I have the og PineTime, and in my opinion, we don’t really need better hardware. What we need is better software!
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If you're new to Pine - the watch and phone are Open Hardware devices for people who are want to help build that future of open hardware. As a coder, I think this is a good thing. I have several but I wouldn't give one to a family member, just yet. Pine itself is about open hardware - but that process happens over a large time when smart people do good work. By comparison, Linux has been around 35 years.
Kinda wish it had nfc
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I like the idea of keeping track of my hikes using GPS to be able to remember exactly where I've been, but I don't trust the kind of data gathered by a smart watch with any company out there, and I don't want to drain my phone by keeping the GPS on constantly. If this has good battery life it sounds interesting to me.
I'm generally sceptical of introducing another screen into my life though. Something about smart watches just seems inherently intrusive even if the software itself isn't spyware.
Love my PineTime on InfiniTime. Looking forward to this.
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Did they ever solve why the original PineTime had weird charging behavior? Mine and several others, when charged to 100%, would not behave correctly and would bootloop.
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I want them to make a smart ring
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Ugh, it has a microphone. Eavesdropping malware incoming. And it's another big clonky smartwatch.
It's nice that it has a blood oxygen sensor I guess. And there's a 6d accelerometer. I don't see mention of a temperature sensor either, though with the wireless connectivity and presumed frequent recharging, I guess you can keep correcting the time.
I still like the Sensorwatch (sensorwatch.net) better. Much more modest, smaller, etc. Runs for a year on a coin cell, has a temperature sensor which can used to correct the oscillator and give timing accuracy to within a few seconds a year, and other cool stuff.
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