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Smart Watch Thoughts.

I've been wearing a smart watch for a bit less than six months now.  With the release of the Apple Watch recently and the rampant success of the Pebble Time Kickstarter I thought I'd relay my experience and how I feel about smart watches these days.  When I bought my watch, Samsung Galaxy 2 Neo, it was more of an impulse buy/retail therapy purchase than a commitment to an emerging technology.  I was of the opinion that the Smart Watches were are dead end in the tree of technological evolution.  That said over the last six months I have become very fond of the watch. There are features that I always expected to use, some that I am surprised to use and some that I am surprised not to use. The key advantage to the watch that I believe will cut across brands and models is the notifications.  The ability to read a text message without having to pull the phone out of your pocket is great, being able to triage the other notifications as they come in so as to minimise inter