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The Zip doesn't do stairs, the One does, maybe you mean that? My Mum is super happy with her Zip, it's perfect for her in that the UX is literally "bash it with your hand" and the app opens to the exact basic daily stats that she wants to see. She's really happy with it. Good present, good purchase.
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Tunga posted:The Zip doesn't do stairs, the One does, maybe you mean that? Oh gently caress. Yeah. I'm a dummy.
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I've read through a lot, and hope this isn't rehashed, but is there any kind of "tethering" app between a smartwatch and your phone? I left my phone at a friends house after a hasty exit, and I really wish my Moto 360 would have buzzed or something letting me know it no longer has a connection. I've done some searching, but I'm failing to find a different term than tethering, which obviously brings up all kinds of different apps for not what I'm talking about. I may as well give my mini review of owning this thing for the past month. It's fairly useless, but it's a fun toy. So far, just playing with different watch faces has been the highlight. It's made texting and driving like, 10% easier. Same goes for GPS on it. Although that just destroys the battery if I do it too much. Having the anywhere "Ok Google" setting on, on my phone makes it hilariously awkward when I say it and both devices spring into listening mode. Surprisingly, out of the 3 dozen people who've made comments about it where I work, only 2 have asked if it's the Apple watch! 95% of the people asking why I have this solid black round watch have never even heard of a smart watch. This older lady was sitting there staring at it, and said "How do you tell the time on your watch?" I flicked my wrist into position and the screen came on, and she gasped and went "Well, that's weird" and walked away. I met a guy in the elevator who had the Note Edge, so I commented that it was cool to see one in the wild, and he was all excited how it's the greatest phone he's ever had. Then quickly took his wrist out and had one of the dozen Samsung variety watches and said, but this thing is a piece of poo poo I don't know why I bought it. So, Smart Watches, see ya in a couple years when someone finds something useful? At least the fitness trackers have a defined place.
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Feb 22, 2015 19:54
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Binge posted:I've read through a lot, and hope this isn't rehashed, but is there any kind of "tethering" app between a smartwatch and your phone? I left my phone at a friends house after a hasty exit, and I really wish my Moto 360 would have buzzed or something letting me know it no longer has a connection. I've done some searching, but I'm failing to find a different term than tethering, which obviously brings up all kinds of different apps for not what I'm talking about. There's an app called "find my phone" it makes the watch vibrate when you leave it. And with the press of a button it puts it into a ring mode where it'll make the phone ring as soon as it's in range again.
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Feb 22, 2015 20:14
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Wear Mini Launcher has an option to vibrate if you go too far from your phone. And if you aren't using Wear Mini Launcher then you're using your watch wrong.
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Feb 23, 2015 02:05
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Well boo, I seem to average 2-3 days on my Charge HR before I get the OMG CHARGE ME email, and it seems like that's low based on that chat in this thread. Is there some setting that just murders battery life or something? I'm wearing it all day (minus showering, bathing the kids, etc). I've got 1 silent alarm, call notifications turned on and all-day sync turned off. Heart rate tracking is on auto.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:34
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Not sure if Pebble is included on this thread or not, but I just got a email from Pebble they they are announcing something at 10am tomorrow. Edit: beaten. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Feb 24, 2015 01:56
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So an e-ink color Pebble. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-time-awesome-smartwatch-no-compromises They are...using Kickstarter? I thought Pebble was a...real company? Like big box retailer real? Guess they cautiously are launching this on Kickstarter because they thought it was going to flop? Hey let the market speak, we count their money first, THEN ship! Brilliant! The whole thing is kind of strange.
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hotsauce posted:So an e-ink color Pebble. Everybody wants cash up front now, and it seems to be working because we keep buying poo poo sight unseen. Hell I wanted a kairos but hell if I'm dropping that much.
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sneakyfrog posted:Everybody wants cash up front now, and it seems to be working because we keep buying poo poo sight unseen. Hell I wanted a kairos but hell if I'm dropping that much. As tempting as it is and I'm sure I will buy one I would rather spend $40 extra and have a solid review before I spend $160-$200.
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Whizbang posted:Wear Mini Launcher has an option to vibrate if you go too far from your phone. And if you aren't using Wear Mini Launcher then you're using your watch wrong. I downloaded this app but I don't see what makes it a must have.
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Lblitzer posted:I downloaded this app but I don't see what makes it a must have. Clearly, you're just using your watch wrong. Gotta have Flappy Bird available on your wrist as quickly as possible. (I too, have no idea why someone would think a launcher on your smart watch would be useful to the point that it is critical to have.)
