Well, as one of the original Kickstarter backers of the Pebble <https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iph one-and-android> I can certainly vouch for some of the aspects of a ³connected² smart watch.
* I frequently used to miss calls due to not hearing my phone ring in my pocket anywhere were there was almost any background noise I never miss the Pebble vibrate alert! * If I have forgotten to put my phone to silent at some event/performance, I no longer have the embarrassment of fumbling for it to turn it off I just reject the call with a quick, discreet, push of a button on the Pebble. * When in the dark (eg concert), a quick flick of the wrist illuminates the watch-face better (more discreet) than having to push buttons particularly if you don¹t want someone to think you are ³clock-watching² * It is quite fun to change watch-faces at the push of a button large digital time/date for general use classic analogue for more dressy. * It is quite fun to read an SMS off your watch! Of course, the Pebble only needs charging around once a week as opposed to every night I would really find that a pain. I DO like that the Pebble is REALLY waterproof to 5ATM (go swimming or surfing if you want) One of these days, I must really go browse the Pebble app store to see just what IS available to play with ;o) It will be really interesting to see how the Apple Watch goes but it would be a very expensive option for me I¹d also have to upgrade my iPhone! However by the time they get to iWatch 3 (sorry, just have to call it the iWatch, really) then it should be all fully sorted and I might have upgraded my iPhone ;o) Interestingly, Pebble have recently launched their new Kickstarter campaign and are going VERY well. The original Pebble broke all Kickstarter records (at the time) aiming to raise $100k and raising $10 million their new campaign is doing the same aiming to raise $500k and currently at over $18.6 million with 11 days to go. <https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-time-awesome-smartwat ch-no-compromises/description> And I could get a Pebble Time AND a Pebble Time Steel for around the price of an Apple Watch though, so far, I¹m exercising restraint! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 16/3/15 7:55, Peter Hinchliffe at [email protected] wrote: > >> On 13 Mar 2015, at 10:22 am, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I am perplexed about the use of the Apple Watch. >> Why would I wear a watch that needs the battery charged every couple of days. >> My Tissot is 15 years old and has had two battery changes. >> >> And other than acting as a repeater station for my iPhone it does not seem >> able to do much else ! >> >> I agree that it looks great but REALLY !! >> > > and the battery in my Citizen EcoDrive watch has never needed changing > because it¹s powered by the sun, but that¹s not the point. All it does is tell > me the time. It also purports to tell me the date, but the tiny display is far > too small for me to read with glasses so it¹s useless. My iPhone also tells me > the time, but I hardly ever use it for that, although I do occasionally use it > to make and receive phone calls. More commonly it¹s increasingly a > communication device of a different type, either text or pictures and > sometimes movies, or it¹s a handy waiting room distraction, a weather station, > a road map and so much more, things I could never have imagined before having > it. > > The same thing will happen with the Apple Watch. I can¹t really justify the > cost of one at the moment, simply because I can¹t imagine how I¹ would use it. > the only thing I¹m sure if is that one day I will see a need for one. > > Let¹s face it, the Android side hasn¹t had a great track record so far with > their attempts in the genre, so it will be very interesting to see if Apple > can truly show the way, as they have so often before. As usual, I¹ll probably > wait until at least version 2. > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >
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