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Like always, Apple isn’t innovating but pretending to be. Garmin released the Descent Mk i 5 years ago : a smartwatch which also does diving. Really great wat
by ploum 4y ago
Like always, Apple isn’t innovating but pretending to be.
Garmin released the Descent Mk i 5 years ago : a smartwatch which also does diving. Really great watch (I’m a freediver myself and it does what I want it and, most importantly, does not have a touch screen, something I hate and can’t imagine using under water while holding my breath).
How is Apple different? Marketing, as always. But nothing new under the sun.
- LtWorf 4y agoAh that's a good point… touchscreens don't work when wet.
- kh_hk 4y agoCan you write apps for the Descent Mk?
- ploum 4y agoYes. The app store is called "Connect IQ".
- kh_hk 4y agoAre you sure you can write apps that act as a diving app for the Garmin?
- ploum 4y agoAs soon as it goes below a certain depth, the watch is locked to use the "official garmin diving app". This is explained to prevent entering in any other app in the middle of a dive. I feel that the apple watch will be doing something similar (if only to lock the touchscreen under the water).
- kh_hk 4y agoI was under the impression that this was not the case, since the pressure and other information seems to be available on their SDK docuementation See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmwatersubmersionmeasurement https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmwater... If this was locked to use only by the Oceanic app this wouldn't be such a big deal to me at least.