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Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by windsurfer »

runjake wrote: post #78
mrud wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From http://www.getinpulse.com/faq/ What is the battery life like? With aggressive power management (turning the screen off most of the time and leaving bluetooth disconnected), it can be up to 3 days. If bluetooth is constantly connected with the screen turning on periodically for alerts, you can expect 25 - 30 hours. If you have a processor-intensive application and are using the full capabilities of the screen non…

The _state_ of battery technology is the biggest issue _for_ inPulse. There's not much they can do, given the lack of viable battery technology available. They _might_ be able to save a decent amount of battery life by using e-paper, but you lose color, and I'm not sure in practice you'd end up saving much power over the OLEDs they're currently using.

Even doubling the battery life of the battery would barely give it a week.

Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by jasongullickson »

beagle3 wrote: post #54

Looks cool. But when I do upgrade my venerable analog watch, it's probably going to be to a http://lunatik.com + ipod nano 6g. A little more expensive, requires a jailbreak, but a hell of a lot more functional, and doesn't require uploading my code anywhere to compile it once jailbroken.

Has the nano been successfully jailbroken? Last I saw was that some of the images/text could be changed but I wasn't aware of anyone getting actual new code running...?

Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by mortenjorck »

I'm impressed with the price point. It's about what I'd expect a device like this to run if it were a higher-volume product selling through mass-market channels, rather than a low-volume, enthusiast product selling only through the manufacturer's website.

Are you guys courting retailers like ThinkGeek?

Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by erohead »

anemecek wrote: post #68

Tell me I was not the only whose first thought was how cool it would be to build a cluster out of these things. But props to the OP, it looks like something I would spend hours playing with.

Just for you, Anemecek, I'll wear a beowulf cluster on my arm. I think it will vibrate off I you guys keep sending me email... www.getinPulse.com/images/toomanywatches.jpg

Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by beagle3 »

jasongullickson wrote: post #82
beagle3 wrote: post #54

Looks cool. But when I do upgrade my venerable analog watch, it's probably going to be to a http://lunatik.com + ipod nano 6g. A little more expensive, requires a jailbreak, but a hell of a lot more functional, and doesn't require uploading my code anywhere to compile it once jailbroken.

Has the nano been successfully jailbroken? Last I saw was that some of the images/text could be changed but I wasn't aware of anyone getting actual new code running...?

Seems I was mistaken and the answer is "not yet".

Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by dedward »

cstone wrote: post #66
erohead wrote: post #59

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Hi Guys, Eric from inPulse here. We're trying to make it as easy as possible for people to develop for inPulse. That's why we've built a cloudcompile service. No messing with DLLs, drivers and other annoying parts of embedded coding. I think we've succeeded! In our beta testing, users were able to go from downloading the SDK zip to loading their first app on inPulse within 5-8 minutes. I think that's pretty impressiv…

It's certainly easy to use, as long as the server remains up. But do I still have full control over the code that I upload to you, or does it count as "user-generated content" in http://www.getinpulse.com/terms/ ? What privacy guarantees do you make regarding the code that I upload? (Hopefully very little; it is transmitted in the clear, after all..) We live in a world where device vendors (even small ones) routinely…

This is extremely important - the claim to user-generated content is either boilerplate and wasn't intended to apply to actual software, or it is specifically intended to apply to the uploaded code due to the cloud-compile service.

The question has been asked a couple times here - is there an answer?

Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by AGorilla »

JonnieCache wrote: post #23
erohead wrote: post #13

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Yup, but we've got Bluetooth, a fantastic OLED screen, and example Python, Android, Blackberry code! Also, we're right here on HN to answer your questions!

>Yup, but we've got... Indeed. They are very different propositions. Hence I said "for comparison" :)

For comparison, oranges have no bluetooth, a touch interface, and seem to be more juicy. The watch however, has a better screen.

Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by jdabney »

ck2 wrote: post #74
erohead wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, but we've got Bluetooth, a fantastic OLED screen, and example Python, Android, Blackberry code! Also, we're right here on HN to answer your questions!

Can the watchband be removed to make it a pendant (or pocket watch) ? Looks too big for a woman's wrist? Can't find actual dimensions...

There is a picture of a woman wearing the watch on the their blog. Looks a little big but not bad.

Re: Show HN: Our new $149 hackable Bluetooth wristwatch

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Post by JoeBracken »

beagle3 wrote: post #54

Looks cool. But when I do upgrade my venerable analog watch, it's probably going to be to a http://lunatik.com + ipod nano 6g. A little more expensive, requires a jailbreak, but a hell of a lot more functional, and doesn't require uploading my code anywhere to compile it once jailbroken.

That was my plan too with the hope that I could do something similar to this and load/write my own apps. I actually received my lunatik kit with a ipod nano 6g about two weeks ago.

1) the ipod nano 6g has not been jailbroken.

2) the ipod nano 6g has no bluetooth built in

This watch is a better fit for what i want to do now - get up and running now with a programmable wrist based terminal.

I love the design of the lunatik but until the nano 6g is jailbroken I'm just wearing a nano on my wrist. The novelty of which has worn off since I can't hack it to do anything special.

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