New Sony device is the start of a good idea - Business - The Boston Globe

tbd if any vendor will get the Dick Tracy watch right

"The company’s new SmartWatch is sort of a remote control for smartphones, taking many of the phone’s most useful features out of your pocket and strapping them on your arm.
Like so many other Sony products, the SmartWatch has a half-baked feel. Performance is sluggish at times; its software can seem a little primitive; I found its wireless radio system unreliable; and it’s a little too expensive for its own good. But there’s a germ of a good idea here, just waiting to be fleshed out."

New Sony device is the start of a good idea - Business - The Boston Globe