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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 17:12 
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You'd think so, wouldn't you? But you just keep on beatin' those odds.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Charge, rubbish tech, charge!


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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(In before comments of "that's where it will spend 90% of it's life")

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:09 
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Has it charged yet?


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Also, does the battery last as long as your train journey to work?


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Has it charged yet?

Possibly. One benefit to tiny batteries is fast charge times!


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Mine is charging!


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Bobbyaro wrote:
Has it charged yet?

Yes!

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Also, does the battery last as long as your train journey to work?

I don't know!

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Now it's doing a firmware update, which is an odd thing to see happening on your wrist.

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Grim... later
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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 13:43 
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Seems to be working fine, no dodgy pixels or anything :) I've installed Wear Mini Launcher, which is the only addon necessary at the moment. Might play around with some custom faces later.


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Might play around with some custom faces later.

I always knew you'd have to go down the plastic surgery route.

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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You'd think so, wouldn't you? But you just keep on beatin' those odds.



Can't believe I missed this. Superb work, Doc!

Good lord, you even quoted it on this page! :P


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Bobbyaro wrote:
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But you just keep on beatin' those odds.



Can't believe I missed this. Superb work, Doc!

Good lord, you even quoted it on this page! :P

Only to Craster's reply. I missed it first time.

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 15:10 
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How responsive to a wrist flick when typing is yours Grim...? Mine is basically unresponsive, it only turns on automatically if you raise your arm and twist, which is a bit shit. Not sure if that is just the way it is, or mine is faulty.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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It seems okay. I've not been annoyed by it yet, at any rate.

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Hmmm.... Not sure if it's just me or a dodgy accelerometer then. I don't know how it should be acting though. Should turning your wrist when typing turn on the watch face? I would have expected so.
I might send it back and see what the replacement is like, but that runs the risk of dead pixels again...


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 16:09 
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Are you at the quiz on Wednesday? We could compare them.

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Depends on how the root canal goes tomorrow!


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 16:28 
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Moto 360 get!

Does anyone want it before I send it back?

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 16:29 
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Apparently the watch face turn on algorithm needs tilt + up, not just tilt. That'll explain it then.
That's also a bit shit.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 16:41 
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If you have a Samsung device and still use the default Samsung SMS app, then SMS messages won't get pushed through to the 360. Swap to using SMS via Hangouts and it works fine though.

Edit: actually it seems they may get pushed, but you can't reply.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 16:53 
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Yeah, I use MySMS and you can't reply.

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Hangouts lets you reply apparently, haven't tested it yet though.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Yeah, but unless I can send SMS through my browser Hangouts can go jump.

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 17:07 
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Grim... wrote:
Yeah, but unless I can send SMS through my browser Hangouts can go jump.


Not without a google voice account.
How often are you going to reply via your watch though, really. The only time I would ever do that via the watch was if I was driving.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 17:14 
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Grim... wrote:
Yeah, I use MySMS and you can't reply.

MySMS can fix this with a patch. The actions you can take on a notification are an open API (and indeed, are used elsewhere in Android, they define the actions you can take when looking at a notification on the phone itself.) So it might get added at some point.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 18:30 
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The navigation is pretty dreadful. I gave up after it had been "calculating route" for 5 minutes.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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To be honest though I've never once used a sat nav and thought it could be improved if it was shrunk until it was just a bit bigger than a postage stamp.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 18:46 
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Apparently the watch face turn on algorithm needs tilt + up, not just tilt. That'll explain it then.
That's also a bit shit.


Switched to my left wrist and it is exponentially better. Guess I'll have to stop being a freak!

The music control function is lovely and simple.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 18:51 
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markg wrote:
To be honest though I've never once used a sat nav and thought it could be improved if it was shrunk until it was just a bit bigger than a postage stamp.


It's supposed to be reasonably useful if you are walking around, just keep walking and it vibrates if you need to turn at a junction. Apparently. I wouldn't know as it doesn't work...

