Some of my best material is written between the lines. Did you notice that I have been paying a lot of attention to wearable devices? There are hardly any on the market, but this category will be HUGE in a year or less. We see the convergence of voice control of smartphones getting much better and NO improvement in pockets on men’s clothes. Both of these aspects are converging to make the smartwatch or smart ear attachment the NEXT BIG THING. There is the possibility of smart eyewear getting into the frey, too.

But for now I’ll speculate about the smartwatch and you can read between the lines that I’m also considering these other gadgets, also including superior headphones/earbuds.

The Samsung entry claims to only work with the newest Note 3 smartphone. That’s a great combination, but it takes a $700 phone and a $300 watch to implement. A year from now, a later or the latest version of Android should have a standard interface to match up two such devices. That may be announced with the latest version of Android (4.4), the “KitKat” version to come out in October. 

The KILLER APP would be to make routine use of your smartphone without taking it out of your pocket or briefcase. This would be done DICK TRACY-STYLE with a wrist radio. It’s easy to bring the wrist up to your mouth in a noisey elevator or car or Starbucks to speak or hear the signal coming from your (much-smarter) phone. All this technology exists and it’s just chicken-or-egg when it hits the market. Right now we’re waiting for more demand. 

Intel, AMD and others are working on development of these devices right now.