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My wife and I would be very sad if Pebble went away. Even "crippled" with iOS it is a huge improvement. * my phone is permanently on silent. Only my watch vibr

by feld 11y ago

My wife and I would be very sad if Pebble went away. Even "crippled" with iOS it is a huge improvement. * my phone is permanently on silent. Only my watch vibrates. I've found this to be much more professional. * good step tracker * I have an app that wakes me up between REM cycles. It's glorious! * I always know the time, you know, like watch people do * battery life and water proof -- I never take it off... One reason I am not interested in Apple Watch * inability to interact/reply from watch is a PLUS. Watches make terrible input devices and there's less of a distraction * I don't get distracted by my phone. If I have to grab my phone to check a notification I'm going to start opening apps out of habit and get lost in my phone.

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w8rbt 11y ago
If you learn Morse Code, the watches can be decent input devices. Here's a short video of a guy typing a SMS message on a smart watch using Morse Code . http://www.cultofmac.com/409175/nifty-app-uses-morse-code-to-send-apple-watch-messages/ http://www.cultofmac.com/409175/nifty-app-uses-morse-code-to...
- CDotDot 11y ago
  That seems terribly inefficient to add a delay to the letter matching. I could see it being incredibly useful given a third "done with letter" button.
  - w8rbt 11y ago
    Morse Code has always been timed and spaced. There have to be consistent pauses between dits, dahs, chars and words or it all runs together and makes no sense. didahdah is the letter W and didah dah are the letters AT. Having the wrong timing or no pauses between dits and dahs totally changes the code. And, it's never been very efficient for sending large messages. 40 WPM is the fastest humans can copy. Most normal people top out at about 20 WPM. To put that in perspective, we speak at about 300 WPM. Basically, that's why Morse Code has so many abbreviations called Q codes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_code "The duration of a dash is three times the duration of a dot. Each dot or dash is followed by a short silence, equal to the dot duration. The letters of a word are separated by a space equal to three dots (one dash), and the words are separated by a space equal to seven dots. The dot duration is the basic unit of time measurement in code transmission." http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1677-1-200910-I/ http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1677-1-200910-I/ It is extremely efficient and effective when you only have a few watts, a switch and would like to communicate around the world. Nothing really compares.
girvo 11y ago
Morpheuz is brilliant :) I adore my Round, and my Steel (original) before it. I'll be very sad if Pebble goes away
hitsurume 11y ago
What app do you use for the REM Cycles? And does it automatically make your watch vibrate to wake you up?
- feld 11y ago
  Gentle Wake, and yes it does! Edit: Morpheuz is an alternative

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w8rbt 11y ago

If you learn Morse Code, the watches can be decent input devices. Here's a short video of a guy typing a SMS message on a smart watch using Morse Code . http://www.cultofmac.com/409175/nifty-app-uses-morse-code-to-send-apple-watch-messages/ http://www.cultofmac.com/409175/nifty-app-uses-morse-code-to...

CDotDot 11y ago
That seems terribly inefficient to add a delay to the letter matching. I could see it being incredibly useful given a third "done with letter" button.
- w8rbt 11y ago
  Morse Code has always been timed and spaced. There have to be consistent pauses between dits, dahs, chars and words or it all runs together and makes no sense. didahdah is the letter W and didah dah are the letters AT. Having the wrong timing or no pauses between dits and dahs totally changes the code. And, it's never been very efficient for sending large messages. 40 WPM is the fastest humans can copy. Most normal people top out at about 20 WPM. To put that in perspective, we speak at about 300 WPM. Basically, that's why Morse Code has so many abbreviations called Q codes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_code "The duration of a dash is three times the duration of a dot. Each dot or dash is followed by a short silence, equal to the dot duration. The letters of a word are separated by a space equal to three dots (one dash), and the words are separated by a space equal to seven dots. The dot duration is the basic unit of time measurement in code transmission." http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1677-1-200910-I/ http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1677-1-200910-I/ It is extremely efficient and effective when you only have a few watts, a switch and would like to communicate around the world. Nothing really compares.

girvo 11y ago

Morpheuz is brilliant :) I adore my Round, and my Steel (original) before it. I'll be very sad if Pebble goes away

hitsurume 11y ago

What app do you use for the REM Cycles? And does it automatically make your watch vibrate to wake you up?

feld 11y ago
Gentle Wake, and yes it does! Edit: Morpheuz is an alternative