January 11, 2007

Fashion and the bluetooth earpiece-- Wearable Computing --

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One fashion faux pas I noticed in Apple's iPhone presentation on Tuesday: the basic black bluetooth earpiece. Come on Steve — where's the bright flashing LED? How am I supposed to assert my dominance over other geeks if I can't blind them from across the room just by turning my head? Heck, I can find my carkeys in the dark with my year-old Plantronics headset — at least give me laser beams or something! (And if you can make it beep with an original Star Trek communicator sound when I get a call, now that would really show 'em who's the king of fashion!)

Posted by bug to Wearable Computing at January 11, 2007 4:42 PM | TrackBack
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I dunno about the laser beams, but how about adding a constant near-subliminal hum cued to a little magnetic-field sensor? Heh heh, then you'll always know which way north is when you wear your earpiece. :)

Posted by: Edward Keyes at January 11, 2007 10:18 PM

good post!! So tired of the flashing lights and the cyborgs who think they're cool!

Posted by: Nima at February 3, 2007 11:54 PM
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