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Old 09-29-2014, 08:27 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by wodin View Post
It was waiting for me when I arrived home Friday. After a bit of a kerfufel over initially charging it up, everything is going ok. After two weekend days, the battery life seems a little better than anticipated. After sixteen or so hours of use I still had better than 50% battery both days. I still have to charge it every night, but then I have to charge the phone anyway so it's not much of a burden. The only problem is that the band is a bit fiddly so it's a PITA to put it back on in the morning before having any coffee.

As a former Pebble owner, this thing is amazing; where I had to violently shake the Pebble to get the backlight to come on, now I just have to move my wrist to the normal position for reading a watch and it comes on (most of the time). I have it set for always on, so it shows me a dimmer more concise watch face unless I move it to the on position (or tap the screen).

I haven't loaded any apps yet, as I intend to go slowly and check each app against battery life and I haven't yet decided on the first one to check. But the built in Google Now function launches the platform well beyond anything that Pebble offers. I only have to say "OK Google"..."Take a note", or "Remind me" or any number of things that I haven't explored yet.

Bottom Line: I'd give it four stars, and probably five if it had a better band.
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Oh Yeah, I forgot to say, I've already had the bagger at COSTCO ask me "Is that one of those watches that connects to your phone? How do you like it?"
Would you mind taking a picture of it on your wrist?
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