Casio Announces 'Bluetooth Low Energy' Enabled G-Shock Smart Watch - Page 2

jonnysods · Dec 5, 2012, 01:41 PM

Still waiting for an very excited about my Pebble watch....

APlotdevice · Dec 5, 2012, 01:42 PM

Love the concept. Though it needs a much larger text display area.

ALCRON · Dec 5, 2012, 01:45 PM

Watch...with Bluetooth...FRONT PAGE!!

teknikal90 · Dec 5, 2012, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markbarthel

People who think G shock watches are cool....

Well let's just say i'm willing to bet that they get laid way less often compared to someone who wears classy watches...

Just saying.

Coming from a guy who talks about getting laid on a mac rumors internet forum?? lol
Maybe they use G Shock watches when they do outdoors stuff...in which case, that's cool.

WestonHarvey1 · Dec 5, 2012, 01:48 PM

I have absolutely no confidence in any Bluetooth technology.

This thing is going to constantly drop its connection without any indication of anything being wrong, requiring you to do the Bluetooth un-pair and re-pair voodoo dance.

Farplaner · Dec 5, 2012, 01:49 PM

Seems like this watch still requires battery unlike the Citizen bluetooth watch...

martial900 · Dec 5, 2012, 01:51 PM

Cant wait until this evolves further. I am liking the bluetooth 4 integration. I want to see up to a weeklong duration synced to wristwatch. I want to see oled screen for high resolution display. I want to change fonts and size. Oh yeah I want to a good mic built-in. So much for swiss-made gears. Just pop-in mobile CPU with quadcore that would be on par with swiss quality.

Suman0102 · Dec 5, 2012, 01:55 PM

:::Looks down at the Omega watch on my wrist:::

"Don't worry baby, time will never change how I feel about you"

Mr. Gates · 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chopper9

The features are completely worthless.

First off, I would have to agree that this thing is ugly as sin.

But to say the features are useless ?

Not at all. Maybe you never go to the gym.

My favorite feature is the alert if you go out of range from your iPhone. Never loose an iPhone at a bar or a gas station ever again. That alone is gold.

A lot of naysayers on this forum. May it be news from Microsoft, Android, or other companies innovating in some way shape or form. All I ever hear is some strange lambasting of anything NOT Apple.

It really needs to stop. It's just stupid.

*******************************************************************

Case in point.

Everyone was soooooooo excited about these and you had to charge them every day.

They were utterly pointless and all the Apple Fan Doods sung their praise

kavika411 · Dec 5, 2012, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgiguere1

Yeah, because switching to a monochrome display just so a couple people could wear it as a watch would have been so revolutionary.

Monochrome display? Who says an iPod Nano watch necessitates a monochrome display? And "a couple people" liked wearing the Nano as a watch?

ugahairydawgs · Dec 5, 2012, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by therockyroad

So there are people that still wear watches?

That was my first thought too.

v3rn · Dec 5, 2012, 02:01 PM

Love G-Shock watches. They're actually quite popular as well. I see people on my campus wearing them all the time. Hell, I think they're more popular now than they've ever been. I own one, but I hunt, fish, and live outside a lot. So having a watch that is durable, solar powered, and can tell me the moon phases and tides is amazing. Not to mention, I actually get quite a lot of compliments about it. It's not really so much about the watch, but about who's wearing it. If you can pull it off, it works.

enu · Dec 5, 2012, 02:04 PM

Would be awesome to see another version of this that's solar powered.

TrentS · Dec 5, 2012, 02:04 PM

Umm... Why!? You already have a clock on your iPhone or iPod.

Boatboy24 · Dec 5, 2012, 02:05 PM

Forgive my ignorance, as I'm not all that tech savvy; but if you are wearing your watch, and it is withing Bluetooth range of your phone, why would you need your watch to alert you that a call is coming in? Wouldn't your phone already be doing that via the act of ringing? Maybe I'm just missing something.

Ishimaru · Dec 5, 2012, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boatboy24

Forgive my ignorance, as I'm not all that tech savvy; but if you are wearing your watch, and it is withing Bluetooth range of your phone, why would you need your watch to alert you that a call is coming in? Wouldn't your phone already be doing that via the act of ringing? Maybe I'm just missing something.

Because sometimes you have your phone in your pocket, on silent and don't feel the vibration; you miss the call.

mslide · Dec 5, 2012, 02:07 PM

People still wear watches? I stopped wearing one the day I started carrying around a mobile phone with me everywhere I went. I guess if you're trying to make a fashion statement then whatever but anybody wearing a G-Shock is clearly not into that.

Mr. Gates · Dec 5, 2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boatboy24

Forgive my ignorance, as I'm not all that tech savvy; but if you are wearing your watch, and it is withing Bluetooth range of your phone, why would you need your watch to alert you that a call is coming in? Wouldn't your phone already be doing that via the act of ringing? Maybe I'm just missing something.

Gym, bike riding, driving, never loose your phone (Range Alerts), meetings, swimming, at work maybe you can't check your phone, etc...

Just because you can't think of a few uses it doesn't mean they don't exist. If it wasn't so UGLY I would get one in a heartbeat.

APlotdevice · Dec 5, 2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrentS

Umm... Why!? You already have a clock on your iPhone or iPod.

To check the time on your iPhone you first have to reach into your pocket/purse, grab the device, raise it to your eye level, and press the power button. To check the time on a watch you just have to raise it to your eye level. For a lot of people that's still a major convenience.

tgi · Dec 5, 2012, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StuddedLeather

Couldn't*

because if you could care less if defeats the purpose of saying it.

