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Wakemate (YC S09) helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye

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Re: Wakemate (YC S09) helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye

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I asked this in the Techcrunch comments but I'm thinking it will be more visible here: In terms of the iPhone app, how do they trigger anything without having to keep your iPhone on and in their app the whole time? Other than that I am sold.

The iPhone has to be on and the app open for it to work. No way around this limitation without 1) jailbreaking 2) digging around in private apis or 3) applying to be an approved accessory maker.

Re: Wakemate (YC S09) helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye

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Excellent service from the guys! Sent them an e-mail about shipping and got a reply in eight minutes - "we ship worldwide for free if you pre-order".

Thanks. Pre-ordered.

That did it for me as well. Pre-ordered.

Re: Wakemate (YC S09) helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye

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Sounds really interesting. It's a shame it's not shipping sooner. I just had a 7 month vacation and getting my sleep pattern back to normal has proved nearly impossible. Some days I wake up super energized after 5 or so hours and then days like yesterday, I get 7 hours in and I wake up feeling like I haven't slept in days. Pre-ordered one for sure.

On a side note, this page is terribly hard on the eyes. http://www.wakemate.com/about/ I don't know if it's just me or not, but I think they need some more spacing between the letters??

Re: Wakemate (YC S09) helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye

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Sounds really interesting. It's a shame it's not shipping sooner. I just had a 7 month vacation and getting my sleep pattern back to normal has proved nearly impossible. Some days I wake up super energized after 5 or so hours and then days like yesterday, I get 7 hours in and I wake up feeling like I haven't slept in days. Pre-ordered one for sure. On a side note, this page is terribly hard on the eyes. http://www.wa…

It does sound interesting, and for $50, I'd be very tempted to try it.

But yeah, who puts -1px letter spacing on their body copy? Ouch. Painful.

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I tend to move while awake and lie still when I'm asleep. It probably has something to do with that. ;)

I don't know about you, but I move around a _lot_ during sleep. Sure, if it only knows that I'm awake if I go to the bathroom or kitchen during the night, I understand the difference. Would be interesting to know how it makes the distinction, though.

Typically, when you enter deep stage sleep your brain turns your normal motor functions off - it's supposed that this is to stop you from hurting yourself while in deep sleep (although some people suffer from sleep disorders where they do move).

In lighter stages of sleep this doesn't happen and you do move around.

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