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Feb 24, 2015 18:10
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hotsauce posted:So an e-ink color Pebble. It's marketing. They are shipping this in May, so they were going to ship this no matter what. But by going with Kickstarter, they get a bunch of tech press articles about it, and they don't have to actually handle the pre-order process. Not sure, they could have just used Stripe and did a pre-order process themselves, but that has less marketing power probably.
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Lblitzer posted:I downloaded this app but I don't see what makes it a must have. I have like...one app that's compatible with my watch. Its the find my phone app.
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hotsauce posted:So an e-ink color Pebble. e-paper, not e-ink. It is a transflective low power LCD, It is not a kindle type display.
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Don Lapre posted:e-paper, not e-ink. Ok, so like the other two Pebbles before it. So sorry.
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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_4?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kidizoom+smartwatch&sprefix=kidi%2Caps%2C695
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Nostalgia4Dicks posted:http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_4?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kidizoom+smartwatch&sprefix=kidi%2Caps%2C695 Those were posted awhile back.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:03
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Len posted:Those were posted awhile back. He's/She's pointing out the similarity in appearance to the new pebble
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Feb 25, 2015 01:05
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Just saying I love the steel design 's all
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Truly the Gamecube of smart watches. (new Pebble owns)
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I like my Moto 360 and circular watch faces but that uh new Peggle looks... pretty loving sweet.
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Three Olives posted:
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Chasiubao posted:As long as you run about 20 minutes or less, or are willing to wear a battery pack It's also probably going to be really expensive.
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Maneki Neko posted:Well boo, I seem to average 2-3 days on my Charge HR before I get the OMG CHARGE ME email, and it seems like that's low based on that chat in this thread.
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Syrinxx posted:I have HR auto, call notifications and alarms off, and get about 5-7 days. Maybe try turning them off one at a time and see which is the culprit? I've got HR Always on, notifications off and no alarms and I've never had the band die on me with only charging it when I'm in the shower. I'm not sure what the battery life is, really, but since I first opened it I've never gotten a notification.
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I'm guessing no one in here has any interest since the news hasn't been posted yet, but Apple's Watch event is on March 9. I went ahead and made a dedicated Watch thread.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I'm guessing no one in here has any interest since the news hasn't been posted yet, but Apple's Watch event is on March 9. I think a lot of us are interested in what it's like but we don't have iPhones so it's not like we can buy it.
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Feb 27, 2015 00:13
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Honestly I switched to Android recently and if the Apple Watch is great I would switch back to the iPhone.
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So, this Huawei watch is nice lookin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=016WQrGexnE (terrible advertisement, though)
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Thermopyle posted:So, this Huawei watch is nice lookin' I take it Chinese people think Europeans make the best watches? That was Engrish as gently caress Looks ok but I like the Urbane LTE looks better. No android wear=no care on that one though.
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Just needs a dongle (*WINK*) to your Watch of choice. http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-sex/sex/news/a33828/wankband-charges-phone-masturbating/
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Reverse Centaur posted:I take it Chinese people think Europeans make the best watches? That was Engrish as gently caress The verge and engadget both have hands-on with the two watches. The huawei looks amazing to me, while the urbane is just a more refined version of the same GWR. Less bezel, bigger screen with a higher resolution than the GWR.  Oh, and the LTE variant has an even bigger bezel than the standard urbane. Like, mega big.
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I never thought a company like Huawei would develop a watch I'd want so much. If the battery life is any good, I think I may retire my G Watch early.
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And that thin band on it only serves to accentuate that, although I suppose you could replace it.
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hooah posted:The Huawei appears really thick, though. It's about the same thickness as a lot of automatic watches. In the watch world that looks pretty par, I'd say. Definitely better than a bigger bezel
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The problem is the shape - a plain cylinder, rather than thickness as such. My auto Seiko SNK809 is both smaller and thicker than the G Watch R (~38 vs 45mm diameter and 11 vs 9.7mm) for example (not sure about the Huawei) but it doesn't look disproportionally thick because it's made up of three visual layers, with the bottom one being hidden and the top two breaking up the thickness: And now compare and contrast:  
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Reverse Centaur posted:No android wear=no care on that one though. I'm going to disagree, if Google would get their act together and not have a gimped as hell for no apparent reason Google Now implementation on the watch and clean up their interface sure but after I bothered to upgrade my Pebble with Wear notification support honestly the implementation is tons better on Pebble. That's sad. I was under the impression that we were going to see a rapid update cycle to the Wear, that just hasn't materialized. It's good enough but Pebble is honestly a much better device overall so I'm willing to give others a chance.
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