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Title: 5m0rtwatches
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 19 August 2022, 17:57:16

saw one on sale,

have they gotten better? useful? or still kinda meh..

what do you guys do on um'

Tp4 =/= exercise

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Title: Re: 5m0rtwatches
Post by: suicidal_orange on Sat, 20 August 2022, 04:05:35

If you're not interested in giving google/apple the last piece of your daily schedule (exercise/sleep tracking) the only thing a screen that small is good for is saving the 5 seconds it takes to check the phone in your pocket to see who's contacting you, and in exchange for this you need to remember to charge it daily.  Unless you get a lot of unwanted contact while not sat at a desk where you can see your phone screen anyway they seem utterly pointless to me.

Title: Re: 5m0rtwatches
Post by: PlayBox on Sat, 20 August 2022, 13:48:02

well if you don't exercise regurarly, then there is no point my brother got one he doesn't use it. but exercising atleast a little bit is reccomended though

Title: Re: 5m0rtwatches
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 20 August 2022, 20:29:52

do any of them come with some sort of laser  and or  buzz saw yet ?  like real kewl stuff ?

Title: Re: 5m0rtwatches
Post by: suicidal_orange on Sun, 21 August 2022, 04:08:03

No, nothing that fun.  If you can find a suitably sized emitter you could probably fit it in place of the vibration motor in the Pinewatch (https://pine64.com/product/pinetime-dev-kit/), which is cheap and DIY firmware friendly?  Alternately just 3D print a bigger case...

Title: Re: 5m0rtwatches
Post by: Darthbaggins on Sun, 21 August 2022, 17:57:18

Quote from: suicidal_orange on Sun, 21 August 2022, 04:08:03

No, nothing that fun.  If you can find a suitably sized emitter you could probably fit it in place of the vibration motor in the Pinewatch (https://pine64.com/product/pinetime-dev-kit/), which is cheap and DIY firmware friendly?  Alternately just 3D print a bigger case...

I've been interested in the Pine line of watches, just due to the fact I can tinker.

Title: Re: 5m0rtwatches
Post by: suicidal_orange on Tue, 23 August 2022, 16:15:17

Quote from: Darthbaggins on Sun, 21 August 2022, 17:57:18

I've been interested in the Pine line of watches, just due to the fact I can tinker.

I'm more interested in their phones - proper Linux in your pocket with the option of a keyboard.  The only thing the watch could be useful for would be GPS while riding a bike but the screen just isn't big enough, I have a Raspberry Pi with a soundcard and night vision camera to tinker with, it hasn't left it's box in 5 years :-[

Title: Re: 5m0rtwatches
Post by: upscalevalley on Mon, 29 August 2022, 03:37:12

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