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This is great. There are commercial devices that work along similar lines, such as http://smart-monitor.com http://smart-monitor.com which is bought as a $20 p

This is great. There are commercial devices that work along similar lines, such as http://smart-monitor.com http://smart-monitor.com which is bought as a $20 per month subscription. But something open running on a platform like pebble is much more interesting.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
This was supposed to be a comment expressing my fear of subscription-model hardware, but I looked at the site and - what the hell, take a look at [0] - aren't they just rebranding Pebbles? Most of the watches look very much like Pebble Time, and this one[1] is literally Pebble Classic (you can even see the standard Pebble status bar). "Made by Smart Monitor, the SmartWatch is a patented, intelligent motion detecting and alerting wristwatch." Yeah, right. EDIT: The watch names suggest it too[2]. Also note that they're basically charging 50% more for the watch itself than the official Pebble shop, and that is before the activation fee and monthly subscription fee. EDIT2: The more I search, the more I'm confused about them. They look legit, and apparently[3] they even had their own smartwatch prototype before moving to Pebble. But there's no mention of "Pebble" on their site, or in any materials related to them that I can find. Moreover, this interview[4] says they're planning to get this (presumably Pebble version) FDA-certified, which makes me wonder - aren't they going to find themselves in competition with Pebble itself? Ironically, both them and Pebble seem to be cooperating with Stanford[5][6]. Oh, and did I mention they claim to have a trademark on the word "smartwatch" itself? [0] - http://smart-monitor.com/smartwatch/about-smartwatch/ http://smart-monitor.com/smartwatch/about-smartwatch/ [1] - http://smart-monitor.com/wp-content/gallery/gallery1/PW-watch-thumb-1B.jpg http://smart-monitor.com/wp-content/gallery/gallery1/PW-watc... [2] - http://smart-monitor.com/buy-now/ http://smart-monitor.com/buy-now/ [3] - https://plus.google.com/+DanievanderMerwe/posts/BiNUbBgpi8B https://plus.google.com/+DanievanderMerwe/posts/BiNUbBgpi8B [4] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcu8Ts9MFtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcu8Ts9MFtY [5] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rcu8Ts9MFtY#t=642 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rc... [6] - https://blog.getpebble.com/2015/12/15/health/ https://blog.getpebble.com/2015/12/15/health/
- markwakeford 11y ago
  Your search - site:smart-monitor.com pebble - did not match any documents Pricks.
- codeulike 11y ago
  Interesting. I suppose its possible they made a deal with pebble. These things are never going to be sold en-masse, so why wouldn't pebble agree if someone came to them with a neat medical application.
codeulike 11y ago
See also Embrace watch by Empatica which I think came out of a kickstarter or similar https://www.empatica.com/index https://www.empatica.com/index

TeMPOraL 11y ago

This was supposed to be a comment expressing my fear of subscription-model hardware, but I looked at the site and - what the hell, take a look at [0] - aren't they just rebranding Pebbles? Most of the watches look very much like Pebble Time, and this one[1] is literally Pebble Classic (you can even see the standard Pebble status bar). "Made by Smart Monitor, the SmartWatch is a patented, intelligent motion detecting and alerting wristwatch." Yeah, right. EDIT: The watch names suggest it too[2]. Also note that they're basically charging 50% more for the watch itself than the official Pebble shop, and that is before the activation fee and monthly subscription fee. EDIT2: The more I search, the more I'm confused about them. They look legit, and apparently[3] they even had their own smartwatch prototype before moving to Pebble. But there's no mention of "Pebble" on their site, or in any materials related to them that I can find. Moreover, this interview[4] says they're planning to get this (presumably Pebble version) FDA-certified, which makes me wonder - aren't they going to find themselves in competition with Pebble itself? Ironically, both them and Pebble seem to be cooperating with Stanford[5][6]. Oh, and did I mention they claim to have a trademark on the word "smartwatch" itself? [0] - http://smart-monitor.com/smartwatch/about-smartwatch/ http://smart-monitor.com/smartwatch/about-smartwatch/ [1] - http://smart-monitor.com/wp-content/gallery/gallery1/PW-watch-thumb-1B.jpg http://smart-monitor.com/wp-content/gallery/gallery1/PW-watc... [2] - http://smart-monitor.com/buy-now/ http://smart-monitor.com/buy-now/ [3] - https://plus.google.com/+DanievanderMerwe/posts/BiNUbBgpi8B https://plus.google.com/+DanievanderMerwe/posts/BiNUbBgpi8B [4] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcu8Ts9MFtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcu8Ts9MFtY [5] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rcu8Ts9MFtY#t=642 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rc... [6] - https://blog.getpebble.com/2015/12/15/health/ https://blog.getpebble.com/2015/12/15/health/

markwakeford 11y ago
Your search - site:smart-monitor.com pebble - did not match any documents Pricks.
codeulike 11y ago
Interesting. I suppose its possible they made a deal with pebble. These things are never going to be sold en-masse, so why wouldn't pebble agree if someone came to them with a neat medical application.

codeulike 11y ago

See also Embrace watch by Empatica which I think came out of a kickstarter or similar https://www.empatica.com/index https://www.empatica.com/index