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> I don't see myself buying a smart watch anytime soon, but I said the same thing about buying a smartphone years ago.

But a smartphone solves problems. lots of problems. GPS, camera, email... it does a lot. A smartwatch has to solve different problems, or current problems better, to be useful. Whereas right now it's more fashion than function.

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Of course, the original iPhone didn't have GPS nor a camera that could compete with any of the digital ones available at the time. I think the problem is that almost all of the 3rd party apps run very slowly on the iWatch. I _really_ want to know how close my Uber driver is by staring at my wrist, but right now it's no faster than opening my phone.

I agree, that's why I wouldn't buy one right now. But future technology is hard to predict. I couldn't have predicted something like the app store. There might be some unforeseen killer feature that smart watches will dominate. Who knows.

There are many problems to be solved in health monitoring and sleep- and fitness-tracking. And there is a real market for fitness bands, even if it's not a huge one.

There's also a designer watch/fashion market, which is the one that seems to be of more interest to Apple. However, it doesn't appear to be winning in that one.

The current Apple Watch market appears to be "geeks with iPhones who live in Silicon Valley, or wannabees". How is it doing there?

For me, the Apple Watch has done a great job of solving meeting notifications. I have lots of meetings throughout the day, and it keeps me on track much better then my phone ever did. I also like the fact that I can keep my phone at my desk for long chunks of time and not miss important notifications.

The watch is not for everyone; however there are a few use cases that it handles much better than a phone (at least for me).

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