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> I think I'll hold off until the battery life ... (lasts a few months on a single charge?) You'll be waiting a very long time. > Considering my Kindle lasts

by kbd 12y ago

> I think I'll hold off until the battery life ... (lasts a few months on a single charge?) You'll be waiting a very long time. > Considering my Kindle lasts over a month on a single charge Your Kindle isn't maintaining a bluetooth connection to your phone or updating the screen frequently, and has a much larger battery than a watch. > I never have to think about charging my watch so I can always rely on it having the information I need. With the Pebble you don't have to worry about it either. It notifies you when it's getting low (has a day or two of battery life remaining) and you charge it when you get the chance. And if you don't have time to give it a full charge, in my experience with just 10-15 minutes charging time you'll get a few more days of use. I agree with your sentiment about battery life though. It's why I don't understand why anyone would even consider any smartwatch besides Pebble. Fall asleep without charging your watch one night and you can't wear it the next day? That's crazy. It also means you can't really use your watch as an alarm if you need to charge it each night.

aareet 12y ago
Oh I don't know if it will be all that long. http://www.withings.com/us/withings-activite.html http://www.withings.com/us/withings-activite.html seems to be able to track and synchronize physical activity with my phone, runs on CR-2025 for 8 months. Don't know how they pull it off, but an inventive UI/watch interface to show me notification information like this one might be the ticket.
- kbd 12y ago
  That is pretty impressive if it can really get 8 months on a battery while maintaining a bluetooth connection! Of course, this is quite a different category of product as it doesn't have a screen and just has normal watch hands. Still, you're asking for an order of magnitude improvement in battery life, so I'll assert again that you'll be waiting a while :) I think you should relax your position, since imo there's really not much difference in having to charge a battery for 30 mins to an hour once a week vs once a month. You still rarely need to worry about your battery, which is qualitatively different than Apple or Android watches that you need to charge once a day or they die on you.

by kbd 12y ago

aareet 12y ago

Oh I don't know if it will be all that long. http://www.withings.com/us/withings-activite.html http://www.withings.com/us/withings-activite.html seems to be able to track and synchronize physical activity with my phone, runs on CR-2025 for 8 months. Don't know how they pull it off, but an inventive UI/watch interface to show me notification information like this one might be the ticket.

kbd 12y ago
That is pretty impressive if it can really get 8 months on a battery while maintaining a bluetooth connection! Of course, this is quite a different category of product as it doesn't have a screen and just has normal watch hands. Still, you're asking for an order of magnitude improvement in battery life, so I'll assert again that you'll be waiting a while :) I think you should relax your position, since imo there's really not much difference in having to charge a battery for 30 mins to an hour once a week vs once a month. You still rarely need to worry about your battery, which is qualitatively different than Apple or Android watches that you need to charge once a day or they die on you.