But I DO agree with you!

Regarding the watch, I don't know about you guys but my phone is always with me or very near. Why would I need my watch to confirm my phone is in fact ringing? It would be cooler to predict when my phone is about to ring! I'd buy that.

Thanks for the correction haha!

KdParker · Dec 5, 2012, 02:13 PM

So.. how many people still own watches?

tgi · Dec 5, 2012, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonnysods

Still waiting for an very excited about my Pebble watch....

Saw that on kickstarter awhile ago, what's the expected ship date on them?

1member1 · Dec 5, 2012, 02:14 PM

I'm not sure if casio got it or not but this font is too retro and too small for people to actually read and understand most of it.
I prefer to remove most of those features in the clock and make it more simple to read with big fonts.

No I'm not old but this seems so useless ...

KdParker · Dec 5, 2012, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by APlotdevice

To check the time on your iPhone you first have to reach into your pocket/purse, grab the device, raise it to your eye level, and press the power button. To check the time on a watch you just have to raise it to your eye level. For a lot of people that's still a major convenience.

like you don't have your phone out anyway. And I beg to differ, I think taking phone out of you front pocket is just as easy as raising to look at your watch.

krashx7 · Dec 5, 2012, 02:18 PM

Just give us the iWatch already. Pebble is the only decent looking one out of all of these and it doesnt even recieve text messages on the iphone. Im holding out for something better. This is perfect for me. I could look at my texts and notifications while on the job and people will just think Im checking the time!

Dec 5, 2012, 01:41 PM	#26
jonnysods macrumors 68020 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Aussie living in Canada	Still waiting for an very excited about my Pebble watch.... __________________ Sodagorn Media www.sodagorn.com
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Dec 5, 2012, 01:42 PM	#27
APlotdevice macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Sin City USA	Love the concept. Though it needs a much larger text display area. __________________ TV - iPod touch 4 - iPad 1 - Custom HTPC - Numerous Consoles There is something deeply wrong with a society more offended by breasts than by entrails.
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Dec 5, 2012, 01:55 PM	#33
Suman0102 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	When it comes to watches, stick to the classics :::Looks down at the Omega watch on my wrist::: "Don't worry baby, time will never change how I feel about you"
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Dec 5, 2012, 02:04 PM	#39
TrentS macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Overland Park, Kansas	Redundant. Umm... Why!? You already have a clock on your iPhone or iPod.
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Dec 5, 2012, 02:13 PM	#46
KdParker macrumors 68000 Join Date: Oct 2010	So.. how many people still own watches? __________________ 16g iPhone5 Black ; 16g iPhone5 White; 15" retina - MBP 2.6 GHZ 16 RAM; iPad4 retina
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Dec 5, 2012, 01:45 PM	#28
ALCRON macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Alestia	Watch...with Bluetooth...FRONT PAGE!!
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Dec 5, 2012, 01:48 PM	#30
WestonHarvey1 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2007	I have absolutely no confidence in any Bluetooth technology. This thing is going to constantly drop its connection without any indication of anything being wrong, requiring you to do the Bluetooth un-pair and re-pair voodoo dance.
	1

Dec 5, 2012, 01:49 PM	#31
Farplaner macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2008	Seems like this watch still requires battery unlike the Citizen bluetooth watch...
	0

Dec 5, 2012, 01:51 PM	#32
martial900 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	Cant wait until this evolves further. I am liking the bluetooth 4 integration. I want to see up to a weeklong duration synced to wristwatch. I want to see oled screen for high resolution display. I want to change fonts and size. Oh yeah I want to a good mic built-in. So much for swiss-made gears. Just pop-in mobile CPU with quadcore that would be on par with swiss quality.
	0

Dec 5, 2012, 02:01 PM	#37
v3rn macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2010	Love G-Shock watches. They're actually quite popular as well. I see people on my campus wearing them all the time. Hell, I think they're more popular now than they've ever been. I own one, but I hunt, fish, and live outside a lot. So having a watch that is durable, solar powered, and can tell me the moon phases and tides is amazing. Not to mention, I actually get quite a lot of compliments about it. It's not really so much about the watch, but about who's wearing it. If you can pull it off, it works.
	2

Dec 5, 2012, 02:04 PM	#38
enu macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Massachusetts	Would be awesome to see another version of this that's solar powered.
	3

Dec 5, 2012, 02:05 PM	#40
Boatboy24 macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2011	Forgive my ignorance, as I'm not all that tech savvy; but if you are wearing your watch, and it is withing Bluetooth range of your phone, why would you need your watch to alert you that a call is coming in? Wouldn't your phone already be doing that via the act of ringing? Maybe I'm just missing something.
	2

Dec 5, 2012, 02:07 PM	#42
mslide macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2007	People still wear watches? I stopped wearing one the day I started carrying around a mobile phone with me everywhere I went. I guess if you're trying to make a fashion statement then whatever but anybody wearing a G-Shock is clearly not into that.
	1

Dec 5, 2012, 02:14 PM	#48
1member1 macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2012	I'm not sure if casio got it or not but this font is too retro and too small for people to actually read and understand most of it. I prefer to remove most of those features in the clock and make it more simple to read with big fonts. No I'm not old but this seems so useless ...
	0

Dec 5, 2012, 02:18 PM	#50
krashx7 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2012	Just give us the iWatch already. Pebble is the only decent looking one out of all of these and it doesnt even recieve text messages on the iphone. Im holding out for something better. This is perfect for me. I could look at my texts and notifications while on the job and people will just think Im checking the time!
	0

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