Edited by author 11-26-2003 10:52 AM
IXI... I think software support is the issue. To be universally useful, a device has to provide access to third-party apps. I want personal databases; a shopping list, a diet calculator, an exercise diary. Some games would be nice. The software doesn't all have to run on the wrist device; it can be an Internet service. Or, with something like Java, parts of it can run in different places.

If IXI can put my phone controls /or/ my PDA /or/ my Tablet PC data /or/ the company intranet on my wrist, or in my hand, I'll take it. If I can mix and match different manufacturers' devices, and change my PMG withoUt replacing aNything else, that's great. But it needs to run applications written for another system, whether that's PalmOS, PocketPC, or Symbian, or Windows XP, MacOS, Linux, or Cybiko.

I wonder if there's a market for a device that you wear on the wrist, but slip off and stand on the desk for a heavy session. Maybe with that projected keyboard idea... and, given my wrist problem, I'd like it with Fitaly, please. ( www.fitaly.com ) Maybe add an audio pickup to help it to distinguish the strokes... or speech control, but that's still unsatisfactory on today's Tablet PC, what hope is there for wearable gadgets in this decade?
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