What wearables need is a unifying purpose
The hype about wearables is pretty relentless. At the latest CES, smart watches (I know wearable watches, what will they think of next) were everywhere with CNET calling it a “swarm of smartwatches”. I’ve been lukewarm on smartwatches and wearables because nothing I’ve seen justifies the buzz. There hasn’t been an iPhone/Tesla/iPad moment when I’ve thought, Wow, I need that. The reason is that the manufacturers don’t seem to be clear about the problem they are solving. Wearables and smartwatches need a purpose. Sure there are fitness and health apps, the Samsung Gear smartwatch that could be a genuine phone replacement, but, well there …