Why the Gear S points to the future of smart watches; beyond Apple’s watch Just to be clear, I still think the Apple watch is the best of a generation, that is, the first smart watch generation. But I’m already looking to the next one and with the Samsung Gear S and LG Urbane, I think I already see it. First the Gear S. I’ve been using it for 2 weeks… Read More
Finally did a hands on with Apple watch. Its good… umm. good. Sound less then excited in my title? That is because I was. I have the original Pebble, the Pebble Steel and the original LG. The Apple watch is nicer then all of these, but only just a bit nicer. The screen is a bit nicer, but not much. I liked the round edges of the… Read More
Apple Watch sells out in the first day. Does that close the Apple Watch market from other watch makers? Short answer mostly no. Long answer, there are still watch to be sold to Apple owners, you just have to sell it the right way. Now even though Apple sold out of their first batch of pre-orders, they did not release any numbers to indicate how many that is. Some analysts have predicted the company… Read More
Pebble watch working with Microsoft phones? Kinda? Download at the end. I’m sure you have seen the news. Microsoft has a private beta out there for 48, now 24 hours, and then … well we do not know what will happen then. However, the simple beta is mostly about getting bluetooth notification with Pebble to work. Although this sounds pretty simple and not indicative of an… Read More
What has Pebble up its sleeve? New hardware? We know new software… but what else? So what does Pebble have up its sleeve.. and targeted for ours.. Based on the announcement it seems pretty clear some new platform upgrades. But that about it. Well, I have my wishlist handy. I have an app for the Pebble called NewsSnacker. Its not complicated but does what I want. Lately I have been… Read More
Why Microsoft is developing a smartwatch.. because they have to It was announce through Forbes that Microsoft is planning on releasing a watch in the next few weeks. No solid news on what it will look like yet, but my bet is that it will look somewhat like the LG; clean, simple square. It is reported that it will have bio metric tracking as is… Read More
How to put your iphone in developer mode to install Pebble apps There are two ways to write a pebble app, use c code and release to the Pebble store, or as I have done with NewsSnacker, write in JavaScript and release to the Pebble app store. They only problem is Apple has not released an update to allow iOS users to install apps written in JavaScript. … Read More
Pebble Gets A Permanent Price Cut, Plus Background Sleep And Activity Tracking Great news for wearable lovers! Especially if you’ve been holding off on purchasing that Pebble you’ve had your eye on. Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is hoping to make its platform accessible to more people with a permanent price drop of $50 and $30 for both the original Pebble and the Pebble Steel, putting them at $99… Read More
Recent update greatly extends Moto360 battery life. Update now! As it has been reported, the battery life on the Moto360 is so poor you cannot even for a full day. However, there is hope. The most recent firmware update had improved the battery life significantly. So much so that users are reporting more then a day usage. This assumes you are not using ‘always’… Read More
Thoughts on the Apple Watch from a Pebble and LG owner. Its been 24 hours since the Apple Watch debut. Now that we have seen more pictures of the watch and learned a bit more about it, I think I can finally give my impressions. This of course is tempered by the fact I have not seen it in person and there are still things we… Read More
NewsSnacker – Twitter newsfeed on the Pebble watch My first coded pebble app. I’m using Pebbles new beta javascript system, so even though it was very easy to code, there does seem to be an issue when hitting the ‘select’ button to go from story to story. Hopefully this will get better. For iOS users. Right now you cannot download from the Apple… Read More
Moto 360 smart watch sells out before the first hour. What can we learn from this? That was quick! As soon as the Moto 360 smart watch went on sale it sold out. What does that tell us in the wearable world? That looks matter! I have been pounding on this point over and over again, and just yesterday when I wrote about the Samsung gear 2 s, looking better, but… Read More
Samsung Gear 2 S smartwatch with a curved screen. Now we’re talking I have been pretty harsh on Samsung basically asking why are they throwing everything but the kitchen sink onto a watch making it large and ugly. And why have they not released a curved screen yet? Well they finally did. And I think they got it mostly right this time. The Gear 2 S is… Read More
Why I went back to the Pebble after using the Google G for 24 hours. Buttons! I got the Google LG G watch after Google I/O to try out the new API and if I could implement a push service using my site newssnacker.com. Simple enough idea, I want to write a protocol that will only send message to my watch when something big breaks. However, after just 24 hours I… Read More
My fortnight review of the Pebble or How I use my Pebble even though its limited. So its been just over 2 weeks (fortnight) that I’ve been using the Pebble constantly and here is what I have discovered. Its VERY limited with my iPhone. I’m sitting on 6.3.1 and have not bothered to jailbreak yet (been really busy lately) so the only thing that works is phone numbers, text and music… Read More