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Has Apple Finally Become Too Elitist?
Help me with this folks: I need a reason to buy the Apple Watch. Try as I might, I find no need, no real purpose, no compelling rationale to justify spending hundreds of dollars for a watch that really doesn’t do much more than look good. I’m trying very hard here to talk myself into pre-ordering it when Apple starts taking orders on April 10. But the Apple Watch, near as I can tell, is nothing more than a status symbol for those who think they are trendsetters. Let’s start with these reasons against buying one. It is ridiculously expensive. The cheapest model, called the Sport, sells for $349 for…
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Wearable Technology and Technology Enabled Clothing
Technology keeps getting smaller and easier to take along. I have a sort of high tech fashion piece for us this week, demonstrating how the latest trend in tech is what’s known as wearable technology. When you’re talking about wearable technology, you’re talking about things like the Samsung Gear. It’s a Smartwatch. Now there are a number of them out there. It’s a regular watch. But this one also receives email. It receives text messages. It’s a camera – video and still. And you can make and receive phone calls with it. There are a number of them on the market, and soon you’ll see the Apple iWatch. So this…
