09-09-2013, 04:37 PM | #76 |
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...nothing intellectual to add, but please don't tell my hubs about this watch, he's gadget mad.
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And if you get a message that you don't want to reply to? Will the time be replaced until you read the message, or will the message disappear after some time?
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And you lost me here as well. What is your objection to carrying two devices? I was assuming that it had to do with having to carry two different pieces of equipment, but apparently that isn't it so what is the objection? |
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Can light up, sure-but light up automatically? Again it depends on how the watch was designed to function. My analogy is still to a 'regular' watch with alarms taking the place of messages. I've never had a watch that lit up when an alarm went off. Of course alarms are noise whereas messages are (hopefully) silent-so maybe the designer did design it to light up when a message is displayed. I hope not but can't be sure. Can you? I guess I wasn't clear. Thinking about it I guess I'd say that I don't mind wearing multiple devices but carrying them is different-at least to me. And I don't consider devices clipped to my belt as being worn-those are carried just as devices in pockets are. Matter of definition, I guess. I don't mind wearing a watch & carrying a pen & at the same time carrying a phone. There's 3 devices right there & I'm not even counting the penlight on my keychain, knife in my pocket, etc. So you're basically right on this point-I'm just not clearly articulating what I mean by 'not wanting to carry multiple devices'. Obviously I do carry multiple devices but don't want to carry two phones or an ereader plus a phone or a tablet plus a phone, etc. I'll need to think about how to express this more clearly in the future. Thanks. |
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Obviously Sil_liS is not the target audience for this type of thing nor should he be as he would probably fall off his bike trying to parse his friend's name in less than 10 seconds.
That does not mean that it won't be in demand from a certain subset of people. The 275,000 people who have or have ordered a Pebble watch is evidence enough of that. Can anyone really suggest that you can't understand at a glance who is calling or who is sending you a message? Companies will make smart watches and people will buy them and Sil_liS will just have to walk around with a smartphone stand wherever he goes. |
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I've looked at some reviews of the pebble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhuo8mvQl3o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl35roieosQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roflDanHDcA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWaZl9B4Wms 1. Readability: as most people seem to prefer the biggest number display possible for the clock, I don't think that you can tell who is calling at a glance. 2. Navigation: in all 4 reviews that I looked at the reviewers were going through the menu with the watch in their hand not on their wrist. One of them navigated while the watch was on his wrist but not for long so I'm not convinced that pushing buttons while the watch is on your wrist is all that comfortable. 3. Battery: the battery lasts this long because the watch relies on the phone: you can access the music player, but it is the phone that plays it; you can answer a call, but you will be speaking on your phone so you still have to get your phone out. But feat not, according to the company Pebble should be able to be used with standard Bluetooth headsets (ie. one will not interfere with the function of the other when they are each paired with your smartphone). This device seems to be an expensive remote control for a smartphone that can also be used as a watch. |
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As for notification, it's on your wrist-why not vibrate? But then alarm watches don't generally do that which I've always thought dumb. IMO it's the most reliable & least disruptive way to notify the wearer of something. |
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That still makes noise. |
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