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   Why smaller?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 12:44am

   
   

   What's the point of having watches that are too small to see the numbers, keyboards that can only be pecked at with surgical instruments? Demographically, we are getting older, therefore our eyesight and dexterity is decreasing. Is Sony going to put out yet another batch of calculator watches?
   
   

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   Re: Why smaller?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 10:56am

   
   

   that's a common statement made by alot of people, but if you notice the trend of gadgets shrinking, Keyboards, Computer Mice, Tablets, and most other Human Interface Devices are still the same size, watch faces are still easily read and rather large in some cases. Shrinking devices will allow us to make things like watches, keyboards, etc... 'smaller' in the sence that they will be less obtrousive, like LCD and Plasma displays are an excellent example of the shirnking of the classic CRT based Displays.

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   Re: Why smaller?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 6:21pm

   
   

   Still, watches with big numbers and laptops with adequately sized keys are not easy to find. It very much feels like engineers' egos competing with each other to build a more "compact" product, and deciding what consumers want.
   

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