Wearables that work without a phone? AT&T exec sees them arriving this year

Wearables that work without a phone? AT&T exec sees them arriving this year   As one AT&T exec tells it, the one thing holding wearables back is the lack of a cellular connection for direct internet access.It's no surprise one of the biggest US telecommunications companies wants customers to add more service lines. However, AT&T's Glenn Lurie argued wearable devices need to become simpler before they're adopted by the masses.At the MobileBeat conference in San Francisco this week, the head of emerging devices posited we could see standalone wearable devices this year. Read more >