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Hi! Dev lead here. Obviously not an official MS response! We are using a single threaded lightweight runtime based around call backs. We are completely non-blocking on all IO (including all sensors), and our CPU spends the majority of its time in a very low power mode. Every microsecond of CPU time is accounted for and justified! I cannot wait until people look at our battery size in mAh.
That sounds cool! Can you disclose/admit what language it was written in? I'm very tempted to try this out instead of getting a fitbit (not at all impressed with the Apple or Android watches so far).
I would guess C or C++ too.
Awkward, cliché, and yet still effective advertisement video. The work-out and skydiving bits were neat, but the graduation text message bit and the "keep your head up" catchphrase (you look down to see the watch) made me feel stubbornly aware and annoyed at the problems that this device still causes; the disconnect with reality. Also, I don't know that anyone looks back at the time they got a Facebook message while…
Why the fuck is Starbucks a launch partner for a fitness band? What could interest could they possibly have in my health other than undermining it?
It really is easier than anyone could have imagined to get people to part with data. Smart phones provide a genuine quality of life improvement, but unless you are a professional athlete is the privacy cost really worth the gain of seeing your heart rate at the gym?
It seems for Hacker News it is a resounding yes...
This money grabbing gadgetarianism is getting silly.
Quoting an article from The Economist.com: "... Strikingly, one-third of users discard their devices after six months, according to research by Endeavour Partners, a consultancy. Some industry insiders speculate that the true number may be much higher than that. ...The novelty of being able to track your steps, calories or other metrics is appealing at first, but swiftly wears off. ..." Full article - http://goo.gl/h…
My Garmin is bulky, can't lock a signal in a neighborhood with tall buildings and has software reminiscent of an Atari. And it was more expensive than this.
I'm very excited about this. (Though, disclaimer, I work for Microsoft.)
If this thing catches on they will end up with a literal treasure trove of useful data that can be mined for some pretty mind bogglingly accurate stats on some aspects of our health. I like this sort of thing but I can also understand why some people might feel a bit uneasy about so much data gathering.
Not just health - also location, activity levels (meaning a reasonable guess at to if you're awake) etc. This is basically a tracking bracelet. Also "can be mined" is putting it mildly. Apple, Microsoft and google are all NSA partners. If the data's there, the incentive is to utilise it....
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There is an order online link just below the 'Find Store'. Check it out.
Right. If you click that you're allowed to select your US state to ship to. Did you check that? It's entirely possible that I miss some hidden 'enable international shipping' incantation here, but I doubt that at this point. The checkout form doesn't seem to include any of that and the very MS store front page lists the band as 'US only', just as I stated above. Why? I .. fail to come up with an answer for that. I wa…
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It's ugly, but if I were in the market for a smartwatch/fitness tracker this might be the only one I'd bother with. As I find myself saying more and more, I love this new Microsoft. It's insane how much harm a single man can do.
Haha is that sarcasm? Do you mean harm ==== good, or harm === bad? And harm to who? EDIT: No idea why I am getting downvoted - it's a serious question!