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Post by dingaling »

6nf wrote: post #125
adrr wrote: post #4

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Have an apple watch. Notifications are useful but charging it every day is such a huge inconvenience that i don't bother with it.

When I'm getting ready for bed I remove my watch and pop it on the charging dock on my bedside. In the morning when I wake up I put it back on. Do you sleep with your watch or why is it such a pain to charge it at night like your phone?

It's not just the hassle of charging overnight but also the fire risk; charging Lithium batteries a metre from my head whilst I sleep is not an attractive idea.

Hence I charge phones and laptops during the day and only when someone is around to supervise.

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Post by wmeredith »

choward wrote: post #42

The biggest issue for me with the "smartwatch" is that they don't have feature parody with dumb watches. I've had many watches in the past and the battery lasts for years. I can also turn my wrist and see the time instantly. Who would have thought? What I get now is some piece of crap that needs to be charged every night. So I basically have no features while I'm sleeping. I can't just wake up in the middle of the ni…

I feel the same way. My watch is a solar powered waterproof (200m) chunk of titanium and sapphire with a radio inside that sets itself every night. It is practically indestructible. It will run the rest of my life. I will never have to set it. I will never have to remove from my wrist (barring an MRI or some other fringe context).

It's also beautiful. It's the only thing I wear, other than my wedding ring, that could be considered jewelry. I'm going to give it to my son some day. And at that moment, perhaps 40-60 years from now, it will still be a functional work of art.

I look at smart watches vs. dumb watches and just think it's a bunch of total nonsense. Eventually, yes, they will likely get their, but it's going to 50-something years from now when it's cheaper to put a super computer in something than it is to leave it out.

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Post by zimpenfish »

elchief wrote: post #34

Can someone make a super-low energy, classic looking watch with GPS? For people with Alzheimer's / Dementia. Could make a kids version too. They have GPS watches, but the battery seems to last maybe a day or two. My dad isn't going to remember to do that, so I would need to do so on a less frequent basis. Maybe with some self-charging based on user movement (they used to make self-winding watches)? Keep GPS off until…

http://www.back2you.com/alzheimer-dementia-gps-tracker.html does a week but sadly lacks the "classic looking watch" form factor (unless you get creative with a Dremel, I suppose)

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Post by frenchman_in_ny »

This is slightly misleading -- and the table is missing its footnotes from the original article -- since the "data only includes smartwatches capable of running third party applications". As a result, it ignores a lot of great wearables that for some reason IDC doesn't consider "smartwatches" which don't need third party apps.

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Post by jmcdiesel »

pm90 wrote: post #136
jmcdiesel wrote: post #71

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The question is does this opinion comes from experience, or from assumption? Having an Apple Watch now for about 6 months, I can say I love it, and none of those things (and I shared the same skepticism before buying one) have proven to be issues. I don't tend to look at my watch when I sleep - so that one's easy, and when you charge the watch its in a mode that gives off a low-light time (nightstand mode, i think th…

> If you want a traditional watch, then get a traditional watch - comparing it to a traditional watch and holding to the same standards is not a position of common sense... I don't think this is accurate. Someone brought up a comparison of smartphone to a Nokia phone, but this is not the same kind of comparison. A smartphone greatly simplified user interface and made accessing the internet and sharing much easier, an…

"It may be a difference in temperament. But personally, I like to reduce things in my life which require any form of attention: because I forget things very easily (or am just too lazy to do them)."

That was exactly my primary concern. In practice though, you (well, I, and most people) charge my phone at night. I set it next to the bed and plug it in... now my watch charger is right next to my phone charger, so its a no-brainer (and the wristband is fast on/off - thats important to me). Turns out because of the phone, i had no new habit to get into :)

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Post by aetherson »

coldtea wrote: post #159
aetherson wrote: post #137

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If we're assuming the existence of non-sucky smart glasses or contact lenses [1], why exactly would anyone use a smart watch? [1] Smart contact lenses are such a crock. Seriously, guys, how do you think you're going to power these things?

> If we're assuming the existence of non-sucky smart glasses or contact lenses [1], why exactly would anyone use a smart watch? For the same reasons we use smartwatches with our phones today. It's more plausible they'd fit a great cpu, cellular phone, gps, etc on a watch size, than they'd fit it in a decent glass frame. So the watch could handle most things, plus there are interactions that can't be done with glasses…

Heartrate, okay, sure. But all the rest of it, let me suggest that smart glasses + smartphone makes a lot more sense than smart glasses + smartwatch.

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Post by 6nf »

dingaling wrote: post #171
6nf wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I'm getting ready for bed I remove my watch and pop it on the charging dock on my bedside. In the morning when I wake up I put it back on. Do you sleep with your watch or why is it such a pain to charge it at night like your phone?

It's not just the hassle of charging overnight but also the fire risk; charging Lithium batteries a metre from my head whilst I sleep is not an attractive idea. Hence I charge phones and laptops during the day and only when someone is around to supervise.

You could charge your watch at that same time. It doesn't take long.

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Post by lowbloodsugar »

cyberferret wrote: post #153
lowbloodsugar wrote: post #144

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Someone gave me a golf cart last year. Actually they gave me a Ferrari 458 Spider. But I wanted a golf cart, so I'm using it as golf cart. Its hassle far outweighs its value. It destroys the fairway with its huge torque. And its rear wheel drive makes it really hard to control on grass. And it uses a lot of gas, so it runs out at the most inconvenient times. My friend doesn't understand, saying he drives his around t…

Not sure about you, but I would have the skills to actually use a Ferrari 458 Spider as a golf cart without tearing up the fairways or using too much fuel. It would be cool. Strange analogies aside - the point of my post is that the Apple Watch uses too much of my time and energy to 'baby' it and make sure it is operationally ready. Yes, I love unlocking my Mac with it, getting the time and reading notifications on i…

You might just have a broken one then? I charge mine a set time every night, put it on in the morning, and 18 hours later when I'm hitting the hay, it still has 40% charge.

Also, you are a way better driver than me.

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