smartwatches...
hm..
well...
here in north am. I have seen a lot..(and I mean a lot..) of tv advertising ..especially in reality tv programming (not that I watch reality tv...my ex did...I unfortunately suffered in silence ...watching ...what I consider absolute garbage..our relationship I am sad to see fall apart...the horrid choice in viewing I am not sad to miss........but..I did notice this last year that ...) smart exercise watches / bands are becoming VERY popular...
but smartwatches...no....I don't ...I can't imagine that they'll take off like we would want them to...
since...
it would have happened already...IF the public really wanted them.
Sadly...
I see the phablet being the "latest" fad ...
and I doubt it will last a few years at best...
since..
the tablet aspect is too small...and the phone aspect too big...
I believe it will inevitably irritate the average consumer...
and hence the phablet will suffer a short-lived time atop the heap of fadish tech.

I do believe that the birth pangs of handheld devices are almost done.
Allll the probs ....alllll the good alll the bad...alll the disappointments...
Stepping back and looking at the big picture...
the war over desktops is long done...who won? Linux... essentially the enduser
the war over laptops too is pretty much done...
the os wars are almost over...
and in each situation...
the corporations come in...selling their pitch....selling their product...
offering what they offer...
and in each situation ...the tech disseminates ...
and then the corporations lose their advantage...
and they move on to more lucrative cattle pens...
I see the same thing happening with handhelds (from the tablet all the way down to wrist size ) now...