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Re: Moto 360

#171

Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?

I usually take it out and put on the table.

One thing that I learned after years of scratching the glass on several watches is that you should take it off often.

Sleep with watch, and bath with watch are just two of the no-go. :)

Re: Moto 360

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Really cool stuff! From what it looks like this is a big departure from the previous Android smart watches that look like they jammed Android 1.0 on there. Two big concerns for me: 1) Battery life 2) Display visibility They go hand-in-hand for me. Get that nice high-res display but will it last me a day? For battery life it would be nice to have induction charging if it were to last about 8 hours (my personal guess).

I'm sad that no one is going e-ink here. That solves the battery and screen visibility problems so nicely, plus the screen is always on. If Pebble is going to be it going forward, I hope they continue to innovate.

The problem is that eInk is relatively slow (I know the newer versions are much faster than the old 500ms ones) and can't do color (well).

Re: Moto 360

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post #140

I'm excited about this, and disappointed in Pebble. They were first to market but totally squandered their opportunity. I got my Pebble last year, and stopped wearing it after a week because all the promised apps were still a work-in-progress. One year later, not much has changed :/

What apps do you miss?

Bus arrivals, gps, and a route tracker.

Re: Moto 360

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post #60

That stem is interesting. The Pebble has 4 buttons, which are generally mapped to up, down, select, and back. That strikes me as the minimum for useful app interface. With the Moto 360's stem I can see getting up down and select, but now how they'd do back. Maybe a long-press?

Swipe from left to right?

Re: Moto 360

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post #147

Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?

I find it hilarious that you name the exact model of laptop.

It's relevant information for the comment. They'd otherwise have to describe the case material of the laptop. "Scratches the 'patterned aluminum finish' of my laptop," is a bit more verbose in conveying the same information.

Re: Moto 360

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post #147

Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?

I find it hilarious that you name the exact model of laptop.

A Macbook Pro is made from aluminium. Most other laptops are plastic. Metal-on-metal scratching would be quite different to metal-on-plastic, so I'd say it's relevant.

Re: Moto 360

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is anecdotal evidence but I've noticed people using idevices mention the models rather than generic device names. I wonder why that is.

It says "MacBook Pro" right under the screen so that's what I think of it as. I also know that the terms are common enough that people will know what I'm talking about (as opposed to my old Inspiron 8000).

I think of it as a computer, or a laptop if I want to be specific that it's portable.

Re: Moto 360

#179

Am I the only one who doesn't wear a watch (even if I wanted to) because I don't like the way it scratches against my MacBook Pro?

I don't like how my Rolex Oyster Perpetual taps against the table.

Re: Moto 360

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post #176
post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it hilarious that you name the exact model of laptop.

A Macbook Pro is made from aluminium. Most other laptops are plastic. Metal-on-metal scratching would be quite different to metal-on-plastic, so I'd say it's relevant.

Why is it quite different? Is it that aluminium is a poor material for a surface likely to suffer repeated abrasions?
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