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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
An MSNBC article mentioned that this would have a short battery lifetime if used heavily, so probably isn't suitable as someone's primary cell phone. In the U.S., most people like to have one personal cell phone, and it wouldn't be practical for that. It sounds like it would have a very small market - mostly Dick Tracy fans.
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I don't know, is it common for people over there to talk for many hours on their mobiles between charges? The stated battery life of existing wrist watch phones are commonly around 2,5-3 hours talking(though I have seen a couple stated to 6 hours), and 6 - 7 days of standby time. Of course, these may be more for the people that only talks on the phone occationaly.
I would think that wristband form factor devices would be a good place for flexible displays and electronics, if they get them out of the prototype stage, as it seems to me that the real problem with the wrist watch phones is that there is a lot of electronics that is put into the "watch" part, and it becomes rather bulky. With flexible electronics we could have larger displays and the electronics could be spread out around more of the phone.
Though something like the
Nokia Morph isn't likely to be around for a while yet.