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by petercooper 4346 days ago
Looks pretty slick.

I must admit, I've been impressed with Android Wear so far. I was cynical but decided to get one to play with, and even just having notifications on the wrist comes in handy in so many situations for doing quick triage (while driving, while in a situation where pulling out a phone would be rude, etc). Displaying a QR code on the screen to get on a train (or even plane) is a great idea, and it might not even be long before they can do contactless payments with NFC..

I think we're still in the early days of this stuff (the Diamond Rio age prior to the iPod being released, if you will) but I see a lot of promise here.

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Paypal already have an Android Wear app (not my payment solution of choice, but that's a start). The platform is pretty much what I have been hoping for, for quite some time : situation triggered glance-able cards. It is not perfect (as with any v1 platform, even one based on an existing one) but the platform has a lot of potential. Now I am mostly waiting for fashionable android wear watches. It looks like the Moto 360 will be the first one of that kind (even though I fear it might be just a little too big).