Well don't I feel silly...

[Tony Scharf]

..and if anyone can help, my German is non-existent.




On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Tony Scharf <noisetheorem at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok..now it has been confirmed by the German Keyboard Magazine (Swiped from
> Colin Fraser on AH list):
>
> http://www.colinfraser.com/mini-ms20.jpg
>
> Tony
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com>wrote:
>
>> 2013/1/21 Andrew Tarpinian <andrewtarpinian at gmail.com>
>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Watches stopped being time-telling devices a long time ago. It's an
>>> auxiliary function on what is essentially a fashion item.
>>>
>>> I don't think so, I think you are going to see more separation of tasks
>>> in the near future. Today most people check the time on their phone. This
>>> involves:
>>>
>>> Take phone out of pocket
>>> Unlock
>>> Put in pas-code
>>> Notice you have a text
>>> Check text
>>> Check email
>>> Look at cool link to moog sub phatty
>>> Make comment: "moog rulez 4 3v3r!!!"
>>> Check Facebook
>>> Look at cat pictures
>>> Forget where you're going, check maps
>>> Put phone back in pocket
>>>
>>> Wonder what time it is.
>>>
>>> Far simpler to look at your watch
>>>
>>
>> That's not the fault of not having a watch, but of your phone having too
>> many functions. :) Although I agree that looking at pictures of cats is one
>> of the more useful innovations in mobile technology of the last decade or
>> two. ;)
>>
>> Currently I'm using this watch again:
>> http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watch_museum/s-mode/oberon/
>>
>> (And there's another Bar'ian that has this watch if I'm not mistaken.)
>>
>> It is, actually, far simpler to look at your phone than trying to
>> decipher this watch. But you have so many clocks these days, whether on
>> your phone, your tablet, your computer or on the wall, that watches have
>> become superfluous, and that the most important reason to get on is to make
>> a statement.
>>
>> - Peter
>>
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