After playing with it for a day, the device itself is really nice, android wear though, that has quite a long way to go. Version 2 is due "real soon now", so let's see what that brings.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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Yes, walking directions are a natural fit for a wearable.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 21:47 
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Interestingly, the accelerometer seems to be fine. If I have it on ambient mode it responds perfectly even on my right wrist.
Looks like it's a software issue, and looking online a couple of people are complaining about the same issue since the last update happened.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 23:08 
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Battery wise, i've just put it on to charge with 11% left, after taking it off charge at around 10am. 12 hours including software updates, setting up (twice), downlaoding apps, playing with it all day, and a few hours in ambient mode.
Not too bad really, see what happens tomorrow when I should be arseing around with it a lot less.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 22:20 
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Used it normally today, a few timers for cooking, heartbeat a couple of times, a fair few notifications (hi DavPaz!) and I had it on ambient mode so the screen is on almost constantly, but in dim mode.

Took it off the charger at 8:30am,battery is currently showing 48% at 9:20pm. That's actually pretty good I think!


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 23:06 
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You actually think a watch which loses half its battery in a day is pretty good? :P

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
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It's no more a watch than your smartphone is a phone, of course.


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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 23:58 
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I agree about the battery life being better than expected.

I took mine off charge at 8am,and right now it has 52% left (ambient mode is off).

I really like it!

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 Post subject: Re: Wearable Tech
PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 17:46 
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I've been playing around with Facer today, to see what watch faces I can get on it. Some are nice, but i'm not sure any of them are nice enough to warrant the battery hit.
This one might appeal to a certain Moto360 owner though...
http://facerepo.com/app/faces/details/f ... 48a2b1c0f6

I'm currently swapping between the standard minimal and digital faces, and trying to decide which I like best.

I've ordered a new strap, just to see how it looks with something a bit more traditional, and to see how easy it is to swap straps. I shall post pics when it arrives.

Also, I've installed "find my phone" which is an app I can run from my watch, which will start an alarm on the phone if I can't find it. More importantly than that though, the watch warns me if I have left my phone behind.


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Trooper wrote:
I've ordered a new strap, just to see how it looks with something a bit more traditional

Reddit thinks non-standard straps lead to the back cracking.

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Grim... wrote:
Trooper wrote:
I've ordered a new strap, just to see how it looks with something a bit more traditional

Reddit thinks non-standard straps lead to the back cracking.


I saw that, it's related to the new strap being thicker than the old one so putting more pressure on the back. I've made sure the strap I ordered was the same thickness, so it should be OK...


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If you start navigation from your phone rather than the watch it works, and it's actually really useful.
I've just had a 3 mile walk across London, turning when my watch buzzed at me and showed me what road I needed just before I got to the junction. Much more convenient than using your phone for walking directions.


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... and today hangouts has stopped notifying on my watch, it was working fine yesterday.
Yeah, Android Wear still needs a lot of work :D


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http://motorola-blog.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... -your.html

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http://facerepo.com/app/faces/search?qu ... ron&page=1

This may be of interest to a certain Mr Grim...


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Sony e-ink watch
http://www.kitguru.net/channel/generalt ... f-e-paper/
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My new Moto360 strap :)
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John Gruber on speculation about pricing for the Apple Watch Edition (the one made out of solid 18K gold):

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The more I think about it, and the more I learn about the watch industry, the world of luxury goods, and the booming upper class of China, the better I feel about that bet. I don’t think I was wrong to place a friendly late night bar bet on a $9,999 starting price. I think I was wrong to guess just $4,999 in my ostensibly sober published analysis.

I can see which way the wind is blowing. For months I’ve been asking friends who might know — or know someone else who might know, or even know someone who knows someone who might know — whether my guess of $5,000 is too high for the Edition starting price. The answer has always been “No”. But the way I’ve been told “No” has given me the uneasy feeling that I’ve been asking the wrong question. I should have been asking if $5,000 is too low.

I now think Edition models will start around $10,000 — and, if my hunch is right about bands and bracelets, the upper range could go to $20,000. I was off by a factor of two, and my friend Vincent, I think, nailed it back on the day Apple Watch was introduced.

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