At the turn of the twenty-first century, before smartphones became ubiquitous, many companies tried to create devices that would allow people to stay in touch, with their loved ones, even with their Twitter followers or their Facebook feed, but without combining all the functions of Android or iPhone. Bond Touch, a product of A start With the same name, he offers to express his feelings with vibrations.
The idea seems relatively simple: a bracelet with a small touch screen and a small motor that makes it possible to send a series of “gestures”, which, in turn, will turn into vibrations. These respective gestures can be associated with a specific person; Thus one can build a “network” of their contacts, to whom, with a few gestures of the finger, they can send the equivalent of cute messages or kind thoughts.
The first thought that comes to mind when configuring Bonc Touch is that the touch screen is often broken. Normal, perhaps, for such a small area. But the fact remains that it quickly becomes annoying.
The second thought that comes to mind is, “Why? Why would you make a device that can’t transmit visual, audio, or even written content, but only vibrations? And why, even worse, would you still have to connect via Bluetooth to your smartphone, which you would have— Of course – another app with it installed to send and receive these “communications”?
Not only can we – let’s make a crazy assumption here – use said phone and countless pre-installed or easily accessible applications to communicate, whether by chat, email, SMS, video, phone or even by emoji?
What’s the most interesting thing, after all? A message saying “I love you” or its equivalent.
The worst part is that the bracelet in question sells for $200 a pair.
The company can talk about the growing popularity Emotionally wearableThere is no situation where these bracelets are more convenient than using a smartphone. The smartphone that will necessarily be next to you anyway …
