I love gadgets. Any type of mechanical or electronic device is something that I have always been fascinated by. Ever since our first Gateway compute about 20 years ago, I have loved all of the newest gizmos that have become a part of our life. I have had 4 phones, now the the best one yet, my galaxy Note 4, I can do just about anything on this one, I can just about run my entire business from a device that fits into my pocket. It is amazing how far things have come since I was a kid( I am 58, born in 1959).I go back to black and white TV’s with just a few channels. This new phone is something that I could not have imagined when I was a kid watching Star Trek or Batman with all of those cool gadgets. The idea of talking on a phone that you carried around with you was something that was pure science fiction to me back in my younger days.
Galaxy Note 4
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Over the past 3-4 years I have been wearing a $50 Timex Explorer Analog/Digital watch. It does everything that I need in my everyday life, It tells time accurately, and is easy to read!!
Timex Explorer
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Now lets fast forward to 2016 and the cheap Smart watches that are on the market. For a watch nut like me and someone who loves the latest toy, I just had to have one of these babies for my collection. I found a $50 watch from a company in China (where else?) and ordered it. In 6 days it was here and ready to go.
From Here on I will compare the smartwatch with my Timex and my phone and give you the final verdict on this new gadget.
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Functions of the smartwatch
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All of the functions of the watch are fine, but All of them are already done on my phone. My phone gives me notifications when I get an email or text. It tells the time, has an alarm, exercise monitor, gives me the weather, can check my heart rate, has a phone log, calendar, plays my music, has a great camera. So after a week of wearing the smart watch, I started to realize that this “gadget” is doing all of the same things that my watch and phone already do, so why am I wearing it?? It needs to be charged everyday, I have to move my wrist just the right way for it to turn on to check the time and now I have two gadgets “beeping” at me when I get an email.
So after a week of playing with my new gadget, it is back on the shelf collecting dust. I am back to my trusty Timex that just goes about its business and tells me what time it is!