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Most people wouldn't want to look like a geek, typing on a handheld computer while out with friends. Yet here we are.

Did texting ever had a "look like a geek" stigma? As far as I remember, cell phones have always been "cool" even back when they were super clunky like in Saved by the Bell. Pagers, too. And texting took off pretty damn fast after it was introduced, even before stuff like the Sidekick, let alone the iPhone.

And they didn't until apple made them sleek and sexy. It will be the same with these glasses.

Texting was pretty mainstream popular in the US for at least 3 years before the iPhone came out...

Which makes me wonder why Apple is betting on the smart watch and that trashcan they started selling, ehhm, I mean the new Mac Pro.

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