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Digital Touch... Is it your true heartbeat?

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jknopp

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Sep 20, 2012
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Have had my  Watch for a few days now and it's awesome! I was even able to dabble in the digital touch feature. I sent a buddy of mine my heartbeat, which I understand to be your actual heartbeat. But when sending a heartbeat, the green LEDs on the back don't shine! I also took my pulse manually to see if they match up, which they didn't at first. Is this truly your heartbeat for that exact moment? :confused:

edit: The watch doesn't even need to be on your wrist to send a heartbeat... Calling BS on this feature!
 
Sounds like BS - it starts sending out your heartbeat faster than the hw could ever get a reading.
 
I have had this feature send different heart rates at different times. So, I could be wrong, but I believe what it's doing is just sending your heartbeat at its most recently background measured rate.

That's why it will even work when the phone is not on your wrist, it just uses the most recent measurement.
 
chrismac2 said:
I have had this feature send different heart rates at different times. So, I could be wrong, but I believe what it's doing is just sending your heartbeat at its most recently background measured rate.

That's why it will even work when the phone is not on your wrist, it just uses the most recent measurement.
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I don't think the phone should ever be on your wrist you might be doing it wrong :=x

(Yes, I know what you meant, I just couldn't resist XD)
 
AFAIK, it's your last HR measurement. As you said, you can send it even though it's not on your wrist, but it's your HR, just not the current HR.

To make the measurement and send it out at the same time may cause more trouble than what we expect (just like every character you type will be send out at the same time, and you can't change it).
 
Digital Touch... Is it your true heartbeat?

h9826790 said:
AFAIK, it's your last HR measurement. As you said, you can send it even though it's not on your wrist, but it's your HR, just not the current HR.



To make the measurement and send it out at the same time may cause more trouble than what we expect (just like every character you type will be send out at the same time, and you can't change it).
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Only a little gimmick, I don't see it becoming a feature that takes off until Apple/3rd devs expand on it.
 
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