Ask Lemmy

I want a watch that does all of the things a laptop and a cell phone could through peripheral devices that connect to the watch wirelessly and operate as things like laptops, phones, televisions, w/e else. The "phone" part is just a touchscreen that operates off of the watch. Same for the "laptop"; just a screen and keyboard that connects to the watch. These things do not /cannot operate without the watch being present, and don't store any data themselves. Any screen or laptop can connect to any watch (with a secure pairing), meaning screens can be loaned and shared between watch owners without the same fears one might have letting someone else borrow, or even hold your phone.

I guess I don't want less devices. Just a consolidation of all my computational power (save for servers, i guess) into one portable, connectable (castable?) device. No more carrying around my cell phone and laptop if everything is on my wrist and I can just use any cheap / borrowed/ community "laptop" or "phone" wherever I go and still access everything I need.

Anything that let's me output 4 bytes per second without using my hands. OK, whatever, 2 bytes!

I still think a google glass for people that do wear glasses would be great, I already spend the entire day with this dumb thing in front of my eyes, would be great if it was smart too. The problem is that they marketed glasses for people that don't need it.

A one handed keyboard integrated into a glove.

This is close:

https://www.tekgear.com/twiddler-3-wrap.html

But $240 is really steep

I already hate that I have to have my phone with me at all times (cause of work and family that wants me to be available). Definitely don’t want to wear another thing tracking me, distracting me and spamming notifications.

If I had to switch my phone to a wearable the best would probably be an earpiece that reads text for me, if needed.

Glasses and wristbands are a privacy nightmare and I can’t wait for people to get AR ads with their shiny new glasses.