Curved screens are just hitting the phone market, with one out by LG, the LG G Curve. I don’t know if this will take off for a phone, because it would break if you sat on it on a table or dropped something on it when it was on a flat surface.

HOWEVER, it is PERFECT for a smartwatch, such as the GEM, which is rumored to come out in a few days. Even the flat wrist-radio of Dick Tracy was a little clumsey, back it the days that the side and back windows on a car were flat. A curve to soften the edges of the case would be, well, perfect.

There is a long history of plastic or rubber electronic watches (much to my dismay), so probably something in silicone that is washable would probably work. The trick is to get the cost well below $200. Remember, there is a whole generation that considers wearing a watch “retro”. I can see the competition to have a metal-like watch that doesn’t look too cheap, for executives and wannabes.