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Curious to what you think that would achieve market wise. Hackable does not seem to matter much. Everything in the sub $100 dollar range I've tried is crappy (b
by tastroder 7y ago
Curious to what you think that would achieve market wise. Hackable does not seem to matter much. Everything in the sub $100 dollar range I've tried is crappy (battery life, as well as functionality wise) because that's all that particular market segment is willing to pay for, those that want access to one of the viable app ecosystems seem to be prepared to pay the usual markup. Don't get me wrong, I love tinkering with the hardware form factor myself but that doesn't mean I'll create apps, no less an app ecosystem, that make this more viable to the manufacturing side of things. Maybe low cost devices with access to the Android ecosystem become more viable in the future but other than that changing this niche seems relatively hard and producing hackable devices historically goes counter to the approach of any company I can think of in the space. I could see somebody like Arduino creating something appealing and approachable for the rest of us but that would be unlikely to make a dent market wise.
- dwighttk 7y agoWhat sort of 3rd party apps do you find yourself using? Looking through my list the only two I (barely) use are PCalc and DarkSky, which if I didn’t have, I’d just use the stock calculator and weather apps. I’ve tried maybe 20 other apps and none are compelling.
- tastroder 7y agoNone really I'm afraid. I enjoy having notifications on my wrist sometimes but most days I just slap on a regular watch instead since they're more fashion than utility item for me honestly.