In article , Mayayana wrote:

| Ludicrous is the nicest response that I can come up with. Why in
the | world would any healthy person want to make a spread sheet
with | average pulse rates? | | A lot of fitness-savvy people and
athletes do on a regular basis. |

Fitness-savvy? I guess that's probably a good term, actually

It's adequate enough.

People who follow the fashion of "fitness" as part of a
conceptualized, semi- conscious routine of self-development and
self- fulfillment. (Whatever that means. I'm sure they can't tell
you. They're just doing what the TV ads told them to do. Eating
power bars made mostly of sugar; wearing "panty hose" on the street
to show that they work out, even if their behind ends up looking
like a very large sack of cantaloupes; taking their statins and high
blood pressure drugs and happy pills to maximize their quality of
life, while they wolf down a piece of salmon grilled in olive oil on
their way to yoga class. The average fitness-savvy person is
arguably unaware of their body to a surprising extent. "Achieving"
exercise and keeping a record is part of that.)

You just described a fitness-ignorant person and used the phrase fitness-savvy.
Perhaps you're familliar with the word "savvy"? It usually means someone
knowledgable about something practicle.

| So, no, you don't "need" an iPhone to take photos on your vacation
or an Apple | Watch to monitor your pulse rate when exercising, but
these are now features that | are built in, and if you *have*
either gadget, you don't really need a dedicated | one for the task
any longer. Less clutter, yay. |

But the discussion was about Apple watches.

Which is why it is mentioned above in the paragraph you responded to.

They're not built in to your iPhone.

Is that so? I had no idea.

It's a new gadget. As I understand it they start at
$300+. An old-fashioned pedometer cost, what, $5? And even that was
a waste of money that people would use once or twice and then forget
about.

So you're responding to a paragraph of mine where I explicitly state that you
don't need an Apple Watch to monitor you heart rate by comparing the price of an
Apple Watch to a dedicated pedometer? That's my point. You shouldn't compare the
two because the Apple Watch isn't something you buy when all you want is a
dedicated pedometer. Talk about totally missing the point

I have no doubt that the fitness gadget craze will be short-lived,
simply because it's a business model looking for a purpose. Remember
Bill Gates and his SPOT watch? He wanted to sell you more stuff and
track you at the same time. He wanted you to live in a Microsoft
world. The only problem was that his watch served no purpose. He
kept talking about getting sports scores and stock quotes "on the
go". It was just silly. Of course, Apple fans will buy silly, but
even they have limits.

Your stereotyping is of no concern to whatever someone might find useful with any
given gadget.

--
Sandman