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Other available or planned smart watches for iPhone

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mig1985

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Sep 5, 2013
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hi there,

im just wondering which smartwatches are available already or planned for iphones?

as far as i know we have: pebble, pebble steel, kreyos und hot watch. (only black / white display)
announced: kairos and omate x.

br,
michael
 
hey julien,

sorry for wrong placement...

i spend some more time in researching for other smartwatches and came up with this missing in the list above: meta watch, im watch, vachen smartwatch.

br,
michael
 
The pebble to the apple watch is like an eBook reader to a small tablet. One has a more fuller experience with colourful graphics but battery is in the hours with heavy usage and the other although apparently inferior actually has incredibly long battery and does the main task of that device better - whether that be reading the paper or a book on the move or telling the time. Colour e-ink could be very interesting.
 
magicMac said:
The pebble to the apple watch is like an eBook reader to a small tablet. One has a more fuller experience with colourful graphics but battery is in the hours with heavy usage and the other although apparently inferior actually has incredibly long battery and does the main task of that device better - whether that be reading the paper or a book on the move or telling the time. Colour e-ink could be very interesting.
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If you think the main task of a smart watch is to tell time then you're probably not the target market.
 
Well I would be fairly disappointed if a watch didn't tell the time regardless of the type of watch. You know it's only in the name as well.

Just as the main purpose of the iPhone is to make/receive phone calls. I.e if the spec of the iPhone and iPod touch are be same, the main reason to get the iPhone over the iPod touch would be to make/receive phone calls.

I should mention that I plan to get the apple watch (see my other posts) for a variety of reasons. But the MAIN reason for the device is to tell the time - I.e it will replace my current watch and if the battery goes flat midday and I can't tell the time I wil be unhappy.
 
magicMac said:
Just as the main purpose of the iPhone is to make/receive phone calls. I.e if the spec of the iPhone and iPod touch are be same, the main reason to get the iPhone over the iPod touch would be to make/receive phone calls.

I should mention that I plan to get the apple watch (see my other posts) for a variety of reasons. But the MAIN reason for the device is to tell the time - I.e it will replace my current watch and if the battery goes flat midday and I can't tell the time I wil be unhappy.
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I got the iPhone because I wanted a Internet connection whenever I go -- iPod touch doesn't get internet if there is no wifi. But I hardly ever use the phone function. So for me, the main purpose of the iPhone isn't to make phone calls.

Also, I stopped wearing a watch when I got my iPhone, because I could tell the time by pulling the phone out of my pocket. Yes, there are times when it would be more convenient to have the time on my wrist, but those times are very few. My main interest in the Apple watch is fitness tracking and phone notifications. For me, telling time isn't really a main reason to get it. I do agree that the battery needs to last all day, but that is for the fitness tracking.
 
The Pebble is a great basic smart watch with great battery life. I have been using it for about a year while waiting for Apple Watch to release. But Pebble also has a special skill for making the worlds ugliest watches. The Steel is not much better in that department.
 
You can add the Microsoft Band to the list.

It has pretty much all the features of a smartphone, although it's geared more towards the active crowd.
 
Google is working on getting Android Wear to be compatible with the iOS platform.
 
p3ntyne said:
Interesting, although I doubt it will happen - especially after the Apple Watch is released. Anyway, how would viewing, replying by voice and opening notifications on the phone work correctly with the different OS? As they said, it's not completely up to Google.
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This. It would not work like google wants it to, so it probably will never happen.
 
mattopotamus said:
This. It would not work like google wants it to, so it probably will never happen.
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p3ntyne said:
Interesting, although I doubt it will happen - especially after the Apple Watch is released. Anyway, how would viewing, replying by voice and opening notifications on the phone work correctly with the different OS? As they said, it's not completely up to Google.
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One word: Glass
 
mattopotamus said:
I'm pretty sure glass does not have to pair with a phone, does it?
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Glass is just like a smartwatch - an extension of your phone. It's not a device with its own cellular or even Wi-Fi radio. To use its functions you have to pair it with your phone. You manage it with the Glass app.

It's not perfect like on Android (On iOS you can only read texts, not send them).

Android Wear isn't only just text messages though - developers have apps that they can use with it.
 
chrf097 said:
Glass is just like a smartwatch - an extension of your phone. It's not a device with its own cellular or even Wi-Fi radio. To use its functions you have to pair it with your phone. You manage it with the Glass app.

It's not perfect like on Android (On iOS you can only read texts, not send them).

Android Wear isn't only just text messages though - developers have apps that they can use with it.
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I did not know that about glass. I knew it could pair with your phone for things like text, etc. I really did think it was a stand alone device though, and it could receive email and many other things by just using apps on glass itself.
 
mattopotamus said:
I did not know that about glass. I knew it could pair with your phone for things like text, etc. I really did think it was a stand alone device though, and it could receive email and many other things by just using apps on glass itself.
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I believe it DOES have apps actually stored on the device (which I *think* Android Wear does as well?) It's definitely more stand alone than a smartwatch but still requires that data tether to a smartphone.
 
chrf097 said:
I believe it DOES have apps actually stored on the device (which I *think* Android Wear does as well?) It's definitely more stand alone than a smartwatch but still requires that data tether to a smartphone.
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Android wear uses the apps on your phone. That is why I think it will be hard pressed to properly work on IOS :)
 
mattopotamus said:
Android wear uses the apps on your phone. That is why I think it will be hard pressed to properly work on IOS :)
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Well so does every other smartwatch. So does Chromecast on iOS as well.

It's something that the App will have to integrate.
 
chrf097 said:
Well so does every other smartwatch. So does Chromecast on iOS as well.

It's something that the App will have to integrate.
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And the problem is, I do not think apple will open "core apple apps" to actually work with android wear. I think it will be an apple issues, not a google one.
 
mattopotamus said:
And the problem is, I do not think apple will open "core apple apps" to actually work with android wear. I think it will be an apple issues, not a google one.
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But there's no reason why other app developers couldn't.

Sure you won't get the core responding to texts/iMessages (it can still read them though) but other than that, everything else Android Wear does you're going to be able to do.
 
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