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I completely agree with you, I like the concept of "disappearing technology" because just about anything I want to do is somehow stupidly tied to a device with

I completely agree with you, I like the concept of "disappearing technology" because just about anything I want to do is somehow stupidly tied to a device with a screen. It's annoying. With that said, one of the main things I wish I could have during my workouts is something to track what I do without me having to manually input it. So, if it can count the number of reps I do, sweet. If it can count how many steps I took within my 3 mile treadmill run, awesome. If i can see my heartbeat at a glance, great! Because treadmills fucking suck at that. HOWEVER, and one of the reasons why I'm not considering the band, I don't want tweets, or messages, or updates, or any of that shit even more in my face. I don't want another touchscreen vying for attention. The new Fitbits do that but (luckily) not with WIndows Phones. I have one, and I see this as a FEATURE rather than a detriment. Why the fuck do I need to see stupid notifications while I'm trying to run?

lhl 12y ago
It looks like you'd have the ability to control/turn off all the notifications you don't want. Why would you assume that wouldn't be the case? http://www.microsoft.com/Microsoft-Band/en-us/support/phone-app/manage-tiles-and-notifications http://www.microsoft.com/Microsoft-Band/en-us/support/phone-...
- antjanus 12y ago
  i never assumed it wasn't the case.
  - lhl 12y ago
    Then why would you complain about getting alerts if they can be disabled? Or are you complaining about the idea of other people being able to get alerts because you don't approve of the concept?
    - antjanus 12y ago
      This is going to sound silly but here's my thing: the Band is built around receiving notifications, that means that even if you disable them, you'll still see text message icons, emails, etc. even if you can't use them. I want to look at my watch and see "hey, you've walked 30,000 steps today", not "you know, you can check all this crap on here!". It's the concept, and it's also that mental reminder that you MAY have notifications. I hope that makes sense!
      - lhl 12y ago
        Actually, I think the psychological weight of both notifications and infoglut in general is a very valid concern, but I think making crazy assumptions / rants is silly. Case in point, what if I told you not only can you turn off the notifications completely (which we established earlier), and that no notification icons show up on the main screen (which is obvious from the video/screen shots - we're not talking about old-school LCD stencils, after all), but that you can further manage the tiles so even if you can't control yourself from actively swiping around you won't see anything? Because now that I have the device on my wrist and the app on my phone, that's exactly what you can do. I have very little skin in this game (it annoys me slightly to see rants w/o any basis necessarily in reality, but life's too short for arguing on the Internet), but maybe it can be better to be more reserved about a product critique until having seen how it actually works?
        antjanus 12y ago
        I totally get what you're saying and am happy to hear that it works that well but, I haven't seen anything like that in the shots. The only thing I've seen is the "do not disturb" mode which is probably what I'll do when I get it. I'd love to hear more about what you like about it and how it is. My main concern was basically not having yet another phone-like device that will annoy the crap out of me. And the Band is begging for it.
        lhl 12y ago
        Here's my first day thoughts: http://randomfoo.net/2014/10/30/microsoft-band-overviewreview http://randomfoo.net/2014/10/30/microsoft-band-overviewrevie...
nnd 12y ago
You can disable notifications with ms band

lhl 12y ago

It looks like you'd have the ability to control/turn off all the notifications you don't want. Why would you assume that wouldn't be the case? http://www.microsoft.com/Microsoft-Band/en-us/support/phone-app/manage-tiles-and-notifications http://www.microsoft.com/Microsoft-Band/en-us/support/phone-...

antjanus 12y ago
i never assumed it wasn't the case.
- lhl 12y ago
  Then why would you complain about getting alerts if they can be disabled? Or are you complaining about the idea of other people being able to get alerts because you don't approve of the concept?
  - antjanus 12y ago
    This is going to sound silly but here's my thing: the Band is built around receiving notifications, that means that even if you disable them, you'll still see text message icons, emails, etc. even if you can't use them. I want to look at my watch and see "hey, you've walked 30,000 steps today", not "you know, you can check all this crap on here!". It's the concept, and it's also that mental reminder that you MAY have notifications. I hope that makes sense!
    - lhl 12y ago
      Actually, I think the psychological weight of both notifications and infoglut in general is a very valid concern, but I think making crazy assumptions / rants is silly. Case in point, what if I told you not only can you turn off the notifications completely (which we established earlier), and that no notification icons show up on the main screen (which is obvious from the video/screen shots - we're not talking about old-school LCD stencils, after all), but that you can further manage the tiles so even if you can't control yourself from actively swiping around you won't see anything? Because now that I have the device on my wrist and the app on my phone, that's exactly what you can do. I have very little skin in this game (it annoys me slightly to see rants w/o any basis necessarily in reality, but life's too short for arguing on the Internet), but maybe it can be better to be more reserved about a product critique until having seen how it actually works?
      - antjanus 12y ago
        I totally get what you're saying and am happy to hear that it works that well but, I haven't seen anything like that in the shots. The only thing I've seen is the "do not disturb" mode which is probably what I'll do when I get it. I'd love to hear more about what you like about it and how it is. My main concern was basically not having yet another phone-like device that will annoy the crap out of me. And the Band is begging for it.
        lhl 12y ago
        Here's my first day thoughts: http://randomfoo.net/2014/10/30/microsoft-band-overviewreview http://randomfoo.net/2014/10/30/microsoft-band-overviewrevie...

nnd 12y ago

You can disable notifications with ms band