Nike’s usability failure on the Apple Watch exposes what smartwatches could be
One of the chief reasons I bought an Apple Watch was for Nike Run Club (what used to be called Nike+).[1] But the Nike software’s bugginess and some misse...
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Wrist wars determining fate of smartwatches and wearables
About two months ago I retired my Suunto T6 (left in image) and got an Apple Watch (right in image). The Suunto was top of the line wrist-top computer for 2006....
Fitbit buying Pebble will NOT help it crack the code on smartwatches
For some reason, discussions of smartwatches make me twitch. Maybe it’s because I got my first smartwatch over 10 years ago.* Maybe it’s because I&#...
Smartwatches: data freshness, interactive surfaces, and how the old became new again.
If you are an older runner, like me, there’s a high chance that smartwatches are nothing new to you. In 2005, when I was at Nokia Ventures Organization, t...
The mobile aspect of sensors
In the last few months I’ve picked up a GPS module, a Suunto t6 wrist computer (yes, it can tell time), a heart rate monitor (with the t6), and an accelle...
MobHappy on: Never Underestimate the Ingenuity of Fools
I had a boss who would always said to me that one never can never underestimate the ways someone can screw something up (he meant scientists in the lab) –...