Rubber_Buccaneer - Member
Wish I'd spent more on one that looks nicer now.
Me too - did you buy a Sony by any chance?
Rubber_Buccaneer - Member
Using speech to set a countdown timer when I'm cooking
I'd forgotten that one - dead handy and means you don't end up with your phone covered in sauce/flour/whatever 
did you buy a Sony by any chance?
Yes, how did you guess... Luckily I work with the kind of geeks who wear retro looking Casios so it doesn't get noticed
On using this somewhat esoteric GT88 clone device for 24 hours now. I'm convinced firstly - that it was a complete waste of money 😆
...and secondly - that there is probably a place for this kind of wearable tech, but that will be in 5 years time, when the technology finally catches up with the actual concept.
The thing won't allow me to add apps, so Strava is out of the question. But it has got me thinking that in an ideal scenario - I'd want something that automatically registered where I was and what activity I was doing pretty much all the time. If I went for a run, say, it would detect that and activate the GPS to log the route, time, speed and altitude, etc. It would then automatically detect that I was on a bike - and begin to log my rides - without any need for me to press anything. All the time while monitoring my heart rate, etc.
The GT88 clone thing does actually monitor my heart rate while in situ, but to be honest it is more like a random numbers generator than anything else more useful.
I'd quite interesting if in a few years time, the technology and battery life were to improve - and one of these types of devices were able to passively log all the active stuff I did, without me actually having to bother to tell it to do that.
My wrist hasn't exploded yet though, and the Chinese haven't hacked into my life so far as I can tell. But the 'sitting warning alarm' went off last night repeatedly when I was asleep until I turned the damn thing off.. 😆
I also did have a great conversation with Siri through it last night, much to the amusement of my GF, who was rolling her eyes in embarrasment.
It will be going on eBay shortly. 99p no reserve. God knows who would actually want to buy it!
We can already track you 'movements'. Anytime your you posts have more than 7 paragraphs we know you're on the bog.
I bought a Pebble and it's the watch I wear all the time. It's waterproof, the battery lasts for days and it integrates well with Android. My next watch will "hopefully" be another Pebble (a steel type one).
