessibility and easy of use that makes these devices so practical. My wife struggles with the remote control of our tv, but her ipad is used all through the day. She cancelled the daily news papers last month as she now reads them all online. She is a school governor and has loads of reports and papers sent through, she now never prints these, just reads them on the ipad and at meetings she has everything to hand. Sit back and revel in you old fashioned ways, but once you have a tablet on your coffee table, you will not look back. Sorry got to go, my smart watch has just reminded me that I have a meeting in half an hour!
No, never quite got around to it for various reasons, should do I suppose. I realise I am considered a luddite by many (not on facebook or twitter, cant be bothered) and I do realise that eventually I will have to buy stuff thats more sophisticated than I have now, but I actually like sitting at a desktop and doing whatever I have to do. I like one piece of equipment that does one job well, not one that does god knows how many jobs badly. I will buy a smart watch the day after Rolex make one lol.
I don't have a laptop anymore. In the past I have bought four at different times but hardly used any of them because I am mainly at home and use my desktop. I don't have a tablet because I have a Sony Xperia Z Ultra phone which has a 6.4" screen. If it's relevant, I am 62.
I look forward to your riposte! I give people a lot more slack these days due to autocorrect (plus typing on phones is quite hard to edit/proof read).
I have edited my post. The error was nothing to do with using a phone. I typed this on my desktop and consequently I blame my brain.
Honestly Peter, desktops are so yesterday. There you are sitting alone at your desk top pc when you could be sitting in company with a tablet in front of you. The one negative about all of these phones and tablets is the loss of conversation. At one point over the holidays everyone in the room was sat looking at either a phone or tablet. Out of 8 in the room 6 were playing games, one was on social media and I was replying to emails! I do get a bit annoyed when the grandkids come and sit in silence tapping away "talking" to their mates and then become monosyllabic when we try to start a conversation. I know its kids, but then their parents come in and do the same!!!!
It was merely a gentle jibe at Peter's typo and the fact that he mentioned his age as a disclaimer. We're all getting older and these things just have a habit of happening more frequently as we age. Also, items with smaller screens and predictive text have a habit of making these typos more common (Elle's "Byron Munich" the other day being a good example). I'm much less of a grammar nazi (well, typically spelling nazi - my grammar is terrible) these days as life's too short (but clearly long enough to fail to clarify myself).
I'm sat alone because I am working. When I am in company I don't fiddle with phones/tablets/laptops or desktops.
Sitting in company, with a tablet, ignoring everybody in the room, talking to someone (very inefficiently) via some electronic medium...................... Not what I call progress but each to ther own eh?
