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smartBandStand Rethinking the Smartwatch

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How about when making videos or “selfies”? An adjustable stand would be very handy.<br />

Trying to get dinner on <strong>the</strong> table? An impatient three-year-old? Imagine putting Bugs Bunny on <strong>the</strong><br />

phone, on <strong>the</strong> table, in a secure stand where little eyes can see it, but little hands won't drop it on<br />

<strong>the</strong> floor. Peace.<br />

Older kids might use <strong>the</strong>ir smartphone for online music lessons. A <strong>smartBandStand</strong> frees <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

hands for making music.<br />

Driving a car or a truck with no hands-free kit? No SatNav? The <strong>smartBandStand</strong> will stay on <strong>the</strong><br />

dashboard, or hang from <strong>the</strong> AC vent.<br />

Out hunting or fishing <strong>the</strong>re is <strong>the</strong> danger of dropping it in water or mud while trying to dig it out of<br />

a jacket pocket with cold or wet hands.<br />

By <strong>the</strong> way, where should it go when we have no pockets - like when out jogging, or working in <strong>the</strong><br />

garden in warm wea<strong>the</strong>r?<br />

People have devised smartphone stands already, and people have devised smartphone armbands, too.<br />

What if we could combine <strong>the</strong>se in one device?<br />

If <strong>the</strong>y did, <strong>the</strong>re would be no need to consider a smartwatch, or one of those neoprene rubber-strap<br />

arm pockets (which make it very hard to get <strong>the</strong> phone out when it rings).<br />

Why has nobody made a good-looking, tough-as-nails, properly-designed all-in-one device to help<br />

people with <strong>the</strong>ir smartphones in almost any situation?

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