Reaction to Wearable Devices

Google's Android Wear

I've been aware of wearable devices for a while, and by that I'm mainly talking about the watches that connect to your smartphone via Bluetooth. Last night my roommate was watching a video about Android Wear, which sparked me to really think about what these devices are all about.

Initially, I thought it was a pointless idea to (basically) wear a smartphone on your wrist when you can just as easily take it out of your pocket. It seems that technology has become stagnant; there's not much else we haven't invented, so we keep changing the way it looks and the size of the device or the screen (the whole iPad, iPad Mini thing seems completely silly to me). In this case, we've changed the appearance from phone-like to a watch, but all the same functions are there.

Let's look on the bright side though. After watching Android Wear's promotional video on YouTube (see below), I noticed a few things that might be useful about the watch. Say you're out in public and don't want to look like you're glued to your phone like so many other people these days. This way you can more subtly check the weather or social media notifications. Or maybe you're out for a bike ride or jog and don't have pockets to put your phone in. The watch is conveniently strapped to your wrist (but aren't there phone holders for that...? Oh well.)

I'm curious to know what other people think about wearable technology. Thoughts? Comments? Questions? (Not that I'm an expert and can answer your questions, but we can be confused together).