Wearables... KISS, Please...

I've done yet another looksee around the web looking for a decent wearable. Still nothing decent out there. Here are a few clues in case anyone reading this might want to put together a commercial system... First, ditch the tablet displays. Save them for PDA's or ...tablet computers. They're NOT for wearables. Second, use a hardware design for your processor that is scalable, common, and will support modular additions. There are plenty out there... x86 compatible, embedded systems, PalmOS compatible, etc. Don't re-invent the wheel here. Third, make it functional first. Forget all those neat PAN and experimental networking technologies. They look nice, but what people really need is something web enabled that will handle WiFi and well... good old fashoined ethernet. And arm-mounted keyboard and a handheld pointer are all you needfor input. Voice activation should be made simple. You don't need a full versoion of Dragon Dictate on a wearable. Fourth, find a decent HMD. This is the most expensive part. In order to make it affordable, you're going to have to settle for 640x480 probably. Design your GUI accordingly and remember that most displays are going to bounce as the user walks. I don't care WHO you are, you aren't going to be reading small text in 1600x1200 while walking. Until we can get implanted displays it's just not feasable. Light, unobtrusive, and stable are your key words here. Fifth, modularity is your friend. Hot-swap batteries, USB, bluetooth, and SDIO. Sixth, simplicity in software. Easy install and uninstall of software. Perhaps a package manager. Easy moving of files to and from your desktop. Easy sync. Lastly, open development environment. Handspring made history with the Visor in hardware open standards and ...go figure... no one ever copied them! Rather they got tons of third party modules ready to roll when the actual product shipped. Palm, Linux... these are open operating systems. Development environmants exist. Add your standards to tone of these. That's it. Now, go forth and build commercial systems.