What makes a smartwatch “smart”? Is it the ability to show you notifications from your phone? Electrolysis, nanotechnology? Announcements from major global corporations? Tells you how you're doing with fitness stats? Or, is it more around practicality — the ability to match your lifestyle or interests or staying in touch with your interactions with friends or work? Most people probably want something in the middle. Someone who they feel comfortable checking up on from time to time, with things like the weather or equity news. Someone who is easy to use but also has increasingly powerful tools, like BTio. Someone who gives them a seamless way to do things, period.
Although this initial batch of four smartwatches has its fair share of shortcomings and controversies, one thing remains clear: The midrange category has been a bit underplayed by the industry. Smartwatches have an afterthought, and in many ways, come out ahead of the curve. I can't remember since I started covering the wearables sector being this excited about the technology, or this wrong.
Our big investigation can be found here and our iPhone game of the week can be found here.
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Updates from Thursday, April 5
John Dorsey, Jr. of the Kansas City Star reports that Eric Berry has in fact really spoken with the Chiefs about becoming a hometown football player:
Left tackle Eric Berry has put aside what his family has done for him for the time being and decided to schedule a meeting with Chiefs coach Andy Reid after all. Berry, the co-winner this year of the AFC offensive lineman of the year Award (though he also was in a tight race), has a family bloodline and a home on Hutchinson, Kan., that provides little to no immediate financial aid through financial services. Instead, he soaked up as much counseling, strength and conditioning work and from his cousin, Emmanuel Wright, as possible. ... Reid's push hasn't had the desired effect of budging Berry to make the move by the deadline. Collins has some personal history with the Chiefs hurting him motivated.
Original Text
Former Chiefs offensive lineman and U.S. Olympian, Eric Berry, wants to stay in Kansas City despite an open offer from the Kansas City Chiefs to play in the NFL rather than in Olympics, according to several reports.
Berry wants a chance to win the Super Bowl and winning that Super Bowl, or getting to the Super Bowl in the first place, would likely lead to an increased salary somewhere. Some believe that the Broncos and Cowboys as the top two teams in the AFC are in the running
Although this initial batch of four smartwatches has its fair share of shortcomings and controversies, one thing remains clear: The midrange category has been a bit underplayed by the industry. Smartwatches have an afterthought, and in many ways, come out ahead of the curve. I can't remember since I started covering the wearables sector being this excited about the technology, or this wrong.
Our big investigation can be found here and our iPhone game of the week can be found here.
Getty Images
Updates from Thursday, April 5
John Dorsey, Jr. of the Kansas City Star reports that Eric Berry has in fact really spoken with the Chiefs about becoming a hometown football player:
Left tackle Eric Berry has put aside what his family has done for him for the time being and decided to schedule a meeting with Chiefs coach Andy Reid after all. Berry, the co-winner this year of the AFC offensive lineman of the year Award (though he also was in a tight race), has a family bloodline and a home on Hutchinson, Kan., that provides little to no immediate financial aid through financial services. Instead, he soaked up as much counseling, strength and conditioning work and from his cousin, Emmanuel Wright, as possible. ... Reid's push hasn't had the desired effect of budging Berry to make the move by the deadline. Collins has some personal history with the Chiefs hurting him motivated.
Original Text
Former Chiefs offensive lineman and U.S. Olympian, Eric Berry, wants to stay in Kansas City despite an open offer from the Kansas City Chiefs to play in the NFL rather than in Olympics, according to several reports.
Berry wants a chance to win the Super Bowl and winning that Super Bowl, or getting to the Super Bowl in the first place, would likely lead to an increased salary somewhere. Some believe that the Broncos and Cowboys as the top two teams in the AFC are in the running
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