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Anyone used an i'm watch?

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Paul7876

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Hi,

I currently have a Sony Liveview 2 smartwatch and wondered how it compares to the i'm watch in terms of functionality, apps, build quality etc.

All opinions appreciated :-)
 
I'm a bit put off the pebble by the lack of a colour display, and the rumours I've heard of how easily it scratches.
As for the Samsung watch, you may be in luck. Over the last few days I've seen articles from CNET and Engadget saying a Samsung exec said they will make a watch
 
Paul7876 said:
I'm a bit put off the pebble by the lack of a colour display, and the rumours I've heard of how easily it scratches.
As for the Samsung watch, you may be in luck. Over the last few days I've seen articles from CNET and Engadget saying a Samsung exec said they will make a watch
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Now that to me would probably be a great advantage, because it would more than likely mean I wouldn't have to remove it from my wrist and charge the thing every night. It's something else that I'd have to remember to charge. E-ink screen don't consume any power when static, and only consume power when something is changing. Surprised they haven't done one of these smart watches that self-charges from the movements of your wrist, like the way Seiko Kinetic watches do and self-winders do.

The other thing with a colour screen, is it's not going to be able to show the information all the time due to the power consumption, you'd have to press a button to make it light up. Rather like back to old days of the 1970s LED digital watches. You had to press a button to show the time and date, and often the batteries would only last a month.

I'm one of these persons who wears a watch 24/7, and only remove it when swimming, because it's water-resistant and is OK in the shower, but it's not a water-proof diver's watch.
 
mikedt said:
Now that to me would probably be a great advantage, because it would more than likely mean I wouldn't have to remove it from my wrist and charge the thing every night. It's something else that I'd have to remember to charge. E-ink screen don't consume any power when static, and only consume power when something is changing. Surprised they haven't done one of these smart watches that self-charges from the movements of your wrist, like the way Seiko Kinetic watches do and self-winders do.

The other thing with a colour screen, is it's not going to be able to show the information all the time due to the power consumption, you'd have to press a button to make it light up. Rather like back to old days of the 1970s LED digital watches. You had to press a button to show the time and date, and often the batteries would only last a month.

I'm one of these persons who wears a watch 24/7, and only remove it when swimming, because it's water-resistant and is OK in the shower, but it's not a water-proof diver's watch.
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The annoying thing with the liveview is that you have to press a button to see the time. Maybe another way would be to light it up by shaking your wrist? A bit like the pebble does to turn on the back light.
It's pretty annoying having to charge the liveview every other night, expecially as it's a pain to get the thing off the strap!
 
Hi,

I purchased the I'm Watch and got it 3 months later. I had a cheapo cellphone so I knew I wouldn't be able to tether off that. I have a ASUS TF201 tablet which I used to tether the watch off, it worked quite well. I was able to get emails, tweets, fb notifications, even the calendar worked, but no phone. With my cheapo phone I was only able to connect via bluetooth to make calls with the watch, but I was ok with that. The only problem was that I had to rely on the tablet to update my emails, etc. It got to be a pain because I had to tote the tablet around which I didn't want to do all the time. When I was out I would connect the tablet up via Foxfi and update the watch. I did it less and less but the option was there.

A couple of months ago, I got another cheapo cellphone, with unlimited service, this one was 4g and offered bluetooth tethering. It was ICS 4.0.4. and I was able to tether the watch to the phone and started getting text messages to my phone as well after I upgraded the watch to 2.1.1. I have been able to use the full capabilities of the I'm Watch ever since. In the begining I thought it would be just a good trick to show to people, that I could make calls off a watch. But I wouldn't trade it for anything with the combination I have been using. I keep reading about people going out and spending tons of money to get the latest phones for their watch and still had problems, felt bad for them. I paid 70 bucks for the phone and 60 bucks a month for unlimited 4G Service.

When the new sideloader app was introduced with the 2.1.1 os update, I started sideloading apps. I thought I would brick the damn phone but I have been able to customize the look and feel of the I'm watch without rooting the watch. It's still version 1.6 android but whatever app works with V1.6 Android works on the I'm Watch. Google Search, web browsing, games. I am always trying out difference versions of apps to see what works. If it doesn't work, it's gone, if it works, even better.

Bottom line, it's a great and solid watch which I wouldn't trade for anything else coming out.

If you have any questions or if I can help any way, email me.
 
thexderr said:
Hi,

I purchased the I'm Watch and got it 3 months later. I had a cheapo cellphone so I knew I wouldn't be able to tether off that. I have a ASUS TF201 tablet which I used to tether the watch off, it worked quite well. I was able to get emails, tweets, fb notifications, even the calendar worked, but no phone. With my cheapo phone I was only able to connect via bluetooth to make calls with the watch, but I was ok with that. The only problem was that I had to rely on the tablet to update my emails, etc. It got to be a pain because I had to tote the tablet around which I didn't want to do all the time. When I was out I would connect the tablet up via Foxfi and update the watch. I did it less and less but the option was there.

A couple of months ago, I got another cheapo cellphone, with unlimited service, this one was 4g and offered bluetooth tethering. It was ICS 4.0.4. and I was able to tether the watch to the phone and started getting text messages to my phone as well after I upgraded the watch to 2.1.1. I have been able to use the full capabilities of the I'm Watch ever since. In the begining I thought it would be just a good trick to show to people, that I could make calls off a watch. But I wouldn't trade it for anything with the combination I have been using. I keep reading about people going out and spending tons of money to get the latest phones for their watch and still had problems, felt bad for them. I paid 70 bucks for the phone and 60 bucks a month for unlimited 4G Service.

When the new sideloader app was introduced with the 2.1.1 os update, I started sideloading apps. I thought I would brick the damn phone but I have been able to customize the look and feel of the I'm watch without rooting the watch. It's still version 1.6 android but whatever app works with V1.6 Android works on the I'm Watch. Google Search, web browsing, games. I am always trying out difference versions of apps to see what works. If it doesn't work, it's gone, if it works, even better.

Bottom line, it's a great and solid watch which I wouldn't trade for anything else coming out.

If you have any questions or if I can help any way, email me.
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Thanks you for taking the time to type all that and for the offer of help.

To be honest I'd almost forgotten about getting another smartwatch, but your response is making me seriously consider the I'm watch again and I'll probably get one.

I don't know why, but for some reason I had the idea this watch was aimed at iPhone users, not sure where that came from.
 
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