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Despite the fanfare and prolific advance sales of the Apple Watch when it was launched, many technology commentators are struggling with an existential issue: what is it?
Apple is no stranger to breaking new ground or creating wildly successful product categories in areas where big names had hitherto either failed or experienced marginal success, but there appear to be some fundamental questions about what kind of device the Apple Watch is.
Mobile World Congress 2015 is happening this week, and that means that a slew of shiny new slabs of technology will be touted with much gusto and hyperbole by their proud makers, and you can also rest assured (with a certain grim inevitably) that there will be a mountain of new accessories and companion products doing the rounds too, many of which will fall under the current buzzword du jour, "wearable".
"Wearable" technology and personal "smart" devices are seemingly ever-expanding categories of product that we are assured will fill all of the hitherto un-noticed empty niches in our lives - from health tracking to... more health tracking, but for my money very few of them are particularly compelling.
There’s been some interesting thinking coming out of Dan Hon’s thoroughly excellent daily email newsletter recently around what “smart” devices really are, and I’m inclined to agree with a lot of the thoughts in this particular post.
Connected devices, the "Internet of Things", smart watches, and all that jazz.
There have been a raft of articles posted recently that have trumpeted 2014 as the year of the connected device, and yes, this is another one.
You know what? I like it.
It’s a £30 gadget that doesn’t do anything I couldn’t already do with my Xbox360 hooked up to my TV and my home network, but it’s a great bit of kit - compact, easy to set up, and easy to use.